“The so-called fossil-age will make a shift to the bio-based-economy. In two or three centuries from now, people will look back on our civilization as a merely brief moment in history where we in a period of just about 250 years shifted our total economy to coal, oil and gas. To make the shift back […]
In Colorado, Summit Enterprises says its EZBiodiesel processors designed especially for making biodiesel at home can produce the fuel for about $1 per gallon. In addition to individuals and small businesses making their own biodiesel, many of the processors currently being manufactured are going to schools as teaching aids in their “green energy” curriculum. Schools […]
In California, BP and Dutch chemicals company DSM have invested an un-disclosed amount in Carlsbad-based Verdezyne to fund the company’s start-up operations during the next two years as well as to help it build pilot plants that will produce both ethanol and adipic acid from cellulosic feedstocks. More about the BP-DSM-Verdezyne hook up in today’s […]
In the UK, TerraVerdae BioWorks was awarded a strategic grant under the UK Technology Strategy Board competition for Manufacturing High Value Chemicals through Industrial Biotechnology. This award will support TerraVerdae’s efforts to scale-up the company’s industrial bioprocess for production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) based biodegradable plastics. The project is supported through TerraVerdae’s collaboration with The Centre […]
In Canada, biofuels project developer GreenField Ethanol, enzyme developer Novozymes, and industrial process solutions leaderAndritz announced the launch of G2 BiChem, a collaborative effort between the three groups. The group is committed to making advanced biofuels from agricultural waste, energy crops and forest biomass.
In Brazil, ethanol imports reached 170.7 million liters during April, up sharply from the 17.8 million liters imported during April 2010 and the 17 million liters imported just the month before. Nearly 140 million liters came from the US, another 10.8 million liters of undenatured ethanol came from the UK but may have been of […]
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In Washington and in Iowa, two competing studies looking at the economics behind ethanol blending are painting very different pictures. A study by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University funded by the Renewable Fuels Association says ethanol blending has lowered pump prices by 25 cents per gallon on average […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, halted its five day losing streak by advancing 0.16 percent to 90.36. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) recovered 0.41 percent to $34.11, while BlueFire Renewables (BFRE.OB) jumped 14.29 percent to $0.40. Among other equities, Amyris (AMRS) fell 4.25 percent to $24.53. Overall, […]
“Crown support, First Nations, town and provincial support, all coming together. They’ve shown everyone how you get this done.” says Rentech CEO Hunt Ramsbottom, noting contrast between US, Canadian organization on biofuels commercialization. Can the US catch up? In Canada, Ontario has selected Rentech’s Olympiad Project in the Township of White River for proposed supply […]
