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Big Oil Looks to Biofuels

by Guy Chazan  (Wall Street Journal)  The biofuels industry, hit hard by the global credit crunch, is getting a shot in the arm from a new source–the oil majors.  Among the oil companies, BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have

October 24, 2009 Read Full Article

Verenium and VPP Sign Agreement to Test C5 Cellulosic Technology on Pulping Feedstocks for the Production of Ethanol

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Value Prior to Pulping (VPP), an organization created by the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, a special

October 24, 2009 Read Full Article

Combining Two Innovations Brought Oxford Catalysts and Velocys Success for ICIS's Best Innovation by an SME

Production of liquid biofuels such as diesel and jet fuel from organic materials including municipal waste, is an attractive proposition. But using conventional large scale plants requires bulky waste to be transported, often over long distances, negating some, if not

October 22, 2009 Read Full Article

NC State Receives $2 Million for Algae Research

Imagine filling up your car with fuel that comes from inexpensive algae that grow quickly, don’t use up freshwater supplies and can be cultivated in areas where they won’t compete with traditional food crops, such as corn or soybeans. Researchers

October 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Coskata Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock Flexible Ethanol Facility in Madison, PA

Coskata Inc., a leading developer of next generation biofuels, today announced the successful start-up of their semi-commercial flex ethanol facility located in Madison, PA. The accomplishment represents the successful scale-up of the company’s technology, and will serve as a showcase for

October 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Industry Built From Scratch

by Matthew L. Wald   (New York Times)  ... The facility, built by a company called Coskata, is not quite proof that a new era is at hand for American transportation fuels. But with the company claiming it will be able to

October 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Sandia Algae Project Converts Dairy Wastes to Energy, Other Products

( Greenjobs )  ...Recently Cecelia Williams and other Sandia researchers have grown green algae in a 12-by-30-foot greenhouse using a simulated dairy effluent, the nutrient-rich liquid remaining after bacterial digestion of dairy manure. The solids from the digestion of dairy manure

October 14, 2009 Read Full Article

Industry Leaders Announce Alliance to Commercialize Integrated-Carbon-to-Liquids™ (ICTL) Fuel Technologies

(BusinessWire)  Accelergy Corporation and A2BE Carbon Capture LLC today announced the formation of the Carbon Cycle Technology Alliance at the 2009 Algae Biomass Summit. The Alliance will commercialize a platform for Integrated Carbon to Liquids™ (ICTL) fuel production technologies that

October 13, 2009 Read Full Article

Nanotechnology Used In Biofuel Process To Save Money, Environment

by Dave Guerin (Louisiana Tech University)  Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr. Yuri Lvov, Dr. Dale Snow, and Dr. Hisham Hegab to capitalize on the environmental and financial benefits

October 12, 2009 Read Full Article

Medicago to Work with U.S. Army on Biofuel Enzyme Study

(Reuters)  Medicago Inc., a small Canadian biotech company, said on Thursday it will work with the U.S. Army to study ways of creating fuels from plants, sending its shares up more than 20 percent.  The Quebec City-based company, known for

October 12, 2009 Read Full Article

Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation Focuses Issue on Biofuels

The Journal of the Association for Laboratory Automation focused its August 2009 issue on papers related to biofuels including: A Convenient Low-Resolution NMR Method for the Determination of the Molecular Weight of Soybean Oil-Based Polymers, Automated Yeast Mating Protocol Using Open

October 08, 2009 Read Full Article

New Yeasts Could Help Fast-Track Biofuel Production

(Science Daily) A new yeast that makes ethanol from both five-carbon and six-carbon sugars without needing oxygen has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.  This could be an important breakthrough in industrial ethanol production, because it's difficult to

October 08, 2009 Read Full Article

Genome Sequence Published for Important Biofuels Yeast

A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane and other tough grasses into ethanol that might be used as biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. "Understanding this microbe may enable more

October 08, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae Energy Orgy

by Emily Waltz  (Mother Jones)   When Adam Freeman graduated last December from Kennesaw State University in Georgia with a degree in biochemistry, he wanted to work in only one field: pond scum. Freeman had read that entrepreneurs were squeezing out

October 08, 2009 Read Full Article

The Promise of Algae Biofuels

(National Resources Defense Council 92-page report)   The algae biofuels industry is comprised of many pathways to produce fuels from algae and is developing rapidly, with most companies operating in “stealth” mode. This makes measuring progress toward the promise of algae

October 08, 2009 Read Full Article

Qteros and Applied CleanTech Announce Novel Solution for Turning Cellulose from Municipal Wastewater into ethanol Fuel for Cars

Recyllose™, a recycled solids-based material produced from municipal wastewater, can now be turned into fuel for cars, announced Applied Cleantech and Qteros, the advanced biofuels company whose breakthrough Q Microbe™ technology can turn biomass into cellulosic ethanol. Qteros has entered into

October 07, 2009 Read Full Article

POET Releases Video Summarizing State of Cellulosic Ethanol Development

Focusing on its work with corn cobs as a cellulosic ethanol feedstock, POET's latest video provides a basic look at what it is taking to move from fermentation of starch to conversion of cellulose to ethanol.  Great visuals for people

October 07, 2009 Read Full Article

Kinder Morgan Annouce Commercial Transportation of Biodiesel through Oregon Pipeline

(Wall Street Grand) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. had announced the beginning of commercial transportation of blended 2% biodiesel (B2) through its 115 mile Oregon Pipeline which run from Portland to Eugene. A test of moving B2 through the pipeline was

October 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae initiative Aims to Produce Fuel while Helping the Environment

The College of William and Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science have formed a collaborative research initiative to investigate a promising new technology to produce biofuel from the algae growing naturally in rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.  The

October 05, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuel from TB Bacteria

