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Florida’s Gov. Crist upbeat in biofuels at Florida Farm to Fuel Summit
In Florida, Governor Charlie Crist told attendees at the Farm to Fuel Summit that Florida’s success as a national leader in renewable energy technology, including ethanol and other biofuel production, benefits the state’s economy and environment while reducing our dependence on foreign oil. I am committed to continuing the diversification of Florida’s energy portfolio and [...]
University of Florida to scale back, move proposed cellulosic ethanol plant; wider range of feedstocks to be tested
In Florida, leaders at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences said that they have reduced the scale of a proposed cellulosic ethanol plant to meet the $20 million budget established by the Florida legislature. The plant will produce cellulosic ethanol as well as plastics by-products, and will expand its feedstocks to [...]
Florida’s “Farm to Fuel” Summit set for July 29-31; Governor Crist to keynote
In Florida, state Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson will host the “Farm to Fuel” summit from July 29-31 in Orlando. Florida’s “Farm to Fuel” initiative, inspired by the bi-partisan national organization “25x’25″, seeks to enhance the market for and promote the production and distribution of renewable energy from Florida-grown crops, agricultural wastes [...]
New Generation Biofuels, First Florida Biofuels partner for Florida development projects
In Florida, New Generation Biofuels Holdings and First Florida Biofuels announced a Memorandum of Understanding for Florida biofuels development. Under the proposed agreement, the two companies would collaborate on the development of Florida-based biofuels, with New Generation providing technology and engineering, with First Florida providing marketing and securing the financing.
The New Generation process uses additives, [...]
Special Report on Cellulosic Ethanol: Verenium leaps into lead in race for commercial-scale CE, with 36 Mgy Florida project
The question of who would announce the first commercial-scale ethanol project has been the subject of intense speculation. Many observers looked to the rumored Coskata 100 Mgy sugar waste-to-ethanol project as the one that would get out of the blocks first. The scuttlebutt had the location right: Florida will be home to the first project [...]
PetroAlgae closes $10 million round of financing
In Florida, PetroAlgae announced that it had raised $10 million from a financing round with two undisclosed investors. The investors purchased 3.2 million shares in the pioneering algae-to-energy company. PetroAlgae said that the financing would contribute towards the commercialization of its algae biodiesel technology.
PetroAlgae is utilizing natural strains of micro-algae developed by Arizona State University [...]
Verenium gets greenlight for 36 Mgy cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida
In Florida, local authorities in Tampa gave the green light for a 36 Mgy cellulosic ethanol plant by Verenium. The new plant will cost $350 million in construct, and will create 65 full-time jobs. The plant will utilize 400,000 tons of (primarily) sugar cane that] will be supplied by Lykes Brethers from their 35,000 acre [...]
Florida’s HydroGenetics to acquire Buffalo Biodiesel
In Florida, HydroGenetics announced that it would acquire Buffalo Biodiesel, a New York based biodiesel producer that uses yellow grease as a feedstock. Buffalo Biodiesel which will become a subsidiary of HydroGenetics, is a vertically integrated biodiesel producer with its own grease collection operation.
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Nobody loves biomass.”
From the Miami Herald: “Nobody loves biomass. When talk turns to global warming and the green movement, it’s hardly ever mentioned….Still, among energy experts, biomass has some strong supporters, and for good reason: Right now, virtually all the renewable-energy power in Florida comes from biomass, including three plants in Miami-Dade and Broward. What’s more, it’s [...]
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Bioenergy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
