SuperData just became more super. Every project around the world is now available, operating and planned (through 2018) — including complete project, technology, feedstock, product, and contact data. Plus, the SuperData wiki launches today – add or modify up-to-the-minute data on yours or partner projects, in real-time. Astute readers of the minutiae of conference announcements […]
Landmark flight for sugar-based renewable jet fuel — what’s the future? As the technology and downstream market matures, the big question is feedstock costs. And they’re trending nicely. In France, Amyris and Total announced a successful demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show its renewable jet fuel made from Amyris Biofene and, ultimately, from plant […]
Here are the 200 Top Moments in Aviation Biofuels, 2006-2013, organized in a timeline, as reported through the years by Biofuels Digest. 1 Civil Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative formed 12/1/06 2 TEST FLIGHT: Virgin Atlantic 2/24/08 3 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group formed 9/15/08 4 TEST FLIGHT: Air New Zealand 12/30/08 5 TEST FLIGHT: […]
Freedom of choice, it turns out, drives better value for drivers. The Digest goes in-depth to look at real-world data — and the power of free markets in fossil and alternative fuels. One of the assumptions in the world of typical comparisons between ethanol and gasoline is that differentials in price and performance work in […]
Two of the pioneers of the biobased economy – former Codexis CEO Alan Shaw and NatureWorks — strike a landmark deal based on methane – most affordably sourced from natural gas. Renegades? Revolutionaries? Practical business in commodity-driven industries? The Digest takes you inside the deal — and the technology. In Canada, Calysta Energy and NatureWorks […]
We heard five trends during the first two days of the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology this year. 1. Methane. 2. Low-cost sugars. 3. Chemicals. 4. Opportunities in the C4 platform – anything from isobutanol to BDO and butadiene. 5. Financing challenges, especially for first commercial plants Our 6 favorite quotes? 1. “The trends […]
As Gevo recommences the switchover to bio-based isobutanol at its first commercial plant, we look in-depth at 2012’s contamination issues — and the prospects and path forward. In Colorado, Gevo announced that it has resumed commercial production of isobutanol at its Luverne, Minn. plant in single train mode, successfully utilizing its proprietary Gevo Integrated Fermentation […]
In Georgia, a group of researchers led by the University of Georgia’s Mike Adams have found another thermophilic bacterium with amazing properties — this time, finding a bacterium that can, without pretreatment, break down biomass, including lignin, and release sugars for biofuels and chemicals production. The group writes in Energy & Environmental Science, “the majority […]
You chose — here are the winners in this year’s poll. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that POET and DSM were among the biggest winners in the annual Hot Partners poll. Voting was open to Digest subscribers at more than 25,000 organization in every country around the globe, and recognizes the hottest supply chain partners […]
Obligated parties are having trouble finding low-cost supplies of renewable fuel credits. Advanced biofuels companies are having trouble finding low-cost supplies of investment capital for their first commercial plants. Why not put those two problems together into one solution like SuperRINs? Of all the nightmare scenarios peddled around in the renewable energy business, nothing is […]