A team of researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are attempting to engineer biofuel-producing microbes from Rhodococcus bacteria — soil-dwelling microbes that eat a variety of toxic compounds.  The aim of Professor Anthony Sinskey's team is to make an organism

October 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Biobutanol Surges: Gevo Announces Retrofit of First-Gen Ethanol Plant for Advanced Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Missouri, biobutanol made another significant advance in its path towards biofuels viability with the startup of a 1 Mgy pilot plant in St. Joseph. The town that served as the traditional jumping off point

October 01, 2009 Read Full Article

OriginOil Announces New Algae Growth System for Use in Wastewater Facilities

OriginOil, Inc., announced an innovative production system using a type of algae that attaches itself to growth surfaces. The new system helps pursue clean water goals while generating algae for fuel and other valuable products in wastewater treatment plants.  “Previous

October 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Minn. Biodiesel Plant Creates Fuel Without Waste

by Frank Vascellaro  (WCCO)   ...  The plant creates fuel without water, chemicals or waste. The new process called "Mcgyan"-- named after its inventors -- converts fats into fuel within seconds. "When we get to full capacity in another week," said McNeff,

October 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Chinese Technology Converts Biomass Directly to Fuel

by Lisa Gibson  (Biomass Magazine)  Researchers with China-based Ji Zhong Wei New Energy Technical Development Ltd. have discovered a way to convert biomass directly to regular gasoline and diesel, according to the company. The same international standard fuels many of

October 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Algenol Biofuels: Harnessing the Sun to Fuel the World

(Algenol Biofuels)  In this presentation, Algenol Biofuels provides a description of it's developing Direct To Ethanol TM technology, taking algae, sunlight, salt water and CO2 to make ethanol and other bio-based products.   Illustrations and diagrams generally explain the process of

September 30, 2009 Read Full Article

Connecticut Biodiesel Manufacturer BioPur Launches Green Power Project

A joint project between the Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition, BioPur and the Department of Energy (DOE); BioWatz provides multiple benefits and solutions for future alternative energies. The project not only yields a new and innovative way to generate

September 30, 2009 Read Full Article

Chevron Invests in LS9; Microbe Diesel by 2011?

by Michael Kanellos  (Greentech Media)  With an investment from Chevron, LS9 joins the small club of biofuel startups getting support from big oil. It hopes to prove its case in two years. In biofuels, the contestants for the next round

September 30, 2009 Read Full Article

PARC’s Solution for Algae Fuel: Going Down the Drain

by Michael Kanellos  (Greentech Media)   A technology for water purification and toner cartridges could cut the onerous cost of getting algae out of water. It started as a way to purify water, but the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) believes

September 30, 2009 Read Full Article

See-O-Two Seeing Potential from Algal Biomass Tech

(Cleantech)  Austrian startup says it can grow algae at three to six times higher productivity and at about 80 percent of the cost of competing systems. Vienna, Austria-based See-O-Two has developed what it says is an industrial scale system to

September 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plants Using Hops To Eliminate Bacteria

(WCCO) ...  Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration said it was finding antibiotic residue in an ethanol byproduct. That byproduct is sold as feed for cattle and other livestock, which is a problem. For the ethanol industry, the findings

September 21, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae as Fuel of the Future Faces Great Expectations -- and Obstacles

by Anne C. Mulkern  (New York Times/Greenwire) ... It is a big bet with high stakes. Venture capitalists, including Bill Gates' financing arm, infused Sapphire Energy with a combined $100 million. Exxon Mobil Corp. this summer invested $600 million in a

September 18, 2009 Read Full Article

Arizona Public Service Co Gets $70.5 mil for Emissions Study

by Ryan Randazzo (Arizona Republic)Arizona Public Service Co. will get $70.5 million in stimulus funds to study cutting greenhouse-gas emissions from coal power plants that contribute to global warming, the Energy Department said Tuesday. APS will use the money for a

September 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Enerkem Announces Construction Start on Advanced Energy Research Facility in Edmonton, Alberta

Enerkem, a leading waste-to-biofuels and green chemicals technology company, today participated in the sod-turning event held by its partners, the City of Edmonton and the Government of Alberta, to signify the start of construction on their joint advanced energy research

September 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Comet Biorefining Develops Low-Cost Cellulosic Sugar Technology with Focus on Pre-Treatment Process

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Canada, Comet Biorefining announced its patent pending cellulosic sugar technology, which will produce cellulosic sugar from a wide range of cellulosic sugar from a wide range of cellulosic materials including wood chips, switchgrass and corn cobs.  The company, founded by former Mascoma CTO Dr. Andrew Richard,

September 14, 2009 Read Full Article

Looking for a Biofuels Breakthrough in Boardman, OR

by Amy Hsuan (The Oregonian) ... former oil executive Jim Imbler, who now heads a Colorado biofuels company called ZeaChem Inc., thinks he might have found the key to profitability in Oregon.   And it lies in Boardman, home to one

September 11, 2009 Read Full Article

To Make Better Biofuels, Researchers Add Hydrogen

by Martin LaMonica  (Green Tech)   Research on nuclear energy and hydrogen has yielded what backers say is a technology that could replace U.S. oil imports with biofuels made from agricultural by-products.   Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory have been working for

September 10, 2009 Read Full Article

LanzaTech Develops Waste Gas-to-Ethanol Technology

by Erin Voegele  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  New Zealand-based LanzaTech NZ Ltd. recently announced it has developed a proprietary fermentation technology that can be used to produce ethanol using the carbon monoxide and hydrogen components of industrial waste gases and biomass-based

September 08, 2009 Read Full Article

Fulcrum BioEnergy Makes Ethanol from Garbage

 Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., a leader in the next generation of advanced biofuels, announced today that it has successfully demonstrated the ability to economically produce renewable ethanol. This milestone – achieved at the company’s TurningPoint Ethanol Demonstration Plant – confirms the

