To open ABLC Next, what we like to call the “heads of the 7 families” — or in this case, the heads of seven key trade associations for the advanced bioeconomy, joined us on stage as we looked at the impact of the recent US midterm elections — and the policy outlook in 2015 and […]
10 leaders, 10 enterprises, 10 paths to scale — what’s really key to making algae a commercial crop for feed, fuel and pharma, soon? This week at the Algae Biomass Summit, a pair of key sessions featured 10 of the leading companies in the algae sector: Paul Woods, CEO, Algenol Jason Kolb, VP, Algix Tim […]
Algae has been touted as the ultimate platform for fuels, chemicals, nutraceuticals, proteins — even cancer therapies. There’s been a rate of progress that would impress any devotee of Moore’s Law — and a series of wacky claims that would impress any devotee of P.T. Barnun. So, what are the real trends? We’ve traveled several […]
The lights go up for algae’s biggest gathering, the 2013 Algae Biomass Summit. Here are 10 must-sees amidst a bumper crop of top presentations this year along the Great Green Way. You’d like to think that, if algae ever evolve to the point of reading English, they might look back with great pride at the […]
In San Diego, CleanTECH San Diego, the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation and the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation have been awarded a Regional Industry Clusters of Opportunity II (RICO II) grant from the California Workforce Investment Board. This $250,000 grant is funded by Assembly Bill 118, Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology […]
Courtesy of Webalyzer, we’ve combed through the Digest stats to find the biggest reader hits — for those who missed them. Here, in a reprise, are the 20 Chart-Toppers for May 2013. 1. 63481 hits. Out of the Shell: Oil giant’s big biofuels ambitions 2. 41234 hits. Go bionic: Top 10 bolt ons retrofits adding […]
In Missouri, Monsanto announced they have purchased select assets of Agradis , a privately held company focused on developing sustainable agricultural solutions. Monsanto’s purchase includes the Agradis name and its collection of microbes that can improve crop productivity. Monsanto has also acquired the company’s R&D site in La Jolla, California. Monsanto also announced an agricultural […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy announced more than $10 million to five projects in California, Washington, Maryland, and Texas that will develop new technologies to convert biomass into advanced biofuels and bioproducts like plastics and chemical intermediates. These projects use innovative synthetic biological and chemical techniques to convert biomass into processable sugars that can […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest released the top 150 rankings in its 2012-13 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” polls. 1 Solazyme 2 KiOR 3 LanzaTech 4 Novozymes 5 POET 6 DuPont Industrial Biosciences (Genencor) 7 Gevo 8 Sapphire Energy 9 Joule Unlimited 10 ZeaChem 11 Honeywell’s UOP 12 BP Biofuels 13 LS9 14 Chemtex / Beta […]
The annual rankings competition opens up for the hottest companies in the sector; who will be #1 – who will get your vote? New annual Biofuels Databook published for selectors; voting by Twitter introduced this year. In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced the official opening of voting for the 2012-13 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for […]
