In Massachusetts, Agrivida plans to deliver three enzymes to bring down the cost associated with corn-based ethanol to $0.80 per gallon. After receiving $6.8 million in grants from the USDA and the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program earlier this year, Agrivida plans to deliver these three enzymes for corn this fall. Agrivida’s technology triggers enzymes […]
In California, Vinod Khosla’s clean-tech fund has received a $15 million investment from Wipro chairman Azim Premji. Although the investment is small relative to the $1.1 billion in start up funds raised by Khosla in 2009, it marks a significant change in investment strategy for Wipro after their establishment of EcoEnergy, a unit focused on […]
In Iowa, the expected value of this year’s corn crop has risen by more than $1 billion based on the Chicago Board of Trade’s futures rates. Flooding throughout the Midwest has caused planting delays in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio and throughout the Mississippi River valley, raising the futures price per bushel from $6.15 to $6.66. […]
In Indonesia, the government has placed a 2-year ban on rainforest cutting after being promised up to $1 billion from Norway, according to Businessweek. After heavy amounts of deforestation caused by high demand for pulp, paper, and palm oil has lead Indonesia to become one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, Norway has agreed […]
In the UK, Oxford Catalyst Group is poised to deploy microchannel reactor technology in a 50 bbl/d BTL plant planned to be operational in Brazil by 2012. A joint venture between SGC Energia and an un-named partner, the plant will utilize a biomass-to-liquids process demonstrated at a pilot plant in Gossing, Austria. Velocys, the company […]
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In Washington, Clean Edge has released its 2nd annual U.S. Clean Energy Leadership Index with California, Oregon, and Massachusetts rocking the top of the list. West Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama fill the bottom slots. The report considers over 70 indicators including total electricity produced by clean-energy sources, hybrid and electric vehicles on the road, clean-energy […]
In Iowa, a recent speech made by Newt Gingrich cites job-creation and self-sufficiency through domestic production of ethanol as a prime goal of the presidential hopeful. While promising not to raise taxes and to cut capital gains to zero, Gingrich also identified America’s need to depend on Midwest production of ethanol. During the speech, Gingrich […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 0.82 percent to 89.49 as advanced biofuels gains offset ethanol declines. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.73 percent to $31.26, while Amyris (AMRS) rose 2.07 percent to $28.57. Among other equities, Codexis (CDXS) soared 11.76 percent to $10.07. Overall, declines […]
A conversation with Waste Management’s Tim Cesarek — looking at WM’s strategic investment goals, methods and progress Over the past two years, Waste Management has made a formidable series of investments in technologies for converting municipal solid waste into energy and other bio-based products, among them S4, Enerkem, and Terrabon. This past week, WM announced […]
