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Power Fund Board Approves Terms for Iowa Cellulosic Ethanol Project by DuPont-Danisc

(Iowa Office of Energy Independence)  Project Would Produce Jobs and New Energy Technology for Iowa The Iowa Power Fund Board (Board) approved terms January 12, 2011, to start contract negotiations on a grant award for one of the first in the nation,

January 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Kingdom Considers Producing Ethanol from Waste

by Querubin J. Minas  (The Saudi)   In line with the Saudi government’s initiative to diversify energy resources and promote clean environment at the same time, a US company is introducing an innovative, versatile biofuel solution to produce ethanol using

January 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Norway Backs Ethanol Plant

(Argus Media)  Norwegian chemicals and technology specialist Borregaard has secured a government grant of 58mn kroner ($9.8mn) to build a 400m³ pilot ethanol plant in Sarpsborg, southeast Norway. ...The Sarpsborg plant will use a diverse array of agricultural feedstock including straw,

January 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Quantum Leap for the Q Microbe: Qteros closes $22 Million in New Financing; Global Partnership with Praj

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Qteros and Praj will collaborate on a highly focused, multi-year development program with the objective of rapidly developing and commercializing Process Design Packages (PDPs) that enable cellulosic ethanol production using Qteros’ Q Microbe-enabled CBP platform

January 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Vilsack Pushes to Turn Waste into Ethanol

by David DeWitte (Sioux City Journal)  USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack expects a forthcoming round of federal grants to help start non-corn-based advanced biofuel plants outside the nation's traditional ethanol heartland boosting support for ethanol. The government plans to announce measures in early

January 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2011

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...For our 2010 batch of predictions, we give ourselves 6 marks out of 10. We gave ourselves 1 full mark for predicting the spread of Low Carbon Fuel Standard activity, the boom in renewable chemicals, a

December 31, 2010 Read Full Article

The True Brew – Answers to Your “Biofuels Fact or Fiction” Questions

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Today, we'll reach into the mailbag and voicemail box and shed some light on topics both important and bizarre, in our occasional "Biofuels Fact or Fiction" series. Q. Will the USDA really issue new loan guarantees

December 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Vilsack's Emphasis: Make Ethanol More Available

(IStockAnalyst/Cedar Rapids Gazette)  U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack thinks soon-to-be announced federal grants for cellulosic ethanol plants are helping boost flagging ethanol support in Congress. Vilsack said the government plans to announce measures in early 2011 to provide support

December 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Closer than Thought

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Cellulosic ethanol costs rapidly decline, barriers are surmountable The race to commercial viability for cellulosic ethanol may be coming to a close, according to a Boston Consulting Group report. Alternative energy technologies are poised to

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Gets A Boost; Will It Return The Favor?

by Frank Morris (NPR / KCUR)   ...  Factoring in dramatic technical advances in both fields, most researchers figure that corn ethanol now delivers an energy gain — of about 40 percent. "But that's not really good enough," says Kovarik. "What we need is

December 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels to Power the Future

(China Daily)  China's bioethanol production will reach 10 million tons a year by 2020, resulting in a 10 percent drop in oil imports, according to COFCO group, China's largest grain trader. ...COFCO, Novozymes and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) are

December 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Scientist: Ethanol the Wrong Path for Lake County, Alternative Fuels

by Marc Chase   (The Times/istockanalyst.com)  Lake County's public-private plan to transform trash to ethanol would generate an inferior fuel with a questionable future, a former National Science Foundation official and energy adviser to the federal government said. John Regalbuto, a chemical engineering

December 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Lawsuit Opposes Permit for Michigan Ethanol Plant

(Bloomberg/AP)  Environmentalists sued Michigan regulators Tuesday over an air quality permit issued for a planned refinery in the Upper Peninsula that will produce ethanol fuel from wood chips. The Sierra Club lawsuit contends the Department of Natural Resources and Environment violated federal

December 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Poet’s Broin Says E27 Is Needed to Satisfy RFS

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Poet LLC CEO Jeff Broin told attendees at a recent energy conference that the U.S. will need to eventually utilize the equivalent of E27 in the nation's fuel supply in order to meet renewable

December 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Report Questions Cellulosic Ethanol Merits

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  A study making its way around the Agriculture Department raises doubts about the prospects for biofuels made from crop residue and other types of plant cellulose and calls for shifting the focus of government

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Summary of Cellulosic Biofuels Summit Day 2: Taking Biofuels to the Next Level

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Technologies proven at the bench scale and biofuel feedstocks developed or identified are worthless until they come together at a successful biorefinery.  Getting there involves a series of choices: new, "greenfield" construction "from scratch" or

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Summary of Cellulosic Biofuels & Biorefineries Summit Day 1

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuesl USA)  The Renewable Fuel Association's Bob Dinneen started the Cellulosic Biofuels & Biorefineries Summit with a call to the biofuels community--ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, advanced biofuels, renewable and biodiesel--to realize their common bonds and interests. Particularly,

November 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Solar, Wind And Biofuels Are Alternative Energy’s Most Likely Disruptors, Says New Report

by Kerry A. Dolan (Forbes)  Billions of dollars have been poured into alternative energy technologies and companies in the past several years. The four areas most likely to reach cost competitiveness over the next decade? Advanced biofuels, onshore wind, solar photovoltaic

November 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Growing Sorghum for Biofuel

