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The Lands of Sun and Rain: Biofuels Turns to Brazil for Sugar, Markets, Models

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...High-tech companies such as Amyris, Solazyme, LS9, KL Energy, and many others have been moving aggressively to establish partnerships that will allow them to access Brazil’s low-cost, at-scale sugars. Are the lands of sun and rain

December 06, 2010 Read Full Article

Cello Energy Finally Out of EPA ’11 Projection After Bankruptcy

by Katie Fehrenbacher (GigaOM)   Cello Energy, the beleaguered, infamous biofuel company that was hit with fraud allegations, has finally dropped off of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of potential cellulosic ethanol suppliers for 2011. ...What’s the reason? Well, first off,

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

The Rocky Road: What Can Biofuels Learn about Paths to Commercialization from Standard Oil?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Yet the farm sector has become, in the wake of ethanol, a rare shining star in the sputtering US economy. Cleantech investors are pouring funds into bio-based investments that are getting shatteringly close to price

December 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Air & Space Smithsonian Interview: Richard Altman, Executive Director, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative

by Paul Hoversten  (Air & Space Smithsonian)  Richard Altman, who spent 39 years as a propulsion engineer at Pratt & Whitney, is executive director of the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. The industry-government alliance was formed in 2006 to push development

November 30, 2010 Read Full Article

GOP Battle over Ethanol Heats Up: Grassley Swipes at Coburn and DeMint

by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post/The Plum Line)  It looks like Chuck Grassley is not happy with fellow GOP senators Jim DeMint and Tom Coburn for calling on Congress to let billions in ethanol subsidies expire this year. ...Now Grassley has

November 29, 2010 Read Full Article

GRE Pushing ‘Green’ Venture Capital Fund

by Matthew Daneman (ROC Now)  From fuel cell research and development in Honeoye Falls to the world’s first sustainability doctoral program at Rochester Institute of Technology, the region has a slew of assets that could make it a player in the

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Fuel Inches Toward Price Parity with Oil

by Stacy Feldman ( SolveClimate/Reuters)  With over 100 start-ups hard at work, industry predicts it can deliver success in under a decade if granted production tax credits ...The head of the 170-member Algal Biomass Organization (ABO), Mary Rosenthal, predicts the fledgling fuel

November 23, 2010 Read Full Article

GE Unit Invests in Biofuels Producer

by Candace Lombardi  (Green Tech)  GE subsidiary GE Energy Financial Services and North Bridge Venture Partners will invest $8 million in a company developing a biofuel production process coupled with the production of biochar. Cool Planet Biofuels converts cellulosic byproducts like plant

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Toward a Clean Energy Deployment Plan For Jobs, Security, and Broad-Based Economic Growth in 2011

by Bracken Hendricks, Lisbeth Kaufman, Ken Berlin, Monty Humble, Reed Hundt, Alex Kragie, Gerry Waldron  (Center for American Progress) ... Congress must move immediately to reduce the cost of clean energy and remove infrastructure and regulatory barriers to its deployment so that

November 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Fulcrum BioEnergy Project Selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to Advanced to the Final Stage for a Loan Guarantee

(Fulcrum BioEnergy)  Fulcrum Receives Detailed Term Sheet Proposal from DOE Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. announced November 16, 2010, that the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) has selected Fulcrum’s Sierra BioFuels Plant to enter the final phase of DOE’s Loan Guarantee Program. Fulcrum has

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry CEOs Predict Parity with Oil in 12-36 Months, for Leading-Edge Companies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In contrast to the “five years away” and subsidy-driven discussions that framed advanced biofuels conversations just two years ago, CEOs are widely reporting that they expect their companies to reach commercial scale within 12-36 months,

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: Gregory L. Bafalis, CEO, Aurora Algae

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  Since June of this year, Greg Bafalis has been CEO of Aurora Algae, formerly Aurora Biofuels, overseeing the Company’s strategy, operations, and high-level relationships. ...Aurora was founded in 2006 by three gentlemen from U.C. Berkeley.

November 21, 2010 Read Full Article

Thailand to Shift Focus on Jatropha for Biofuel

(Financial Express)  Shifting focus to its biodiesel programme, Thailand is planning to open large scale jatropha seed based plants to produce the much needed commodity. Analysts said long-neglected jatropha ready for a starring role and a rival to palm oil as

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

Summary of Cellulosic Biofuels Finance & Investment Forum

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Faith and Belief.  Most impressive about the 2010 Cellulosic Biofuels Finance & Investment Forum, as compared to the 2009 event, was the whiff of positive belief that somehow, some  way, cellulosic biofuels are becoming

November 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Utilities’ Perspectives on Biomass-to-Power Opportunities

by Cindy O'Connor  (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Washington, DC Biomass Finance & Investment Summit, October 13-15 2010:  Friday Session Highlights The physical location of the utility plants determines the biomass –to –power opportunities.  Reed Willis, President, ADAGE (Duke Energy investor) said currently power is

