Archive for 2018

Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Gevo, Provivi co-founder honored for directed evolution technology

Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Gevo, Provivi co-founder honored for directed evolution technology

October 4, 2018 |

In Sweden, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold,  Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, at Caltech “for the directed evolution of enzymes” It’s essentially a technology originally known as the Staggered Extension Process, or StEP. It’s an iterative, molecular technique […]

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Iowa retailers team up to promote Pink at the Pump® campaign with E15

Iowa retailers team up to promote Pink at the Pump® campaign with E15

October 3, 2018 |

In Iowa, more than 50 E15 retailers across the state have teamed with the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) and The Hormel Institute for October’s Pink at the Pump® campaign to fight breast cancer with cleaner-burning E15. Participating Iowa E15 retailers will donate 3-cents of every gallon of E15 sold during the entire month of October to NBCF […]

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KOKO Networks invests in Saarus to commercially roll out ethanol cookstoves in Africa

KOKO Networks invests in Saarus to commercially roll out ethanol cookstoves in Africa

October 3, 2018 |

In Kenya, KOKO Networks Ltd. announced a strategic investment in Saarus Innovations Pvt. Ltd., a product design and manufacturing company headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. KOKO and Saarus have collaborated closely in recent years. In particular, Saarus helped design, develop and manufacture KOKO’s patent-pending bio-ethanol powered cookstove, which was commercially piloted in selected neighborhoods of Nairobi […]

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Tucumcari Bio-Energy seeks to revamp mothballed ethanol plant into methane

Tucumcari Bio-Energy seeks to revamp mothballed ethanol plant into methane

October 3, 2018 |

In New Mexico, Tucumcari Bio-Energy is looking to convert its former ethanol plant in the town of Tucumcari to methane production following a successful feasibility study done with Sandia Labs. The project would use the ethanol plant’s six 55,000-gallon fermentation tanks to produce methane gas following an 18-month conversion. The company to have financing and […]

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Growth Energy launches website to promote Unleaded 88 for E15 awareness

Growth Energy launches website to promote Unleaded 88 for E15 awareness

October 3, 2018 |

In Washington, Growth Energy announced the launch of a new consumer-facing website for Unleaded 88 fuel: Unl88.com. Unleaded 88 is the unified brand identify for E15 – a fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol – and is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency for cars model year 2001 and newer – about 9 out of […]

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Singapore port authority to invest in alternative fuel R&D

Singapore port authority to invest in alternative fuel R&D

October 3, 2018 |

In Singapore, the maritime and ports authority has awarded $3.6 million for research into the use of alternative fuels like ethanol and methanol for bunker fuel. The move is part of the agency’s push to comply with the International Marine Organization’s 2050 goals to cut carbon emissions from marine transport by half. The MPA has […]

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India’s ethanol blend could reach 3.2% this year

India’s ethanol blend could reach 3.2% this year

October 3, 2018 |

In India, although far from its 10% ethanol blending goals, the USDA estimates the country will achieve 3.2% ethanol blending this year at around 1.25 billion liters, the second-highest ever behind 3.3% in 2016. Total production capacity is could reach 6.5% blending if all ethanol was used for blending, which it is not. Last year […]

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Australian researchers manipulate plant walls in hopes of easing biofuel production

Australian researchers manipulate plant walls in hopes of easing biofuel production

October 3, 2018 |

In Australia, researchers from the University of Melbourne show how plant walls could be manipulated in the future to change the way we produce biofuels, bioplastics and other biomaterials. In particular, understanding how to control the production of flexible primary walls, which support cell growth, has been an important goal for biologists. The sugar-based polymers […]

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Biofuels left behind in major Federal Transit Administration bus grant program

Biofuels left behind in major Federal Transit Administration bus grant program

October 3, 2018 |

In Washington, of the $366.2 million in grants awarded last week by the Federal Transit Administration to improve America’s bus systems, only one project associated with biofuels was awarded. The nearly $6.4 million grant was awarded to the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority who will receive funding to expand its biodiesel bus fleet. The project […]

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NATSO launches new RIN management service with Alternative Fuels Council

NATSO launches new RIN management service with Alternative Fuels Council

October 2, 2018 |

In Virginia, NATSO Inc. and the Alternative Fuels Council launched a new RIN Management Service designed to help fuel retailers that blend and sell renewable fuels to more efficiently participate in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program and manage their Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). The Alternative Fuels Council’s RIN Management Service will help those who […]

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