(EurekAlert!/American Society of Agronomy)  Iowa State researchers examine the efficiencies and environmental impacts of growing sorghum for ethanol Conversion of sorghum grass to ethanol has increased with the interest in renewable fuel sources. Researchers at Iowa State University examined 12 varieties of

November 11, 2010 Read Full Article

RFA Urges White House to Support Cellulosic Ethanol

by Cindy Zimmerman   (DomesticFuel.com)   In a letter hand (delivered) to President Obama this week, RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen urged the Obama Administration to maintain its commitment to the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels. The RFA letter is

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Biofuel Output Will Lag 2011 Requirements, EIA Forecast Shows

by Andrew Herndon (Bloomberg)  Oil companies won’t be able to get as much cellulosic biofuel as they might need next year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. EIA, a unit of the Energy Department that compiles industry data, expects cellulosic biofuel

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Denmark Becomes the First Country Worldwide to Make Next-Generation Biofuels Available at the Gas Pump

(Novozymes)  Transforming agricultural residues into advanced biofuels for cars has become a reality making its world premiere at 100 filling stations across Denmark. Made available from today by Statoil, this new biofuel called Bio95 is a mixture of 95% gasoline and 5%

November 04, 2010 Read Full Article

The Future of Biofuels: The Post-Alcohol World

(The Economist)  Biofuels are back. This time they might even work. MAKE something people want to buy at a price they can afford. Hardly a revolutionary business strategy, but one that the American biofuels industry has, to date, eschewed. Now a new

October 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Obama’s Riding the (Cellulosic) Ethanol Pony—Here’s Why He Should Buck the Trend

by Tom Philpott  (Gist)  ...Not surprisingly, according to a Reuters account of Vilsack's speech, the USDA chief barely mentioned corn ethanol. Instead, he fixated on "assistance, from field to filling station, to bring next-generation biofuels to market." That means cellulosic

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Logistics: Demonstration of a Large-Scale Integrated Switchgrass Supply Chain

by Dr. Kelly Tiller (President and Chief Executive Officer, Genera Energy, LLC)  Dr. Tiller details the large commitment the state of Tennessee has made to biofuels research. Genera Energy, a research firm owned by the University of Tennessee, has worked with switchgrass

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

iDiverse Modifies Yeast to Excel under Stress

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Using a proprietary gene construct, California-based iDiverse has successfully modified yeast to be highly resistant to a number of lethal stresses normally encountered in the bioproduction of fuel ethanol, improving yields. “We’ve targeted

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Is Corn Stover the Next Big Biofuel?

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)   If the cobs, stalks and leaves left behind after corn harvest become the next big source for ethanol, the technology to pick up the stover is decidedly old-school. "A farmer who bales hay can do this,"

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Weyland Look to the Future with the Opening of Their Bioethanol Pilot Plant

(Weyland)  Weyland started production of second generation bioethanol at it’s pilot plant in Bergen, Norway. The plant was formally opened by State Secretary Per Rune Henriksen of the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy during an opening ceremony at the plant.

October 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Is the RFS Broken?

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  There’s a growing consensus among the budding cellulosic ethanol community that the renewable fuels standard (RFS) is not doing its job. Enacted in 2005 and amended in 2007, the RFS was part of legislation

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Petrobras and Novozymes Partner on Cellulosic Ethanol

(Novozymes) Petrobras and Novozymes have entered an agreement to develop a new route to produce second generation biofuel from sugarcane bagasse. The agreement covers the development of enzymes and production processes to produce second generation lignocellulosic ethanol from bagasse in an

October 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Helios Scientific Looks to Bridge Gap with Cellulosic Ethanol at Curwensville Facility

by Aaron T. Evans (Gant Daily)  During a press conference on Thursday, Helios Scientific announced the launch of its cellulosic ethanol project in Curwensville. ...Polite said the Curwensville facility will use cutting-edge technology to turn cellulose into affordable energy. The site will

October 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuel Technology Mature, Industry Says

by Teis Jensen and John Acher (Reuters)  The technology to produce so-called second-generation bioethanol has moved beyond the research phase and is ready to be used if policymakers back it with incentives, Danish industry leaders said on Wednesday. ...Steen Riisgaard, head

October 14, 2010 Read Full Article

2010 Petit Le Mans: Cellulosic E85 Powers Champions

[caption id="attachment_12726" align="alignleft" width="257"] E85 cellulosic racing fuel used by Corvette at Petit Le Mans. Photo: J. Ivancic[/caption] by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  For the first time in any race anywhere, all the cars using E85 used cellulosic ethanol racing

October 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Drayson LMP1 Green Racing Message Celebrated at Petit Le Mans

(Drayson Racing)  One year ago, Drayson Racing debuted theNo.8 Drayson Racing Lola Coupé with Judd Power in the Le Mans Prototype One (LMP1) class of the Petit Le Mans. The clear mission of the move into the American Le Mans

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Sekab Trials Corn Waste Ethanol Production

(Argus Media)  Swedish ethanol producer Sekab and Swedish technology specialist Taurus Energy will next month begin trialling the production of ethanol from corn waste.  The trials will take place at Sekab's ethanol demonstration plant in Ornskoldsvik, northern Sweden, and involve the development

September 28, 2010 Read Full Article

BlueFire Renewables Signs 15 Year Feedstock Supply Contract for Fulton, MS Cellulosic Ethanol Facility

(PRNewsWire)  BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced a contract with Cooper Marine & Timberlands to provide feedstock for BlueFire's planned cellulosic ethanol

September 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Production Shows Promise