September 08, 2009 Read Full Article

How Extremophiles Might Help Us Save Our World

by Asrat Kebede (Ethiopian Review)  Perhaps they are the superheroes of tomorrow. Living and thriving in the most inhospitable conditions on Earth, tiny bacteria-like microbes known as extremophiles might soon have an oversized effect on our human world. We currently

September 02, 2009 Read Full Article

DME as Diesel Fuel Alternative Gaining Ground as Engine Manufacturers, BioDME Biorefineries Gear Up for Renewable Motor Fuels

... DME or dimethyl ether, a diesel fuel alternative made from a variety of renewable materials and fossil fuels, burns soot-free, produces almost no GHG upon combustion and is very energy efficient. With a high cetane number (the measure of

September 02, 2009 Read Full Article

An Innovative New Technology to Reduce Recalcitrance of Cellulose

An innovative technology developed by Cellulose Sciences International (CSI) dramatically reduces the recalcitrance of cellulose so that lignocellulosic biomass can be more rapidly converted to glucose. The glucose can be fermented to ethanol or any of the other advanced biofuels.

September 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Anellotech Launches; Latest Fast Pyrolysis Venture Expands Growing Field of Biocrude Companies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst recently granted a biofuels startup company, Anellotech, exclusive global rights to the university’s catalytic fast pyrolysis technology developed by chemical engineer and UMass Amherst faculty member George

August 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Life-Cycle Assessment of Biodiesel

by Laurent Lardon, Arnaud Helias, Bruno Sialve, Jean-Philippe Steyer and Olivier Bernard (Environmental Science and Technology)  This paper provides an analysis of the potential environmental impacts of biodiesel production from microalgae. High production yields of microalgae have called forth interest of

August 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Missouri Cooperatives Partner with Universities on Carbon Capture Research

... Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) and Central Electric Power Cooperative (CEPC) are partnering with Lincoln University and Missouri University of Science and Technology to grow algae using the carbon produced by a coal-burning power plant. Researchers have been eyeing algae,

August 27, 2009 Read Full Article

Microbiogen Develops Yeast that Can Utilize Both C5 and C6 Sugars

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Microbiogen, an Australia-based developer of non-genetically modified yeast, recently announced it has secured a $2.5 million government grant. The grant, which was awarded under the Australian government’s $15 million Second Generation Biofuels Research and

August 26, 2009 Read Full Article

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 'Algae Platform' Develops Efficient Photoreactors and Novel Cell Decomposition Methods

... (C)ultivation of microalgae may contribute decisively to tomorrow's energy supply. For energy production from microalgae, KIT scientists are developing closed photo-bioreactors and novel cell disruption methods. ... Professor Clemens Posten, directs this research activity at the KIT Institute of

August 26, 2009 Read Full Article

Synthetic Life By the Year’s End? Yes, Proclaims Craig Venter.

(Discover)  ...   Synthetic biology experts say that re-engineered microorganisms may take on all sorts of jobs. For now, gene researchers are particularly excited about using energy-producing microbes as single-celled refineries for ethanol, biodiesel or other petroleum substitutes without using food

August 26, 2009 Read Full Article

Scripps Photobiology Group Presentations on Algae

The Scripps Photobiology Group has been hosting a series on the commercialization of algae, with a focus on the possible production of biofuels from algae.  The purpose of this forum is to exchange information and spur collaborative conversation about the

August 24, 2009 Read Full Article

Researchers Boost Production of Biofuel that Could Replace Gasoline

(Newswise)  Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles.  The process improves on the conventional method for brewing butanol in a bacterial fermentation tank. Normally,

August 21, 2009 Read Full Article

NASA Looks at Plant Biomass as New Source of Biofuel in Space

by Lisa Sibley(Cleantech Group)    NASA research scientist Chad Paavola has a problem to solve: When astronauts leave the earth for long periods of time, they’re going to need to produce plants for food and the air they breathe. Some of the crops

August 19, 2009 Read Full Article

Trillium FiberFuels Awarded $750,000 Grant to Develop Cellulosic Ethanol Technology

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has just announced the 2009 awardees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. This award is a Phase II continuation that follows Trillium’s successful completion of Phase I during 2008 and early

August 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Scientists Explore How the Humble Leaf Could Power the Planet

by Alok Jha (Guardian)  At Imperial College London, researchers have embarked on a £1m project to study, and eventually mimic, photosynthesis. Part of a project called the "artificial leaf", involves working out exactly how leaves use sunlight to make useful

August 14, 2009 Read Full Article

Biochar as the New Black Gold

by Bill Hewitt  (Grist)  Imagine a system that can: (potentially) store billions of tons of carbon in soil for centuries; dramatically reduce agricultural waste, forest debris and some municipal solid waste, thus eliminating the production of greenhouse gases that result from their

August 14, 2009 Read Full Article

BP and Martek Biosciences Enter a Joint Development Agreement to Deliver Advanced Biodiesels

BP and Martek Biosciences Corporation announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to work on the production of microbial oils for biofuels applications. The partnership combines a broad technology platform and operational capabilities to advance the development of

August 14, 2009 Read Full Article

Scientists Force Fungus to Have Sex to Create Biofuel

by Bryan Nelson  (CleanTechnica.com)  Originally discovered in the Solomon Islands during World War II eating away at the canvas and garments of the U.S. Army, scientists have long known that the soil fungus Trichoderma reesei was particularly good at converting

August 12, 2009 Read Full Article

ARIES Portable Biodiesel System Successfully Demonstrated

A collaborative effort by the U.S. Navy, Biodiesel Industries, Inc. and Aerojet successfully demonstrated methods to produce cleaner and more reliable sources of renewable fuels for military use. The system, named ARIES (Automated Real-time, Remote, Integrated Energy System), is a

August 12, 2009 Read Full Article

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center Publishes Study of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Corn and Ethanol Production

Don Hofstrand "focus(es) on GHG emissions including a detailed analysis of the sources of these emissions from corn and ethanol production.  We will also show how GHG emissions from corn production vary based on region of the country.  The sale

August 12, 2009 Read Full Article

DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located

August 12, 2009 Read Full Article

A "Shrimp Cocktail" To Fuel Cars and Trucks

Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting development of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production of biodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, and more environmentally friendly process.  ...

