In Germany, Bosche is showing off its E85 flex-fuel and compressed natural gas technologies such as engine management systems and tailor-made injection components at the Frankfurt Auto Show, snubbing traditional gasoline and diesel as the way of the future. The technology reduces a vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions by around 25 percent compared to a traditional […]
In South Africa, the South African Biofuels Association (BASA) announced that the Country’s bioeconomy has been hindered by a lack of regulations and government policy, despite possessing the necessary technology and resources for a robust biofuels production. BASA claims that South Africa could increase its grains capacity by over 3-million tons very quickly and create […]
In the Netherlands, Evodos received an order to supply all the algae harvesting machines for MBD’s 1 Ha power stationplant in Australia. At this site it will be determined whether the CO2 that is produced by the coal fired power plant can be captured by algae in a cost and energy effective way using MBD […]
In South Carolina, researchers at Clemson and the Georgia Institute of Technology, have found a new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that not only could boost energy storage, but also eliminate the use of toxic compounds now used to manufacture the components. The material, called alginate is extracted from brown algae, and testing has […]
Today on Twitter. DickNabors: Availability of renewable materials for biofuels questioned BRGT350: scary but good read for those of us with older cars RT @HemmingsNews: The issue of classic cars and ethanol blends: nitrogencycle: Livestock, poultry industries call for end of #ethanol blender tax credit, tweaks to RFS in House #Ag committee hearing EthanolRFA: RFA […]
In California, Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CERT) received a $650,000 grant from the California Energy Commission, extending its commitment to $2 million to CERT for its patented steam hydrogasification reaction, which can turn any carbonaceous material – including waste from food, yards, sewage treatment facilities – […]
In the EU, the European Environment Agency Scientific Committee, according to a report in the International Herald Tribune, has issued an opinion that biofuels carbon savings should only be counted if they represent incremental savings over what would have been absorbed by existing cropland, forests and grasslands. The scientists said that the EU has been […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, rebounded 2.33 percent to 73.44 as advanced biofuels stocks lifted for a third consecutive session. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was up 2.85 percent to $28.19, while Gevo (GEVO) fell 2.35 percent to $8.73 . Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) soared 5.38 […]
What this country really needs is a good, five-cent sugar. Got one? Riches await. One of the most interesting developments in recent months has been the emergence, out of stealth, of a number of companies focused on providing low-cost cellulosic sugars. As Phycal CEO Kevin Berner said, “if you can make low-cost sugar, you can […]
In Florida, Joule Unlimited and Terrabon continued their big first day leads in robust volumes of third day voting in the Final Four balloting in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament. Voting to date (expressed in percentages) is: Solazyme 41 Joule 59 Terrabon 72 Novozymes 28 Final Four voting ends at 5pm ET on Friday, September […]