By Kerri Ebert (Midwest Producer)  ...Kansas State University agricultural economist David Lambert has been developing economic models focusing on how development of the cellulosic ethanol industry could help meet EISA targets of 16 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production by

September 23, 2010 Read Full Article

The Biorefinery Project of the Future: A 10-Part Series

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...We have spoken to farmers, local business owners, environmentalists, community development officials, engine developers, scientists, policy makers, producers, investors, lenders, blenders, wholesalers, retailers, and end users. We have visited development projects on four continents. We have

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Progress for Abengoa’s Kansas Cellulosic Ethanol Project

by James Cartledge  (BrighterEnergy.org)  Abengoa Bioenergy has secured 60% of the feedstocks it needs for its hybrid ethanol facility being developed in Hugoton, Kansas. ...The Hugoton facility is set to be the first commercial-scale installation of a hybrid refinery – a

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

E-Fuel Introduces MicroFusion™ Reactor

(PRNewsWire)  Disruptive technology makes possible to process all organic biomass into ethanol fuel. E-Fuel is pleased to announce its latest innovation, the E-Fuel MicroFusion Reactor, a disruptive technology which empowers users to process all forms of cellulosic waste into sugar water,

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

BlueFire Renewables Secures 15-Year Off-Take Agreement with Tenaska BioFuels for Mississippi Cellulosic Ethanol Facility

(PRNewswire)  Contract Is Among First of Its Kind in U.S. BlueFire Renewables, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced an off-take agreement with Tenaska BioFuels,

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Engineering Yeast Can Make Biofuels Commercially Viable

by John Timmer (Ars Technica)  ...Cellulose is a very long polymer of sugar molecules. Yeast will happily use those sugars to produce ethanol, but it can't get at them while they're trapped in cellulose. As a result, a suite of

September 13, 2010 Read Full Article

LMS: A Greener ILMC?

by John Dagys  (Speed TV)  Paul Drayson calls for green initiatives to be integrated into Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. ...But the jump into the ILMC hasn’t come without some sacrifice. Drayson’s Lola B09/60 Judd is unable to utilize the Cellulosic E85

September 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Drayson Racing Brings Innovative Flex-Fuel Race Car Home to Silverstone

(Drayson Racing) Drayson Racing's No.11 Drayson Racing Lola Coupé with Judd Power returns to the United Kingdom 12 September for the Autosport 1000Km of Silverstone in the Le Mans Prototype One (LMP1) Class. The UK-based organisation is spending 2010 on an

September 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Mascoma’s Magic World for Magic Bugs

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...This is the Rome Labs site, which does quite a bit of intelligence-related R&D. The super-secret nature of cellulosic development is not entirely different – though hugh-hush cadres of generals and admirals are supplanted by

September 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Indianapolis-Based Xylogenics Licenses Yeast Strain to Ethanol Producer

(Indianapolis Business Journal)  Indianapolis-based bioengineering firm Xylogenics Inc. has licensed its proprietary yeast strain to a Milwaukee firm that is a supplier to the fuel-ethanol industry. It is the first such licensing agreement for Xylogenics. Lallemand Ethanol Technology will use Xylogenics’

August 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Petrobras America and KL Energy Sign Joint Development Agreement to Optimize Technology for Cellulosic Ethanol Production From Sugarcane Bagasse

(Biofuels Journal)  KL Energy Corporation is pleased to announce that Petrobras, through Petrobras America, has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with KL Energy Corporation ("KLE"), to jointly optimize KLE's proprietary cellulosic ethanol process technology for sugarcane bagasse feedstock ("Bagasse").   The latest

August 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Genera Energy and Alcoa Partner to Grow Switchgrass in Blount County; Planting has significant environmental benefit

(Genera Energy) Land owned by Alcoa Inc, Tennessee Operations, is now being used to grow a popular perennial grass known for producing cellulosic ethanol. Approximately 238 acres of switchgrass have been planted on property that Alcoa leases to a local farmer

August 23, 2010 Read Full Article

POET, Farmers Kick Off Commercial Biomass Harvest for Project LIBERTY Cellulosic Ethanol

(POET) Construction underway on storage area for biomass bales in Emmetsburg, Iowa  Farmers and POET today celebrated the upcoming collection and delivery of 56,000 tons of baled corn cobs and light stover in the first commercial harvest for Project LIBERTY. POET CEO Jeff

August 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Range Fuels Produces Cellulosic Methanol From First Commercial Cellulosic Biofuels Plant

(PR Newswire)  Range Fuels' Commercial Cellulosic Biofuels Plant near Soperton, Georgia Produces Cellulosic Methanol from Non-Food Biomass Range Fuels, Inc., a company focused on commercially producing low-carbon biofuels and clean renewable power, today announced that it has produced cellulosic methanol from the

August 18, 2010 Read Full Article

The Blue Phoenix: BlueFire Ethanol Repositions as BlueFire Renewables

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The Digest took the opportunity to visit with BlueFire’s CEO Arnold Klann, who has been working in the cellulosic biofuels space for more than a decade, and continues to be a driving force in the

August 18, 2010 Read Full Article

New York County Welcomes Sunoco's Foray into Biofuels

by Andrew Maykuth (Philadelphia Inquirer)  Sunoco Inc. is producing a new brew at a former Miller Brewing Co. plant. Last month, the Philadelphia refiner began distilling corn ethanol at a massive converted brewery just outside the Fulton city limits in central New

