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Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels taps BioChemtex’ Piero Cavigliasso as new chairman

Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels taps BioChemtex’ Piero Cavigliasso as new chairman

June 18, 2016 |

In Italy, at the Annual General Meeting of Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels, Piero Cavigliasso from BioChemtex was appointed chairman for the next year. LSB consists of leading European companies investing in advanced biofuels, including BioChemtex, BTG, Clariant, Dong Energy, St1, UPM and British Airways. “This is a critically important year for advanced biofuels, Cavigliasso said. […]

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Georgia Biomass qualifies for Pellet Fuels Institute Standards Program

Georgia Biomass qualifies for Pellet Fuels Institute Standards Program

June 18, 2016 |

In Washington, Georgia Biomass has joined the Pellet Fuels Institute Standards Program, a third-party accreditation program providing specifications for residential and commercial-grade pellet fuel, now representing fourteen pellet manufacturing companies, among them 23 facilities. With the addition of Georgia Biomass, the PFI Standards Program now represents a combined 1.5 million tons of annual fuel production […]

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GRFA: Commit to biofuels policies to achieve COP21 targets

GRFA: Commit to biofuels policies to achieve COP21 targets

June 18, 2016 |

In Canada, Bliss Baker, the President of the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, called on parties to the climate agreement reached at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to take immediate action to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector and incorporate increased biofuels blending as part of their national plans. Of the 195 […]

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ePURE launches Policy Roadmap for decarbonizing transport to 2030

ePURE launches Policy Roadmap for decarbonizing transport to 2030

June 18, 2016 |

In the EU, ePURE launched its Policy Roadmap for decarbonizing transport to 2030. Ahead of the European Commission’s publication of a Communication to decarbonize transport post- 2020, epure said that the Commission should propose clear, consistent and binding measures that increase the climate performance of transport fuels. Incentives for the deployment of sustainable low carbon […]

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Land O’Lakes to acquire Ceres

Land O’Lakes to acquire Ceres

June 17, 2016 |

In California, Land O’Lakes will acquire Ceres for a price of $17.2 million, or $0.40 per share. Land O’Lakes is the largest US grower’s co-operative. The price per share of common stock represents an 81% premium to the closing price of Ceres shares of common stock on June 16, 2016. Upon completion of the transaction, […]

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Re-think, re-use, retro-fit: 15 4G techs transforming Gen-1 biobased plants

Re-think, re-use, retro-fit: 15 4G techs transforming Gen-1 biobased plants

June 16, 2016 |

This week, we profiled several technologies that together we described as 4G. The stakes are huge. Let’s put just two of them together for a moment to imagine the implications. If every gallon of ethanol was produced using a scaled-up White Dog Labs tech, and 33% of the passenger cars on the road were Nissan FCVs. […]

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Nissan’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system, and what the fuss is all about

Nissan’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system, and what the fuss is all about

June 15, 2016 |

Fuel cells are important technology. You may remember them from the space program. They show up in the drama of Apollo 13, for example. Many car companies have investigated their potential — but here’s a breakthrough that addresses the major barriers for fuel-cell adoption. Earlier this week, we reported that Nissan is researching and developing […]

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How Big Data is Disrupting Agriculture from Biological Discovery to Farming Practices

How Big Data is Disrupting Agriculture from Biological Discovery to Farming Practices

June 14, 2016 |

By Vonnie Estes Sometimes we only know there was a revolution by looking in the rear view mirror. That is not the case with the disruption in agriculture today. We can see the innovation and disruption that’s occurring in real time all around us. With the need to produce more food using fewer inputs, agriculture […]

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Why is ATJ renewable jet fuel rockin’ it?

Why is ATJ renewable jet fuel rockin’ it?

June 14, 2016 |

If you’ve seen the astonishing leap in Gevo’s valuation over the past 2 weeks and the jump in Amyris’ value this week, you might have noticed they have one important element in common: both are making major announcements regarding supply of renewable jet fuel. Gevo to Alaska Airlines, Amyris to Cathay Pacific. Quantities are small, […]

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Protected: ABLC Feedstocks 2016 – The Complete Presentations

Protected: ABLC Feedstocks 2016 – The Complete Presentations

June 14, 2016 |

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