All Entries Tagged With: "advanced biofuels"
DOE awards $78 million for National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts, and National Advanced Biofuels Consortium
In Washington, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the investment of nearly $80 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for advanced biofuels research and fueling infrastructure that will help support the development of a clean sustainable transportation sector. The selections announced today – two biofuels consortia for up to $78 million to [...]
Shell drops investment in advanced biofuels developer Choren: sells stake to VW, Daimler, Hamburg investors
In Germany, advanced biofuels developer Choren announced that Shell Oil has divested its stake in the company, selling its shares to Volkswagen, Daimler and a consortium of Hamburg-area investors.
Shell, which will continue to provide technical support to the advanced biofuels project, did not give a reason for the divestiture, although the other shareholders, according to [...]
Honeywell, China National Petroleum ink agreement on advanced biofuels for China; focus on Chinese feedstock evaluation
In China, the China National Petroleum Corporation signed a MOU with Honeywell’s UOP to evaluate Chinese feedstocks for the production of green diesel and green jet fuels, evaluate installation of units to produce renewable fuels and improve ethanol energy efficiency.
CNPC will also evaluate the installation of a demonstration-scale UOP/Eni Ecofining process unit for the production [...]
50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2009/10 – rules and procedures
On December 1st, the Digest will publish its annual rankings for the “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy”. There have been numerous requests since the 08/09 ranking were released about how to qualify. Here’s background for 2009/2010.
1. The rankings will be published on December 1st, and are based on weighted scores. 50 percent of the score [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “there’s no great mystery about who will have to dig deepest for the money to pay for ethanol: poor working families.”
Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, on moves by the Obama administration to expedite the release of biofuels loan guarantees and other support for advanced biofuels: “These funds will support our farmers, rural communities and businesses as they strive to provide clean, safe sources of energy both for Iowans and for the nation. I commend Secretary [...]
Former DARPA head joins Qteros board
In Massachusetts, advanced biofuels developer Qteros announced that Dr. Anthony Tether, former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has joined the company’s board of directors. Tether served as DARPA director from 2001 until this year.
In addition, a former senior director of biofuels research and development at Verenium, Dr. Kevin Gray, will join [...]
Valero takes over VeraSun investment in advanced biofuels developer Qteros
In Massachusetts, Valero has assumed the investment in advanced biofuels developer Qteros originally owned by bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy. Qteros, which raise $25 million last year in its most recent capital raise, has also received $2 million in federal grants towards the opening of a pilot processing plant this summer in Springfield. Valero acquired [...]
PetroAlgae debuts new drop-in fuel process for green diesel from algae; revenues this year: Digest exclusive update
In Florida, PetroAlgae said that it believes it is the closest company to commercialization of micro crops as a biofuel, will complete its microcrop demonstration farm in Florida this year and will commence booking revenues from technology licenses this year.
The company said that it is in discussions with customers in China, India, Japan, Italy, Portugal, [...]
New global map and database of advanced biofuels plants
The International Energy Agency has completed its mapping of global second-generation biofuels demo plants and projects, now available here.
The interactive map allows for searching by type of plant (biochemical, thermochemical or hybrid), scale (pilot, demo or commercial) and status (planned,on hold, under construction, under commissioning, or operational).
Each individual entry includes data on the project name, [...]
Biofuels pioneer makes synthetic “cell engine”; first step towards artificial life
In Massachusetts, the co-founder of advanced biofuels producer LS9, Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School, said that his two-man research team at Harvard had synthesized an artificial ribosome, a “biological machine” or “cell engine” that is found in every living organism and is the biological manufacturer of proteins.
The breakthrough makes possible the development of [...]
