Recent Biofuels

UK biofuels supply chain urges PM not to scapegoat technologies which are vital to decarbonising transport and driving green growth With the G8 Summit underway, the UK biofuel supply chain is calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to use the opportunity of the G8 meetings to address the multiple causes of global hunger, and not [...]

Wood borer makes its own enzyme, which could thrive in industrial setting Researchers from the United Kingdom, the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and the University of Kentucky have recently published a paper describing a novel cellulose-degrading enzyme from a marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata, commonly known as the gribble. Gribbles are biologically [...]

he Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has announced a request for information (RFI) regarding waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies. “Waste Applications for Sustainable Technologies for Energy” seeks feedback from stakeholders on the state of technology and commercial readiness of WTE. WTE technologies repurpose a variety of waste sources with thermochemical conversion processes to create bioenergy, biofuels, [...]

Project could spur jobs in rural America, lead to less reliance of foreign oil The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with Cobalt Technologies, U.S. Navy, and Show Me Energy Cooperative to demonstrate that jet fuel can be made economically and in large quantities from a renewable biomass feedstock such as switch [...]

GreenShift Corporation (GERS) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, GS CleanTech Corporation, has filed suit against Pacific Ethanol, Inc., in the Eastern District of California for infringement of GreenShift’s patented corn oil extraction processes. GreenShift will continue to defend against all infringement of its corn oil extraction patents to protect the competitive advantage of its [...]

Aemetis, Inc. (OTCQB: AMTX), an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, announced today that the Aemetis 60 million gallon per year Keyes, California plant had commenced the high-volume production of lower-carbon ethanol using grain sorghum feedstock and a Combined Heat & Power (CHP) system in an integrated process with traditional feedstocks. In December 2012, the [...]

Biomass tariff cut dampens positive news of consultation on tariff increases Government has made two announcements on the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) today [1]: a degression to the tariff for mid-sized biomass and a new consultation on proposed tariff increases. DECC has announced that the mid-size biomass heat tariff will be cut by 5% [...]

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX), the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, has begun commercial production of corn oil utilizing ICM Inc.’s Advanced Oil Separation System™ at its Magic Valley, ID plant. Neil Koehler, the company’s president and CEO, stated: “Corn oil is a high value co-product with [...]

Deltazym® APS protease improves process economics in corn ethanol production Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, today announced that the Company will introduce Deltazym® APS protease for use in corn ethanol operations, at the upcoming 2013 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW) to be [...]

HSE have announced that they have now issued a class exemption to GS(M)R to allow network conveyance of gas with an oxygen content