August 11, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuel-Producing Bacteria, Insect Gut Microbes, ~ 70 other Projects Fill DOE Joint Genome Institute 2010 Pipeline

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has selected 71 new genomic sequencing projects for its 2010 Community Sequencing Program (CSP)—a targeted sampling of the planet’s biodiversity—to be characterized for bioenergy, climate, and environmental applications. JGI’s Community Sequencing

August 11, 2009 Read Full Article

Solazyme Awarded California Energy Commission Grant to Develop Clean Fuel from Local Cellulosic Feedstocks

Solazyme, Inc., a renewable oil production company and algal biotechnology company, was awarded a $789,697 Biosynthetic Transportation Fuel Production grant from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program.   ...  The PIER Program Opportunity Notice (PON) announced that

August 11, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuels Innovator Forms Division in Charleston to Capture Carbon

by Andy Owens (Charleston Regional Business Journal) Opposition to coal-fired power plants in the South has spurred a producer of microalgae-based renewable energy and industrial products to create a division based in Charleston.  Barry Toyonaga, chief business officer for San Diego-based

August 11, 2009 Read Full Article

EERC Awarded Subcontract by SAIC to Help Produce Military Renewable Jet Fuel from Algae

(GreenAirOnline.com)  The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded a subcontract by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help produce military JP-8 jet fuel from algae. Funding for the work is coming

August 11, 2009 Read Full Article

W2 Energy Completes Algae Bioreactor

(Energy Current)  W2 Energy Inc., has successfully completed a commercial scale algae bioreactor.  The Sunfilter bioreactor will be used to sequester any CO2 byproducts from the W2 Energy waste-to-energy processes. The product can also be sold separately. Customers such as

August 11, 2009 Read Full Article

University of Minnesota Researchers Discover Breakthrough Method for Chemical Separations

A team of researchers, led by chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology, have developed a more energy-efficient method of chemical separations that could revolutionize processes in the petrochemical and biofuels

August 05, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae Oil Lipid Trigger Breakthrough Sustainable Green Technologies Inc. Announces Innovative Way to Increase Algae Oil Production

Sustainable Green Technologies (SGT) a start-up company in Escondido, California announced today that it has discovered a highly effective and low cost way to massively increase algal oil production. Metabolic engineering research conducted at SGT over the past two years

August 05, 2009 Read Full Article

NASA Studies Cellulose For Food And Biofuel Production

For long-duration space missions, astronauts someday will grow plants for food and the air they breathe, while transforming inedible parts of the plants into useful resources, such as biofuels, food, and chemicals.   Today, scientists at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett

August 05, 2009 Read Full Article

Biggie Smalls: Microcrops Go Mainstream and Head for the Big Time

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  All microalgae are microcrops, but not all microcrops are microalgae: a larger family of diatoms, cyanobacteria, and tiny aquatic flowering plants such as the lemna family are increasingly in the mix for biofuels commercialization.  As

August 05, 2009 Read Full Article

Researchers Discover New Way to Deoxygenize Biomass

by Lisa Gibson  (Biomass Magazine)   University of California Berkeley and Berkeley Lab researchers have discovered a relatively inexpensive way to remove oxygen from biomass, which could pave the way for producing many of today’s petrochemical products from biomass.   The one-step

August 03, 2009 Read Full Article

Florida Researchers Believe Sweetgum Bacteria Key to Breaking Down Hemicellulose

by Stu Hutson   (Southeast Farm Press)  Most would identify the tree by its often troublesome, spiky “gumballs,” but what many call the sweetgum tree also goes by another name, thanks to its distinctive, reptilian bark: The alligator tree.  So it

July 31, 2009 Read Full Article

Venezuela Pioneers Alternative Fuel from Cassava Root

A team of engineers has found a way to convert waste products created when producing Casabes, or flat breads from the cassava root, into ethanol, butanol, isobutanol and proponal energy compounds that can produce fuel.  ...  "This product, popularly known

July 31, 2009 Read Full Article

New Method Uses Electrolyzed Water For More Efficient Fuel Production

(Science Daily)  Using electrolyzed water rather than harsh chemicals could be a more effective and environmentally friendly method in the pretreatment of ethanol waste products to produce an acetone-butanol-ethanol fuel mix, according to research conducted at the University of Illinois. 

July 31, 2009 Read Full Article

Joule Biotechnologies Introduces Sunlight-based Process For Producing Renewable Transportation Fuels

Joule Biotechnologies unveiled its breakthrough Helioculture™ technology—a revolutionary process that harnesses sunlight to directly convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into SolarFuel™ liquid energy. This eco-friendly, direct-to-fuel conversion requires no agricultural land or fresh water, and leverages a highly scalable system capable

July 31, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae ‘Milking’ Promises New Efficiencies as Part of a Combined Production Cycle

Origin Oil announced that it has succeeded in extracting algae oil on a continuous basis without cell sacrifice. This new ‘milking’ process will join the company’s Cascading Production™ technique to create a combined cycle promising new efficiencies.  Live Extraction™, or

July 31, 2009 Read Full Article

New Biofuel Is Potential Avgas Replacement

by William Garvey (Business and Commercial Aviation/Aviation Week)  Manufacturers of piston-engine aircraft and powerplant makers are showing interest in an experimental, non-petroleum biofuel that could possibly serve as a “drop-in” replacement for leaded avgas.  Swift Enterprises Ltd., a West Lafayette,

