by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A little more than a month after a temporary court order prohibited Gevo from selling bio-isobutanol into the automotive fuels market, the company announced Aug. 13 that the order has been reversed in federal
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Back TO HOMECobalt, Rhodia Ink Joint Development Deal for Biobutanol Demonstration Plant in Brazil
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Cobalt Technologies and Rhodia announced they will begin joint development and operation of a biobutanol demonstration facility in Brazil. The Cobalt/Rhodia plant will utilize sugarcane bagasse to make n-butanol; bagasse is used at
August 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Butamax™ Responds to Gevo Biobutanol Patent Infringement Lawsuit
(Butamax(TM)/PR NewsWire) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the biobutanol technology leader, commented on the lawsuit filed by Gevo today alleging patent infringement of Gevo patent number 8,232,089. "The Gevo '089 patent adds no new point of novelty over previous Butamax discoveries. As
July 31, 2012 Read Full Article
The 2012 London Olympics, Biofuels-Style: BP to Showcase Its Three Most Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As the 2012 Summer Games approach, BP Biofuels launches its showcase for cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, and biobutanol. Amidst the blizzard of demo drives and informational marketing, why are these molecules key to “fueling the
July 23, 2012 Read Full Article
USPTO Grants Butamax a Further KARI Enzyme Patent
(PRNewsWire/MarketWatch) Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the biobutanol technology leader, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Butamax Patent Number 8,222,017 which protects a subset of key enzymes in the isobutanol production pathway. ...This latest patent issued
July 18, 2012 Read Full Article
Who Shall Dare: Biobutanol and the Intrepid Ethanol Producer
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Declining ethanol margins and plant idlings; ethanol price gloom; controversy over RFS2 targets. Despair? Bah! It all spells “opportunity” for the intrepid ethanolista. This week in biofuels, two storylines that have been gaining a lot
June 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Ag Interests Say Biofuel Production Not "Incentivized"
(FarmProgress.com) Ag interest groups filed comments with the National Highway Traffic Safety Council and others Thursday calling for increased incentives for biofuel use. A coalition of agricultural interest groups says proposed new corporate average fuel economy standards could cap and constrain
June 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Tobacco, Alcohol And … Seaweed? Three Innovative Methods For Producing Biofuels
by Max Frankel (ThinkProgress) ...But in the world of science, researchers around the world are working on some very innovative ways to produce gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from more sustainable feedstocks. Here’s a look at three cool recent developments
June 14, 2012 Read Full Article
Four-Star Biofuels: How the Pentagon Is Outpacing Civilians in Gen2 Adoption
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In “Four Star Biofuels: How the Pentagon Is Outpacing Civilians in Gen2 Adoption” a special Raymond James look at the military and biofuels demand, Pavel Molchanov writes: “A key differentiator of the next-generation (Gen2) biofuel
March 23, 2012 Read Full Article
Has Ethanol Lost Its License To Drive The Corn Market?
by Stu Ellis (FarmGateBlog) ...Now the bloom is off the rose. Gasoline demand is down, the blend wall is pushing ethanol demand down, and corn prices are not as strong as they once were. ...He (Bob Wisner, biofuels economist at Iowa
March 23, 2012 Read Full Article
No Farm Bill, No Tier 3—Not until after the Election; Sundrop Fuels Presents an Alternative
By Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) At the March 21 Bioenergy Day on Capitol Hill, discussion focused on the need for a continued Renewable Fuels Standard, reviews of the history of biofuels, assessment of current questioning of biofuels as viable
March 23, 2012 Read Full Article
BP and Biofuels: Beyond Petroleum, Big Plans, Brazil Principally
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BP to showcase capabilities in low-carbon fuels at 2012 London Olympics. BP Biofuels chief Phil New outlines the BP’s path towards “getting biofuels right”. “6 percent of the entire BP workforce is now working in biofuels,”
March 22, 2012 Read Full Article
Butamax(tm) Files Biobutanol Patent Infringement Lawsuit to Stop Gevo's Use of Butamax KARI Enzyme Technology
(Butamax/iStockAnalyst.com) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the biobutanol technology leader, announced today that the Company filed a new lawsuit against Gevo, Inc. for infringing the recently awarded Butamax™ patent8,129,162. The patent covers recombinant KARI enzymes which perform a key step in producing
March 12, 2012 Read Full Article
Boosters of Butanol Say Change in Law Needed
by Leslie Brooks Suzakamo (TwinCities.com/Pioneer Press) A Colorado green fuels company wants a Minnesota ethanol law that expires at the end of the year to be extended and changed so gasoline can be blended with a new biofuel called butanol
March 09, 2012 Read Full Article
USPTO Director Issues Final Decision Denying Gevo Reexamination Petition; Second Request for Reexamination Granted in Error
(PR NewsWire/Butamax) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the leading biobutanol technology company, commented on two rulings issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in response to Gevo's repeated requests to reexamine Butamax Patent 7,851,188 ('188 patent). This patent is
March 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Cobalt Pre-Treatment Test Clears Way for Commercial Scale
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Cobalt Technologies announced that it has successfully demonstrated its dilute acid hydrolysis pretreatment process, the first step of Cobalt’s process for converting sugars into n-butanol for use as a renewable chemical or fuel. Cobalt’s dilute
March 07, 2012 Read Full Article
Butamax Expands Robust Isobutanol Patent Portfolio
(PR NewsWire) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the biobutanol technology leader, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Butamax Patent Number 8,129,162 which provides Butamax with optimal key capability for the production of isobutanol from renewable
March 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Target For Transformation: Can Biobutanol Provide Ethanol Producers New Paths towards Diversification?
Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Diversification has been a topic of interest for some time now, but this is the year producers need to move toward incorporating alternative revenue streams into their operations. High on the list of contenders is
February 27, 2012 Read Full Article
SucreSource Signs GS Caltex
(SucreSource/PRNewsWire) First Cellulose-to-Sugar Plant Sale and Partnership SucreSource, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueFire Renewables, Inc., has signed agreements with GS Caltex, a Korean petroleum company, to build a cellulose to sugar plant in Korea. "This agreement validates SucreSource's business model of
February 16, 2012 Read Full Article
A Low-Cost, Low-Risk Path to Meeting US Biofuels Targets
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The challenges? Well, there have been three grand ones. First, the development of economically feasible technologies. Second, the financing and construction of new capacity, including any bolt-ons, restarts or retrofits of existing capacity. Third, the
February 01, 2012 Read Full Article
Butamax™ Refutes Unfounded Allegations of Infringement
(Butamax) Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the biobutanol technology leader, responded to the latest lawsuit filed by Gevo, Inc. related to isobutanol flash fermentation technology. "Let us state emphatically, Butamax does not infringe the generic product separation technology claims in Gevo's recent
January 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Scots Whisky Biofuel Team Launch Start-Up
(Edinburgh Napier University) A NEW company has been launched to commercialise a process for producing biofuel made from whisky by-products. Celtic Renewables Ltd, a spin-out from Edinburgh Napier University’s Biofuel Research Centre, will initially focus on Scotland’s £4 billion malt whisky industry
January 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Biofuels - Coast Guard Going Green
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory) To comply with the mandate to increase the use of alternative fuels, the Coast Guard has enlisted the help of Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers with expertise in fuels and engines. "The Coast Guard has decided
January 20, 2012 Read Full Article
Abengoa Selected by the Brazilian Development Bank to Develop a Second Generation Ethanol Plant in Brazil Based on Sugar Cane
(Abengoa) Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and FINEP, the promotion and investment agency for studies and projects, to
January 13, 2012 Read Full Article
Next-Generation Biofuels Driving the Growth of Global Biofuel Market
(Pangea/World of Bioenergy) Social and environmental benefits of next-generation biofuels, mainly cellulosic ethanol, Algae fuels, Drop in fuels, and biobutanol, are fuelling its rapid growth momentum, says RNCOS. According to our recent report, “Global Biofuel Market Analysis”, the global biofuel
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
ACES 409 Bioenergy Systems - Online
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) The Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign is offering an online class in bioenergy systems (ACES 409 XM) for
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
ZeaChem, and the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ZeaChem launches its 250,000 gallon per year core process. How could this possibly matter, in the context of a 500 million gallon cellulosic biofuels target for 2012, that was waived down to 10 million? As
January 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2012
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...10. Advanced biofuels capacity surges to 1 billion gallons, globally. We see 570 million gallons in capacity from Neste Oil alone; 137 Mgy from Diamond Green, 75 Mgy from Dynamic Fuels, 62 Mgy from KiOR,
January 02, 2012 Read Full Article
Robinson Remains Believer as Biofuel Projects Move Ahead
by Gene Zaleski (The Times and Democrat) ...Orangeburg County (South Carolina) Development Commission Executive Director Gregg Robinson said while there are challenges in alternative fuel production, they can be overcome. He remains bullish on alternative fuels' future in Orangeburg County. "It
December 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Hitting a New Stride: The Biorefining Sector Is Poised for Commercial Scale-Up as Funding Strategies Mature and Production Capacity Grows
by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine) The biorefining sector reached an important new milestone this year with at least five companies undergoing successful initial public offerings (IPOs). As we move into the new year, members of industry will take another important
December 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Butamax Discusses Biobutanol Commercial Activities Including Early Adopter Initiative
(Butamax) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, the leading global biobutanol technology development company, announces agreement on commercialization principles with Highwater Ethanol, the first entrant to the Butamax Early Adopters Group. Butamax’s business model is to offer current ethanol producers proprietary biobutanol technology to
December 05, 2011 Read Full Article
Study: Meeting Green Transport Targets May Need £895m Biofuels Spend
by Will Nichols (Business Green) Government research body says next generation biofuels made from waste are a feasible low carbon option The UK could miss its renewable transport targets unless it spends £900m over the next 20 years on advanced biofuels,
