As with last year, we are putting a list of the Top 100 People in Bioenergy together, but as with all Digest rankings and lists, we’d like you to participate. The nominations link is here. We’d like you to suggest as many people as you like, and in a few sentences explain why you think […]
“THIS IS IS A MUST DO CONFERENCE – The Right People, the Right Place, the Right Time, The Right Content” — Mike McAdams, President, The Advanced Biofuels Association Register here. What: The Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, the biggest gathering of advanced biofuels CEOs and senior leadership in North America. “Real talk, real action.” Details here. […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced the winners of its “Day in the Life of Biofuels” photo contest, and published the winning entries. Clink on the individual links below to view the winning images. In addition, 50 second prizes were awarded as well as 100 Third Prizes. All winning entries will be published in the Day in […]
Federal loan guarantees may be scuttled after the Solyndra affair – but should the baby really be thrown out with the bathwater? By Brent Erickson, Executive VP, BIO, Industrial Biotechnology & Environment Section Federal loan guarantee programs for bioenergy may be headed for demise – death by 1.2 trillion cuts. The recent Solyndra scandal is […]
In San Francisco next week, Advanced Biofuels Markets opens with delegates from 16 countries. What are the 10 hottest topics right now – What’s the Buzz? Looking at the official activities, ABM will feature the live announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2011-12, the winners of the Day in the Life of […]
Canada, US policymakers do that rarest of things: ask the public for input on all the key subjects of interest in the world of advanced biofuels. “We are the government and we are here to help,” goes the old cliche. This week, the message is “we’re the government and we need some help.” A refreshing […]
Consider this: Every time the price of a barrel of imported oil rises one dollar, it costs the Navy $31 million in increased fuel costs. The result is that the military must run fewer operations and complete fewer training exercises. Our nation imagines itself the most free and secure in the world, yet this statistic […]
In California and Brazil, Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia, a specialty chemical company, announced an MOU to develop bio n-butanol refineries throughout Latin America. It’s one of the first moves into the conversion of sugar cane bagasse into renewable fuels and chemicals. There are 2.3 billion tones of sugarcane grown annually, and around 714 million tonnes […]
Iowa algae and corn ethanol project points the way towards optimizing delivery of feed, fuel, carbon reduction. In our 10-part series, the Bioenergy Project of the Future, based on extensive interviews with industry leaders, we outlined what is expected to be the multi-product, multi-input structure of biofuels and biomaterials projects in the future. In step […]
Is BP going for vertical integration, just as Shell has opted for a massive JV with Cosan; and Total, Marathon and Chevron continue with strategic investments in advanced technologies. Why vertical, why now? When BP entered into the biofuels sphere in 2008, the strategy under CEO Phil New was to seek out “advantaged” biofuels, in […]