July 31, 2009 Read Full Article

Grassoline at the Pump

by George W. Huber and Bruce E. Dale (Scientific American)  Scientists are turning agricultural leftovers, wood and fast growing grasses into a huge variety of biofuels--even jet fuel.  But before these next generation biofuels go mainstream, they have to compete

July 30, 2009 Read Full Article

ZeaChem Says 2,000 Gallon Per Acre Threshold in Sight for its Cellulosic Ethanol Process

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Montreal, ZeaChem, ... confirmed that it is on track to complete a demonstration-scale plant in Boardman, Oregon where yields of more than 2,000 gallons per acre per year can be achieved.   ...  Why the

July 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Lignol Energy Corp. and BAE Systems to Refine Biochemicals at Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Lignol Energy Corporation, a technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, and BAE Systems PLC announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to explore and develop commercial applications for biochemicals from the Lignol biorefinery process that have

July 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Healy Biodiesel Converts to Renewable Drop-In Diesel

(Biofuels International)  Healy Biodiesel is to convert from production of traditional biodiesel to become the first commercial producer of a new type of renewable diesel.  The Kansas-based producer signed a letter of intent with New Mexico’s Cetane Energy on 17

July 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuel Leader Qteros Achieves Major Breakthrough in Performance of Its Q Microbe Process

Massachusetts-based biofuel company Qteros, whose Q Microbe™ technology turns biomass into cellulosic ethanol, announced at an industry conference in Montreal that it has achieved unprecedented laboratory results in the performance of its proprietary, technology known as “C3” (Complete Cellulosic Conversion).  

July 23, 2009 Read Full Article

US Dept of Energy Sets $85 Million for Development of Algal Based and Advanced Cellulosic Biofuels

DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), through the Office of the Biomass Program (OBP), announces the availability of funding for establishing Consortia for two primary topic areas - Development of Algal Based Biofuels, and Development of Advanced

July 21, 2009 Read Full Article

Brew Your Own Fuel Ethanol at Home in California Using Spent Beer Yeast

GreenHouse is teaming-up with beer pioneer Karl Strauss Brewing Company to convert spent beer yeast into ethanol fuel for California residents and businesses. This news comes on the heels of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s June 4 press conference, where he unveiled

July 21, 2009 Read Full Article

Biobutanol Creeps Toward the Market

by Kate Galbraith (New York Times)  ... Its backers say that butanol has a higher energy content than ethanol (DuPont plans to produce fuel with 30 percent more energy than ethanol). It is also easier to transport — unlike ethanol,

July 21, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuels 'Done Right' Can Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Provide Other Benefits

by Chris Emery  (Princeton News)   Biofuels derived from renewable sources can be produced in large quantities and address many problems related to fossil fuels, including greenhouse gas emissions, but only if they are made from certain sources, according to a new

July 21, 2009 Read Full Article

New Technique Can Fast-track Better Ionic Liquids for Biomass Pre-treatments

(Renewable Energy World)   ... The use of ionic liquids — salts that are liquids rather than crystals at room temperature — to dissolve lignocellulose and later help hydrolyze the resulting liquor into sugars, shows promise as a way of pre-treating

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Cow Manure to Algae for Biodiesel in Vermont

(NECN.com)  At Blue-Spruce Farm in Vermont, algae is grown using cow manure to produce biodiesel.  WATCH VIDEO

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Antibiotics in Ethanol Production By-Product Raising Concerns

 by Jim Langcuster  (Auburn University, Southeast Farm Press)   ...  The distillation process requires a combination of enzymes and yeast to convert corn into ethanol. Sometimes, though, bacterial organisms present during distillation can out-compete yeast in the breakdown of this sugar.  "This

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

New Test Helps Identify Biofuels Enzyme

by Marcia Wood (USDA, Southeast Farm Press)  High-speed and high-tech, but surprisingly affordable, the sophisticated assay equips scientists with a faster, less expensive way to discover genes that enable microbes to make an enzyme known as an alpha-glucuronidase. In nature,

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Australia's Biofuel Partnership Joins Canada's Pacific Cascade Minerals to Develop BioCube

The Biofuel Partnership Limited has entered into a letter of intent with the Canadian public company Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc to form a joint venture for the further development, marketing and sale of The Biofuel Partnership’s BioCube technology.  BioCube is an

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Gulf Alternative Energy Announces Process to Increase Sugar Production Efficiency

Gulf Alternative Energy has developed a new cellulose processing technology. Gulf's new machine processes common feedstocks, such as sorghum, switchgrass and agricultural waste into a very fine powder. Lab tests show that this powder processes into sugars for ethanol much

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Bio-feedback Process Controller Optimizes Algae Growth And Daily Harvesting Rates

OriginOil, Inc., announced a breakthrough technology, the Dynamic Control System, which is designed to respond continuously to algae’s behavior. This invention improves energy efficiency and growth rates by ensuring the right types and amounts of light are used at all

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

US Dept of Energy Office of Biomass Programs Peer Review Presentations Available

All Programs in the U.S Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, are required to conduct a Peer Review of their funded projects on an annual or biannual schedule.  The Office of Biomass Program (OBP) conducts these reviews by

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Waste to Fuels Presentations Available

Videos of presentations from the 2009 Waste to Fuels Conference held May 17-19 in San Diego have been published.  Topics include: overview of conversion technologies, use of forest waste, municipal solid waste and other waste feedstocks to make biofuels, along with sessions related to financing and

July 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Community Genome Could Produce Biofuels

by Eric Bland  (Discovery News)     The genomes of 17 different ants, fungi and bacteria that eat through hundreds of pounds of leaf matter a year could ultimately lead to new techniques for making biofuels.   Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, the

July 07, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae Biofuels Project in New Mexico Advances

by Tom Schneider (Carlsbad Current-Argus)   ...  With the snipping of a ribbon, the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management moved its Algae Biofuels Project from pilot scale to the commercial demonstration level.  Located on the grounds of the