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Biorefinery a Step Closer

by  Bob Boughner  (Chatham Daily News)  A proposed $38-million Chatham facility designed to prove corn cobs can be used to produce ethanol fuel received $4 million Wednesday from the province. The (Ontario) government is supporting the development of innovative, bio-fuel technology by Greenfield

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Promising Ethanol Yeast Nears Market Launch

(Xylogencis, Inc.)  ...Two-year-old Xylogenics Inc. also says it plans to license its first bioengineered yeast later this year. This version is intended to boost yields and lower costs of making the automotive fuel ethanol at conventional distilleries that use corn. The

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Mid-Ohio American Le Mans Series: The Last of the Privateers Show How It’s Done. Jonny Cocker Puts the Cellulosic Ethanol Drayson Lola on the Pole

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  We’ve written a fair amount about Lord Paul Drayson’s Green Racing efforts and for good reason. Since joining the ALMS circuit in 2008 Paul and Elspeth Drayson, and the team led by Dale

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

POET Conducts Biomass Harvest Research in Texas

(POET)  Work will focus on maximizing corn cob removal for cellulosic ethanol.  POET this week will begin harvest research in corn fields near Navasota, Texas to learn more about biomass collection for cellulosic ethanol production. POET uses corn cobs and light stover

August 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Gulf Disaster Renews Interest in Biofuel Technology

by Patrick Peterson (Florida Today)  Even as last of BP oil spilled on the Gulf Coast dissipates, interest in Florida's biofuel industry piqued by the spill may linger, and even grow. For the moment certainly, biofuels such as ethanol and algae-derived diesel

August 09, 2010 Read Full Article

The Hidden Hook in the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane  (Biofuels Digest)  ...“Investors constantly ask us the simple question,” says AE Biofuels CEO Eric McAfee, “ If the EPA is not enforcing the cellulosic ethanol mandate and only providing a few months of forward visibility each year, how

August 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Race on to Build First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

by Dale Hildebrant (Minnesota Farm Guide)  ...Delegates to the Biomass '10 conference in Grand Forks heard reports on all three cellulosic ethanol plant projects, which are in various stages of development. All have a projected start-up date in 2013 or

August 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Iogen’s Cellulosic Ethanol Drives Drayson Racing to Michelin® Green X® Challenge First Place Finish In American Le Mans Utah Race

(Iogen)  Iogen July 22, 2010, announced that its cellulosic ethanol fuelled UK-based Drayson Racing to its first American Le Mans Series Michelin® Green X® Challenge victory of the 2010 race season.   "Winning the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge is one of our major objectives," said

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Auburn Researchers Finding Ways to Turn Waste Into Fuel

by Travis Herrmann  (TheAuburn Plainsman)  Auburn University researchers have patented a new process for producing ethanol from paper (m)ill waste materials through biological conversion. With research funded by the Masada Resource group, the new conversion process can produce an estimated 2.5

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

IEA Releases Landmark “Status of 2nd Generation Biofuels Demonstration Facilities” Report

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... IEA Bioenergy, part of the International Energy Agency, has published its report “Status of 2nd Generation Biofuels Demonstration Facilities in June 2010”, as a report to IEA Bioenergy Task 39. The 126-page report includes extensive data on

July 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Status of 2nd Generation Biofuels Demonstration Facilities in June 2010

by Dina Bacovsky, Michal Dallos, Manfred Worgetter (International Energy Agency Task 39)   Driven by the need to partly replace fossil transport fuels and by food versus fuel and highest possible GHG mitigation considerations, large efforts are dedicated to the development of

July 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Firm Selected to Supply R&D Equipment for Pretreatment of Biomass

(PR Newswire)  AdvanceBio Systems LLC, a Cincinnati-based technology company, has been awarded a contract by The Pennsylvania State University to supply a Bench Scale Hydrolyzer System for its Shared Fermentation Facility located in University Park, Pennsylvania. The equipment will be used

July 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Projects Progressing

by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Magazine)  Both Abengoa Bioenergy and Poet LLC hope to have the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in the world and expect to begin operation in the next few years. Poet’s Emmetsburg, Iowa, plant is slated for operation

July 24, 2010 Read Full Article

New Tech Uses Coal Steam to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol

by Tiffany Kaiser  (Daily Tech)   Inbicon, a developer of biomass refineries in Kalundborg, Denmark, has turned wheat straw into cellulosic ethanol and is calling it "The New Ethanol." To mass produce this ethanol, the company also announced its plan to open

July 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry Blames Washington for Holding Back Cellulosic Ethanol

by Stacy Feldman (SolveClimate) Industry rips failing DOE loan program on the heels of EPA's decision to slash cellulosic biofuel mandate. ...EPA announced it expects 5 to 17.1 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol to be blended into the nation's fuels in 2011,

July 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Corn and Cellulosic Ethanol Fight for Viability, Government Favor

(HybridCars)  ...It's been more than four years since then-President George W. Bush told the country in his State of the Union speech that it would soon be using corn, wood chips and switch grass to power its automobiles. Biofuels, Bush

July 14, 2010 Read Full Article

EPA Proposes Cellulosic Ethanol Short of U.S. Goals

(San Francisco Chronicle/Bloomberg)   The Environmental Protection Agency proposed requiring less cellulosic ethanol to be blended into gasoline next year than sought under U.S. law because production of the alternative fuel hasn't reached commercial scale. ...Cellulosic ethanol, made from switchgrass, wood chips

