advanced biofuels
By Terry McDonald on February 23, 2011
Tags: Amyris Inc., Biomedical Sciences Investment Fund, BioProcess H2O LLC, CLARCOR Inc., CMEA Ventures, CO2 Solution Inc., Codexis Inc., CTTV Investments, FirstMark Capital, Gevo Inc., Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., Maxygen Inc., Merck Co. Inc, NTR plc, Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC, Pfizer Inc., Royal Dutch Shell, Ireland, United States, USD, CO2 Solution, Codexis, Green Plains, Maxygen, Merck, Pfizer, Shell, advanced biofuels, biofuels, biopharmaceutical, business strategy, California, chemical, chemicals, diabetes treatment, energy, Finance, food, Iowa, Januvia, Lipitor, manufacturing, markets, Minnesota, Nebraska, oil, pharmaceutical, pharmaceuticals, share price, U.S. Department of Energy
Here are two very different advanced biofuel strategies: Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) is producing algae from byproducts at one of its commercial ethanol plants to make biodiesel, and Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS) is developing biocatalysts to produce advanced biofuel and pharmaceuticals and to remove carbon from smokestacks.
By Emily Gertz on May 28, 2009
Tags: Cambridge, New York Times, The Times, Valero Energy Corp., Verenium Corp., United States, USD, Bankruptcy, Company Location, Environmental Issue, Person Career, advanced biofuels, biofuels, BP oil, ethanol, advanced biofuels, biofuels, biofuels, BP oil, Clifford Krauss, energy, ethanol, Florida, food, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York Times, oil, Tom Philpott
The oil industry has backed off alternative energy investments in recent months. BP, for instance, made news in April when it cut 620 jobs of an original 4,400 in its solar business. Last October it killed a $67 million expansion of its solar manufacturing operation in Maryland.
By Brendan Demelle on May 27, 2009
Tags: Boeing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, GE, Wall Street Journal, United States, USD, Person Career, advanced biofuels, airlines, algae, Boeing, camelina, commercial aviation, fuel efficiency, fuel standard, GE, jet fuels, NextGen Air Traffic Control System, 787, advanced biofuels, airline, biofuels, Boeing, commercial aviation, energy, Federal Aviation Administration, fuel efficiency standards, oil, Scott Carson, the Wall Street Journal
Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson is calling for international commercial aviation efficiency standards to spark development of jet fuel-saving technologies.
By Brendan Demelle on May 11, 2009
Tags: United States, Environmental Issue, Person Career, Quotation, advanced biofuels, cellulosic, corn-based ethanol, grain-based ethanol, greenhouse gas emissions, obama renewable energy, Renewable Fuels Standard, switchgrass, advanced biofuels, Barack Obama, biofuels, Bush, corn-based ethanol, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, food, greenhouse gas emissions, Lisa Jackson, Renewable Fuels Standard, U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration issued a draft rule to slash the greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels, but confirmed former President Bush’s commitment to produce corn-based ethanol.