July 06, 2009 Read Full Article

The Bioenergy Science Center's Efforts to Overcome Biomass Recalcitrance Described

"Without overcoming biomass recalcitrance, cellulosic biofuels will be more expensive than corn biofuels. Improved sugar conversion is not enough." From the presentation by Martin Keller, Ph.D., Director of the BioEnergy Science Center describing the efforts of the 304 people in

July 02, 2009 Read Full Article

St. Louis Researchers Launch Algae Research

by Susanne Retka Schill  (CheckBiotech)  Researchers at two centers in St. Louis are gearing up to launch five-year research programs on algae, backed by U.S. DOE grants. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center received $15 million and Washington University $20 million

July 01, 2009 Read Full Article

World War Two-Era Fungus, Elephant Dung Combine to Make Biofuels

by Ariel Schwartz  (FastCompany)   Hemp, soy, mustard, sunflower and palm oil can all be used to make biofuels, so why not elephant dung and World War Two-era fungus? Copenhagen-based Danisco A/S is using the fungus, which was discovered during WWII

July 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Amyris Opens Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Brazil

Amyris Brasil Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Ltda., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc., today announced the opening of the Amyris Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Campinas. The facility, located in the midst of the sugar cane processing industry, secures

June 29, 2009 Read Full Article

University of Florida IFAS, Buckeye Technologies and Myriant Announce Next Generation Cellulosic Ethanol Research and Demonstration Plant

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Buckeye Technologies Inc. and Myriant Technologies LLC (formed by BioEnergy International, LLC) have announced plans for a research and demonstration plant that will explore ways to harness byproducts from some

June 24, 2009 Read Full Article

US Dept. of Energy Requests Information for Algal Biofuels Roadmap

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing this RFI to solicit feedback on the Draft “National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap” Document. This Draft Roadmap was prepared by a working group commissioned by DOE. Feedback will be incorporated into the

June 23, 2009 Read Full Article

Atlantic Biomass Conversions Proposes "Follow-the-Crop" System

Instead of bringing sufficient supplies of biomass to processing facilities, Atlantic Biomass Conversions, Inc., proposes taking decentralized enzymatic conversion units to the crops. Following the model of wheat harvesting combines that follow the harvest season, they will develop a "Follow-the-Crop"

June 23, 2009 Read Full Article

Commercialization of Algae Studied

Emerging Markets has released Algae 2020 a 460-page study on algae biofuels markets, strategies and the commercialization outlook.   The Algae 2020 study observes algal biomass can produce multiple fuels from a single feedstock, including biodiesel ethanol, biocrude, renewable diesel, renewable

June 23, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuels Digest Publishes Special Algae Biofuels Report

Biofuels Digest published a special report on algae biofuels and CO2 sources, including an analysis of power plant fuel gas. "In the world of biofuels, algae is under the spotlight" writes Biofuels Digest special correspondent Sam Rushing in a report on

June 23, 2009 Read Full Article

Finland Tests Biomass Derived Bio-Oil for Heat, Power, Biodiesel

Metso and UPM have developed a new concept for the production of biomass-based bio-oil to replace fossil fuels in heating and power generation. Test production will begin at Metso's test plant in Tampere, Finland, in June 2009. Bio-oil can be manufactured

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Study Planned of Brazilian Sugarcane Bagasse as Cellulosic Ethanol Feedstock

by Lisa Gibson, Biomass Magazine.   Brazil could produce 4.6 billion to 8.2 billion liters (1.2 billion to 2.2 billion gallons) of biofuel from sugarcane residue by 2020, in addition to that made from sugar itself, according to a recently released

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Novozymes' New Product Family Hydrolyzes Cellulosic Feedstock

"Novozymes’ latest products for second-generation ethanol production are much better than anything previously seen on the market,” says Cynthia Bryant, Global Marketing Manager, Biomass industry at Novozymes. “While this in itself is a giant leap forward for the biofuel industry,

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

US Department of Commerce Awards First Exclusive Bioreactor Patent to ATI Petroleum

ATI Petroleum, a petroleum exploration management and operations company, announced that the US Department of Commerce awarded the first patent on bioreactor technology to ATI Petroleum.  The bioreactor technology was created through a collaborative effort with the US Department of Energy,

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Lignol Announces Production of Cellulosic Ethanol from New Biorefinery Pilot Plant

Lignol Energy Corporation, a cellulosic ethanol and biorefining company, announced it has completed the first end-to-end production of cellulosic ethanol from its fully integrated industrial-scale biorefinery pilot plant in Burnaby, British Columbia. This production of cellulosic ethanol from Canadian woodchips followed the

June 17, 2009 Read Full Article

Solarix Launches Sustainer

by Bas Vlugt.  'The Sustainer is a containerised installation which can be used in rural areas to convert oil-bearing crops and seeds into edible oil and biodiesel. The seeds are stored in an integrated bunker which feeds the oil press.

