By Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental Section, Biotechnology Industry Organization The biofuel industry breathed a big sigh of relief last month when the EPA declined several governors’ petitions to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard. Then, after a herculean group effort, the industry and other interests stood and cheered as the Senate voted last […]
In California, Propel Fuels has closed on the initial phase of its Series D round of funding with $11 million in equity capital from existing investors Nth Power, Craton Equity Partners, and @Ventures as well as a new investor, Gentry Venture Partners. In addition, the company has secured $10 million in debt financing. With the […]
Could biomass briquette mills and improved cook stoves undermine the Taliban — for one percent of what the US now spends? From time to time, we report on correspondence exchanged with our veterans and serving men and women in the field, on the subject of the strategic and tactical opportunities in biofuels and bioenergy. This […]
Biofuels Industry Survey Results: Key findings ahead of the World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition In a recent survey conducted with bioenergy leading industry experts ahead of the 8th annual World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition, 51% of those who responded rated their government’s policy as supportive, while 15% rated them as very supportive. Alongside […]
The first patent issued out of ARPA-E’s electrofuels program suggests that this technology class is heading for the short-list of “next big thing” in energy conversations. Today, we look at Ginkgo Bioworks and its electrofuel technology. DLA Piper’s Global Energy Summit kicked off in Southern California yesterday, with as good a collection of energy worthies […]
EIA forecasts paints gloomy fuel price projection: $8.68 gasoline, $268 crude oil by 2040. Despite more pain at the pump, EIA cuts back sharply on projections for flex-fuel and all-electric vehicles. Where are the alternatives? When six press releases arrive from the biofuels community in the space of two hours, offering perspective and caution on […]
Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]
By Mackinnon Lawrence There are few topics that get the clean technology sector excited less than trash. Meanwhile, the news is littered with stories discussing municipal areas from Zimbabwe to Los Angeles and Mumbai to Moscow struggling to implement long-term strategies for dealing with municipal solid waste (MSW). Even as intellectual capital is thrown at […]
“Then one day he was dumpin’ off some food, and out of it all came a bubblin’ crude. Fuel that is…landfill gold, Texas tea…” Is it landfill or jet fuel? New technologies blur our ideas about waste. One of the least-viewed articles in yesterday’s Digest offered proof positive on how great a job the advanced biofuels […]
In China, LanzaTech and Baosteel reported their jointly-owned 100,000 gallon per year (300 tons) demonstration plant, located at a Baosteel steel mills outside Shanghai, China has met and exceeded milestones – the companies are reporting that the plant achieved higher productivity than design. Cleared for full commercial scale in 2013 The National Development and Reform […]
