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Researchers Identify Most Effective Microbial Enzymes in Biomass Deconstruction

One of the keys to commercialization of advanced biofuels is the development of cost-competitive ways to extract fermentable sugars from lignocellulosic biomass.

26 Jul 2013

RIT Students Learn About Sweetwater’s Plant-Sugar Mixture for Production of Biofuels

A collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology’s Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences and Sweetwater Energy Inc. will give students experience with the Rochester-based company that has a sweet and sustainable niche.

24 Jul 2013

Northwest Energy Angels Announces Investment in Ten Clean Technology Companies

Northwest Energy Angels (NWEA) announced it has invested a total of $1,848,800 in ten clean technology companies during the first half of 2013. The amount is two-thirds of the total amount invested during all of 2012 by NWEA (not counting institutional investments). More than half of the investments were made in companies outside the state of Washington, continuing a trend of out-of-state interest in NWEA among cleantech entrepreneurs.

29 Jun 2013

Bio-Based PBT Made Using Renewable Feedstock-Based BDO

Lanxess and Genomatica announce that Lanxess has run a production campaign of bio-based PBT in Lanxess’ world-scale production plant using 20 metric tons of bio-based BDO made with Genomatica’s commercially-proven process. This BDO fully complied with the demanding Lanxess specifications for petro-based BDO allowing a direct feed of 100 percent bio-based BDO into the continuous production process.

25 Jun 2013

UPM and Ashland Partner to Commercialize Biofibrils Technology Products

UPM and Ashland Inc. have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop and commercialize products containing UPM’s Biofibrils technology.

17 Jun 2013

Toshiba Enters Agreement with Saga on CCU System in Biomass Energy Utilization Project

TOKYO today announced that it has signed an agreement with Saga, the capital city of Saga Prefecture on Japan's Kyushu Island, on the installation of a carbon capture and utilization system (CCU) in a biomass energy utilization project that is being promoted by Saga.

12 Jun 2013

New Report on Biomass Industry in China

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biomass Industry in China" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 10 Jun 2013

Two Promising Processes to Turn Woody Biomass into Transportation Fuels

Two processes that turn woody biomass into transportation fuels have the potential to exceed current Environmental Protection Agency requirements for renewable fuels, according to research published in the Forest Products Journal and currently featured on its publications page.

1 Jun 2013

BioEnergy Science Center Marks 500th Scientific Publication

Researchers with the BioEnergy Science Center led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory have charted 500 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals in the center's five and half years of operation.

20 May 2013

DOE Early Career Award to Fund UCSB Research on Biomass-Derived Fuels

Michelle O'Malley, an assistant professor in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Chemical Engineering, has received a 2013 Early Career Award by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. O'Malley is among 61 recipients of the annual research award, chosen from a pool of approximately 770 proposals.

18 May 2013