In New York, the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy has released a report assessing the implications of lifting the U.S. restrictions on crude oil exports and the first since the oil price collapse. The report finds that the original rationale for the export ban no longer applies and that easing current U.S. export […]
In Canada, the Bioenterprise Corporation has been awarded up to CAD$2.5 million over the next five years for the national expansion of their services from the Canadian government’s Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP). “The financial support provided by the Government of Canada through CAIP will allow us to provide commercialization services across Canada to entrepreneurs […]
In Sweden, Richard Lewontin of Harvard and Tomoka Ohta of Japan’s National Institute of Genetics have received the 2015 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for their ‘pioneering analyses and fundamental contributions to the understanding of genetic polymorphism.’ Real life applications of their technology include applications in systematic biology, enhancing […]
In Florida, Tim Zenk has joined Algenol as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Zenk recently left Sapphire Energy, where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Algenol looks forward to Zenk’s many years of experience in business development, fundraising, government affairs, public policy, marketing and communications. The company now employs just under 200 […]
In South Dakota, a new white paper details the impact technology innovations have had on the accuracy of carbon intensity modeling for biofuels, resulting in dramatic improvement in the low carbon value of corn-based ethanol. The white paper, written by Ron Alverson, President of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) Board of Directors, also criticized […]
In Washington, Senators Toomey, Feinstein, and Flake introduced the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015, which Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis claims is recycled legislation that is “extremely shortsighted.” He said it seeks to appease the wishes of Big Oil and Big Food, is based on false information, and is ignorant of the environmental […]
In Colorado, Gevo has met its isobutanol production goal at its Luverne, Minnesota plant using the the Side-by-Side operation mode. The company had hoped to reach production levels of 50-100 thousand gallons per month by the end of 2014. The plant commenced the co-production of isobutanol and ethanol in June of 2014, with one fermenter […]
In China, Algae.Tec has made an agreement with China Finance Strategies Investment Holdings Ltd (“CFS”) under which Algae.Tec will issue an initial US$0.5m convertible bond and, subject to the achievement of certain milestones, will issue US$5m conditional options to CFS, and CFS will introduce Algae.Tec’s technology into the greater China region. Algae.Tec Managing Director Mr. […]
In the US, the ethanol exports for November of 2014 have been announced, with exports reaching a 35-month high at 90.9 million gallons. This is up 15% from October. India was the top destination for U.S. product in November, receiving 27.6 mg, or 30% of total shipments. In a reversal from historical trends, shipments of undenatured fuel […]
In Germany, the European biofuel economy should develop on the basis of a 7% “iLUC” base quantity, according to Wolfgang Vogel, the chairman of the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants. Vogel wrote to the members of the European parliament committees responsible for the European biofuel policy, stating that the security of […]
