DuPont and Bio Architecture Lab will jointly focus on improving domestic macroalgae aquaculture; converting macroalgae to bio-available sugars; converting those sugars to isobutanol; and economic and environmental optimization of the production process....
Under the terms of the most recent deal, Verenium will receive an additional $2.5 million from BP for the month of March. A similar one-month extension was agreed upon for February....
The mineralization is similar to salt deposits in evaporitic lakes that are recognized producers of lithium, the company says....
New enzymes will lower costs for cellulosic biofuel producers, both firms say....
The process can also convert inferior fats, paper-industry waste, and algae oil to high-quality diesel fuel, Rockwood says....
Some start-ups entering the biofuels sector already are revealing themselves as winners in certain market applications even though there is no shortage of mature biofuel companies, according to a new report by Lux Research (Boston, MA), a financial analyst...
BASF says it has broken ground on a previously announced sodium methylate plant at Guaratinguetá, Brazil, the company’s biggest site in South America. BASF announced the facility in May...
OriginOil (Los Angeles), a start-up company developing a process for converting algae into oil, says it has commissioned its pilot facility at its Los Angeles headquarters. The company says it now has an end-to-end algae-to-oil production facility in...
A committee representing European Union (EU) member states has accepted a European Commission proposal to direct funds raised from the region’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) into projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS), and renewable fuels and...
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