July 13, 2010 Read Full Article

$10m Biofuel Plant to Lead the Way

by Cait Bester  (Daily Mercury)   ...Queensland University of Technology’s Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant will be officially opened...  Lead researcher and Queensland University of Technology professor, James Dale, said the purpose-built plant at Mackay Sugar’s Racecourse Mill would be the

July 13, 2010 Read Full Article

Utah: Michelin Green X Challenge Race Report

(MotorSport.com)  Lola/Judd, Ferrari claim First Wins in Michelin® Green X® Challenge Drayson Racing and Extreme Speed Score First Wins With E85 It was day of firsts in the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge at the Utah Grand Prix. Finishing as overall runner-up in

July 12, 2010 Read Full Article

All Systems Go at World's Largest Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

(SunHerald.com)  Inbicon Biomass Refinery now producing The New Ethanol and other biofuel at Kalundborg, Denmark Inbicon is declaring Energy Independence Day for Planet Earth as the first Inbicon Biomass Refinery swings into operation. It turns wheat straw into 1.4 million gallons

July 08, 2010 Read Full Article

25 Million Acres of Corn with Nowhere to Go, by 2030? A Digest Special Report

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(D)oomsayers who have been predicting an inevitable conflict between food and fuel appear to have been completely off the mark. Rather than a shortage of food, the increased pace of biotechnology innovation associated with bioenergy is

July 07, 2010 Read Full Article

North Dakota Project Produces Biofuel and Energy

(Biofuels International)  A biomass plant is currently under construction in Spiritwood, North Dakota, US. Owned by electricity provider Great River Energy, the plant will be constructed in two phases. ...During phase two of the project a cellulosic ethanol refinery will be

July 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Likely to Have Major Role as Fuel

by Jim Kenzie  (Wheel.ca)  ...So far, everyone seems to think that the only way we’ll wean ourselves off decomposed dinosaur remains is if we either can’t find any more, or it becomes so expensive to find/extract/ship/refine that we’ll have to find

July 05, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Needs Boost

(Journal Star) Editorial        The environmental advantages of renewable fuels could hardly be more evident than now, when the consequences of risky deepwater oil drilling are fouling the water and shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico. Yet the federal government is not

July 02, 2010 Read Full Article

New Government Program Develops Future Fuels

by Sharon Epperson (CNBC)  New financing from the federal government may help biotech companies develop fuels of the future, helping reduce America's dependence on oil. One such company is Agrivida, a small, agricultural biotech outside Boston. Until recently, most of its funding

July 01, 2010 Read Full Article

ZeaChem Confirms Ethanol Biorefining Process

(ZeaChem)   Company to Demonstrate Integration of Processes at Boardman Biorefinery  ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today announced the successful production of ethanol at a capacity that can be scaled

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

ICM to Begin Construction on Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

(ICM)  ICM, Inc. Signs Contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for $31 Million Cooperative Agreement.  Construction to Commence August 2010 on Pilot Plant in St. Joseph, MO for Production of Fuel Ethanol from High-Impact Cellulosic Feedstocks. ICM, Inc. is pleased

June 24, 2010 Read Full Article

POET Cellulosic Ethanol Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 111 Percent over Gasoline

by POET (RenewableEnergyWorld.com)  Biogas production highlighted in lifecycle analysis for Project LIBERTY. Ethanol produced by Project LIBERTY, POET's first planned commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, will reduce carbon emissions by 111 percent over gasoline, an independent lifecycle analysis shows.  This means POET’s

June 17, 2010 Read Full Article

ICM to Begin Construction on Pilot Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

(ICM)  , Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive $25 million to fund the construction and operation of its cellulosic ethanol pilot and demonstration facility in St.

June 15, 2010 Read Full Article

New Refinery Owner Hopes to Expand

by Jeff Montgomery (The News Journal, DelawareOnline)  A refining industry leader whose company plans to reopen the Delaware City Refinery said today that the new owners hope to expand into renewable fuels production at the site, while also launching a

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

Gene Discovery Potential Key to Cost-Competitive Cellulosic Ethanol

(Oak Ridge National Lab)  Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving strains of microorganisms used to convert cellulosic biomass into ethanol, including a recent modification that could improve the efficiency of the conversion process. Biofuels researchers and

May 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Mascoma’s Plan for Ethanol Plant in Michigan Likely Delayed, CEO Says

by Ryan McBride (Xconomy.com)  Lebanon, NH-based Mascoma has made strides with its process for producing ethanol from non-food plants such as wood chips and grass. Yet the firm is likely to delay the start of production at its first planned commercial

May 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Lignol Achieves Important Pilot Plant Milestone

(Lignol)  Lignol Energy Corporation, a leading technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lignol Innovations Ltd. has successfully completed integrated production campaigns and met operability targets for the production of cellulosic ethanol

May 20, 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

Ethanol Industry Approaches the Blending Wall - Cellulosic Ethanol Investments Severely Threatened

Dr. Robert Wisner (AgMRC)   A fuel ethanol blending wall has been anticipated for the last three years.  When reached, it would halt growth of the ethanol industry or initially would cause demand growth to fall short of the rate of

May 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol: Affordable, Clean and We Don’t Have to Wait

by Brian Jennings   (The Hill)  ...Today, conventional oil supplies are being tapped out and maintaining our current level of addiction forces us to hunt for scarce deposits in deepwater wells or in the Canadian tar sands.  These unconventional sources of

