En route to zillions in algae? First, you have to get the water out of the algae or the algae out of the water. Making Algenol’s ethanol-secreting microalgae a technology worth a special accommodation. Which Florida finally granted. Last year, the US Government minted 8.2 billion coins, of which 4.9 billion were pennies. The vast […]
Sapphire Energy, among other hardy survivors, press forward, as others melt away or re-focus on higher-value, smaller-market products. You remember algae biofuels, don’t you? The Summer of Algae 2009 was the ‘summer of algae,” when it seemed that every other day, there was another Mom-and-Pop, or even international behemoth, announcing that it was heading up […]
As Honeywell and Agrisoma collaborate to pioneer aviation biofuels from a new carinata-based feedstock, critics wonder exactly why the military is paying so much for the biofuels it is utilizing for tests. In Illinois, UOP announced that Honeywell Green Jet Fuel will be used for the world’s first comprehensive test program using a new biofeedstock specifically […]
In Washington, Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, addressed the Renewable Fuels Association’s Washington Legislative Forum. “One of those most promising [clean energy] industries has been American biofuels,” she said. “Right now, domestic biofuel production is at the highest level ever. In fact, monthly production has increased more than […]
Four projects, four technologies, four feedstocks, four geographies. Couldn’t be more differentiated, couldn’t be more linked in terms of affirming investor confidence in advanced biofuels. The English sonneteer John Donne would have made an excellent bioenergy trade association head, had not his duties as Dean of St. Paul’s proven so time-consuming, and had thermo-catalytic or […]
Isobutanol – a gateway to bioprocessing fortunes? Well, the lawyers are doing just fine too. Here’s a 2-Minute Guide to all the Gevo and Butamax hollerin’, and how to separate the alcohol from the folderol. In case it has escaped your attention, Butamax is suing Gevo and Gevo is suing Butamax. Enough paper has been […]
Building your value chain, or supply chain? In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of them. But who are the best? Behind the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, and the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals & Materials, there are a lot of partners adding value and driving down costs. For quite some […]
There’s water, water everywhere, hardly a drop to use. The latest on Sustainable, Affordable, Reliable, Available biomass feedstocks that keep down the stress on our water tables. Among the compelling presentations at ABLC this month, Daphne Preuss, CEO of Chromatin, one of the leading seed developers, gave one of the real waker-uppers, this on feedstock […]
In Washington, the DOE is making up to $15 million available to demonstrate biomass-based oil supplements that can be blended with petroleum. These “bio-oil” precursors for renewable transportation fuels could be integrated into the oil refining processes that make conventional gasoline, diesel and jet fuels without requiring modifications to existing fuel distribution networks or engines. […]
In Indonesia, Wilmar International is investing $80 million in a palm-oil based aviation biofuel facility in East Java in conjunction with technology provider Elevance Renewable Sciences. The company already produces biodiesel and bio-olefin from palm oil but the bio-olefin needs further refining to be used for jet fuel. Wilmar may cooperate with national oil company […]