June 16, 2009 Read Full Article

Spanish Company Touts Process to Turn Urban Waste into Biodiesel

 by Ron Kotrba.   A group of Spanish developers working under the company name Ecofasa, headed by chief executive officer and inventor Francisco Angulo, has developed a biochemical process to turn urban solid waste into a fatty acid biodiesel feedstock. “It

June 16, 2009 Read Full Article

Renewed World Energies Takes Algae to Another Level of Green

by Susan Wilson.  Algae has been cultivated primarily as a source of biofuel, but Renewed World Energies (RWE) is taking it one step further.  The company wants to clean up power plant and industrial plant emissions using algae and then

June 16, 2009 Read Full Article

Western Biofuels Introduces New Process

by Susanne Retka Schill.   Western Biofuels Inc. released the results of an independent validation test and announced plans to build a 1.4 MMgy demonstration plant for a new biofuel process. Fuel chemist Nicholas Irving, president and founder of Western Biofuels,

June 16, 2009 Read Full Article

Biomass 2009 Conference Presentations Available Online

Every spring, the US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Biomass Program hosts a FREE 2-day conference and expo exploring biomass as an energy source.   The Biomass Program works with industry, academia and national laboratory partners

June 03, 2009 Read Full Article

Ohio Awards $5 Million Grant for 3rd Generation Biofuels Technology

Velocys, Inc. (“Velocys”), has been awarded a $5 million commercialisation grant, applicable over a period of two and a half years. The grant will assist in commercialising the Oxford Catalysts Group’s microchannel technology for hydro-processing − an important step in

June 01, 2009 Read Full Article

S4 Energy Solutions to Use Medical and Industrial Waste for Biofuels, Electricity, Industrial Products

Waste Management, Inc. and InEnTec LLC announced the formation of S4 Energy Solutions LLC, a joint venture to develop, operate and market plasma gasification facilities using InEnTec's Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM™) technology.   The joint venture is expected to process waste

May 29, 2009 Read Full Article

One-Step Process Derives Raw Material for Fuels and Plastic from Plants

Some researchers hope to turn plants into a renewable, nonpolluting replacement for crude oil. To achieve this, scientists have to learn how to convert plant biomass into a building block for plastics and fuels cheaply and efficiently. In new research,

May 28, 2009 Read Full Article

U.S. Freedom Bio Fuels Latest Technology Converts Animal Fat to Fuel

U.S. Freedom Bio Fuels, LLC, manufacturer of Biodiesel production equipment for the commercial end user, has developed a processor for converting animal fat to fuel. There BD65AF processor will produce 200 gallons of fuel per day without acid pre-treat.  READ

May 26, 2009 Read Full Article

Colorado County Awards $9 Million to Waste-to-Energy Project Making Renewable Diesel, Jet Fuel

The Crowley County Commissioners announced the award of a $9,000,000 Private Activity Bond Allocation through the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. This allocation authorizes the issuance of $9 million in tax free bonds to support the development of an animal

May 25, 2009 Read Full Article

Biofuels Digest Publishes Special Online Report on Aviation Biofuels

Biofuels Digest presents a special report on biofuels aviation, including coverage of feedstocks, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, engine makers and policy.  READ MORE

May 25, 2009 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae Debuts New Drop-In Fuel Process for Green Diesel from Algae

According to Biofuels Digest, in Florida, PetroAlgae said that it believes it is now the closest company to commercialization of micro crops as a biofuel will complete its microcrop demonstration farm in Florida this year and will commence booking revenues

May 22, 2009 Read Full Article

American Chemical Society Announces New Bioprocess for Producing Biofuels from Agricultural Waste

Scientists in California are reporting use of a first-of-its-kind approach to craft genetically engineered microbes with the much-sought ability to transform switchgrass, corn cobs, and other organic materials into methyl halides — the raw material for making gasoline and a

May 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Honeywell To Test Biofuel in APUs, Engines this Summer

Honeywell Aerospace is gearing up for biofuel tests on its APUs and engines this summer in a bid to stay ahead of the alternative fuel push.   ... That project is now entering a second phase with biofuel tests, and Honeywell

May 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Algae Front-runner GreenFuel Shuts Down

GreenFuel Technologies, one of the first companies to enter the algae biofuels business, is shutting down after running out of money.   Investor Duncan McIntyre of Polaris Venture Partners on Wednesday confirmed GreenFuel Technologies' demise, saying that the company is a

May 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Süd-Chemie, Linde to Start Biofuel Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass

Süd-Chemie AG (Germany), a leading manufacturer of catalysts and adsorbents, and The Linde Group (Germany), a leading global company in the sector of gases and engineering, have launched the production of climate-friendly biofuels based on lignocellulosic biomass in Munich. The

May 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Secretary Chu Announces Recovery Act Funds to Accelerate Biofuels Research and Commercialization

... “Developing the next generation of biofuels is key to our effort to end our dependence on foreign oil and address the climate crisis -- while creating millions of new jobs that can't be outsourced,” Secretary Chu said. “With American

May 13, 2009 Read Full Article

Rentech Announces Plant to Produce Renewable Synthetic Diesel and Green Electric Power from Urban Waste

Rentech, Inc., announced a plan to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of ultra-clean synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks.   The Rialto Renewable Energy Center (Rialto Project) is designed to produce approximately 600

May 13, 2009 Read Full Article

Mascoma Announces Consolidated Bioprocessing Advances

Mascoma Corporation announced that the company has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass. CBP avoids the need for the costly production of cellulase enzymes by using

May 13, 2009 Read Full Article

Synthetic Biology Emerges as Key to Biofuels

by Amanda Lyle    -----    Converting cellulose quickly and cheaply into biofuel may be feasible any day now - what remains to be seen is who will be the first to use synthetic biology to create an organism capable of such

May 12, 2009 Read Full Article

Ethanol Crops? Lab Finds New Method To Turn Biomass Into Gasoline

Scientists have combined a discovery from a French garbage dump with breakthroughs in synthetic biology to come up with a novel method for turning plant waste into gasoline, without the need of any food sources.  A synthetic biology lab at

May 08, 2009 Read Full Article

A New Use for Algae: Natural Gas

Genifuel has teamed up with Pacific Northwest National Labs to make natural gas out of algae. Why? It's cheaper and easier than producing liquid fuel.  Why crush algae when you can incinerate it?  That's one way to describe a shift

May 08, 2009 Read Full Article

Stone Soap Company Unveils Promising Hybrid Natural Gas-Biofuel

A 76-year-old manufacturer of car wash soaps says it's developed a new line of clean biofuel products that could revolutionize alternative fuels.   Stone Soap Co. Inc. has applied for a patent for the chemistry behind three related products: a so-called

May 08, 2009 Read Full Article

University of Texas at Austin Biologists and Engineers In DARPA Project to Develop Jet Fuel from Algal Oil

...At The University of Texas at Austin, the scope of the project includes identifying the best strains of algae for producing oil from sites in Texas and from the university's algal culture collection, harvesting the algal strains, breaking the algal

May 08, 2009 Read Full Article

Diversified Energy Applies for International Patent for Centia™ Biorefinery Technology

Based on technology exclusively licensed from North Carolina State University, the CentiaTM process can use virtually any triglyceride feedstock (virgin oils, waste greases, animal fats, algal oils, among others) to produce fuels similar to petroleum-derived gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.