November 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Energy Subsidies Worldwide Reached $57 Billion in 2009, IEA Says

by Alex Morales  (Bloomberg)  Global subsidies for renewable energy totaled $57 billion in 2009, International Energy Agency Chief Economist Fatih Birol said today, providing the agency’s first estimate of assistance for the industry.  The support compares with $312 billion for fossil

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

U.S. Biofuel Production, Use Lags

by Philip Brasher (Zanesville Times Recorder)  Motorists will use just a fraction of the next-generation biofuels in 2011 that Congress intended, and even that small amount depends on a single project in Iowa that isn't ready yet. ... Cellulose and algae are

November 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Obama May Kill Key DOE Loan Guarantee Program

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Washington, the Obama Administration developed and has been debating an option to kill the Section 1705 DOE Loan Guarantee program, and transfer remaining funds to a pool for Section 1603 investment tax credits that, as currently

November 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Local Growth White Paper

by Vincent Cable (They Work For You)  This Government's economic ambition is to build a more balanced economy, driven by private sector growth. Today I am announcing the publication of the Government's local growth White Paper, which sets out what that

November 03, 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

The Algae Bears Give Their Growl

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Pike Research released a report projecting the growth of algal fuel production to only 61 million gallons per year by 2020. Interestingly, the Pike Group projected an overall value of $1.3 billion, or more than $20

October 28, 2010 Read Full Article

Feedstock Logistics: Business Modeling/Planning for Commercial Algae Production

by Dr. Miles Palmer (Founder, Palmer Labs)  Dr. Palmer analyzes the capital and operating expenses for commercial algae production, with a variety of considerations. His analysis shows facilities larger than 400 acres can be profitable, with high internal rate of return for

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Stickwitu: Promise Rings, Partnerships in Advanced Bioenergy Grow in Size, Complexity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...for several years we have been tracking the growing complexity and size of the partnerships and strategic investments in bioenergy, as the industry inches towards the commercialization of advanced biofuels. It was partnership that funded the

October 27, 2010 Read Full Article

How to Get Biofuels Moving Again

by Michael Kanellos and Jim Imbler  (Green Tech Media) To help this industry thrive, governments need to develop and implement a strategy that will last decades, argues Zeachem CEO Jim Imbler. the advanced biofuels industry is determined to commercialize and stand on

October 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Biofuels as Prepared for Delivery at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

(EIN News/USDA)   ...USDA announced assistance under the Recovery Act for 334 broadband expansions designed to reach more than 6 million people and 250,000 businesses in rural and remote areas. ...By launching the USDA led effort "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food"

October 22, 2010 Read Full Article

What Do Next-Gen Biofuel Companies Offer the Biotech Investor ?

by John Hamer (Biofuels Digest/Burrill & Co.)  One might ask, “What do next-gen biofuel companies offer the biotech investor ?” 1. Well known products. ... Biotech’s make high risk products... 2. Early revenue and earlier profits.  ...biotech drug development is a long process with

October 20, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Producers Advance Projects

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producers Magazine)  Recent activities in the cellulosic ethanol industry have shown that while financing continues to be a major hurdle, technological advancements continue to be made and companies are beginning to construct their first commercial-scale facilities. BlueFire

October 18, 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

Financing Fix: Change Needed to Help Ensure Clean Energy

(BioTechNOW)  Congress urged to restore funding to DOE Loan Guarantee Program Growth of clean energy has been stifled, biofuel advocacy groups maintain, by a lack of funding and shortcomings in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program for advanced biofuels. DOE established

October 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Avantium Builds YXY Pilot Plant for Green Materials and Fuels

(Avantium)  Avantium announced October 14, 2010, that it has started with the construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands). The pilot plant will produce YXY building blocks for making green materials and fuels. Avantium has developed a novel and

October 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuel Project Hits Bureaucratic Snag

by Ron Brochu  (BusinessNorth.com)  ...Federal loan guarantees are available to support construction of the high-tech Flambeau River Biofuels refinery in Park Falls, but project sponsors say the government’s terms could derail their chance to succeed. Those Department of Energy terms, they

October 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Program to Create Biodiesel from Brown Grease Begins Operation at San FranciscoTreatment Plant

(PowerMag.com)  A demonstration plant that creates biodiesel fuel from restaurant trap grease (commonly called brown grease), located at the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Francisco, has begun operation.   Developed by URS Corporation, it is the first municipal wastewater program in the

October 08, 2010 Read Full Article

Taiwan Unveils Microalgal Biofuel Technology

(Focus Taiwan)  ...The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) , which developed the technology, showed off the process of turning microalgae into biodiesel at the four-day Taipei International Invention Show and Technomart exhibition organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council... During

October 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Seaweed: A New Wave of Investment in Macro-Algae

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest/Emerging Markets Online)  Macro-algae attracts greater investment for sugar-based Advanced Biofuels, Drop-In Fuels and Chemicals An emerging rise in investment in from petrochemical majors and governments in Asia, Europe and the Americas aims at extracting sugars from

October 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Cleantech Stimulus Still Not Stimulating

by David Gold (RenewableEnergyWorld.com)   ...While stimulus supporters and the press love to focus on the selection of award winners for grants and loans, funds appropriated but sitting in the U.S. Treasury have zero potential to stimulate the economy irrespective of

