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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Finland, Neste Oil announced that it has joined the Initiative Towards Sustainable Kerosene for Aviation (ITAKA) project, which is being funded by the EU to support the commercialization and use of renewable aviation fuel in Europe. Neste Oil’s role in the consortium will be to produce the renewable fuel used in the project. The […]
The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) released a progress report today on the development of the cellulosic biofuels industry. The release comes on the five year anniversary of the signing of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and on the heels of Secretary Vilsack’s speech on rural innovation and economic opportunity at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The report, for the […]
Unofficial reports indicate that biofuels provisions have survived a House-Senate conference over the Defense bill. According to sources, House and Senate conferees have finished work on their conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act. Sources indicate that House language prohibiting DOD spending on biofuels has been removed and replaced with a requirement that DOD […]
Investors, policy-makers, supply-chain partners, observers – so many stakeholders ask the same question – how do you really know when your favorite biofuels venture is having real trouble as opposed to a non-material slowdown or hiccup. But not every venture is far enough along or transparent enough to offer classic data for analysts or the […]
Investors, policy-makers, supply-chain partners, observers – so many stakeholders ask the same question – how do you really know when your favorite biofuels venture is having real trouble as opposed to a non-material slowdown or hiccup. But not every venture is far enough along or transparent enough to offer classic data for analysts or the […]
Investors, policy-makers, supply-chain partners, observers – so many stakeholders ask the same question – how do you really know when your favorite biofuels venture is having real trouble as opposed to a non-material slowdown or hiccup. In industrial biotechnology as in all business, the laws of gravity apply — and profits are the driver and […]
