Category: Top Stories

Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2013

Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2013

December 27, 2012 |

A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we reach the end of 2012? Not the intrepid USS Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and peer into the murky fogs of 2013. As the sunset of 2012 gives way to the dawn of 2013, here at the Digest we resist the holiday temptation to […]

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The 50 Big Biofuels Questions for 2013: Your Say

The 50 Big Biofuels Questions for 2013: Your Say

December 25, 2012 |

You Gotta Be In It to Win It. It’s your call. Your 50 big issues for 2013. Your issues can matter at ABLC 2013. One click, one vote from you, ensures that these — or other — issues are on the agenda. One thing is for sure. Since the world’s bioenergy leadership will be in […]

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Asia Special Biofuels Report

Asia Special Biofuels Report

December 25, 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. We’re never quite sure which factor is the most important in Asia’s rising focus on biofuels: Interventionist governments, concentration of capital, strong traditional focus on […]

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The 10 Most Bizarre Biofuels Stories of the Year: 2012

The 10 Most Bizarre Biofuels Stories of the Year: 2012

December 24, 2012 |

Trains to Glory, algae skyscrapers, the Grease Thief manhunt, Camel-tummy microbes, Briquettes against the Taliban, Kudzu’s comeback and more. OK, we’re lucky to be here in so many ways. December 19th came and went, the Mayan calendar ended, and Planet Earth is still here. But lucky we are to have been here throughout 2012, to […]

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Vilsack; POET, Beta Renewables, Solazyme, KiOR execs top Top 100 People in Bioenergy poll for 2012-13

Vilsack; POET, Beta Renewables, Solazyme, KiOR execs top Top 100 People in Bioenergy poll for 2012-13

December 21, 2012 |

In the annual poll, voters reward milestones met, steel in the ground and Capital Clout. In Florida, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed the “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the Digest’s editorial board. Vilsack was followed in the top 10 by POET’s Jeff Broin and […]

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The Top 100 People in Bioenergy, 2012-13

The Top 100 People in Bioenergy, 2012-13

December 21, 2012 |

The Top 100 People in Bioenergy for 2012-13, as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the Digest editorial board: 1. Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture 2. Jeff Broin, Chairman, Jeff Lautt, CEO, POET 3. Guido Ghisolfi, CEO, Chemtex, Beta Renewables 4. Jonathan Wolfson, CEO, Harrison Dillon President, Solazyme 5. Fred Cannon, PhD, […]

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Can KiOR soar?

Can KiOR soar?

December 21, 2012 |

By: Robert Rapier, Energy Trends Insider Last month KiOR announced the start of production of biocrude from their Columbus, Mississippi plant. KiOR CEO Fred Cannon stated in an earnings call that when the product shipped it would be “the world’s first cellulosic gasoline and diesel fuel products.” While I can immediately think of at least […]

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The Old Switcheroo — the “now” of cellulosic biofuels vs “five years away” in oil & gas

The Old Switcheroo — the “now” of cellulosic biofuels vs “five years away” in oil & gas

December 20, 2012 |

As renewable fuel developers put steel in the ground, oil & gas points to a fossil-based transformation in transportation fuels just “five years away”. The oil & gas and the renewable fuels industries find themselves in unfamiliar waters, as it happens. For years, renewable fuels developers have spoken in terms of the long-term promise, while […]

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UPM renewable diesel project in France lands €170M EU grant

UPM renewable diesel project in France lands €170M EU grant

December 20, 2012 |

In Belgium, the European Commission has awarded UPM a grant of €170M for solid wood-based biorefinery (BTL) project in Strasbourg, France. UPM’s Biofuels business resources are currently directed to the construction of the Lappeenranta biorefinery. The company will also continue to clarify the investment prerequisites in Strasbourg. The final assessment on the investment will be […]

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Paradigm BioAviation announces $120M aviation biofuels project in Illinois

Paradigm BioAviation announces $120M aviation biofuels project in Illinois

December 20, 2012 |

In Illinois, Paradigm BioAviation announced plans to build a $120 Million facility in Bloomington-Normal designed to transform municipal solid waste into green electrical power and alternative liquid fuels for the transportation and aviation industries. Construction is slated to begin in 2014, after completing the zoning and EPA permitting process in 2013. Production of green power […]

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