In Colorado, Sara Volz of Colorado Springs won the top award of $100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search for her research of algae biofuels. Algae produces oil that can be converted into a sustainable, renewable fuel; however, the fuel can be costly. Sara used artificial selection to establish populations of algae cells with high […]
In Washington, Green Car Congress has published a summary of tough times for the US Renewable Fuel Standard, highlighting: an January order in Federal Appeals Court for the EPA to review its cellulosic biofuels requirement; House Bill 875 calling for the suspension of E15 ethanol for 18 months while more testing is carried out; and […]
In South Dakota, Steve Hartig, a vice president with DSM, has been named general manager of the POET-DSM joint venture, and will be responsible for licensing.
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.24 percent to 71.63 as advanced biofuels fell. For the day, Codexis (CDXS) dropped 4.92 percent to $2.51, while Syntroleum (SYNM) lost 2.13 percent to $0.46. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) gained 1.32 percent to $3.08. Overall, advances and declines were even for […]
In California, Amyris and Firmenich announced a material expansion of their collaboration to develop and commercialize renewable ingredients for the Flavors and Fragrances market. Outside existing Amyris relationships, the new collaboration agreement provides Firmenich with exclusive access to the Amyris technology platform for the F&F market in exchange for significant funding over the next six […]
In Washington, according to EIA data, ethanol production averaged 797,000 barrels per day (b/d) — or 33.47 million gallons daily. That is down 8,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 803,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 12.31 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol stood at 18.7 million barrels. […]
In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group selected Eka Software Solutions, a global provider of commodities trading and risk management technologies (CTRM), to help better manage their risk, positions and U.S. renewable fuel standard (RFS2) activity. REG is implementing Eka’s end-to-end commodity and risk management solution for energy and renewable markets. The solution will cover the entire […]
In the Netherlands, Purac and Perstorp announced a research and business development partnership for caprolactone lactide co-product, for amongst others coatings and adhesive markets. Combining the complementary strengths of Purac in renewable lactic acid based chemicals and Perstorp in specialty products for coatings and plastics has already resulted in partly renewable caprolactone lactide co-products. Possible uses for […]
In Canada, Domtar Corp. has successfully installed a commercial-scale lignin separation plant at its Plymouth, North Carolina mill, the first U.S. facility of its type in over 25 years. The production of BioChoice lignin began in February, with a targeted rate of 75 tons a day, destined for a wide range of industrial applications as […]
In Canada, CO2 Solutions reports they have entered into an agreement with Statoil to provide certain project data and reports to the Norwegian-based international energy company. The data and reports are related to the pre-pilot phase of CO2 Solutions’ Alberta oil sands project. The value of this agreement is not being disclosed for competitive reasons […]
