Cellulosic ethanol arrives at scale — “The five years away forever” put to rest — but are there troubling waters still ahead? For whom, and why? Part I of II Part II of our story is here. There’s a gigantic disconnect between two sections in the country as to whether the United States should be celebrating […]
“Sneaky E85 pricing strategies…give oil refiners the opportunity to wrongly claim that consumers are ‘rejecting’ E85,” says RFA. In Missouri, the Renewable Fuels Association released a new report highlighting alleged price-gouging in the St. Louis E85 market. In a new case study, the RFA tracked E85 and gasoline (E10) prices at all nine retail stations […]
According to MarketingDegree.net, “Greenwashed” is the way to describe up to 95 percent of “so-called green products”. The organization notes that a 2010 study by Terrachoice revealed that only 265 out of 5296 products were really as a green as they claimed, citing problems such as : 1. No Proof. 2. Hidden Trade-Offs; 3. Smoke […]
In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization is hailing the release by the USDA of the new report “Why Biobased?” which it describes as the first comprehensive federal quantification of the job opportunities and other economic benefits of the growing biobased products and renewable chemical industry. In the report, authors Jay Golden and Robert Handfield note […]
In Washington, 17 advanced bioeconomy companies were named to the 2014 Global Cleantech 100, produced by Cleantech Group, and LanzaTech was named North American Company of the year, awarded to the highest-ranked company on the list from the region. According to the Cleantech Group, a record number of nominations were received: 5,995 distinct companies from […]
Broadening the sources and uses for cellulosic ethanol. As we reported yesterday in the Digest, DuPont and Procter & Gamble, announced a collaboration to use cellulosic ethanol in North American Tide laundry detergent, a first of its kind. Tide Cold Water will be the first brand in the world to blend cellulosic ethanol in a […]
Cellulosic leaders sign with Energochemica for the construction of a 2nd Generation Ethanol plant in the Slovak Republic. In Italy, Biochemtex and Beta Renewables announced an agreement with Energochemica SE for the construction of a 16.5 million gallon (55,000 ton per year) cellulosic ethanol plant. The plant, which will be constructed in Strazske, Slovak Republic, […]
In Florida, subscriber voting entered the final week in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy, the 30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals & Materials, and the 40 Hottest Small Companies in the Bioeconomy. The Digest released the names of the top vote getting companies in the Hot 50, the Hot 40 and Hot 30 subscriber […]
USDA issues $91M loan guarantee conditional commit to Cool Planet. Obama Adminstration back building of the company’s first commercial plant in Louisiana, as it opens its first commercial-scale Cool Terra operation in California. “First of hundreds” says Cool Planet CEO. In California, Cool Planet Energy Systems was issued a $91MM conditional commitment from the United States […]
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