Asia looks at petroleum reserves and exploration and concludes: our future is in biomass. As we wrote in 2012: “There’s only one complete region for biofuels where abundant feedstock, lack of oil & gas production, rising energy demand and supportive government policy come together — and that is Asia.” The feedstock comes in three flavors. […]
In Texas, KiOR released the following operational update. KiOR expects that, given current and anticipated operations through the remainder of the year, the Columbus facility will produce approximately 410,000 gallons of fuel during the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing full year production total from the facility to approximately 920,000 gallons. The ratio between gasoline, diesel […]
PNNL develops a project that, using conditions usually found on the planet Venus, produces a continuous stream of drop-in advanced biofuels, from algae, with the potential for dramatically lowered costs. It’s another step forward in the subcritical temperature region — and may solve the algae dewatering and extraction problems forever. If Venus has not been […]
All those worries about the impact of biofuels on food prices, deforestation, Gulf hypoxia? The hard data is in – and looks good – and lots more too. In Washington, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 turned six this past week. The centerpiece of EISA was a greatly expanded Renewable Fuel Standard — […]
In Illinois, Underwriters Laboratories announced a joint research program has determined that gasoline fuel storage and dispensing equipment meeting latest UL standards can safely and successfully use blends of up to 16% biobutanol. This is the first time that UL has made such a determination. According to UL: “fuel storage and dispensing products intended to […]
To match progress on building capacity in Iowa and elsewhere: in DC, there’s been some action on long-term energy policy for energy. A new, technology-neutral tax credit for the domestic production of clean transportation fuel? Read on. In Washington, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled the latest package in a series of proposals […]
In Iowa, POET-DSM reports that Project Liberty, the cellulosic bioethanol plant currently under construction in Emmetsburg, is on schedule and they look forward to start-up and commercial production of cellulosic ethanol from corn crop residue “in early 2014”. Click here to download the company’s quarterly biomass newsletter titled, “THE HARVEST” sent out to area farmers […]
At ABLC 2014: more CEOs, content, investors, policymakers and exhibitors expected at advanced biofuels’ biggest networking and deal-making forum. At ABLC, case studies on accelerating to market, financing for scale, offtake development, technology advancement, diversifying feedstocks, and policy structures that work. Plus, opportunities in renewable chemicals, military markets and biobased materials; feedstock diversification under the […]
In New York, Sweetwater Energy and Pacific Ethanol announced a project to supply customized industrial sugars for the production of cellulosic ethanol. The agreement supports the construction of a cellulosic biorefinery, contingent upon Sweetwater Energy obtaining the necessary financing and permits, at the Pacific Ethanol Stockton facility capable of producing up to 3.6 million gallons […]
Here comes the whale. “The Chemical Company” jumps deeper into renewables, as Renmatix’s Plantrose technology nabs BASF’s attentions. Production of industrial sugars from non-edible biomass heads for the next level. In Pennsylvania and Germany, BASF and Renmatix signed a non-exclusive joint development agreement to scale up the Renmatix Plantrose process for the production of industrial […]
