Search Results for 'soybeans'
Doing it in the Dark: Fuel from thin air, and beyond light
Tweet Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without [...]
Biodiesel boosts soybean prices by $0.74 per bushel, study finds
Tweet In Missouri, the United Soybean Board is pointing readers towards a study commissioned by the Minnesota, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota soy checkoffs, that found that biodiesel production has boosted soybean prices by $0.74 per bushel. In total, the study found that biodiesel production had generated $15B in added farmer income, and soybean [...]
New recycled cooking oil report shows continued exposure to soy and cane
Tweet In California, recycled cooking oil is anticipated to maintain its position as a significant biofuel input; however, the industry will continue to be exposed to external competition from alternative biofuel inputs, including soybeans and sugarcane. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Cooking Oil Recycling industry to its [...]
Biodiesel added $15 billion in increase soy oil revenue
Tweet In Missouri, a new study commissioned by the Minnesota, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota soy checkoffs, found that biodiesel contributed to a $15 billion increase in soy-oil revenues between 2006 and 2012. This has also raised the price of soybeans by $0.74 per bushel, according to the study. It appears that biodiesel demand also [...]
Biofuels Short Takes: Bowman v. Monsanto ruling from SCOTUS
Tweet Monsanto IP protection case. In Washington, in a unanimous ruling delivered today, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its support for protecting U.S. innovations – in this case, ruling that an Indiana farmer had to pay a fee to Monsanto to use its genetically modified soybeans to make new seeds. Writing the unanimous decision, Justice [...]
Crazy 8s: Algae’s 8 crazy-fast cores of innovation
Tweet Who’s behind the 8-ball, the algae optimists or pessimists? It all comes down to the pace of innovation in 8 cores. Predictions of when algae biofuels will become an everyday option at scale are, famously, all over the map — ranging from “the next few years” to “never”. In a recent survey of its [...]
“Technology incubation in Agriculture”: new white paper from Kapyon Ventures
Tweet In recent weeks, Kapyon Ventures led two Series A capital raises: Algenetix, a company developing biofuels and other products from microbes, raised $2 million while ZeaKal, a developer of technologies to increase yields from soybeans and rice, has raised $3.8 million. Today, we excerpt from a white paper detailing Kapyon’s incubation model: “New ventures [...]
Kapyon Ventures raises $5.8 million for biofuels-related start ups
Tweet In California, Algenetix, a company developing biofuels and other products from microbes, has raised $2 million while ZeaKal, a developer of technologies to increase yields from soybeans and rice, has raised $3.8 million. The raises were led by San Diego investment firm Kapyon Ventures who facilitated the investments from San Diego-based, Australian and Missouri-based [...]
Soybeans used with molybdenum to create catalyst for hydrogen production
Tweet In New York, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed an effective catalyst could replace costly platinum in the production of hydrogen. The catalyst, made from renewable soybeans and abundant molybdenum metal, produces hydrogen, cost-effective manner, potentially increasing the use of this clean energy source. Assisting in the research [...]
Biodiesel’s Big Comeback and Bigger Prospects
Tweet Darling of the mid-2000s, still beloved by its many fans — biodiesel is increasingly a key to delivering advanced biofuels volumes now — and even more so between now and 2022. Presentations by NBB CEO Joe Jobe and REG CEO Daniel Oh at ABLC 2013 explained the how and why. In the excitement over [...]
