Anellotech launches; latest fast pyrolysis venture expands growing field of biocrude companies

In Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst recently granted a biofuels startup company, Anellotech, exclusive global rights to the university’s catalytic fast pyrolysis technology developed by chemical engineer and UMass Amherst faculty member George Huber for producing clean, green “grassoline.” Huber will serve as chairman of Anellotech’s scientific advisory board.
Anellotech will offer a low-cost, [...]

August 28, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Australia awards $12.1 million to seven projects in algae, cellulosic ethanol, biocrude

In Australia, the national government announced seven winners of $12.1 million in grants for second generation biofuels R&D programs.
A group including South Australian Research and Development Institute, Flinders University and CSIRO won $2.27 million to develop a pilot-scale algal biofuels refinery, while a group from the University of Melbourne received $1.0 million for a project [...]

August 14, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Dynamotive upgraded BioOil has gasoline, jet, diesel and gasoil, lab says

In Virginia, Dynamotive announced that independent analysis of upgraded BioOil samples have confirmed 20 percent gasoline, 30 percent jet, 30 percent diesel, and 20 percent vacuum gasoil fractions. The company uses a pyrolysis process to produce BioOil from lignocellulosic biomass, which is then hydro-reformed to a Stage 1 gas-oil equivalent liquid fuel that can either [...]

July 17, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Sustainable Power chairman John Rivera resigns; former Biofuels Digest Personality of the Year

In Texas, Sustainable Power chairman John Rivera unexpectedly resigned from the company, and CEO Richard Cutler was appointed in his place. Rivera, the founder and former CEO of the company, said “Now that third party validation is underway by a world-renowned university, it is time for me and the company to focus on what is [...]

July 15, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “we can grow enough corn to both feed and fuel our country, and still have an excess supply left over.”

Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy: “The proof is once again in the numbers. The release of the record-breaking statistics today, along with those from the USDA crop report in June, underscores that we can grow enough corn to both feed and fuel our country, and still have an excess supply left over. What’s more [...]

July 15, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Dynamotive commences scalable production of renewable diesel, gasoline in Canada

In Canada, Dynamotive Energy Systems announced today that it has commenced scalable production of renewable gasoline and diesel from biomass at its research facility in Waterloo Ontario through its two stage upgrading process from bio-oil. Dynamotive’s process uses a pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass to produce a bio-crude.
The biocrude is then hydro-reformed to a gas-oil equivalent [...]

April 23, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Sustainable Power to acquire Angel Eyes Produce; will provide biomass-to-power for hydroponic food producer

In Texas, biocrude pioneer Sustainable Power announced that it will partner with Sustainable Produce to acquire Angel Eyes Produce of Massena, NY.
Sustainable Power will produce electricity from biomass to power Angel Eyes Produce’s Terraponics technology that grows fresh produce in “Super Grow Buildings,” that utilize hydroponic and hydroculture technologies, and achieve a higher productivity than [...]

February 23, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

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