September 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Mumias to Start Production of Ethanol Next Year, Says Kidero

by Joseph Bonyo   (Daily Nation)  ...The plant that is expected to produce about 22 million litres of ethanol a year will be the latest addition to the firm’s portfolio. According to the company, the ethanol will be targeted for sale within

September 28, 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

The Valley of Death: Why Energy Is Not Like IT

by Stephen Lacey (RenewableEnergyWorld)  We often wonder when the next Google of clean energy will materialize. When will the lone inventor finally emerge from his garage to change the world and solve our energy problems? What stealth company will bring

September 22, 2010 Read Full Article

First General Aviation Engine Powers Light Aircraft with Biofuel

by Natasha Odendaal (Engineering News)  Local general aviation company Adept Airmotive has developed the first general aviation engine that is able to power a light aircraft with a range of environment-friendly alternative fuels, such as biofuels and liquid petroleum gas. The Adept

September 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Negative Carbon Gasoline's Cool Planet Biofuels Funded

(The Alarm Clock)  Camarillo, CA-based Cool Planet Biofuels has raised $3M as part of a $8M Series B funding round, according to a filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not announced, however, the firm is

September 07, 2010 Read Full Article

USDA Advances on Bond Mechanism: New $$ Source for Biofuels Expansion?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Washington, the USDA adopted a bond mechanism into its Business & Industry Loan Guarantee Program to mirror what the DOE already had done in each of its Section 1703 and Section 1705 Loan Guarantee Programs. The

September 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Mascoma: Inside the SunOpta Acquisition

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In New Hampshire, Mascoma reported yesterday that it had acquired SunOpta BioProcess, a division of SunOpta Inc. (STKL)  This combination brings together the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing technology

September 02, 2010 Read Full Article

The Third Challenge: Creating a Coastal States Energy Sector

by George Sterzinger (Renewable Energy Policy Project/Dissent Magazine)  ...Advanced biofuels in particular have the potential to change the coastal economies for the better. In 2005 and in 2007 Congress committed to providing 20 percent of transportation fuels, or 36 billion gallons

August 31, 2010 Read Full Article

Arizona Set to Become Center for Algae-Based, Biofuel Industry

by William Hermann(The Arizona Republic)   Clean, green energy source could replace fossil fuels. ...With its ideal climate and abundance of available land, Arizona is poised to become a major center of a multibillion-dollar, algae-based, biofuel industry. Scientists at Arizona State University's Polytechnic

August 31, 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

Algae.Tec Off and Running

by Greg Peel  (ninemsn)  ...Algae.Tec is also in the process of an IPO. However at A$7.5m, Algae.Tec's issue is hardly one that can be described as exploitative or prematurely opportunistic, and the company's legally protected intellectual property represents years of

August 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Why Don’t Oil Majors Invest in Biofuels at Scale?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Blue Marble’s effervescent CEO Kelly Ogilvie, well known on the renewables circuit for his high-energy presentations over the years, took us through the math. “Over the past 18 months,” he said, “while we have been developing

August 27, 2010 Read Full Article

Case Study: Mascoma: Seeking a Market Toehold

by Nidhi Subbaraman  (MIT Technology Review)  ...The company announced plans to build one of the first commercial-scale cellulosic-ethanol plants, in Kinross, MI; it would be able to produce 80 million gallons per year. But as of the summer of 2010, ­Mascoma had

August 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Shell’s Biofuel Deal in Brazil: Has the Big Time Finally Come for Startups?

by Michael Kanellos (GreenTechMedia)   VCs and startups have complained that the biofuels industry has been stranded by indifference from the majors.That has changed. Shell and Cosan SA Industrio and Comercio, the world's largest sugar producer, finalized a multi-billion dollar joint venture today

August 25, 2010 Read Full Article

The Green Behind Green Crude

By Jennifer McEntee  (The Voice of San Diego)   Investors are a tough crowd to cultivate. Yet in the pond that is the biotechnology market, one product seems to be rising to the top like the green sludge it is: algae. Its

August 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Wildcatters: The New IPO fever…Who’s Next?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...There has been, unsurprisingly, a ton of chatter about the sector, which escalated significantly last week with the PetroAlgae and Gevo announcements. ...The IPO is generally a liquidity event, providing lucrative exits for early investors.   But

August 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Stakeholder Announcement

(US Department of Agriculture)  On March 12, 2010, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (the Agency) published a notice in the Federal Register for the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program seeking requests from eligible advanced biofuel producers for additional, supplemental payments from the

August 16, 2010 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae Files for $200M IPO; Goldman, UBS, Citi, Piper Jaffray Underwriting

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The announcement was greeted with a hilariously inaccurate story in the New York Times, which apparently confused PetroAlgae’s technology with the OMEGA project developed by NASA (NASA proposed to grow algae in sealed bags floating

August 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Solazyme Takes Lead in Race for Commercialized Algal Oil; Raises $52M for Algal Fuel Expansion

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Solazyme, which was ranked #1 in the 2009-10 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” by Biofuels Digest readers and selectors, announced that it has raised $52 million in its Series D financing round.... In addition to its

