In the UK, Solvert has unveiled plans to develop the UK’s first manufacturing facility producing industrial chemicals from domestic and commercial waste – and is looking for a site on Teeside. Solvert will ferment n-butanol, acetone, hydrogen and electricity from wet organic waste. Led by a team of leaders from the UK waste and chemical […]
HarvardResearch: Researcher argues U.S. government support of biofuels is a textbook example of ill-conceived policy GLBioenergy: Why is biotechnology so important to biofuels research? Check out GLBRC’s Bioenergy 101 section: EnergyCollectiv: Robert Rapier is not buying what Vinod Khosla is trying to sell on #biofuels SustainableNet: Lux Research: Bioplastics Biofuels Partnership Opportunities Drying Up – […]
In Alabama, a University of Alabama Huntsville graduate student is is using Clostridium pasteurianum bacteria to ferment glycerol, a biodiesel waste product, into acetic acid, butanol, butyric acid, ethanol, and propanediol. Keerthi Venkataramanan, a Ph.D. biotechnology student, notes that glycerol disposal is problem for the biodiesel industry. Glycerol is produced at a rate of one […]
In Washington, sources indicate that “the interim final rule is at the printer for the federal register” with respect to Section 9003 (Farm Bill) loan guarantees from the USDA, indicating that the new round should be out imminently. The Section 9003 is expected to have funds covering up to $1 billion in new bioenergy loans. […]
In Illinois, Dr Laurel Harmon joins LanzaTech as vice president of government relations.\ Dr Harmon was previously a consultant to Striatus on proposal and project development in advanced technologies, including energy and renewable fuels. LanzaTech has added another global award to its growing list of accolades – a global Red Herring Top 100, which recognises […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, jumped 1.82 percent to 87,15, as large caps recovered,. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) edged up 0.03 percent to $33.43, while Novozymes (NZMB) advanced 2.32 percent to $143.25. Among other equities, The Andersons (ANDE) gained 2.69 percent to $40.42. Overall, advances led […]
The USDA tells us that more than 500 biorefineries will be need to be built between now and 2022 in the United States to meet the added requirements for advanced biofuels. With those refineries costing somewhere around $8 per gallon of capacity, or north of $300 million each, the total price tag for bioenergy expansion […]
In Thailand, Universal Adsorbents & Chemicals expects its JV with Bangchak Petroleum known as Bangchak Biofuel to expand its biodiesel production capacity by 2030% with no more than $3.25 million in investment, which will come from its own cash flow. Currently, the biofuel producer has a daily production capacity of 300,000 liters. More on the […]
In California, BlueFire Renewables announced that Lincoln Park Capital Fund will invest up to $10 million in the company. Upon signing the agreement, LPC invested $150,000 in BlueFire as an initial investment under the agreement at $.35 per share together with warrants to purchase an equivalent number of shares at an exercise price of $.55 […]
In New Hampshire, Batchelder Biodiesel Refineries is preparing to send the EPA its emissions report for the proposed used cooking oil-based biodiesel operation it wants to install in Millyard within the next 30 days. The small company—who had suffered from bad press in the local newspaper assuming the project was dead—took some time to raise […]
