In Canada, Ensyn Corporation and Fibria Celulose announced the creation of a strategic alliance between the two companies. This alliance includes the establishment of an equally-owned joint venture for the production of cellulosic liquid fuels and chemicals in Brazil, as well as a US$ 20 million equity investment in Ensyn Corporation by Fibria. Ensyn’s key […]
LanzaTech and ZeaChem, two of last year’s new entrants in the top 10 among the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, raise fresh capital as they head for commercialization. Plus, both are among 15 biobased companies that made this year’s Cleantech 100 list, as selected by the Cleantech Group. We look at the honorees. In Illinois, […]
It’s a year of low congressional approval and not much congressional action. But every election is an important one, and there’s lots of unfinished business from this past cycle. Here are nine friends of energy independence and advanced bioenergy that find themselves in tight races. In one, a Democrat with a safe Washington House seat […]
Growing crude oil as a crop – Sapphire Energy and its Green Crude Farm – can it be the sunlight in your universe and change the world? What does it look like? How does it work? The Digest does the show and tell. As locations go, Columbus, New Mexico is hard to find but is a […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest subscribers have propelled Solazyme to an early lead in 2012-13 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy balloting, with last year’s winner maintaining a small lead over last year’s #3, Gevo – with 2011-12 #2 and perennial contender Amyris dropping to #5. New appearances in the Top 10 this year, so far, are […]
Can a new industry effort reinvigorate support for the Renewable Fuel Standard – by highlighting biofuels’ role in energy independence, emissions, economic development? By Brent Erickson, Executive VP, BIO – head, Industrial & Environmental section Last Thursday, a coalition of leaders from the biofuels industry, national security, and agriculture launched Fuels America, a campaign to […]
This week, we’ve heard from three groups in Nevada, Wisconsin and North Carolina that have projects and/or results that have the potential to change outcomes and accelerate progress in biofuels. Start small, go big in biodiesel In Nevada, International Procurement Tools announced a phased financing that would provide anyone interested in developing a biodiesel facility […]
Defenders begin a high-stakes, high-cost campaign to rally support for the RFS. Who are the defenders? What are the issues? The odds? The alternatives? In Washington, a large coalition of advanced and traditional renewable fuel stakeholders — led by most of the major biofuels trade associations and some of the titans of cellulosic ethanol, including […]
By Mackinnon Lawrence During the lull between the Republican and Democratic conventions, President Obama issued an Executive Order designed to spur investment in energy efficiency at industrial facilities. Seeking to expand the use of industrial combined heat and power (CHP) technologies at food processing, pulp and paper, chemicals, metals, and oil refining operations to 40 […]
Jobs, global expansion, proteins vs fuels, new R&D funding – all the big issues are under debate both on and off the floor at the Algae Biomass Summit. In Colorado, the Algae Biomass Summit, which attracted 800 people this year, four days of presentations, including multi-tracked sessions, provides a huge data stream for attendees. Plus, […]