May 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plant Funding Delayed

by Ed Baldridge (NewsSun.com)   County commissioners voted 5-0 to withdraw their application for a grant supporting the new ethanol plant project, but it was merely a formality according to County Administrator Michael Wright. The Community Development Black Grant in the amount of

May 11, 2010 Read Full Article

New DOE Video Highlights Impact of Biofuels on Rural Communities

(US Department of Energy)  DOE also released May 6, 2010, a new video which showcases how cellulosic biofuel technologies can help decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil, spur growth in the domestic biofuels industry, and provide new revenue opportunities to farmers in many

May 11, 2010 Read Full Article

The Renewable Fuel Standard and Cellulosic Biofuels: Prospects and Challenges

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  On March 18, 2010, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing on the state of the cellulosic biofuel industry and its prospects for producing the volumes required by the federal Renewable Fuel Standard

May 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Production of Ethanol from Winter Barley by the EDGE (Enhanced Dry Grind Enzymatic) Process

by N P Nghiem, K B Hicks, D B Johnston, G Senske, M Kurantz, M Li, J Shetty and G Konieczny-Janda (Biotechnology for Biofuels) Background : US legislation requires the use of advanced biofuels to be made from non-food feedstocks. However,

May 06, 2010 Read Full Article

President’s Ethanol Speech Lacks Substance

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Ethanol producers and corn farmers who were hoping for President Obama to make a strong show of support for the ethanol industry when he appeared at a POET plant in Missouri on Wednesday were probably a

May 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Future of Cellulosic Ethanol Remains Uncertain

by Mark Steil (Minnesota Public Radio)  The idea of a biofuel made from something other than food was one of the stars of both the Bush and Obama administration's energy programs, but the future of cellulosic ethanol is in doubt. Cellulosic

May 03, 2010 Read Full Article

POET Announces Plans for 3.5 Billion Gallons of Cellulosic Ethanol in 2022

(POET)  Technology ready, CEO says, but loan guarantee, policy stability and market access still needed to achieve vision. POET plans to have a hand in producing 3.5 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year by 2022, POET CEO Jeff Broin said

April 23, 2010 Read Full Article

South Dakota State University Studies Corn Stover Pretreatment

(Biomass Magazine)   Using a high shear bioreactor (extrusion) pretreatment process can help prepare corn stover as a feedstock for making cellulosic ethanol, a South Dakota State University study finds. The SDSU study explored different temperatures, screw speeds, and enzymes to learn

April 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Woodland Biofuels Awarded $4 Million by Ontario For Revolutionary Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Plant

Ontario is investing $4 million through the Innovation Demonstration Fund (IDF) to help Woodland Biofuels Inc. and its partners build a groundbreaking demonstration plant that will efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol from renewable wastes.  The plant will use Woodland’s patented technology, which

April 09, 2010 Read Full Article

BIO Asks Congress to Fully Fund Reverse Auction for Cellulosic Biofuel

(Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News)  Funding the existing cellulosic biofuel reverse auction program is a targeted, affordable way to assist pioneer cellulosic biofuel producers in the United States. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) released a March 23, 2010, letter to House and Senate

April 07, 2010 Read Full Article

HCL CleanTech Establishes Administrative and Pilot Plant Facilities in North Carolina

HCL CleanTech, a U.S.-Israeli biofuels technology development company, has chosen North Carolina as the site for its administrative headquarters and first pilot plant. The Biofuels Center of North Carolina has assisted the company and will provide office space in Oxford in

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Second Plant Pathway Could Improve Nutrition, Biofuel Production

Purdue University scientists have defined a hidden second option plants have for making an essential amino acid that could be the first step in boosting plants' nutritional value and improving biofuel production potential. The amino acid phenylalanine is required to build

April 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Global Ethanol Production to Reach 85.9 Billion Litres in 2010: Global Renewable Fuels Alliance Releases 2010 Biofuels Production Forecast

The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) March 21, 2010, released its 2010 production forecast for ethanol and the future continues to look positive for growth in the industry. Total fuel ethanol production for 2009 was 73.9 billion litres according to data assembled by

April 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program; Final Rule

Under the Clean Air Act Section 211(o), as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the Environmental Protection Agency is required to promulgate regulations implementing changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard program.   The revised statutory requirements specify

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

NREL and 3M Sign Agreement on Renewable Energy Research

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a series of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with 3M, the St. Paul, Minn.-based technology company. The collaborative effort demonstrates both 3M’s and NREL’s commitments to

March 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Iogen Energy’s Cellulosic Ethanol Helps Fuel Drayson Racing in American Le Mans Series

Iogen Energy announced today that its cellulosic ethanol helped fuel Drayson Racing’s “Lola-Judd” in the 58th running of Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, March 20th. This is the first time Iogen Energy’s cellulosic ethanol has been blended into an

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Qteros and UMass Amherst Announce the Issuance of a U.S. Patent for Production of Ethanol from a Unique Microorganism, the Q Microbe™

Qteros, Inc., and the University of Massachusetts Amherst announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,682,811 titled “Systems and Methods for Producing Biofuels and Related Materials” describing the novel creation of products, including

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol's Time May Finally Have Come

by Jim Motavalli (BNET)  ...The sticking point with cellulosic ethanol has been finding a dependable enzyme that can break down raw materials (everything from fast-growing grasses to sawdust) into the sugars that make ethanol (and possibly gasoline and diesel fuel,