November 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Future Fuels Institute at Florida State University Recognized as a Waters Center of Innovation
(PR NewsWire/MarketWatch) Analytical Technology Fueling Institute's Fundamental Energy Research Waters Corporation today (November 15, 2011) welcomed the Future Fuels Institute at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida into its Centers of Innovation Program. The Future Fuels Institute under its director, Dr. Chang
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BlueFire Forms Subsidiary SucreSource, LLC to Provide Cellulosic Sugars to Advanced BioFuels Company
(GreenTechMedia/PR NewsWire) Today, at the Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference in San Francisco, Arnold Klann, Chief Executive Officer and President of BlueFire Renewables (OTC BB: BFRE.OB), a company focused on shifting the paradigm for energy sources by converting non-food cellulosic wastes into renewable
November 09, 2011 Read Full Article
The Dawn of the New Algae: Cleaning up and Enriching Biofuels, with Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Iowa algae and corn ethanol project points the way towards optimizing delivery of feed, fuel, carbon reduction. The most complete realizations of that vision at scale, to date, are the POET Liberty Project in Emmetsburg, Iowa;
October 19, 2011 Read Full Article
A Call for Statutory Clarity
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) ...Today, in an industry that’s working to produce high-performance, fungible, drop-in molecules, some on the cusp of commercialization, many involved in the biorefining sector contend that the current regulatory regime needs to be altered
October 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Fly the (Hic!) Friendly Skies: Renewable Jet Fuel from Alcohol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But a handful of companies such as Cobalt, Gevo, Terrabon, LanzaTech and ZeaChem, are shaking up the emerging aviation biofuels markets by developing renewable aviation fuels from ethanol and/or biobutanol. ...“An alcohol molecule, looking at it
September 14, 2011 Read Full Article
GBL and Songyuan Laihe Chemical Company (Laihe) Enter into a Technology Collaboration Agreement
(Green Biologics) GBL and Laihe Chemical Co. a company focused on producing bio-fuels and bio-chemicals from non-food bio-mass resources have entered into a collaborative development and licensing agreement in China. Under the terms of the agreement GBL and Laihe
September 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels Granted Pivotal Isobutanol Paten
(Butamax) Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels, LLC today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent number 7,993,889, adding another pioneering patent to its biobutanol intellectual property portfolio. This patent protects foundational methods for low-cost production of
August 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Mid-Ohio: Guy`s Second Pole for 2011
(Dyson Racing) At the last American Le Mans Series race at Mosport two weeks ago, Guy Smith commented that he is enjoying his driving more than ever. It shows. The defending winners of last year’s Mid-Ohio race, Chris Dyson and
August 06, 2011 Read Full Article
Study: Regulatory Hurdles Hinder Biofuels Market
by Phil Ciciora (University of Illinois) Regulatory hurdles abound for the successful commercialization of emerging liquid biofuels, which hold the promise of enhancing U.S. energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and serving as a driver for rural economic development, according
July 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Is China for You? The Opportunities, the Risks, the Way
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...A combination of industrial biotech know-how, an array of biomass feedstocks (particularly lignocellulose), a strong and growing domestic market, and ready access to scale-up debt for scale-up through China’s steadier project finance system – well,
July 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Call for Papers: 2nd World Congress of Bioenergy-2012 April 25-28, 2012 Xi’an, China Deadline: February 25
With the impact of increased Bioenergy utilization factors, BIT Life Sciences and the organizing committee launched the 2nd Annual World Congress of Bioenergy-2012 (WCBE-2012), with a theme of Renewable Energy for Sustainability will be held during April 25-28, 2012, Xi’an,
July 21, 2011 Read Full Article
Ethanol – The Champagne of Fuels?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Drop-in fuels all the rage? Not smart, says Coskata CSO Rathin Datta, ethanol is the champion for biomass-based fuels. In Washington DC later this month, at the DOE’s Biomass 2011 annual conclave, Rick Wilson, the CEO of
July 12, 2011 Read Full Article
The Rising Tigers of the China Bioenergy Trade
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... That the freighters out of China contain low-cost manufactured goods would surprise no one. The trick of the trade, from the ship owners’ point of view, has always been to develop a profitable cargo
July 05, 2011 Read Full Article
It Takes Two to Tango
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How and why could three announcements from Gevo, Toray, Redfield and the EPA point the way forward for US ethanol, advanced biofuels, and renewable chemicals? ...The key is looking at the EPA ruling. How do you
June 29, 2011 Read Full Article
ESF Produces ‘Next Generation of Biofuels’
(SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry) Researchers work to make biobutanol from sustainable resource: wood ...(S)cientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) are researching ways to turn wood into sustainable biobutanol. Researchers in the college's Department of
May 26, 2011 Read Full Article
The Beginning of the End of the Ethanol Joke
by Paul Studebaker (Sustainable Planet) ...It’s too soon to talk about grain-based ethanol in the past tense, but maybe not by much. While ethanol has a place as a bio-based octane enhancer and consequently, as a means to extend oil
May 03, 2011 Read Full Article
Cobalt Raises $20M in Series D Round; Parsons & Whittemore Joins
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...The additional capital will enable Cobalt to build out its new 470,000 gallon per year demonstration plant in Alpena, Michigan, which will be the world’s first cellulosic biorefinery for the production of the industrial chemical
May 03, 2011 Read Full Article
SUNY Researchers Optimizing Efficient Biobutanol Pathway
by Bryan Sims (Biorefining Magazine) A team of researchers at State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry are experimenting with different strains of microorganisms to efficiently ferment sugars, extracted from woody biomass, into biobutanol and
May 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Cobalt Technologies, American Process to Build First Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery
(SustainableBusiness.com) Biobutanol company Cobalt Technologies and American Process Inc. (API), a developer of lignocellulosic sugar production technologies, announced an agreement to build the world's first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol. Additionally, the companies agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+TMBiobutanol solution
April 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Senate Energy Committee Explores Biofuel Infrastructure Expansion
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Senate energy committee held a two-hour hearing April 7 to discuss proposed legislation to expand the domestic biofuels market, but expanded its scope through testimony and committee member questions to cover nearly every
April 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Farmers Urged to Grow Grass for Use as Biofuel
by John Colson (The Citizen Telegram) A new kind of economic development is being pursued in the West. Area ranchers and farmers are being urged to grow grass that can be converted to a liquid “biofuel,” rather than relying solely on
March 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Butamax Issued Another Biobutanol Patent
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Butamax has received another patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) number 7,910,342 entitled “FERMENTIVE PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTANOL USING HIGHLY ACTIVE KETOL-ACID REDUCTOISOMERASE ENZYMES.” The patent was awarded to protect a key step
March 24, 2011 Read Full Article
DuPont Leader: Renewables at the Heart of Clean Technology Market Opportunity
(DuPont) DuPont is uniquely positioned to deliver clean technology opportunities, including both advanced biomaterials and biofuels, DuPont Applied BioSciences President Craig F. Binetti told attendees at the Jeffries 11th Annual Clean Technology Conference. “We are meeting the growing demand for reducing dependence
March 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Phytonix Corporation Obtains Global License for a Revolutionary Biofuels Technology to Replace Gasoline
(Morningstar Business Wire/Phytonix) Asheville, NC-based Phytonix Corporation now owns the exclusive worldwide licensing rights for a cutting-edge technology to create an environmentally friendly fuel that replaces gasoline. It also has partnered with a top European University laboratory to create the biosafe bacteria
March 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Three-Component Blend of Ethanol-Biobutanol-Gasoline “Has Significant Advantages”: DuPont
by Thomas Saidak (Biofuels Digest) In New York, DuPont Applied BioSciences President Craig F. Binetti, speaking at the Jeffries 11th Annual Clean Technology Conference, talked about Dupont’s intentions regarding biotechnology and biofuels. Dupont currently estimates the biofuels industry worldwide will
March 04, 2011 Read Full Article
BP Biofuel Breakthrough Imminent
by Graham Cooper (OilPrice.com) BP is poised for a major advance in its biofuel operations, as it is completing commissioning of the world’s first biobutanol pilot plant and plans to begin full–scale production later this year at its Vivergo Fuels
February 28, 2011 Read Full Article
DuPont Exec: Company to Become Renewables 'Powerhouse' by 2015
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) DuPont Applied BioSciences President Craig Binetti told attendees of a recent clean technology conference that DuPont expects the biofuels industry worldwide to grow by $25 billion in the next five years and it plans
February 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Pulp Non-Fiction: Biofuels a Ray of Sunshine in a Gloomy Season
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) As the pulp and paper industry reels from the internet’s impact, biofuels and renewable chemicals are offering value-adds, waste remediation, and new markets In Florida, the affable Rod Young, perhaps the most pre-eminent analyst and forecaster
February 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jeff Gordon Say E15 Good for the USA, Good for the Environment
