One day, biofuels microbes may be so adept at making fuels, it will be a case of “just add water”. For now, there’s the hard slog of unlocking feedstocks that are affordable, available and aggregated. As we look for recent victories in low-cost feedstock development, What can we learn from natural gas? People from Minnesota […]
“The first cut is the deepest” goes the old saw — no more so than in first commercial, first-of-kind advanced biofuels projects – especially when they are undertaken by newly-public companies under extraordinary scrutiny. In short, the KiOR story. And, as allegations fly, we look at the data on the ground and find that things […]
For several months now, we have been highlighting the favorable spread that is emerging for fuel customers in Iowa who choose E85 ethanol blends, as opposed to gasoline. New data has been arriving this week from the Iowa Renewable Fuel Association that confirms that the trend is still favorable — in fact, the price discount […]
After achieving celebrity via Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Huck Finn and Frosty the Snowman, the corn cob has been languishing of late. No more, as cobs appear poised to emerge as a biofuels feedstock rockstar. In days gone by, no one living on the land wasted anything if they could find a use for it. That’s […]
Landmark cellulosic drop-in biofuels producer releases update on early-stage production: is the increasing gallonage enough to silence the critics? Today, we head to the Chapel of Hard Data, and get closer to the music. Nobody walks slower, in public, than at a wedding or a funeral. In the case of KiOR, the critics and supporters […]
Attention, fall fashioneers. Save up to 70% on carbon when you go with trendy, affordable algae biofuels. In Minnesota, the Algae Biomass Organization announced that a peer-reviewed paper, published in Bioresource Technology, has shown that algae-derived biofuel can reduce life cycle CO2 emissions by 50 to 70 percent compared to petroleum fuels, and is approaching […]
In California, Verenium announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with BASF Corporation, a leading chemicals company, under which BASF will commence a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Verenium’s common stock. This agreement has been unanimously approved by both Verenium’s and BASF’s Boards of Directors. Under the terms […]
ARPA-E boosts its original projected awards by 70% as it burrows deep into the problem of how to make something insanely great out of stranded methane. Here are the winners, the background and the stakes. In Washington, the US Department of Energy announced that 15 breakthrough energy projects will receive approximately $34 million from the […]
The Inspector-General says money was properly spent, but not always well-spent, as the DOE allocated $600 million to biofuels commercialization over 7 years yet fell short of RFS targets? Long audit reports leave you with watering eyes? Try our 3-Minute Guide. In Washington, the DOE’s Inspector General published a 24-page Follow-up Audit of the Department […]
In Indiana, federal officials are saying that a group of biodiesel operators associated with E-Biofuels stole nearly $100 million in a fraud scheme, and seven have been arrested in what has been described as the biggest fraud in the history on Indiana. Here’s what we know. The allegation is that the operators of e-Biofuels purchased […]
