In California, Genomatica announced that it has successfully produced Bio-BDO from its first demonstration-scale fermentation, on schedule. The fermentation was performed in a 13,000 liter tank in Decatur, Ill., at the facility of partner Tate & Lyle. This achievement comes just three months after the partnership agreement was announced. Continued success during the demonstration-scale stage […]
In Mexico, researchers at the la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California are isolating microalgae from a lake in San Quentin, south of Ensenada, to see if it would make an appropriate feedstock for biofuel. The species under investigation can be grown in poor conditions, as it is adapted to the water quality of the lake, […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, recovered 1.12 percent to 88.64 as ethanol recovered. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 1.64 percent to $30.29, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIXD) recovered 2.74 percent to $1.50. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) jumped 4.72 percent to $39.48. Advances led declines 3 […]
The senator from OilCoHoma is once again holding up the United States Senate in a crusading attempt to rid the world of a tax credit that is going away anyway. The bacterial genus Clostridium, like the United States Senate, counts about 100 members that include some real friends of humanity like C. phytofermentans – now […]
Solazyme has taken the lead in voting for the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals, with Gevo and Amyris remaining close behind. Filling out the top 10 after voting in the past week are Cargill, Dupont, Dow Chemical, Genomatica, Novozymes, Genencor, Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, and Cobalt Technologies. Elevance Renewable Sciences, Petrobras, Joule Unlimited, LanzaTech, […]
In Indiana, the state’s Corn Marketing Council has rolled out a new grant program for gasoline retailers to install blender pumps, with up to 50% of the cost with a maximum $20,000 per grant available. The program will use corn checkoff funds. As the funds available are limited, they will only be granted to the […]
In Brazil, the country energy regulator ANP has unveiled new rules to ensure domestic ethanol supply availability including requiring producers to hold stocks equivalent to 8% of the previous April’s production no later than March 1 of every year. On the same note, fuel retailers will also be required to hold stocks equal to their […]
In Ireland, the national Bioenergy Association is calling on state agencies such as the national bus line and national railroad to get onboard with biofuels in order to promote their development in the country. Despite the 4% biofuel blend, seven Irish biofuel companies have gone out of business due to competition with predominantly Brazilian biofuel […]
In California, Cosan and Amyris announced a Joint Venture Implementation Agreement as the final step toward the commencement of operations in Novvi, which will develop, produce and commercialize renewable base oils made from Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. Novvi plans to commercialize a line of synthetic, renewable base oils for the lubricants market, comparable to Group […]
In Illinois, the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research at the University of Illinois has opened a renovated CABER Bioprocessing Laboratory, that will focus on increasing efficiencies in current biofuel technologies, and developing new biofuel and biochemical technologies. The 2500 square foot lab features wet milling, dry grind and ethanol fermentation equipment. Biomass processing equipment will […]