August 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Extends Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Solicitation

(US Department of Energy)  Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is extending the application deadline for the July 2009 energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution technologies solicitation. The Round 8, Part 1 application deadline

August 10, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Generates $3.45 Billion in Funding for 2009-10: “Who’s Getting Some”, Special Biofuels Digest Guide

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Biofuels Digest reports that tracked biofuels companies and institutional projects received $3.45 billion in grants and investments in the past 12 months through August 2010. The Digest released its 120-page review: “Who’s Getting Some in Bioenergy?”, profiling

August 10, 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

Trade Associations Support Legislation for Advanced Biofuels Tax Policy

(Algae Industry Magazine)  As Congress takes action on critical tax incentive packages, leading advanced biofuel trade associations reemphasized the importance of advanced biofuels as promising opportunities for the United States to reduce its reliance on oil and create green jobs. The

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

World Bank Says Foreign Investors Are Crowding Out African Producers

by Katie Allen (The Guardian)   Leaked report says wealthy investors are threatening local resources as they buy up farmland to gain on commodity prices A leaked World Bank report into investors from rich nations buying up African farmland has intensified campaigners'

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuel Investment in Australia ‘Inadequate,’ Caltex CEO Says

by James Paton (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  Caltex Australia Ltd., the nation’s biggest oil refiner, called for increased government funding to spur biofuels development as part of an effort to curb greenhouse-gas emissions and bolster energy security. Australia has “inadequate funding” for biofuels, with

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are 12 Times Support for Renewables, Study Shows

by Alex Morales (Bloomberg)  Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Governments last year gave $43 billion to $46 billion of support to renewable

July 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Khosla-Backed Kior Ups Funding to $110M

by Katie Fehrenbacher  (Earth2Tech)   Wow, for a biofuel startup few have heard of, KiOR has raised a whole lot of money. According to an amended filing, KiOR, has now raised a whopping $110 million from backers including Khosla Ventures. KiOR was

July 27, 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

Critics Slam EU-Brazil African Biofuel Plan

by Andrew Willis (Bloomberg Businessweek)  EU and Brazilian leaders are set to announce a new "triangular co-operation" initiative, under which they will aim to work together in some of the world's poorest countries, but NGOs say the duo's scheme is self-centred

July 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Aviation Industry Harnesses Algae for Biofuel

by Gerald Traufetter  (Der Spiegel)  There are plans within the aviation industry to replace kerosene with biofuel derived from algae. The new fuel comes with a surprising benefit: Planes will be able to fly farther on the same amount of

July 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Exxon Says Growing Its Algae Biofuels Program

By Alyson Zepeda  (Reuters)    * Greenhouse will test algae strains * Next step is outdoor testing * Spending will grow over the next decade Exxon Mobil Corp said on July 14, 2010,it opened a greenhouse facility to grow and test algae, the next step

July 15, 2010 Read Full Article

Department of Energy: Futher Actions Are Needed to Improve DOE's Ability to Evaluate and Implement the Loan Guarantee Program

(US Government Accountability Office)  Since the Department of Energy's (DOE) loan guarantee program (LGP) for innovative energy projects was established in Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, its scope has expanded both in the types of projects it

July 14, 2010 Read Full Article

America’s Slippery Slope of Support for Renewable Energy

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel)  Our country is quickly sliding down a slippery slope. Not too long ago, we were the leaders in renewable energy – wind, solar, biofuels. Today, not only have the major technological advancements come from overseas, our manufacturing

July 09, 2010 Read Full Article

The Biofuels Investor Migration to Brazil

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel)  A colleague of mine, Will Thurmond, who is the CEO of markets research firm Emerging Markets Online, sent me this great article about why companies are spending billions of dollars investing in advanced biofuels in Brazil

July 07, 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

Green Victory: the Flip Side of “NIMBY, NUMBEE and Nod”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Meanwhile, one suggestion that emerged was, in the grand tradition of funding the Statue of Liberty, for the public to do what Congress and Big Business won’t – that is, fund Green Victory out of

July 02, 2010 Read Full Article

NIMBY, NUMBEE and Nod

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  editorial       A recent US poll, taken in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, revealed that 58 percent of Americans believe that US energy policy needs to “fundamentally” change, but 51 percent say

July 01, 2010 Read Full Article

Report Predicts Biorefineries Will Offer a Solution to Significantly Reducing CO2 Emissions and Creating Economic Growth

(World Economic Forum)  Biorefineries have a major role to play in tackling climate change, according to the World Economic Forum report The Future of Industrial Biorefineries launched today(June 29, 2010). The report, produced in collaboration with Royal DSM N.V., Novozymes, DuPont

June 30, 2010 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research

(US Department of Energy)  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced June 28, 2010, the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels. The selections will support the development of a

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Energy of the Future? It’s Green and Slimy

by Penni Crabtree  (SignOnSanDiego.com)  Algae’s potential vast, but the cost so far is immense. ...Scientists agree that the science to turn algae into fuel has arrived. It’s just the economics that remain elusive. “We all complain about the price of gas, but

