So you have a disruptive technology. Good. You have supporters and believers. Great. You’ve said “what the f—” and you’re making your move. Fantastic. But how do you stack up in a stress test? Lana: So, how’re we doin’? Joel Goodson: Looks like University of Illinois! From the motion picture “Risky Business” A stress test […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In voting yesterday, Koch pulled into a tie with BASF in the Separation, Microharvest, informatics & catalysis systems and services category – while BP took the sole lead in the Strategic customers (fuels), and […]
A new E85 pricing scheme from Absolute Energy offers $0.11 savings per gallon vs. unleaded, up to $0.43 savings vs. premium. And, yes, that’s adjusted for energy density. Will E85 rise again as spring gasoline prices soar? “April is the cruellest month”, wrote T.S. Eliot to kick off The Waste Land, and he must have […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. As voting resumed this week, DSM surged again to tie or lead in three categories (Pre-treatment systems and processing systems – via the POET-DSM joint venture – and a tie with Coca-Cola for strategic […]
DoD goes forward, after internal wrangle, with advanced biofuels program via $16M phase 1 investment. With industry cost share, project totals $33M: aims for sub-$4, drop-in military biofuels. In Washington, the DoD will award three contracts totaling $16 million to Emerald Biofuels, Natures BioReserve and Fulcrum Biofuels for drop-in military biofuels, according to Sharon Burke, […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In voting last week, POET, DSM, the US Navy, DuPont, Coca-Cola and BASF were among the companies that took new leads among the 16 Partnership categories. Voting is open to all Digest subscribers – […]
Is the ultimate industrial fuel system going to be based on electricity, waste CO2 and brackish water – to return society to the days of energy abundance? It will take a mighty production microorganism, but R&D is well underway and a path is becoming clearer. In yesterday’s Digest, we explored new research at UCD that […]
In Texas, Benefuel has completed agreements with Flint Hills Resources Renewables to develop biodiesel refineries in the United States using Benefuel’s patented ENSEL refining technology, which can improve profitability while also reducing resource consumption and waste. Benefuel and FHR have an exclusive agreement to develop and operate US-based biodiesel projects. The joint venture, named Duonix, […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In voting yesterday, DuPont, Coke, BP and the US Navy picked up enough votes to take the lead among “strategic customers” and “lab services”. In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of […]
Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without the […]
