In Texas, Sabine Biofuels announced that Robert J. Squires has joined the Company as President. Prior to joining the Company, he served as President, North American Region, for Cognis Oleochemicals, and as Global Head of Operations for Emery Oleochemicals. In Florida, Dr. George Philippidis has joined the University of South Florida Polytechnic as director of […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, retreated 1.90 percent to 75.26 despite a strong Obama Administration announcement in behalf of advanced biofuels. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) dropped 0.88 percent to $28.04, while Gevo (GEVO) fell 6.73 percent to $11.50. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) fell 3.37 percent […]
US announces historic investment to jump-start “drop-in” biofuels at commercial scale. Jet fuel, diesel in focus — USDA, DOE, USN to share tab, and leverage private investment The US seeks to definitively break its addiction on imported oil. In Washington, President Obama today announced that the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will invest […]
In Florida, #3 seed Raizen was in early trouble with voters in the first round of the 2011 Transformative Technologies tournament, with 14th seeded Abengoa Bioenergy taking 55 percent of the votes in first day polling. The first-round of the tournament pits the hottest biotechnologies of 64 organizations against each other, in 32 head-to-head contests […]
Survivor, biofuels style? NABC trims its project roster to two (or maybe three), as it nixes two projects and puts two on the “maybe” watch. Here’s what happened, why, and what’s next. In Washington, the DOE today recognized the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium’s (NABC) initial selection of two “drop-in” biofuels technology pathways that will advance […]
In Colorado, Chrysler and ZeaChem announced a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at forming a strategic alliance to accelerate the development and market adoption of advanced cellulosic ethanol, by bringing together a leading global auto manufacturer and an innovative bio-based fuels and chemicals production company. The primary alliance goals are to strengthen the credibility among regulators […]
In North Carolina, AvJet Biotech has announced the release of a podcast regarding the organization’s Red Wolf Refining process. In this podcast, Dr. William Roberts, principal scientist, provides an overview of how the Red Wolf Refining process works and explains how this process is different from other refining systems and the impact of the system […]
In Oregon, Portland General Electric expects giant cane to keep its coal-powered plant operating past 2020 when the company must shut down its 585MW coal-based energy production. To do so would require between 60,000 and 90,000 acres of locally-produced giant cane but area farmers are concerned about the impacts of converting food acres in Oregon’s […]
In California, Amyris announced the commissioning of its third industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. The production plant is located in Decatur, Ill., at a Tate & Lyle facility. Amyris plans to sell Biofene directly for use in industrial applications or to apply simple chemical finishing steps to Biofene to form […]
In India, Southern Biodiesel Technologies is developing a 50-ton-per-day biodiesel plant in Karnataka is set to come online in the next four months, the second in the state. The facility will reach half its capacity in the next six weeks but must be at 75% capacity before it comes online.
