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 […]
After a long period of project development and project selection, the NextGen Biofuels Fund identifies what it believes is the “brew that is true” In Canada, sprightly news arrives from the north, that Sustainable Technology Development Canada, through its NextGen Biofuels Fund, could be investing just shy of $40 million in the Vanerco project – […]
The lights go up for algae’s biggest gathering, the 2013 Algae Biomass Summit. Here are 10 must-sees amidst a bumper crop of top presentations this year along the Great Green Way. You’d like to think that, if algae ever evolve to the point of reading English, they might look back with great pride at the […]
How do you really value something that takes a bad outcome (high gas prices) and prevents a worse outcome (outrageous gas prices). Preventative medicine – you never really feel the value, see the value — so how do you measure the benefits of renewable fuels in ways that have meaning to individuals? If you are […]