June 29, 2010 Read Full Article

Amyris Announces $133 Million Equity Sale, Partnerships, Investments, JVs with Total, P&G, Cosan, Soliance, M&G

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In California, Amyris Biotechnologies unveiled this week a stunning series of partnerships and investments from Proctor & Gamble, Total, Soliance, Cosan and M&G Finanziaria for the production and off-take of biomass-based chemicals and fuels. The

June 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Novozymes Says Demand for Crop-Residue Biofuel ‘Uncertain’

by  Jeremy van Loon   (Bloomberg)  Demand for fuel made from crop residues including straw and wood is “uncertain” as U.S. and European officials consider regulatory changes, Novozymes A/S energy strategist Anders Lau Tuxen said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stalling on a

June 26, 2010 Read Full Article

France's Total to Buy 17 pct Stake in U.S. Amyris

by Dominique Vidalon(Reuters)  Total, Amyris to build biomass-based fuels partnership. French oil group Total said on Wednesday it will buy a stake of around 17 percent in US. biofuels producer Amyris to expand its reach in renewable fuels and chemicals. ..."Total and

June 26, 2010 Read Full Article

First Commercial-Scale Algae Production Incubator

(National Algae Association)  The National Algae Association, a 501(3)6 non-profit association, located in The Woodlands, Texas is starting a new algae production incubator to help lower the cost and risks in the algae production industry. It will be the first commercial-scale algae production

June 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Will the BP Gulf Tragedy Spur Faster Adoption of Biofuels?

by Joshua Kagan (GreenTechMedia)  ...Although first-generation biofuels account for more than 99% of U.S. biofuel production, there are several hundred companies developing third- and fourth-generation "drop-in" biofuels whose chemical compositions mimic the molecular characteristics of petroleum. ...These companies are using a

June 24, 2010 Read Full Article

The Song That Never Ends: the Financing of Cellulosic Ethanol

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The Infinite Loop in financing cellulosic ethanol is the setting of conditions for loan guarantees by the Department of Energy which cannot be fulfilled; the insistence of project financiers that, without loan guarantees, project financing

June 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Portrait of a Transformative Technology: Qteros and Its Q Microbe

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...McCarthy arrived less than a year ago from a long stretch at Verenium, where he was the key executive in the strategic partnership and investment from BP. Before Verenium, he was at Microbia. “The company needed

June 18, 2010 Read Full Article

A New, Improved Outlook for Biofuels

by Martin Mittelstaedt  (Globe and Mail)  The mania over ethanol as fuel didn’t play out so well for investors last time, but there might be a new way to profit from the renewable energy industry as companies rush to commercialize

June 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Smart Bioenergy: Guiding Sustainable Bio-Based Energy and Fuels Development

(Union of Concerned Scientists)  The Billion Gallon Challenge: Advanced Biofuels from diverse sources such as grasses and agricultural waste hold the promise of sustainably reducing U.S. oil dependence and global warming emissions. Unfortunately the advanced biofuels industry not been able to

June 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels Association Writes to USDA on Proposed Rule on Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loan Program

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  ...The technology exists to process ethanol from cellulose feedstocks; however, the commercialization of cellulose ethanol remains a question of economics. The capital investment necessary to build cellulose facilities remain about five times that of

June 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Big Oil Can't Get Beyond Petroleum

by Deborah Gordon and Daniel Sperling  (Washington Post)  ...To hear President Obama tell it, the old 20th century economy, fueled by more than 1 trillion barrels of easily accessible and relatively cheap oil, will be bookended by these two gushers.

June 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Grant Support for Teesside Bioethanol Plant

(Evening Gazette)  An advanced bioethanol from waste plant, set to be developed on Teesside, has received a multi-million pound boost. INEOS Bio has been awarded a £7.3m grant from regional development agency One North East and the Department for Energy and

June 14, 2010 Read Full Article

A Call to Triple U.S. Spending on Energy Research

by John M. Broder (New York Times)  The United States is badly lagging in basic research on new forms of energy, deepening the nation’s dependence on dirty fuels and crippling its international competitiveness, a diverse group of business executives warn

June 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Ignore The Brickbats

by Pramod Chaudhari  (Business Outlook India)  Leadership isn’t a popularity contest. It involves taking tough decisions that may not go down well with other stakeholders. ...Green leadership comes with its share of brickbats as also rewards. Any green or clean-tech solution

June 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Importance of Biofuels in Rural Revitalization

Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) The expansion of biofuels will play a significant role in the revitalization of rural America, according to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. “Why not create biofuel refineries and renewable energy plants that create jobs and markets for a

June 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Get off the Dope: Supporting Biofuels Prices without Taxes or Subsidies – a Biofuels Digest Special Report

(Biofuels Digest) ...  (A)n overview by Digest special correspondent Tim Sklar, "Supporting Biofuels Prices without Taxes or Subsidies," which examines the potential of subsidy-free programs to achieve the same price normalization goals as biofuels subsidies which will absorb more than 95

