Category: 5-Minute Guide

Siluria Technologies: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 22, 2015 | Jim Lane

Siluria’s catalytic process transforms methane into transportation fuels and commodity chemicals in an efficient, cost-effective, scalable manner using processes that can be seamlessly integrated into existing industry infrastructure. Siluria’s oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) technology, catalytically converts methane (and can co-feed ethane) into ethylene and water. Ethylene is the world’s largest petrochemical building block used in the […]

Newlight Technologies: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 21, 2015 | Jim Lane

Newlight, founded in 2003, is harnessing methane-based carbon emissions as a resource to replace oil and reduce the cost of plastics production–fundamentally changing both the economics and environmental impact of the plastics industry. The AirCarbon production process begins with concentrated methane-based carbon emissions that would otherwise become a part of the air, rather than fossil […]

Byogy: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 20, 2015 | Jim Lane

Byogy has developed a catalytic platform that converts any source of ethanol, butanol, mixed alcohols, or related olefins, into full replacement, and cost competitive biofuels including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Byogy’s jet fuel is not an additive, but instead, a full replacement standalone fuel, and hence can be used at any blend ratio up […]

DuPont Industrial Biosciences: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 19, 2015 | Jim Lane

Several years ago, DuPont purchased Danisco and its Genencor unit and added their expertise into a new unit: DuPont Industrial Biosciences. This integration allows DuPont to optimize its bioscience technology and commercialization capabilities with Genencor’s biofuel enzyme technology. DuPont has developed a three-part strategy to deliver these new technologies to the growing biofuels market to […]

NexSteppe: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 16, 2015 | Jim Lane

NexSteppe is dedicated to pioneering the next generation of scalable, reliable, cost-effective feedstock solutions for the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries. Using advanced breeding techniques and cutting-edge analytical technologies, NexSteppe is developing Malibu sweet sorghum and Palo Alto high biomass sorghum to produce feedstocks tailored for these biobased industries. Named for the city where […]

GeoSynFuels: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 15, 2015 | Jim Lane

GeoSynFuels is a private, U.S. based company that has developed an economic method for the production of biofuels and biochemicals (including cellulosic ethanol and acetic acid). This technology “bolts-on” to existing sugar cane processing facilities (or other biomass facilities) and enables the production of significant incremental ethanol from the xylose fraction at low cost. The […]

POET: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 14, 2015 | Jim Lane

POET, the largest ethanol producer in the world, is a leader in biorefining through its efficient, vertically integrated approach to production. Founded in 1987, the company produces more than 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and 10 billion pounds of high-protein animal feed annually from 27 production facilities nationwide. POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC, is a 50/50 joint […]

Oberon Fuels: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 13, 2015 | Jim Lane

Oberon Fuels is launching DME (dimethyl ether) in North America as a clean-burning, alternative to diesel. Using various, domestic feedstocks such as food and green waste and natural gas, Oberon has developed a modular, small-scale process that cost-effectively converts a variety of methane DME is a clean-burning, non-toxic fuel that can be derived from renewable […]

Advanced Cryogenics: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 12, 2015 | Jim Lane

Advanced Cryogenics is a carbon dioxide consulting firm, providing a full range of CO2 consulting services, supported by over 30 years of consulting and merchant expertise. Work covers technical, process, production, purity, quality; and market – related, business development, expert witness, and patent work surrounding primarily CO2; also covering cryogenic gases. The company also provides […]

Segetis: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

April 9, 2015 | Jim Lane

Segetis is a technology-enabled green chemistry company producing versatile chemical building blocks. Powered by its Javelin Technology, Segetis transforms simple carbohydrates into Levulinic Acid, a chemical building block recognized as a “top 12 value-added chemicals from Biomass” by the US Department of Energy. The sugar inputs can come from mono-saccharides such as glucose or fructose, […]