One day left in voting. Who’s hot, who’s not? There’s one day left in subscriber voting for the 100 Top People in Bioenergy. Traditionally, we get a big rush of ballots on the final day, plus we have the votes to consider from the Digest editorial board. But who’s leading, who’s on the bubble right […]
In California, NexSteppe raised $14 million in Series B Funding. The new round of funding was led by Braemar Energy Ventures, and as a result, Dennis Costello, Partner at Braemar, has joined the company’s Board of Directors. NexSteppe will use the proceeds from the round to scale up its sweet sorghum, high biomass sorghum and […]
In Oregon, Columbia Pacific Biorefinery’s Clatskanie ethanol facility is expected to reopen in Q1 2012. Project manager and JH Kelly Holdings VP, Mark Fleischauer reports that 71 employees of CPB are currently readying the plant. Corn shipments are expected to arrive in Q1, and Fleischauer commented that they hope to exceed 108MGy ethanol production.
In Florida, Eco Ventures has received a “Blanket Purchase Order for 120 days following first fuel production” from Agri Liquid Products of Sandy Hook, Mississippi. The purchase order agrees to purchase all EVGI’s initial 3.6 million gallon per year production. The purchase order is for ASTM Fuel only and EVGI must begin production by March […]
In Israel, the the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation has approved $8.1 million of funding for nine new projects between Israeli and American companies. In addition to the grants from BIRD, the projects will access private sector funding, boosting the total value of all projects to $22 million. The approvals covered from medical […]
In Spain, Endesa announced the success of the first stage of their CO2 capture with microalgae project. As a result, Endesa will carry out trials with two new types of photo-bioreactors and develop and test new genetically-modified algae to increase the rate of CO2 fixation, with a budget of €3.5 million. The long term goal […]
In Finland, Neste Oil will build a pilot plant to produce waste-based microbial oil at its Porvoo refinery. It will be the first pilot plant in Europe designed to produce microbial oil for use in manufacturing renewable fuel from waste-based raw materials, such as straw and other agricultural residues, as well as industrial waste and […]
In Israel and Pennyslvania, Rosetta Genomics has entered into a share transfer agreement with unnamed purchasers, under which it has sold all of the ordinary shares of Rosetta Green it held. Rosetta Genomics had owned approximately 50.03% of the outstanding ordinary shares of Rosetta Green, which is publicly traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. […]
In Finland, Aalto University researchers have discovered a method for manufacturing fuel cells that require 60 per cent less of costly catalysts than current methods. By using the Aalto University researchers’ ALD method, the anode cover can be much thinner and more even than before, lowering costs and increasing quality. Additionally, by using alcohol fuels […]
In Canada, Jim Hillyer, MP for Lethbridge, on behalf of the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, announced an investment of up to $31.14 million, over six years, in Kyoto Fuels Corporation through the ecoENERGY for Biofuels program. Kyoto Fuels will produce up to 66 million liters of biodiesel a year. The project consists […]
