What can you do with a shuttered ethanol plant?
What can you do with a shuttered ethanol plant? Genomatica has found a way to make methylethyl ketone (MEK) an industrial solvent, according to Doris De Guzman in her Green Chemicals blog.
View ArticleMichigan state in big cellulosic ethanol drive
The Michigan Messenger has a story about converting 375,000 chords of timber into 40m gal ethanol for biofuel. I think that this may be the start of a concerted campaign by environmental groups to stop...
View ArticleShell ups its stake in Codexis
Shell has increased its stake in Codexis, in a story filed by ICIS news last night. (Disclosure: I work for ICIS: About ICIS)Shell gets an second seat on the Codexis board an makes a financial...
View ArticleUPDATED: Verenium and Aventine in difficulties: Reuters
Verenium could have jhad difficulty continuing as a company, its auditors say in a report from Reuters yesterday and carried in the UK’s Guardian Business Feed.The same report says Aventine may need to...
View ArticleVerenium: BP responds
I’ve just had this email from the press office at BP about its joint venture with Verenium which was mentioned in an earlier post today. We remain focused on commercializing the technology that we are...
View ArticleShell puts all of its renewables eggs into the biofuels basket
Shell will concentrate on biofuels in its future alternative energy investments, according to a story in the Guardian online. I have been slightly surprised that Shell has invested in wind, solar and...
View ArticleLocal biofuel projects could share in $200 000 in Latin America
Donors are offering up to $200 000 for a prize winning idea in the Hemispheric energy innovation contest, according to the Temasactuales Blog. The competition is based around ideas for energy...
View Article“first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil”-researcher
A study scheduled for presentation at the 237th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society will show “the first economical way to produce biodiesel from algae oil,”according to lead researcher...
View ArticleTimes twigs that biofuel policies have environmental impacts too
This article in the Sunday edition of the Times understands that there are environmental costs to biofuel policies.
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The relationship between corn, ethanol and autofuel replacement US-style
There is a direct relationship between the volume of corn converted to ethanol with the % of gasoline replaced in the US. Its shown more clearly if you click the line which contains the mysterious word...
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