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Fly the (environmentally) friendly skies: United to commence wide-scale aviation biofuels flights in 2014
Tweet Airline to buy 15 million gallons of drop-in, cost-competitive, sustainable aviation biofuel from AltAir — for flights departing LAX AltAir Fuels’ renewable jet fuel expected to achieve at least a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis In Illinois, United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels, and [...]
The Battle of the Beltway: DoD awards $16M towards parity-cost, drop-in, non-food biofuels
Tweet DoD goes forward, after internal wrangle, with advanced biofuels program via $16M phase 1 investment. With industry cost share, project totals $33M: aims for sub-$4, drop-in military biofuels. In Washington, the DoD will award three contracts totaling $16 million to Emerald Biofuels, Natures BioReserve and Fulcrum Biofuels for drop-in military biofuels, according to Sharon [...]
Hot Partners voting underway: Harris Group, Coca-Cola, Chemtex, Novozymes, Waste Management, Propel, NREL among the leaders
Tweet In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. In the bio-based world, that means partners, and plenty of them. Who are the best? Who’s the hottest? That’s what the Hottest Partners in Bioenergy and Bio-based Products rankings are all about. Voting is open to [...]
Biofuels and the Problem of Tropical Islands, Part II of II
Tweet Peril and Promise from Haiti to Hawaii: a two-part series Geology denies them fossil fuels for cheap fuel, powerful export incomes, or fertilizers. Isolation brings them thin soils better suited to growing wood than staple crops. Deforestation is often rampant. Energy dependency leads to trade imbalances and weak currencies that make importing foreign technology [...]
Versalis invests $20M in Genomatica, launches JV for Bio-based Butadiene
Tweet Renewable chemicals’ #1 hottie lands a signature JV, and a tidy investment from the Italian chemical giant. In Italy, Versalis and Genomatica announced the establishment of a technology joint venture for bio-based butadiene from non-food biomass. The resulting process will be licensed across Europe, Asia and Africa by the newly-created joint venture. Versalis — [...]
The Hydrogen Problem
Tweet HydroMan may do his hydrogen-shift thing via water, at will – but outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we have some hydrogen issues. Psst! Like cutting out a fossil hydrogen dependency for many biofuels. But, new pathways ensure that the status hydroquo may not last for long. A numbers of readers responding to “Biofuels [...]
Camelina on the move: Global Clean Energy Holdings acquires Sustainable Oils
Tweet Signature camelina developer acquired by GCEH in non-cash transaction, as 2011′s wonder feedstock takes a step forward. In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings announced that it has acquired Sustainable Oils, a leader in Camelina genetics and production. The acquisition includes 100% ownership interest of Sustainable Oils and the ownership of the key intellectual property [...]
Flying the Aussie BioSkies
Tweet What’s up with Australia and aviation biofuels? The kangaroos are flying, for sure, and perhaps only feedstock woes could get in the way. In the world of biofuels there is no sector as active as military and aviation biofuels in terms of willing customers. At the Low Carbon Fuel Conference, held over two days [...]
SynGest: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide
Tweet Company description: Production of specialty chemicals using proprietary biomass gasification to produce anhydrous ammonia/urea (nitrogen fertilizer), methanol, dimethyl ether, polypropylene. Address: 310 Green Street, San Francisco, CA 94133 Year founded: 2008 Major Investors: Founder financed. Type of Processing Technology(ies) : The heart of the SynGest process involves a pressurized oxygen-blown biomass gasifier designed for operation in [...]
LS9: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide (Q1 2013 update)
Tweet Address: 600 Gateway Blvd., South San Francisco, CA 94080 Year founded 2005 Company description: LS9, Inc. is a technology leader in the commercial development of a growing portfolio of sustainable products to meet the needs of established and expanding chemical and fuel markets worldwide. Utilizing a simple, efficient, flexible, cost-effective technology platform, LS9 has [...]
