All Entries Tagged With: "drop in fuels"

DOE earmarks $85 million for algae, drop-in biofuels

In Washington, the Department of Energy said that it will make $85 million to accelerate commercialization of algae-based and other advanced biofuels. The money is from the $787 billion stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. According to a report in the Times, the DOE will pick two or three projects and funds them [...]

July 19, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Burrill & Co, Khosla invest in HCL Cleantech: low-cost biomass-to-sugars path for drop-in biofuels, cellulosic ethanol

In California, US VC funds Burrill & Company and Khosla Ventures announced an investment in HCL CleanTech, which has developed a process using concentrated hydrochloric acid to efficiently convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars.
The fermentable sugars are a gateway to advanced biofuels (biobutanols, biodiesel, jet fuel etc) and biochemicals (bioplastics etc). The HCL CleanTech’s process [...]

June 02, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 2

Drop-in fuels, algae, new DOE/EPA/USDA biofuels group profiled

In Michigan, Automotive Industries Online profiled the development path of drop-in fuels and high-yield renewable fuels made from algae, in an article by Bob Brooks. The article profiles efforts at Aurora, OriginOil, and Virent Energy Systems, while also discussing the formation of an interagency working group at the DOE, USDA and EPA to develop a [...]

May 12, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0