Forget water or oil, we’ll run out of phosphorus first, say some. Will that spell “doom” for biofuels as usual? The world’s oil supply, by some calculations, will begin to run out at the end of this century – for some countries, its long gone, never there, or distress is just right around the corner. […]
In New York, DuPont Applied BioSciences President Craig F. Binetti, speaking at the Jeffries 11th Annual Clean Technology Conference, talked about Dupont’s intentions regarding biotechnology and biofuels. Dupont currently estimates the biofuels industry worldwide will grow from a $50 billion opportunity today to a $75 billion opportunity by 2015. The company has ongoing efforts to […]
In Florida, Freedom Environmental Services and Clean Fuel of Lakeland consummated a three-year yellow grease supply agreement. Freedom notes that while there can be no guarantees, management believes that the value of the contract could exceed $18 million if the maximum volumes are achieved by Grease Recovery Solutions, a subsidiary of Freedom Environmental Services, over […]
In Illinois, Envergent Technologies, a Honeywell company announced that its its technology will be used by Crane & Co. to convert biomass feedstock into a renewable oil to heat and power the Crane Mass. facility where it produces paper used for U.S. currency. Now, that’s what we call overheating the money supply. Envergent’s RTP technology […]
In Mozambique, a policy mandating the blending of both ethanol and biodiesel has been sent to the President’s Cabinet for approval that includes both blend levels and deadlines for implementation. Brazil’s FGV Projetos is undergoing a sustainability feasibility study for the government with funding from Brazil’s Vale mining company under a partnership with the European […]
In the UK, 270 protestors have blocked the chemical plant at the site at Saltend which is due to start production of ethanol and its animal feed by-product this summer. Workers are striking over layoff procedures for construction workers at the facility. More on the story.
In the Netherlands, Delft University of Technology and the Kluyver Center have licensed their technology for improved ethanol production from agricultural waste to DSM. The licensing agreement has DSM investing in follow up research. The license is the result of work that inserted a bacterial gene in yeast that caused higher ethanol production, the elimination […]
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In the Netherlands, Eindhoven University researcher Anna Sues calculated that “even if all available biomass in Europe is used in the most efficient possible way for the transport industry, a biofuels proportion of no more than 9.5% would be achievable,” and added that achieving such a goal is nowhere near achievable in practice. The researcher […]
Wilson Sonsini is hosting a webinar on today to discuss the state of clean energy support in Washington. “There is no charge to attend ,” said the company in a note to the Digest,” we are just trying to inform our client base (and others to whom these issues matter). This is the time for […]
