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Porta Hnos Inks Letter of Intent to Become Exclusive Licensee of Gevo's GIFT Technology to Produce Isobutanol

Gevo, Inc., the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced today that Porta Hnos S.A. ("Porta") has signed a letter of intent to become the exclusive licensee of GIFT® in Argentina to produce renewable isobutanol.

From Gevo 7 Mar 2014

Vertimass Licenses Oak Ridge Technology that Directly Converts Ethanol into Hydrocarbon

Vertimass LLC, a California-based start-up company, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that directly converts ethanol into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels.

7 Mar 2014

Geopower Energy Announces Acquisition of JV Interest in Blue Mountain Biogas Project

Geopower Energy Limited, an alternative energy developer, has closed a private debt facility of US$5 million to acquire a joint venture interest in the Blue Mountain Biogas Project near Milford, Utah.

5 Mar 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Algae Biofuel Technologies to its Offering

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Algae Biofuel Technologies Market to 2018 with Bayer Material Science, Desmet Ballestra, Georg Fischer & Siemens Dominating" report to their offering.

4 Mar 2014

UPM BioVerno Diesel Works Exactly Like Any Regular Diesel

The first fleet tests of UPM’s renewable diesel proved that UPM BioVerno works in cars just as well as any regular diesel. The fleet tests were conducted by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. They were started in May last year and ran until early 2014.

28 Feb 2014

Environmental Photobioreactor Helps Assess Algal Strains for Biofuels

Lab success doesn't always translate to real-world success. A team of Michigan State University scientists, however, has invented a new technology that increases the odds of helping algae-based biofuels cross that gap and come closer to reality.

27 Feb 2014

New Report on Biofuels for Transportation Markets

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biofuels for Transportation Markets

25 Feb 2014

New Technique Avoids Expensive Enzymes for Production of Second Generation Biofuels

Producing second-generation biofuel from dead plant tissue is environmetally friendly - but it is also expensive because the process as used today needs expensive enzymes, and large companies dominate this market. Now a Danish/Iraqi collaboration presents a new technique that avoids the expensive enzymes.

25 Feb 2014

Biofuels Could Provide Up to 44% of UK Energy by 2050, Say Scientists

The UK could generate almost half its energy needs from biomass sources, including household waste, agricultural residues and home-grown biofuels by 2050, new research suggests.

21 Feb 2014

BCS' AFC2 Biomass Conversion Process Converts up to 90% of Organic Feedstock Solids with No Residual Sludge

The Advanced Fluidized Co-Digestion and Co-Generation (AFC2) anaerobic process from BioConversion Solutions (BCS) provides up to 90 percent conversion of organic feedstock solids with no residual sludge. The AFC2 profitable and scalable biomass conversion process is designed for the agribusiness, food processing, commercial co-digestion, and waste management industries.

21 Feb 2014