We haven’t heard from Blue Marble Biomaterials, a specialty biochemical manufacturer based in Missoula, for some time — but in Blue Marble fashion, they’ve come roaring out of stealth with big news. It’s this: they have closed on the purchase of the former GTC Oats Inc. facility located at 5840 Expressway, Missoula, MT 59808. The […]
In the Big Get-Together at ABLCNext in San Francisco, the heavyweights bring out the new aviation fuels CAAFI, Boeing, Biofuels Digest and many others have arranged for perhaps the biggest and certainly most comprehensive get-together in the history of aviation biofuels. On the agenda — every existing aviation biofuuels pathway lookd at from the very […]
Advanced biofuels capacity for 2013 is 1 billion gallons gasoline equivalent. Capacity for 2015 is between 1.4 and 1.6 billion gallons gasoline equivalent. 160 commercial scale facilities planned, under construction, or complete from 159 companies Private investment in the advanced biofuel industry totals over $4.85 billion since 2007 Federal loan guarantees exceed $1.1 billion since […]
In case you didn’t get the memo, the biodiesel industry is exploding. Thanks to a strong Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), the reinstatement of the $1/gallon biodiesel blender tax credit, and the State of Iowa’s record breaking production records, national biodiesel output is at an all-time high of 111.1 million gallons. This boom is great news […]
In China, Dr. Martin Tangney recently appeared at the TEDxWanChai meet-up in Hong Kong, with a talk entitled “Biofuels, Whiskey and me”. It reflects on Tangney’s experience of establishing the UK’s first Biofuel Research Centre and spinning out Celtic Renewables Ltd. For those less familiar with the TED events, these are invitation-only events for “inspirational speakers” […]
Why are airlines interested in commercial-scale alternative jet fuel production? What are the airlines’ requirements for contemplating the purchase of alternative jet fuel? What are airlines willing to do to help commercialize alternative jet fuel? What does a “term sheet” look like? What is the best way to engage with airlines? CAAFI’s new 7-page guide tells all. By […]
The complete Cool Planet story. What is it? Why transformational? What are the next steps? New venture will convert wood waste to gasoline In Louisiana, Cool Planet Energy Systems CEO Howard Janzen, flanked by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, announced the company will build three bio-refineries in Louisiana with a capital investment of $168 million. The […]
Too many oil companies bet on risky strategies for compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Now, they turn to the US government for a bail-out on their obligations. Judging that the government will cave in rather than risk disruption for the fuels markets. In the game of chicken, who will blink first? Will the Texas […]
Fixated on the Big Rise, the Big Fall, and the gut-wrenching twists of the Energy Market — might we focus also on the Big Energy-Empty at the end of the ride? There seems to be an awful lot of conversation around RINsanity these days — that is, the world of US renewable fuel credits, called […]
Answers to your questions about butanol, the players, and the four-carbon market. It’s been quite a year on the four-carbon platform — also known as C4, 4C, buta-something, Fantastic Four, or what have you. Though two-carbon fuels such as ethanol have long dominated the biofuels market — and complex, multi-carbon drop-in renewable diesel, jet fuels […]