June 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Ethanol Startups Hope Oil Spill Opens the Investor Pipeline

by Susan Salisbury (Palm Beach Post)  With oil prices hovering around a modest $70 a barrel, coupled with the poor economy, ethanol startups have had difficulty attracting investors. Now the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico could help change that. The horror

June 09, 2010 Read Full Article

Shell Takes Stake in Virent; Re-ups with Iogen through 2012; Shell and Its Biofuels Babies in Review

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  It was about a year ago that Shell jettisoned all of its wind, solar and geothermal desires and focused its renewable energy development strategy around biofuels. The second tangible fruit of that decision appeared this

June 08, 2010 Read Full Article

GM Starts Its Own Venture Capital Firm

(ABC News/Money)   General Motors Co. has set up its own venture capital company with $100 million to invest in companies that are developing new auto-related technology. ...The subsidiary likely will make small investments at first in startup companies, said spokeswoman Sherrie

June 08, 2010 Read Full Article

$540 Million Boosts Brazil’s Ethanol Sector

(Biofuels International)  The Brazilian Innovation Agency, FINEP (Research and Projects Financing), and Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES) have entered into a new partnership to promote bioethanol development, establishing a programme which will provide up to $540 million (€438.9 million) in

June 04, 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

Exxon Bets $600 Million on Algae Biofuel Despite Doubters

by Kambiz Foroohar  (Bloomberg)  ...In Japan, the U.K. and the U.S., green energy advocates and some well-heeled investors are obsessed with perfecting a way to turn the scum that coats ponds, lakes and fish tanks into a substitute for gasoline,

June 04, 2010 Read Full Article

AIM Interview: Solazyme’s Harrison Dillon

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  Seven years ago two former college roommates set up shop in a Palo Alto garage, with the mission of becoming the first company to develop commercial algae-based fuel. They built their business plan with the

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

Advanced Australian Biofuels

by Nicole Beasdale (National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, Biofuels Digest)  ...Referred to as the NCRIS Biofuels Project, the $15 million investment has provided the platform required for Australia to become an active contributor in the global push to develop renewable

June 03, 2010 Read Full Article

Exxon Could Be the Answer to America's Energy Problems

by Bill Paul (Seeking Alpha)  In the wake of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it’s clear the U.S. needs to end its crude-oil addiction as much to protect its economy as the environment. To move the future forward, America needs

June 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Energy Biosciences Institute Issues 2010 Call for Research Proposals

(Energy Biosciences Institute)  The Energy Biosciences Institute, a unique public-private research partnership dedicated to exploring the applications of modern biology to the energy sector, is inviting pre-proposals for possible project funding in five different areas of investigation. The deadline for pre-proposal

June 02, 2010 Read Full Article

The Big Ask: What Do Biofuels Companies Need from DC, and Why?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Last week, BP committed $500 million in a ten-year year research program to study  “the impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident, and its associated response, on the marine and shoreline environment of the Gulf of

June 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Stalled Next-Gen Biofuels Need Help, Firms Say

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)   That next generation of biofuels is still stuck in the lab, as the developers have been unable to attract investors or get loan guarantees out of the government. So now, those companies are asking Congress to

June 02, 2010 Read Full Article

LANXESS Invests in U.S. Biofuel & Biochemical Company

(Newswire Today!)    LANXESS, the world’s largest producer of synthetic rubber, has invested in U.S. biofuel & biochemical company Gevo, Inc. as part of a proposed cooperation to produce isobutene from renewable resources.         • USD 10 million investment in Gevo • Step toward securing

June 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels Association Launches New Online Series Spotlighting Top Industry News in Washington

(Advanced Biofuels Association)  The Advanced Biofuels Association launched a new online video series today.  The Clean Fuels Forecast spotlights the top public policy issues and maneuvering in Washington affecting the advanced biofuels industry.  In its first episode, now posted on the ABFA

June 01, 2010 Read Full Article

W2 Energy Purchases Agri-Green Biodiesel

(MarketWire)  W2 Energy, a clean energy company is pleased to announce that on May 7, 2010, it signed a Letter of Intent to purchase 60% of Agri-Green Biodiesel, Inc. of Sparwood, British Columbia  3,000,000 restricted shares. Agri-Green Biodiesel (AGB) consists of three

June 01, 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

Khosla Ventures Announces Tony Blair Associates as Senior Advisors

(BusinessWire)  Khosla Ventures, a venture assistance firm that focuses on cleantech and information technology startups, today announced a strategic partnership with Tony Blair Associates. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his team will leverage his advocacy for environmental issues

May 25, 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

Gulf Oil Spill Fuels Cries for Replacements, but Can Biofuels Industry scale Up?

by Tom Still (Wisconsin Technology Network) The April 20 explosion onboard the Deepwater Horizon, which killed 11 workers and unleashed millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has renewed public calls for fuels that aren't as

May 18, 2010 Read Full Article

The Name is Bond, part II: Financiers Find Biofuels Financing Options in Bond Market

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)   ...Although equity investors (primarily strategics and venture capitalists) and the government grant market has continued to participate strongly in biofuels investing, the debt market that typically represents up to 80 percent of commercial scale financing

