Algae has been touted as the ultimate platform for fuels, chemicals, nutraceuticals, proteins — even cancer therapies. There’s been a rate of progress that would impress any devotee of Moore’s Law — and a series of wacky claims that would impress any devotee of P.T. Barnun. So, what are the real trends? We’ve traveled several […]
Announcing the return of The Digest’s most popular reader-driven awards. New, improved format! 20 Awards up for grabs – join the winners on the red carpet at ABLC. In Florida, The Digest announced the opening of nominations for Transformative Technologies 2014, in which organizations are recognized for their impact in transforming a feedstock, a process […]
After six years of debate — finally a database appears on actual indirect land use change. The Partners? Including Google, UNEP, Imazon, the Center for Global Development, the University of Maryland, OSFAC, the Jane Goodall Institute The Funders? Including USAID, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and GEF, UKAID, DANIDA, SIDA, the Bobolink Foundation, […]
Industry standards establish “operator’s manual” for comparing algae technology performance. In Washington, the Algae Biomass Organization announced the publication of “Industrial Algae Measurements, Version 6.0” (IAM 6.0), a significant update to the common standards established by the organization for measuring and comparing algae industry operations. As more companies develop and improve new technologies to create […]
The barrier between the advanced biofuels industry and the sunny lands of success at scale? You can sum it up in four syllables: infrastructure. What’s the path forward? On D-Day 1944, as the 4th division landed at Utah Beach, assistant division commander Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the only US general to go in with the D-Day […]
In Delaware, Butamax Advanced Biofuels announced that a US Federal Circuit panel ruled that the District Court’s narrow interpretation of Butamax’s patents “was in error in the Butamax v Gevo fight.” The Delaware district court’s claim construction of Butamax’s KARI was “an enzyme known by the EC number 1.1.1.86 that catalyzes the conversion of acetolactate […]
Reform, repeal or compete: the options laid out for ethanol by Big Oil by Marathon’s Product Supply & Optimization Director in a frank keynote at the National Ethanol Conference. The RFA’s Geoff Cooper and ISU’s Bruce Babcock respond. In his keynote at the National Ethanol Conference this week in Orlando, David Whikehart, Product Supply & Optimization […]
By Robert Rapier – You can find him here on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook. This article was originally published in Energy Trends Insider, here: Solving the Midwest Ethanol Problem What Ethanol Problem? If you live in the Midwest, you are in the midst of a thriving ethanol industry. But the problem is that the Midwest does not control its […]
By Bob Dinneen, President and CEO, Renewable Fuels Association What? What kind of a theme is that?! It’s a mixed metaphor for Heaven’s sake. Well, with the tumultuous market and turbulent political environment we find ourselves in today, a mixed metaphor seems somewhat appropriate. But more than that, I really do believe that Falling Walls and […]
New separation technologies offer a route to massive cuts in the cost of biofuel production, by changing the way we extract useful sugars. Consider, as you may some time this morning, the cup of coffee. A/k/a the Hot Java, the joe, the brew, the cuppa, the fix, the morning thunder, the jitter juice, or the […]