May 07, 2009 Read Full Article

Mascoma Announces Major Cellulosic Biofuel

Mascoma Corporation today announced that the company has made major research advances in consolidated bioprocessing, or CBP, a low-cost processing strategy for production of biofuels from cellulosic biomass. CBP avoids the need for the costly production of cellulase enzymes by

May 07, 2009 Read Full Article

Great Plains Renewable Energy and Bioprocessalgae LLC Complete $2.1 Million Grant Funding for Algae Pilot Project in Iowa

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc., and BioProcessAlgae LLC have executed a grant award agreement with the Iowa Office of Energy Independence for a $2.1 million research and development grant from the Iowa Power Fund to build an algae pilot project

May 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Dewatering Process Announced by Algae Venture Systems

A technological breakthrough that dramatically reduces the cost of removing water from algae – making algae an economically feasible source of fuel was announced by Algae Venture Systems, an Ohio company.  Algae VS process slashes the cost of harvesting, dewatering and

May 05, 2009 Read Full Article

Southern Online Bio Technologies To Establish Third Biodiesel Plant In India

Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd. (Southern Online Bio Technologies), an India-based internet services provider, is planning to establish a third (jatropha and pongamia-based) biodiesel plant by the end of 2009. The company also said that its second plant is being

May 04, 2009 Read Full Article

Dynamotive to Supply Sawdust for Arkansas BioOil Plant

Dynamotive USA, Inc. executed a long-term contract for the supply of feedstock for a planned 200 TPD BioOil® plant to be developed in southern Arkansas. Contract envisages the supply of 220,000 green tons per year of green residues (sawdust) for

May 01, 2009 Read Full Article

Biosynthetic and Metabolic Pathway Engineering at Novacta Biosystems

Commercially valuable products can be generated from different microorganism such as bacteria, yeasts and algae. These include biofuels, bulk chemicals, natural products, antibiotics, pharmaceutical drugs and healthcare fragrances.  READ MORE and MORE

April 28, 2009 Read Full Article

CHEMREC gasification technology - turns pulp and paper mills into biorefineries

CHEMREC is helping pulp and paper mills transform into Biorefineries with a unique, proprietary black liquor gasification technology. Opening up new markets in sustainable, low-carbon chemicals and fuels will be a step-change in the industry. Full implementation of the Chemrec technology

April 24, 2009 Read Full Article

UOP Renewable Energy & Chemicals BioChemicals Technology Info

UOP is focused on developing profitable and efficient ways to convert biofeedstocks, such as oils from plants and algae, greases and certain waste products into valuable fuel and chemicals.  UOP focuses on technologies that maximize the use of existing infrastructure

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Solazyme’s Microbial Conversion Technology Applied to Algae

Solazyme's unique microbial conversion technology process allows algae to produce oil in standard industrial facilities quickly, efficiently and at large scale. These oils are tailored not only for advanced biofuel production, but also as replacements for fossil petroleum and plant

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Virent Bioforming® Catalysis Process Makes Bio-Jetfuel, Bio-Gasoline

Virent’s BioForming® process pioneers the commercial production of biofuels and bioproducts which are both sustainable and economical.  This technology can convert a wide roster of feedstocks, including non-food and home grown energy sources, into the variety of fuels and chemicals

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Chicken Manure and Paper Waste as Biofuels Feedstock

MixAlco™ is a biomass conversion technology that transforms low-cost, readily available, non-food and non-sterile biomass into carboxylic acids, the chemical precursors to valuable industrial chemicals and transportation fuels. READ MORE.

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Hawaiian Agricultural and Municipal Waste Turned Into BioCarbon, Biofuel, Bioenergy

Carbon Diversion, Inc., has been operating for two years at the Campbell Industrial site in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii, testing and refining the CDI Carbonization™ equipment for managing various feedstocks including rubber tires, macadamia shells and other green wastes, sewage sludge,

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Agricultural and Municipal Waste Feedstocks for Biofuels, Biochemicals

Many technologies have been used over the years to destroy troublesome waste, including incineration, but at an expense to the environment. Now, technological development at Changing World Technologies, Inc., has produced a new process that allows waste to be reformed

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Mascoma Plans Research Beyond 2nd Generation Ethanol

Mascoma’s R&D team is focused on developing biofuels from non-food biomass wood, straws, fuel energy crops, paper pulp and other agricultural waste products. The knowledge and expertise being generated by Mascoma's R&D activities can be transferred to target other high-value products

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Coskata Makes 2nd Generation Ethanol from Agricultural and Municipal Waste

Coskata’s biology-based technology enables production of ethanol from a wide variety of input material including biomass, agricultural and municipal wastes, as well as other carbonaceous material. Using proprietary microorganisms and patented bioreactor designs, the goal of Coskata is to play

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article

Genencor Launches Accellerase 1500, Next Step toward Scale-up of Cellulosic Ethanol

Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, launched Accellerase® 1500, the next generation of its cellulosic ethanol enzyme product, which has significantly improved formulation and higher activity resulting in higher ethanol yields and robust operation in a wider variety of processes.

April 06, 2009 Read Full Article
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