Today in Biofuels Opinion: “No matter what techniques are developed to expand biofuel feedstock, some basic physical and physiological limitations will apply.”

Ritu Kesarwani, Renewables & Environment Professional: “A lot has been talked and discussed about n-butanol as a potential gasoline blend fuel and its advantages but very less has been talked and researched about butanol as a DIESEL-blend fuel. I have been working on “butanol as a fuel” for more than two years, I have studied, [...]

August 19, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

BP, DuPont butanol JV, Butamax, heads for commercialization; BP = “butanol play”? How will Gevo, Cobalt counter?

In Delaware, BP and Dupont announced the commencement of commercialization of their butanol venture, which will be named Butamax Advanced Biofuels. According to the joint venture partners, Butamax Advanced Biofuels was formed to develop biobutanol – an advanced biofuel that will provide improved options for expanding energy supplies and accelerate the move to renewable transportation [...]

July 14, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Maine’s Old Town mill, former site of Red Shield project, now to produce cellulosic biobutanol

In Maine, the Old Town Fuel & Fiber mill, formerly the site of the Red Shield ethanol project, which filed for bankruptcy last November, is now the home of a biobutanol project owned by Patriarch Partners.
Patriarch has invested $40 million in the project and will produce biobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks, according to a report in [...]

June 25, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Butanol could gradually replace gasoline as well as diesel.”

From MyNews.com: “Butanol could gradually replace gasoline as well as diesel due to its high energy content, miscibility, better combustion characteristics, low volatility and other positive qualities…it was demonstrated in June 2006 that n-butanol can be used either 100% in unmodified 4-cycle ignition engine or blended up to 30% with diesel in a compression engine [...]

June 22, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Oregon group to convert dairy, wood waste to butanol

In Oregon, Diesel Brewing of Salem announced that it will construct a pilot gasification plant that will convert dairy and wood waste into butanol. The company said that it expects to open the pilot facility by the end of the year and produce as much as 30,000 gallons per year in the pilot phase of [...]

May 14, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

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