May 17, 2010 Read Full Article

The Name is Bond: New Concepts in Bond Financing May Break Biofuels Finance Logjam

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A team from the investment bank Stern Brothers, the law firms Mintz Levin and Kreig DeVault have developed a bond-oriented approach that has received favorable initial reaction from the USDA, and may well break the logjam

May 14, 2010 Read Full Article

The Presidential Biofuels Directive: One Year Later, Where Are We?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The invite-only meeting, which attracted more than 100 attendees, was structured around two panels, one focused primarily on policy and led by USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber and featuring biofuels consortium head Jose Olivares (Los

May 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Vilsack: USDA Needs to Take Chances

by Jerry Hagstrom  (Ag Week)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a White House clean energy forum May 6 that USDA may have to take bigger chances with its business loan guarantees if it is going to finance energy plants

May 14, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry Eyes Growth

by Thom Gabrukiewicz (ArgusLeader.com)  ...Tom Vilsack, the president's agriculture secretary, said Thursday that much progress has been made - but more must be done.  "We're conducting the first national on-energy production survey to find out among 20,000 farms and ranches precisely

May 12, 2010 Read Full Article

Southeast Asia – the Bio-Based Arabia?

by Per Dahlen (Biofuels Digest)   ...Putting all this data together we seen that Southeast Asia requires some 2.7Mbpd, or 135 million tons per year to eliminate oil imports and to increase energy security. With second generation biofuels crops and technologies

May 12, 2010 Read Full Article

An Interview with Chris Cassidy, Business and Renewable Energy Advisor to the USDA

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  ...When we look at the markets, it will come down to transportation as the deal killer on biofuels, including algae. The longer the distance from the production site to the processing site and to

May 11, 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

Funding for Next Wave of Biofuels Trickling In, Finally

by Katie Fehrenbacher  (earth2tech)  It was about this time last year that the economic downturn’s effects on the ability of next-generation biofuel companies to raise funds became really apparent. Companies that could have more easily snagged funds in better economic times

May 07, 2010 Read Full Article

The Best Peak Oil Investments, Part V: Algae

by Tom Konrad (RenewableEnergyWorld.com)  There are many proposed solutions to the liquid fuels scarcity caused be stagnating (and eventually falling) oil supplies combined with growing demand in emerging economies. Some will be good investments, others won't. Here is where I'm putting

May 07, 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

The Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment Awards over $5.1 Million to 24 Energy Projects at the University of Minnesota

(University of Minnesota)  The Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) recently awarded over $5.1 million to 24 renewable energy research and demonstration projects at the University of Minnesota. The selected projects focus on a wide-range of topics including solar

April 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Website Aims to Forge Ethanol Partnerships

by Kathrine Schmidt  (dailycomet.com)  A businessman from New Iberia is starting a national website that aims to match renewable-energy investors with local landowners and farmers. Kevin Caffery believes the state of the ethanol industry, which makes fuels from plant matter, is

April 26, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Industry Magazine Interview: National Algae Association’s Barry Cohen

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  Since forming the National Algae Association over two years ago, Barry has concentrated on creating and establishing strong working relationships with what he calls “algaepreneurs” throughout the U.S. Starting the NAA was a direct result

April 23, 2010 Read Full Article

Pickens Encourages Investment in American Energy

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)   “When do we stop investing in OPEC and start investing in America?”   That’s the question that oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens asked at a House Ways and Means committee hearing Wednesday (April 14, 2010) on “Energy Tax

April 15, 2010 Read Full Article

America's Biofuel Muddle Coming Up Empty: America Will Have Trouble Meeting Its Ambitious Goals for Biofuels

(The Economist)  The renewable-fuel standard released in February by America’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) paints an ambitious picture of biofuels’ future. It wants the amount of the stuff used as transport fuel to climb from 13 billion gallons (49 billion

April 07, 2010 Read Full Article

University of South Florida Researchers Gain Acclaim for Sustainable Jet Fuel Process

by Jane Meinhardt (Tampa Bay Business Journal)   A startup formed when University of South Florida researchers created a patent-pending catalytic process that transformed sawdust into jet fuel is taking off. COSI Catalysts Inc. received honorable mention last week in the “Advanced

April 07, 2010 Read Full Article

Uiversity of Nebraska at Lincoln Team Looks to Tap Algae for Energy

by Kevin Abourzk (Lincoln Journal Star) But algae?  A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers is working to extract oil from that sticky green stuff that gums up boat motors and fishing lines. Then they'll study the feasibility of using it

March 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Highlands County, FL, Still Waiting for Biofuels

by Gary Pinnell (Highlands Today)   In April 2008, Congressman Tim Mahoney told county commissioners that Highlands was poised to become "the biofuels capital of America." They were expected to produce hundreds of jobs and millions in revenues. Two years have gone

March 24, 2010 Read Full Article

Biofuels Association of Zambia Urges Govt to Set up Biofuels Fund

by Mutale Kapekele (The Post Online)  The government should set up a biofuels fund, Biofuels Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairperson Professor Thomson Sinkala has advised. ...“Biofuels is a turnkey industry for Zambia. We must go beyond potential and turn the

