By Mackinnon Lawrence During the lull between the Republican and Democratic conventions, President Obama issued an Executive Order designed to spur investment in energy efficiency at industrial facilities. Seeking to expand the use of industrial combined heat and power (CHP) technologies at food processing, pulp and paper, chemicals, metals, and oil refining operations to 40 […]
In the UK, TMO Renewables, Green Biologics, British Airways, Ensus, BP, Johnson Matthey, Croda, INEOS Bio, Harvest Energy and Greenergy were named to the Top 10 among “Britain’s most progressive biofuel and biochemical companies,” by bioeconomy consulting form NNFCC. More on the story.
In Florida, INEOS Bio announced that its joint venture project in Florida has been granted Parts 79 and 80 registrations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the production and sale of advanced cellulosic biofuels from non-food vegetative waste materials. Construction on the Indian River BioEnergy Center (“Center”) was completed in June and the […]
Coskata, looking at CAPEX opportunities, political uncertainty, and the investor climate — switches to an “all natural gas” feedstock strategy. Initiates a $100M private placement, puts Alabama project on hold. In today’s Digest, we look at the rationale, the impact and the way forward. “In North America there’s a golden opportunity,” Coskata CEO Bill Roe […]
What makes a winner in advanced biofuels? Five companies – Abengoa, INEOS Bio, Mascoma, Gevo, and American Process reflect on the essential ingredients for success. “We are industrial technology businesses, making a commodity, we have to control costs everywhere and learn, learn, learn.” – American Process CEO Theodora Retsina You could call it VODville, VOD […]
In Vero Beach, the INEOS Bio New Planet Energy cellulosic project nears completion. What’s in it for Vero, as it contemplates life as Florida’s little Arabia? During the middle of April this year, across the United States, there will be observances of Tax Freedom Day. As many know, Americans will work well over three […]
Cameron, Erickson to head new fund. Seed stage to full commercialization vision. The rise of the green-black economy. Uh, the what economy? In Minnesota, Warburg Pincus announced that it will invest up to $355 million in First Green Partners, a newly formed early-stage venture capital company. First Green will, in turn, invest in early-stage companies […]
In Texas, Vogelbusch reports they have been awarded a contract to supply the ethanol distillation and dehydration equipment for INEOS Bio’s first-of-its-kind waste-to-bioenergy facility near Vero Beach, Florida. Operations are on schedule to start in the 2nd Quarter of 2012. The plant will use a combination of gasification and fermentation technologies, to turn different types […]
Background: This is a Sweet Sixteen (third round), Eastern Regional match-up between #4 seed Qteros and #8 seed INEOS Bio, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes […]
In Florida, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy has closed $75 million in private financing utilizing the USDA loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. This is the first large-scale advanced bioenergy project in the United States to finalize its financing in the latest round under the USDA government program to […]
