Alternative ways to think about alternative fuels. Is it merely a substitute for hydrocarbons to be embraced on the grounds of price, emissions, or energy security? Or, perhaps, just a little bit more. A lifestyle or values statement? We investigate. Imagine if Oscar Meyer marketed their weiners via an intimate discussion of the ingredients, would […]
This Hallowe’en, put some data in your pumpkin — like all good Hallowe’en treats, they’re free for the asking. And no tricks required — just click and go. Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch, flies through the air, and showers generously structured offtake agreements on the most sincere biobased business […]
From the leaders in bioenergy and chemicals— the real issues and trends — today, a focus on politics, government, financing and deployment. In California, ABLC-Next has concluded for this year — and industry leadership in R&D, commercialization, policy and finance will reconvene at ABLC 2014 — the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference — in Washington DC […]
From the leaders in bioenergy and chemicals— the real issues and trends. In California, ABLC-Next has concluded for this year — and industry leadership in R&D, commercialization, policy and finance will reconvene at ABLC 2014 — the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference — in Washington DC on April 21-23 of next year. Between now and then, […]
The pressure has risen to 30 atmospheres and the temperatures are rising into the hundreds of degrees. You think: “I’m in a dream, on a journey to the center of the earth.” But, in fact, you are in DC, working at EPA on the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2014. The source of all the heat […]
From the leaders in bioenergy and chemicals— the real issues and trends, as seen at ABLC In California, ABLC-Next has concluded for this year, and it is time to continue the review from a convergence of advanced biofuels leadership in R&D, commercialization, policy and finance. That will reconvene at ABLC 2014 — the Advanced Biofuels […]
Bullish Q4 prospects for the ethanol business, as 2014 looms with all the uncertainty that a make-or-break year should have. A conversation with Novozymes, as they report surging bioenergy sales, on the trends in the global mood. About the only thing we know that twists in more gut-wrenching ways than global oil prices — or, […]
In Iowa, farmers are now harvesting and delivering cob bales for the 2014 opening of Project LIBERTY in Emmetsburg. The 20 million gallon per year POET-DSM plant will use corn crop residue – cobs, leaves, husk and some stalk – to produce renewable fuel. Farmers for the 2013 harvest season already have started delivering bales […]
In New York, in the wake of a $37 million Q1 loss in its sugar unit, Bunge CEO Soren Schroder, who took the reins of the company in June, announced yesterday that the trading giant is commencing what he termed a “thoughtful comprehensive review” for its sugar business, including a potential sale of all the […]
Turns out, you might be the key to lower cost, microbial fuels. Yes, the microbial hotel known as You. Meanwhile, check out a set of vids on a hot company aimed at relieving pain at the pump with a $1.27 per gallon cost structure. “At my Costco,” says Algenol CEO Paul Woods, “we have guys […]
