Category: Top Stories

Heard on the Floor at the Algae Biomass Summit

Heard on the Floor at the Algae Biomass Summit

November 1, 2016 |

On October 23-26 the algae industry gathered in Phoenix, AZ for the Algae Biomass Summit , its annual get together. Gone are the glory days of algae biofuels capturing headlines and promising to save the world from climate change. Over the years some of the early players are gone, others have changed focus and others […]

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Changing off-take to achieve take-off: Sea-Tac, SkyNRG, Carbon War Room partner to shake up renewable jet fuel supply chain

Changing off-take to achieve take-off: Sea-Tac, SkyNRG, Carbon War Room partner to shake up renewable jet fuel supply chain

November 1, 2016 |

In Washington state, the Port of Seattle, SkyNRG and Carbon War Room have signed a partnership to investigate long-term financing mechanisms that could supply all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation fuels. Sea-Tac is the first airport in the world to initiate this step to provide an airport-wide sustainable aviation fuel supply for […]

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National Biodiesel Board taps Donnell Rehagen as new CEO

National Biodiesel Board taps Donnell Rehagen as new CEO

October 31, 2016 |

In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Board has named Donnell Rehagen as the trade group’s chief executive. Rehagen was named interim CEO in June after serving 12 years as NBB’s chief operating officer. Now, when someone like Aquaman is first asked to join the Justice League of America, it doesn’t entirely catch the fans by surprise, […]

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REG delivers high performance musk ingredient; first commercial product for Life Sciences unit

REG delivers high performance musk ingredient; first commercial product for Life Sciences unit

October 31, 2016 |

In Iowa, REG Life Sciences reports that it has delivered its first commercial product, a specialty fatty acid. REG developed, produced and delivered approximately one metric ton of the renewable, multi-functional chemical to Aroma Chemical Services International. ACS will use the specialty chemical for the production of a high performance musk ingredient for sale into the […]

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S2G BioChem, Mondelēz to collaborate on new sweetener process

S2G BioChem, Mondelēz to collaborate on new sweetener process

October 30, 2016 |

In Canada, S2G BioChem has entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Mondelēz International — a leader in biscuits, chocolate, gum, candy and powdered beverages — to help commercialize a sustainably-sourced supply of the food ingredient xylitol using a proprietary co-production technology. Commercial-scale production of the sustainably-sourced food ingredient xylitol is expected to begin […]

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Renewable fuel from vehicle exhaust: Oak Ridge’s catalytic breakthrough

Renewable fuel from vehicle exhaust: Oak Ridge’s catalytic breakthrough

October 27, 2016 |

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have come up with a highly-efficient process to make liquid fuels directly from carbon dioxide and water. Because burning fuels in an internal combustion engine produces CO2 and water as its byproducts, the new discovery is, essentially, a form of reverse combustion. It’s a simple concept, but over the […]

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For cars of the future, the fuels they need, today, from algae

For cars of the future, the fuels they need, today, from algae

October 26, 2016 |

Of all the many wonders at the Algae Biomass Summit this week, perhaps there was nothing more interesting in terms of the Department of Energy’s laudable attention to the sector than a poster from NREL on a project “to screen microalgal biomass to discover novel molecules which have potential to be used as gasoline fuel.” In […]

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Podesta, Putin, Trump, Gingrich, and Joule: WikiLeaks and the inside true story

Podesta, Putin, Trump, Gingrich, and Joule: WikiLeaks and the inside true story

October 25, 2016 |

If you’ve been following the Sunday news programs in the past week, or breathless reporting in the Wall Street Journal (“John Podesta and the Russians” ) or Breitbart over the past few months, you’ll find that Clinton campaign chief John Podesta has come under fire for his ties to Joule Unlimited. Let’s look at the charges […]

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A bridge from city to country made of algae: An Algae Biomass Summit preview

A bridge from city to country made of algae: An Algae Biomass Summit preview

October 23, 2016 |

In Arizona this week, the Algae Biomass Summit kicks off — the industry’s largest and most glamorous get-together — and it affords us all an opportunity to measure algae’s progress and prospects. It was almost nine years ago that the Algae Biomass Organization debuted at high tide for biofuels, hailed as a wonder crop by […]

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New bioprocessing tech moves us from “Food vs Fuels” to “Food, then fuel”

New bioprocessing tech moves us from “Food vs Fuels” to “Food, then fuel”

October 20, 2016 |

The MyFitnessPal Dietician and lifestyle blogger Elle writes: When it comes down to it, cornstarch doesn’t add any sort of nutritional value to foods other than calories – which most of us get more than enough of anyway. I consider healthy foods to be those that give me good stuff like fiber, protein, vitamins and […]

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