second-generation biofuel
By Alison Pruitt on November 25, 2009
Tags: Gevo, Recently Gevo Inc., cent, USD, advanced biofuel, biobutanol, biofuel, biomass, cellulosic biofuel, cellulosic ethanol, ethanol plant retrofit, Gevo Inc., government grant, new technology, second-generation biofuel, biofuels, biomass conversion technology, chemical, David Glassner, Missouri, Pat Gruber, plastics
Biobutanol and cellulosic biomass may sound like words your high school biology teacher used to confuse you. But, they are actually part of the cutting edge in biofuel technology.
By Padma Nagappan on November 5, 2009
Tags: USD, algal biofuel, Algal Biomass Summit 2009, biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, Dave Jones, filter-feeder fish, LiveFuels, second-generation biofuel, California, Dave Jones, David Jones, energy, Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones, oil, Texas, United States Navy
Menlo Park, Calif. based LiveFuels, which received $10 million in funding two years ago and has been in business since 2006, is headed by the husband-wife team of David Jones and Lissa Morgenthaler-Jones.
By Nathanael Baker on August 14, 2009
LiveFuels has developed a new concept for algae-based biofuels.
The company has stated it will grow algae and then have filter-feeding fish eat it. The fish will then be squeezed for the oil, and the oil will be sent to a refinery.