[caption id="attachment_16804" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Media crowd around Dale Earnhardt, Jr., as he comes off the track after winning the Pole position for the 2011 Daytona 500. Photo: J.Ivancic"][/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Use of E15 in NASCAR
February 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Gevo Raises $107 Million in IPO; Solazyme Next? Butamax Boogieing to Brazil?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Highlights from the road show, according to our Digest spies. The company (Gevo) is touting that it will cost $40-45 million for each conversion of an existing ethanol facility to the production of biobutanol. The
February 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Cost of Electricity Will Not Rise: Dr. Joseph Romm at the Green Car Summit. Bartlett Proposes Open Fuels Act
[caption id="attachment_16299" align="alignleft" width="300"] Warren Brown, automotive columnist for the Washington Post, discusses Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's Open Fuel legislation with Astrid Dorner, US Correspondent for Handelsblatt, Lisa Lyons Wright, Energy and Stem Cell Legislative Assistant and Press Secretary for Congressman
January 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Green Biologics Strikes Deals in China
by Fiona Harvey (Financial Times) ...Green Biologics, an unlisted company, has signed deals with two Chinese biochemical businesses – Guangxi Jinyuan Biochemical and Lianyungang Union of Chemicals. Under the deals – expected to be worth about £10m ($15m) over the next five
December 28, 2010 Read Full Article
DuPont Working on 10-Year Plan for Thailand
by Nalin Viboonchart (The Nation(India)) US science company Dupont is working on a 10-year investment plan for Thailand, saying it does not want to miss the opportunity to expand in one of Asean's key drivers of economic growth. Carl Lukach, president
December 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Political Winds
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) How will the new leadership impact ethanol policies? Some strong ethanol advocates lost in the November election, including Earl Pomeroy and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, acknowledges Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association. Many more
December 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Traction: 13 Companies Gaining Momentum in Advanced Bioenergy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Today, we look at companies that, in the month of November, have made material strdes towards commercialization – through securing of funding, commencement of construction, offtake deals, or in other ways. AE Biofuels – ethanol from cellulosic
November 22, 2010 Read Full Article
The Development of Butamax
(Butamax) This PowerPoint presentation describes the development of Butamax as a company, a joint venture between Dupont and BP. It also diagrams the process of biobutanol production and explores their analysis that isobutanol production combines economic manufacture with high value
November 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Butamax Hits Milestones on Path towards Commercial Biobutanol in 2012
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Previewing the bolt-on biobutanol technology that Butamax is expecting to commercialize with corn as a feedstock by 2012, and sugarcane by 2013-14, Potter confirmed that the company is in discussions for “conversions…that’s with an s”
November 11, 2010 Read Full Article
World Biofuel Demand to Reach 121 Million Metric Tons in 2014
(TransWorldNews) Growth in world biofuel demand will continue to expand at a rapid double-digit annual pace, reaching 121 million metric tons in 2014. Bioethanol will experience the greatest gains, as continued steady growth in the large North American market will be
November 10, 2010 Read Full Article
BP Sees Biofuel Growth from U.S. Grass, Brazil Sugar
by Laura MacInnis (Reuters) BP is focusing its biofuel efforts on Brazilian sugar cane and U.S. energy grasses, holding off on investments in the rest of the world for the moment, a senior executive of the global energy group said on
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
U.S. Navy, Cobalt to Develop Military Jet Biofuel
by Andrew Nusca (SmartPlanet) The U.S. Navy and Mountain View, Calif.-based biofuel outfit Cobalt Technologies on Wednesday agreed to jointly develop military jet fuel converted from biobutanol. Under the new agreement, Cobalt’s biobutanol will be converted to bio-jet and biodiesel fuels using
November 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Russian Technologies to Build Biofuel Factory
(The Moscow Times) Russian Technologies will begin construction of the country's first biofuel factory next spring, the state corporation's chief, Sergei Chemezov, said Monday. The factory — to be located in the Irkutsk region — will turn wood chips and other timber
September 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Potato Power Future of Biofuels, Vodka Maker Says
by Emma Jackson (WardsAuto.com) First scotch, now vodka. William Chase, founder of Chase Vodka, has launched a plan to convert waste potatoes from his U.K. distillery into a high-grade biofuel for vehicles. “We have known for a long time that potato starch
September 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Bunge Invests in Solazyme: Ties between Brazilian Sugarcane, US Advanced Biofuels Deepen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...“The simplicity is astounding. Here’s the big idea. Take an existing, stranded ethanol factory or conglomerate. Buy it for a substantial discount. Start with cheap sugar. Drop in a new Amyris, LS9, Gevo, or Cobalt