March 23, 2010 Read Full Article

The Shell Game: What’s up with Biofuels’ “Quiet Company?”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...(T)hough the biofuels industry should, and generally does, reacts with excitement when oil industry majors invest in biofuels ventures — such as Shell’s investment in cellulosic ethanol pioneer Iogen and in algal fuels pioneer Cellana

March 19, 2010 Read Full Article

Oil Subsidies Could top $500 BILLION

by Jacqui Fatka (Feedstuffs)  A study on energy subsidies commissioned by G20 nations found that the world could be spending $500 billion annually to subsidize fossil fuels - the majority from subsidized end-user prices. The report, "Analysis of the Scope

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Craig Venter: Without Scale, Algae Fuel Companies “Playing”

by Katie Fehrenbacher (Earth2Tech)  Craig Venter, considered to be the father of genomics and the founder of synthetic biology startup Synthetic Genomics, said there’s a fundamental problem with algae fuel at the Wall Street Journal’s Eco:nomics conference on Thursday: in

March 18, 2010 Read Full Article

Federal Loan Programs Ill-Suited for Cellulosic Ethanol

by Cole Gustafson (Prairie Business Magazine) ... In addition to problems on Wall Street following the collapse of the financial markets, cellulosic biofuel producers have lacked standard benchmarks of performance like those used in grain corn ethanol plants (1 bushel

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

GreenTrackers Algae Biofuels Company Database Launches

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Strategic Fit: ...(I)t is important to remember that the original success of 1st generation biofuels stemmed from Brazil having an advantaged sugar industry that achieved scale and innovation benefits.  This allowed diversification into biofuels when

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Waiting for Godot: The Financing of Commercial Scale Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...“Cellulosic ethanol is not the same as first generation ethanol,” (Arnie) Klann (Bluefire Ethanol CEO) noted. “There, you had the corn growers, and there was a vested interest, and companies like ADM, Cargill to provide the support. 

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Over There: The Yanks are Coming (同胞, Can You Spare a Dime?)

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BIO exec VP Brent Erickson ruefully noted in a conference with reporters that the biofuels industry was “very disappointed in the loan guarantee program. Biomass was mixed in with wind and solar, which have much

March 16, 2010 Read Full Article

Spring Algae Bloom: an Inside Look at the DOE’s New Algal Fuels Consortium, the NAABB.

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  was a cold Wednesday afternoon in January when the news came through that a consortium called the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts had received a $44 million grant from the Department of Energy.

March 04, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Support Lags Ambitions

by Naureen S. Malik  (Dow Jones Newswires)   Makers of cellulosic ethanol warn that ambitious U.S. government goals to significantly boost production of the technologically advanced fuel over the next 12 years won't be met without stronger backing from Washington. ...industry executives

March 02, 2010 Read Full Article

Put Transportation Biofuel Commercial Deployment Where It Belongs: USDOT

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Contemplating the continued inability of the US to meet the biofuels and advanced biofuels production and sales expectations codified in the Renewable Fuels Standard, the Advanced Biofuels USA board passed a resolution to introduce

February 25, 2010 Read Full Article

Algae Investment Trends – Advanced Biofuels Insight

by Will Thurmond (Biofuels Digest)  The global biofuels industry is entering a new decade of emerging opportunities and considerable challenges in reaching 2020 targets. The global economic recession is already shaking out many of the would-be players in a crowded

February 17, 2010 Read Full Article

Will China Eat America's Lunch in Cleantech?

by Vivek Wadhwa (TechCrunch.com and The Washington Post)  ...China, in particular, is making massive investments and has a huge advantage from focused policy and large markets. Even though China is not likely to produce its own innovation, it will continue

February 11, 2010 Read Full Article

Testimony of Energy Secretary Steven Chu before the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

(January 21, 2010) ...It is imperative that government provide R&D funding, especially at the front end when private investments would not recoup the full value of the shared social good or when a new technology would displace an embedded way

January 22, 2010 Read Full Article

Cellulosic-Ethanol Mandate Faces Snags

by Naureen S. Malik (Wall Street Journal)  Cellulosic-ethanol production, a cornerstone of the U.S. government's plan to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, is earmarked to overtake corn ethanol over the next decade. But the industry's expected takeoff could be delayed by a year. Several potholes

December 29, 2009 Read Full Article

Growth Stage Financing for an Algae Company

by Todd A. Taylor (Fredrikson & Byron)  From his presentation at the Algae Biomass Summit in October 2009, Todd Taylor outlines the process, challenges and expectations of finding funding for any new technology/advanced biofuels company.  READ MORE

December 28, 2009 Read Full Article

Bloomberg Acquires Data Provider New Energy Finance

Bloomberg L.P., has acquired New Energy Finance, a global leader in providing news, data and analysis on renewable energy, carbon markets, energy efficiency, biofuels, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power.   "This acquisition is the next step in Bloomberg's initiative to

December 10, 2009 Read Full Article

Inter-American Development Bank Publishes Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard

The Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) and the Structured and Corporate Finance Department (SCF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have created the IDB Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard based on the sustainability criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels

December 04, 2009 Read Full Article
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