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

China No. 2 Fuel Ethanol Maker Eyes Overseas Plant

(Reuters)  Henan Tianguan Group Co. Ltd, China's second largest fuel ethanol producer, plans to build plants in Southeast Asia to produce the renewable fuel and send it to China, company president Zhang Xiaoyang said on Wednesday. Based in China's central province

March 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Ferrari Wins First Formula One Race with Cellulosic Ethanol Blend

by Sam Abuelsamid (AutoblogGreen)  Corvette Racing and several other teams in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) have been running on cellulosic ethanol for two years now but the alcohol fuel made its first appearance in Formula One this past

March 19, 2010 Read Full Article

China's Lawmaker Promotes Production of Ethanol from Straws

(iStock Analyst)  ...Li Rongjie, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, said the country could potentially produce 1.2 billion tons of dry cellulosic biomass per year, which has the energy content of 400 million tons of

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Programme at The Maltings, South Milford

(Mytum & Selby Waste Recycling, Ltd)  “The fuel of the future is going to come from fruit like that sumach out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust, and even municipal waste - almost anything.”  Henry Ford, 1925 This quote

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

A Green Energy Alternative …The Free Enterprise Approach

(GeneSyst International, Inc.) This presentation from a  2009 Virginia Energy Summit explains, complemented by charts and graphs, GeneSyst's combination of patents and proprietary technologies for converting waste to energy, utilizing the Gravity Pressure Vessel (GPV).   Of particular interest may be a quote from a local

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Key Metric Comparison of Five Cellulosic Biofuel Pathways

by Ben A. Thorp (TAPPI BioEnergy Technologies Quarterly)  (T)he modern pathways for cellulose biofuels are pyrolysis, gasification, acid hydrolysis, and enzymatic hydrolysis.  … Commercial efforts in cellulosic biofuels are new and data to compare a specific offering with others within a

February 27, 2010 Read Full Article

American Process Inc. Establishes Pilot Plant

by Holly Jensen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  American Process Inc. (API), an Atlanta, Ga., based company, held a ribbon cutting ceremony this week at its pilot plant. It will utilize a trademarked process, called American Value Added Pulping (AVAP), to fractionate

February 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Association Publishes 2010 Ethanol Industry Outlook

Our industry produced a record 10.6 billion gallons of ethanol in 2009. Efficiency enhancements and innovations in production combined with improved farming techniques allowed us to achieve this record with existing corn acreage and reduced process water.   As we look to

February 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Orange Peels, Newspapers May Lead to Cheaper, Cleaner Ethanol Fuel

(ScienceBlog)  University of Central Florida professor Henry Daniell has developed a groundbreaking way to produce ethanol from waste products such as orange peels and newspapers. His approach is greener and less expensive than the current methods available to run vehicles

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Economics Improve for First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plants

by Jessica Leber (ClimateWire New York Times)  Many cellulosic fuel producers are working with enzymes to break down tough, inedible plant parts, such as corncobs or switch grass, into simpler sugars that can be fermented to ethanol. Now enzyme companies

February 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Zea-Chem Creates Salable Glacial Acetic Acid, the Building Block for Cellulosic Ethanol and Bio-based Chemicals

ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into fuels and chemicals, today announced it has produced bio-based acetic acid at the purity concentration level of a salable product. Acetic acid is a commercial product and

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Genencor Introduces Accellerase® DUET

Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, introduced Accellerase® DUET at the Renewable Fuels Association’s 15th Annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, Fla. This product is the latest generation in the company’s line of enzymes used to convert biomass into sugars,

February 16, 2010 Read Full Article

"This Approach, We Fear, Drives a Systematic Bias toward Lending for Power Generation Projects.”

(Biofuels Digest) A letter to Energy Secretary Chu from 11 cellulosic ethanol CEOs and directors: “The Department is obligated by statute to determine that LGP-funded projects offer a “reasonable prospect of repayment” (EPAct Section 1702(d)(1)). We understand that, at present,

February 09, 2010 Read Full Article

New Brazilian Laboratory Will Develop Research on Ethanol Cycle

The new research center, Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology National Laboratory, in Campinas, São Paulo State represents a strategic move by the Brazilian Government toward strengthening the country’s leadership in sustainable production of ethanol from sugar cane and fostering innovation

February 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Keyes Ethanol Plant to Reopen in Spring

by John Holland   (Modesto Bee)  ...The Keyes plant, the only ethanol operation in Stanislaus County, has dominated the landscape but produced little fuel since it was finished next to a feed mill on the west side of the highway.  ...

January 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Combatting Climate Change by Investing in CleanTech: Government of Canada Announces CleanTech Companies to Receive$58 Million

Sixteen clean technology projects from across Canada will receive $58 million in funding to help move innovative technology solutions to the market. The announcement, confirming the decision of the Board of Directors of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), was made

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Evolution Resources Signs Testing Services Agreement With North Carolina State University

Evolution Resources, Inc., an advanced biofuels production company focused on the production of cellulosic ethanol using the latest in modern processes and technologies, today announced the signing of a Testing Services Agreement with North Carolina State University.   Under the terms of

January 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Canadian Feds Pump $5.5 Million into Biofuel Plant

by Eric Mcguinness (Hamilton Spectator)  SunOpta BioProcess Inc. of Brampton is getting $5.5 million from the federal government to demonstrate that it can turn wood chips into fuel-grade ethanol and the sugar substitute xylitol. The cellulosic ethanol would replace gasoline, reducing

January 15, 2010 Read Full Article

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol and University of Tennessee/Genera Energy to Hold Grand Opening for Demonstration Plant in Vonore