August 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Another Brick in the (Blend) Wall: Key Thresholds and Barriers for Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But even were the US EPA to approve E15 ethanol blending, there are some other significant walls and thresholds to keep in mind. Here are the Digest’s Top 10. 1. The $60 oil parity wall. At the
August 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: Innovative Fuels; or Getting the Right Fuel in the Right Tank
[caption id="attachment_11353" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="BP Biofuels shrinking presence on the Dyson Racing Mazda, but still very much powering the Lola. photo: J.Ivancic "][/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The classic 2010 Mid-Ohio American Le Mans race was this year's showcase of biofuel
August 16, 2010 Read Full Article
The Summer of IPOs: Gevo Files $150M Initial Public Offering
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In New York, biobutanol and renewable chemical developer Gevo, ranked #13 in the 2009-10 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” by Biofuels Digest readers and international selectors, filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC for
August 13, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuel Developer to Buy Minnesota Ethanol Plant
(Brighter Energy) Gevo, the biobutanol technology developer based in Colorado, looks set to acquire an ethanol production plant in southwest Minnesota to use as a base to commercialize its process. The company has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Agri-Energy ethanol facility
August 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Hydrocarbon Fuels: Biobutanol's Contribution to Renewable Fuels Industry Growth
by Tyler Ames (Chief Science & Technology Officer, Butamax) Butamax, a product of a joint research program between DuPont and BP, is working to commercialize biobutanol. Biobutanol can be made from several feedstocks, has excellent fuel properties, and is compatible with
July 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Lord Paul Drayson's Comments to the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) Conference - Long Beach
by Paul Drayson (Drayson Racing) ...Consider the first round of the American Le Mans Series at Sebring last month. Peugeot triumphed in the LMP1 category using bio-diesel power, and all 36 entrants ran on E10 or greater. Sebring witnessed the use
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Workshop Precedes FEW
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) All biofuels producers- from biobutanol to renewable diesel plus cellulosic ethanol and more-must work together to promote the biofuel industry interests, said Michael McAdams. The president of the Advanced Biofuels Association gave the keynote
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Biobutanol – the Fuel to Leap the Blend Wall?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Digest readers who closely analyze the Advanced Biofuels Tracking Database will have noticed that, commencing in 2012, biobutanol is scheduled to grow rapidly from pilot stage today to more than 500 million gallons in production by
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
The 30 Most Transformative Technologies of 2010
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) (S)ubscriber voting begins for the 30 Most Transformative Technologies of 2010. In all, 149 companies were nominated in 19 categories. Categories are: (Micro) Algae, cyanobacteria, lemna, and plankton platforms (20) (Macro) Algae technologies (5) Biobutanol technologies (4) Biodiesel systems (2) Cellulosic ethanol
June 08, 2010 Read Full Article
DuPont Zeros in on Renewable Energy Sector
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Founded in 1802, DuPont was primarily an explosives company. Today, among the many other areas it does work in, the company is accelerating research and development and investments in the alternative energy sector. "Generating
June 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels: Putting Pressure on Petrol
by Mark Bünger (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) ...To date, most biofuels and biomaterials developers have focused on lab- and demo-scale studies to improve performance and reduce cost so they can compete with petroleum products, and those goals are coming within sight. But in order
June 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Brazil: The Bossa Nova of Biofuels
by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest) Shell, BP, Bunge, LS9, Dow and Amyris are collectively investing more than $20 billion into advanced, sustainable biofuels in Brazil. This new relationship between Brazilian, US and EU public and private industries is kicking off a
June 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Michelin Green X Challenge Returns to Mazda Raceway
(American LeMans Series) Environmental Race Within the Race Continues to Grow. The MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge returns to the hills of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (May 22) for the second season of competition having dramatically grown and expanded since its first
May 22, 2010 Read Full Article
Next-Generation Biofuels: Near-Term Challenges
by William Coyle (Amber Waves) Next-generation biofuel companies are using a variety of strategies to overcome high initial capital costs, limited access to low-cost biomass, and other hurdles to remain financially viable during pre-commercial development. ...There are more than 30 U.S.
