In California, researchers led by assistant professor Michelle Chang at Berkeley have engineered bacteria to produce n-butanol at about 10 times the rate of competing microbes, in work that will be published in the Nature Chemical Biology. It has been long known that some Clostridium bacteria can naturally produce n-butanol. Other groups had been able […]
In Washington, a coalition of 90 organizations urged Congress to let the refundable Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) expire and to resist calls for spending on infrastructure for conventional biofuels. The coalition says: “Congress has the opportunity to end the $6 billion a year subsidy to gasoline refiners who blend corn ethanol into gasoline. […]
In Brazil, Braskem today announced that Luiz de Mendonca has been named CEO of Braskem America. He succeeds Carlos Fadigas, who led Braskem America until his appointment to the role of CEO of Braskem S.A. Mendonca will be based in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to his position as CEO, Mendonca will lead Braskem’s international expansion […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, dropped 1.48 percent to 88.44 on broad declines just a day after the Index reached a 31-month high. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 1.51 percent to $36.62, while Dupont (DD) dropped 3.01 percent to $53.22. Among other equities, Biox (BX.T) jumped […]
Will the new fermentation technologies completely shatter preconceptions about biofuels and bio-based products – and redefine the way in which Western Civ approaches the production of fuel, food, feed, and fiber? The new Brew Barons are working hard to make that so. See part 1 of today’s top story, here. LanzaTech The LanzaTech process increases […]
Will the new fermentation technologies completely shatter preconceptions about biofuels and bio-based products – and redefine the way in which Western Civ approaches the production of fuel, food, feed, and fiber? The new Brew Barons are working hard to make it so. The Regents of the University of Washington generally only admit under conditions of […]
In Massachusetts, Crane & Co. is preparing to invest $80 million in a Rapid Thermal Processing facility near its paper mill in Dalton to produce pyrolysis oil from wood waste that will eventually produce enough electricity to take the mill nearly off the grid. The facility is expected to be online in 2013 and half […]
In Idaho, Houston’s Natural Chem Holdings who purchased the bankrupt Renova Energy ethanol plant in Heyburn for $2.4 million plans to invest $22 million in order to produce biogas, pharmaceutical grade glycerin and blend ethanol and biodiesel. Investments include $4 million to purify the biogas so it can be sold into the Intermountain Gas Co.’s […]
In Indiana, Poet will open its 27th ethanol plant on March 15 in Cloverdale. The 90 million gallon per year facility will bring the state’s total ethanol production capacity to over 1 billion gallons. POET purchased POET Biorefining – Cloverdale in 2010 and is now completing approximately $30 million in upgrades including BPX, POET’s patented […]
In Spain, the country has boosted biofuel blending quotas to 7% energy content for 2011 from the previously expected 5.9%, and much higher than 2010’s 4.78%, in an effort to offset higher oil prices. That’s roughly E10 and B8 nationwide. The country has already lowered the speed limit on highways from 120km per hour to […]