On Friday, Jan. 29, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE) and University of Tennessee/Genera Energy LLC will hold a grand opening celebration for one of the nation’s first cellulosic ethanol demo plants, and the only one dedicated to converting both

January 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol from Cellulose Faster

by J.W. Walkinshaw and S.E. Poniatowski (University of Massachusetts and Terrasonics)  This presentation illustrates the usual process of breaking cellulose into sugars for ethanol fermentation by using an enzymatic process and, then illustrates the results of speeding up that process by using

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Sugar Ethanol in Florida: Economic, Agricultural, and Environmental Aspects

by Joshua F.  Berger Ethanol production has been widely perceived as a solution to the global energy crisis, with the added benefit of reinvigorating declining agricultural economies. Moves towards dedicating crop production to ethanol however have raised a number of concerns

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

The Who, What and When of Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest provides a summary of various cellulosic ethanol production technologies; and who is using them where.  ---... Companies that have been in the R&D phases for years — if not decades — are emerging

December 15, 2009 Read Full Article

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

by Heather Lammers, NREL (Renewable Energy World)  Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to produce than current

December 11, 2009 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Increases Funding to $81 M for Phase II of BlueFire Ethanol's Planned Fulton, MS Biorefinery

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) increased funding to $81.1 million dollars for Phase II construction

December 07, 2009 Read Full Article

EPA Indicates E15 Blending OK is Likely, But Delays Ruling to Mid-2010

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the EPA announced that it will delay its determination on E15 ethanol blending until the middle of next year, citing that only 2 of 19 DOE tests are complete at this stage. EPA

December 04, 2009 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuel Capacity Expected to Increase from 6.88 Mgy in 2009 to 640.18 Mgy in 2012

Biofuels Digest released a downloadable, consolidated table of cellulosic ethanol and advanced biofuels production, including current production as of December 2009, and planned introductions of new capacity through 2012. The Digest found in its review of operating pilot and demonstration

December 03, 2009 Read Full Article

Fiberight to Produce MSW-Based Cellulosic Ethanol

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The former Xethanol LLC ethanol production facility in Blairstown, Iowa, has been purchased by Fiberight LLC and will soon be producing cellulosic ethanol at a demonstration scale. The company recently acquired the shuttered plant

November 30, 2009 Read Full Article

Tennessee Legislators Approve Changes to Switchgrass Project

(Tennessean)  A panel of state lawmakers approved plans to amend a $70 million research effort to produce ethanol in East Tennessee, blaming a lack of communication for a hearing two weeks ago in which some members suggested pulling the plug

November 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Current Cost per Gallon Exceeds POET’s Expectations for Project LIBERTY

POET announced that cost reductions achieved over the past year of operating their cellulosic ethanol pilot plant have exceeded expectations in their drive to commercialize the process. Reductions in energy usage, enzyme costs, raw material requirements and capital expenses have

November 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Inbicon Sells Out of Cellulosic Ethanol Before Demo Plant's Opening

by Emma Ritch  (CleanTech Group)  Denmark’s Inbicon today opened its first demonstration facility producing cellulosic ethanol, but potential customers will have to wait.   Inbicon has already sold its first year of production to Statoil, which plans to blend the ethanol into

November 22, 2009 Read Full Article

Frontier Renewable Resources Awards $2-Million Grant to Boost Sustainable Forestry, Help Keep Cellulosic Ethanol Low-Cost, Low Carbon

Frontier Renewable Resources, the Michigan-based company building the state's first cellulosic ethanol plant in the Upper Peninsula, has provided a $2-million grant designed to strengthen the sustainable wood fiber supply, develop greater efficiencies in the harvest and transportation equipment and

November 22, 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

Renewable Fuels Association Concerned about Flaws in DOE Loan Program

 Dear Secretary Chu: The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), the national trade association representing the U.S. ethanol industry, is writing to express our concern about the current operation and direction of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) loan guarantee program. As an

October 29, 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

Scaling Up Is Hard to Do

by Peter Fairley (Technology Review)  ... Producing advanced biofuels on the scale of tens of billions of gallons per year will mean financing several hundred commercial-­scale biorefineries at a net cost of roughly $250 billion. For investors in cellulosic ethanol

October 23, 2009 Read Full Article

10%

(Detroit Public Television)  When most folks see a number like 10% they're receiving a discount on a sale item or reading a nutritional chart at the grocery store. But the number that we're talking about on this week's Autoline is

October 23, 2009 Read Full Article

BlueFire Shifts Cellulosic Ethanol Project to Mississippi; Taxes, Timing Issues in Move from California

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   In California, cellulosic ethanol pioneer BlueFire Ethanol Fuels announced strategic relocation of its second planned biorefinery to Fulton, Mississippi.  After having been awarded a $40 million dollar grant from the DOE for a second planned

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

Will These 4 Biofuels Be Bonanzas or Busts?

(Discover)  ...(A)recent series of articles from Nature News feels like a public service, as the articles investigate the scientific and economic state of affairs for four different kinds of biofuels.   The first article focused on the weedy plant jatropha, which was

October 12, 2009 Read Full Article

Project LIBERTY Field Day Demos Cob Harvesting Equipment

Area farmers will see new and pre-commercial equipment in action harvesting corn cobs for cellulosic ethanol next month at Project LIBERTY Field Day in Emmetsburg, Iowa. Farmers, agricultural equipment manufacturers, POET representatives and state and federal officials will be at POET

October 12, 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

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
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