May 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuel Combustion Chemistry More Complex than Petroleum-Based Fuels, Say Sandia and Lawrence Livermore Researchers
(Sandia National Laboratory) Understanding the key elements of biofuel combustion is an important step toward insightful selection of next-generation alternative fuels. And that’s exactly what researchers at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories are doing. The journal Angewandte Chemie devotes its May
May 14, 2010 Read Full Article
Biofuels Basics
Table of Contents Science Leads the Way Policy Reasons for Advanced Biofuels Technical ChallengesIf It's Such a Great Idea, Why Hasn't It Been Done Before? Generations 1, 2, 3 and 4: Talking about biofuels Making Advanced Biofuels: Biomass to Building Blocks;
May 03, 2010 Read Full Article
Butamax: Portrait of a Biobutanol Strategic Investment by BP and Dupont
by Jim Lane (BiofuelsDigest) ...Also, what exactly is up with biobutanol, perhaps the most important fuel you never heard of — one that is gaining serious traction among bioenergy cognoscenti as a more perfect solution to the ethanol blend wall
April 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Cobalt Technologies is First to Create Renewable Biobutanol Fuel from Beetle-Killed Pine
Cobalt Technologies, the leader in commercializing biobutanol as a renewable chemical and fuel, April 7, 2010, announced a breakthrough in producing biobutanol from beetle-killed lodgepole pine feedstock. Cobalt is the first company to produce a drop-in replacement for petroleum and petrochemicals from
April 07, 2010 Read Full Article
Southern Research Institute Signs an Agreement with HCL CleanTech to Help Develop a New Biofuel Production Process in Durham, North Carolina
HCL CleanTech, a US-Israeli biofuels technology development company, has selected Southern Research Institute in North Carolina as the hosting site and operator of its first pilot plant to produce low cost fermentable sugars, high-quality lignin and tall oils from North
April 06, 2010 Read Full Article
Biobutanol: Friend or Foe?
By Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Given the immense challenges faced by the ethanol industry over the past 18 months, it isn’t surprising that some may be inclined to view biobutanol as competition. However, future biobutanol producers adamantly describe themselves
March 23, 2010 Read Full Article
U.S. Government Awards DuPont, Partners with Technology Investment Agreement for Macroalgae-to-Biobutanol Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a Technology Investment Agreement to DuPont for the development of a process to convert sugars produced by macroalgae into next-generation biofuels called isobutanol. Bio Architecture Lab (BAL)
March 16, 2010 Read Full Article
Dyson Racing Expected to Run Cutting-Edge Alternative Fuel in No. 16 Lola-Mazda
by John Dagys (SpeedTV.com) Following a two-race trial last year, biobutanol has become an approved fuel choice for LMP teams in the American Le Mans Series, IMSA confirmed late Thursday. The cutting-edge alternative fuel, developed in conjunction with BP and
March 14, 2010 Read Full Article
The DeltaWing Indy Race Car Is Not Only the Future: It’s Important!
by Bob Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) It is Memorial Day Weekend 2013, the annual Indianapolis 500 car race is attracting the largest crowd in years. The televison audience is also looking to be a record, and not everyone is tuning
March 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Alcohol-Fueled Engines - Takin' The Green Biobutanol: The Next Methanol?
