In California, Avianca Brasil has selected the Byogy Renewables Alcohol to Jet aviation biofuel process to source their environment friendly alternate low carbon aviation fuels in the future. Avianca has selected its Airbus A319, powered by CFMI (a partnership between General Electric and SNECMA of France) CFM56 engines, as the fleet member to be used […]
This morning in San Francisco, approximately 120 national and global leaders in the bioeconomy will gather for a special workshop that precedes the official opening of ABLC-Next. The goal: real dialogue by real players on the real issues. We’ll be conversing not through the drizzle of Powerpoints and the amiable chatter of networking socials — […]
In California and Singapore, Royal DSM and Genomatica announced that DSM confirmed BDO made with Genomatica’s process had excellent purity and shows equivalent performance as fossil-based BDO. DSM plans to use BDO made with Genomatica’s bio-based process technology in its Arnitel products. Used as a raw material, BDO made from Genomatica’s process is able to […]
What could be more alluring than a colossal opportunity in the biggest game of all — energy investing? So goes the siren song. But in the real world of chasing black swans, we may be overlooking the wonders of the white ones. In the world of venture capital, black swans are a big deal. For […]
You just can’t beat the financing of renewable fuels for all-out zaniness. Tragicomedy, anyone? Consider the case of BlueFire Renewables. Sometimes, the financing of renewable fuels can start to sound a little like an Abbott & Costello routine. Allow us to summarize. You can finance a liquid renewable fuel as long as the market is […]
As Matt Horton, CEO of Propel Fuels, relates the tale, he hears the 4 Monster Myths of Renewable Fuels, also known as the “conventional wisdom,” all too often. Turns out the conventional wisdom is, er, dead wrong. “Number one, there’s no brand loyalty in the fuel business, they’ll tell you right away,” Matt Horton explained […]
One of the first demonstration plants to convert natural gas directly into drop-in, 93-octane gasoline In New Jersey, Primus Green Energy announced the commissioning of its up to 100,000 gallon-per-year natural gas-to-gasoline pre-commercial demonstration plant at its Hillsborough facility. “As one of the first plants in the nation to make gasoline directly from natural gas, […]
How and why a foundational technology led to Sapphire, then spun out again and led to Triton, and attracted investment from Heliae. It seems a long time ago now that, out of Dr. Steve Mayfield’s lab at Scripps and later at the University of California at San Diego, a series of discoveries made it possible, […]
Bold price predictions, and a new technology system unveiled, from one of algae’s hottest of the hottest. Algenol CEO also indicates that dispute with Florida government is resolved, and focus is back on the Sunshine State for the first commercial plant. In Florida, Algenol CEO Paul Woods announced at the Algae Biomass Summit that the […]
License model to be part of deployment for first international plant, a complement to Cool Planet’s build and operate model in the U.S. In Colorado, Cool Planet Energy Systems and Acritaz Greentech announced that they have signed an agreement to explore the building of multiple commercial facilities in Malaysia. The plan is to begin construction […]
