The EPA seeks a “goldilocks” number to push renewable fuels forward while averting a crisis over ethanol blending and RIN prices. The biofuels industry faces a significant decision over how to structure its response. The key: keep an eye on the biomass-based diesel targets. In Washington, a document identified as EPA’s draft proposal for 2014 […]
Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2013-14 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings. It was the third consecutive year at the top for Solazyme, which also topped the Biofuels Digest polls in 2009-10. LanzaTech (#2), KiOR (#3), Sapphire Energy (#4), Gevo (#5), Beta Renewables (#6), POET (#7), INEOS Bio (#8), GranBio […]
Renewable chemicals developer Genomatica took the #1 spot in the 2013-14 “30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals and Materials” rankings. It is Genomatica’s third consecutive year at the top of the rankings. Solazyme (#2), Myriant (#3), LanzaTech (#4), Elevance Renewable Sciences (#5), Amyris (#6), DSM (#7), Gevo (#8), DuPont Industrial Biosciences (#9), and Novozymes (#10) […]
In New York, Sweetwater Energy announced a 50/50 joint venture with Naturally Scientific, Inc. to produce sugar from waste carbon dioxide. The new technology converts carbon dioxide taken directly from the emissions of industries such as ethanol refineries, natural gas power plants and many others, into usable sugars. The joint venture expands Sweetwater’s sugar-production reach […]
Beta Renewables plant in Crescentino, Italy to produce 75 million liters of cellulosic ethanol per year from agricultural waste. What does a commercial-scale plant look like? In Italy, Beta Renewables and Novozymes marked the official opening in Northern Italy of the world’s largest cellulosic biofuels facility. Situated in fields outside the city of Crescentino, it […]
What are the Top 10 Ways to Increase the Love? By Douglas L. Faulkner, “The Cleantech Conservative” I am often asked to explain conservative views about biofuels. Some do passionately, seeing biofuels as a failed over-reach by Uncle Sugar. But, I believe they are a distinct – – though very vocal – – minority on […]
In California, Solazyme announced its entry into the textile lubricants market through a commercial supply agreement with Goulston Technologies. Goulston expects to commercialize a new class of sustainable products using Solazyme’s renewable high-performance, tailored algal oils for textile lubricants. Solazyme expects to supply Goulston’s high oleic oil needs under the agreement. As a result […]
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 […]