by Rob Fisher (Circle Track) Racers running alcohol-fueled engines should perk up when they hear the word biobutanol. Touted as an environmentally friendly advanced biofuel, biobutanol gained recent exposure when an American research and development company specializing in the fuel was
February 27, 2010 Read Full Article
ALMS Goes Greener with MICHELIN
(Michelin) The USA's American Le Mans Series endurance racing championship, which was first organised in 1999, has released its new slogan: 'Global Leader, Green Racing'. Meanwhile, MICHELIN will continue to back the 2010 MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge which will cover all
February 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Perspectives on Green Racing from Dayton International Speedway’s Garage and Pits
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Advanced Biofuels USA is perhaps the only biofuels-related organization keeping an eye on biofuels in racing with a page describing various projects that promote and encourage innovative, green racing, to numerous articles and posts
February 22, 2010 Read Full Article
What Next? Biofuels Industry Leaders Contemplate Future Moves, after Obama Shift in Biofuels Policy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the Biotechnology Industry Organization followed up on a shift in US biofuels policy with a call for four new steps it said would increase the pace of biofuels commercialization. BIO called for: • Revising
February 10, 2010 Read Full Article
Moving America’s Clean Energy Economy Forward: Boost for Biofuels, Clean Coal
by Heather Zichal (White House Blog) ... The President’s Biofuels Interagency Working Group released its first report – Growing America’s Fuel, which lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or
February 09, 2010 Read Full Article
California Governor Launches Cobalt Technologies Low Carbon Fuel Plant
Cobalt Technologies, the leader in commercializing biobutanol as a renewable fuel and chemical, today formally launched its first facility. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Silicon Valley cleantech leaders were on hand, demonstrating the importance of clean technology to the state’s
January 12, 2010 Read Full Article
Syntec Biofuel and EERC to Develop Novel Technology to Produce Bio-Butanol from Biomass and Waste
Syntec Biofuel Inc., is pleased to announce that it has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of
January 08, 2010 Read Full Article
BP and DuPont Form Kingston Research Ltd to Focus on Commercializing Biobutanol
(GreenCarCongress) BP and DuPont have formed Kingston Research Ltd, which will focus on the commercialization of advanced biofuel technology—specifically biobutanol—at a £25-million (US$41-million) purpose-built development and demonstration facility at BP’s Saltend site, near Hull. Kingston Research will construct a facility to
January 05, 2010 Read Full Article
DuPont's 'Unique' Seaweed Venture Nets DOE Cash
by Dina Fine Maron (New York Times Greenwire) Seaweed holds promise as more than an ingredient in a purifying face mask or a maki roll. So say researchers at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., which alongside Seattle-based Bio
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Biologics Expands in China
Green Biologics continues to expand its business in China, based on the success of its strategy of working with the new generation of biobutanol producers established in China. As part of this strategy Green Biologics is introducing its improved technology
November 30, 2009 Read Full Article
The Evolution Of An Eco-Prophet
by Sharon Begley (Newsweek) Interview with Al Gore: ... But next-generation biofuels are a different story, he says. "The pathway that I think is likely to be the winner is enzymatic hydrolysis, which essentially uses engineered enzymes to break down the cellulose,
November 14, 2009 Read Full Article
BP Publishes Video on Cellulosic Ethanol Conversion and Projects
BP has added to its web site page on dedicated energy crops a video describing cellulosic ethanol and BP's cellulosic refinery projects. View the video. See also BP's video on sustainable biofuels development with a focus on biobutanol. View the video.
November 13, 2009 Read Full Article
Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Ethanol Never Tasted So Good: BP Biobutanol and Patron Tequila
[caption id="attachment_3971" align="alignright" width="270" caption="The Audi TDI, Peugeot and BP Mazda competing for green racing points on three kinds of fuel and (at least) two kinds of coolant."][/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) BP and Shell had a bit of
October 11, 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
Road Atlanta: Michelin Green-X Challenge and Dyson BioButanol Racing Reports
(Motorsport.com) "The competition to win the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge continues to grow," said Silvia Mammone, Michelin Motorsport manager. "Seeing manufacturers like Audi, Porsche and Mazda; energy producers like Shell and BP, and teams like Audi, Flying Lizard Motorsports and
September 30, 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
BP, DuPont Butanol JV, Butamax, Heads for Commercialization
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Delaware, BP and Dupont announced the commencement of commercialization of their butanol venture, which will be named Butamax Advanced Biofuels. ... Butamax combines BP’s expertise in fuels technology, development and infrastructure with DuPont’s leading
July 17, 2009 Read Full Article
University/College Programs International
Table of Contents Introduction Programs United States Africa South Africa Asia/Pacific Rim China India Australia Canada Ontario South/Central America Europe Germany, France and the UK Belgium Denmark Finland Germany Iceland Poland UK Middle East Introduction While educational institutions are becoming much more focused on
June 24, 2009 Read Full Article
Virgin Galactic Space Travel Advances in Testing; Biobutanol, Other Biofuels for Mothership, Spacecraft
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Fuels is developing biofuels that can be used to power both the mothership Eve that will launch the spacecraft from the stratosphere, while the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft will itself be designed to run on biobutanol. Branson is
May 29, 2009 Read Full Article
Juice: Alternate Fuels World Announcing the Advanced Biofuels Association
I recently spoke with Joanne Ivancic, the founder and director of the recently formed Advanced Biofuels USA ... (She) perceived that a whole contingent of biofuels developers were not being either recognized or represented. And surely she is right. Ethanol and biodiesel
April 27, 2008 Read Full Article
Transgenics Are Imperative for Biofuel Crops
by Jonathan Gressel (Plant Science) Petroleum dependency is a challenge that can potentially be partly offset by agricultural production of biofuels, while decreasing net, nonrenewable carbon dioxide output. Plants have not beendomesticated formodern biofuel production, and the quickest,most efficient, and