In San Francisco next week, Advanced Biofuels Markets opens with delegates from 16 countries. What are the 10 hottest topics right now – What’s the Buzz? Looking at the official activities, ABM will feature the live announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2011-12, the winners of the Day in the Life of […]
Canada, US policymakers do that rarest of things: ask the public for input on all the key subjects of interest in the world of advanced biofuels. “We are the government and we are here to help,” goes the old cliche. This week, the message is “we’re the government and we need some help.” A refreshing […]
Consider this: Every time the price of a barrel of imported oil rises one dollar, it costs the Navy $31 million in increased fuel costs. The result is that the military must run fewer operations and complete fewer training exercises. Our nation imagines itself the most free and secure in the world, yet this statistic […]
In California and Brazil, Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia, a specialty chemical company, announced an MOU to develop bio n-butanol refineries throughout Latin America. It’s one of the first moves into the conversion of sugar cane bagasse into renewable fuels and chemicals. There are 2.3 billion tones of sugarcane grown annually, and around 714 million tonnes […]
Iowa algae and corn ethanol project points the way towards optimizing delivery of feed, fuel, carbon reduction. In our 10-part series, the Bioenergy Project of the Future, based on extensive interviews with industry leaders, we outlined what is expected to be the multi-product, multi-input structure of biofuels and biomaterials projects in the future. In step […]
Is BP going for vertical integration, just as Shell has opted for a massive JV with Cosan; and Total, Marathon and Chevron continue with strategic investments in advanced technologies. Why vertical, why now? When BP entered into the biofuels sphere in 2008, the strategy under CEO Phil New was to seek out “advantaged” biofuels, in […]
Today, subscribers can begin to cast their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest e-newsletters, through Monday October 31st at 5pm EST. Digest subscribers can receive their copy of the free, 370 page Selectors Data Book – including dozens of company profiles, […]
In New York, Novozymes announced its investment in CleanStar Mozambique at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. CleanStar Mozambique, a company founded by Novozymes and CleanStar Ventures, will work with smallholder farmers to implement sustainable farming practices, create a food and ethanol cooking fuel production facility, and lay the groundwork for economically and ecologically sustainable […]
In Massachusetts, Mascoma Corporation filed its S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined, and the company has not indicated yet which exchange it will apply to for a listing of its […]
In Florida, Joule Unlimited and Terrabon opened up big first day leads in light voting on day one of the Final Four balloting in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. “It’s been one of the lightest Mondays of the tournament,” commented Digest editor Jim Lane, “and ballots are generally building up in volume during the week. […]
