Posts Tagged ‘cellulosic ethanol’
12 December 2011
US renewable fuels developer Mascoma has formed an agreement with oil refiner and ethanol producer Valero Energy, to construct a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Kinross, Michigan.
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15 August 2011
US auto group Chrysler has teamed with cleantech innovator ZeaChem in a strategic alliance that will see the pair work together on accelerating the development and market adoption of cellulosic ethanol.
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21 April 2011
AE Biofuels has been awarded a $1.88m grant from the California Energy Commission to accelerate the commercialisation of its enzyme-based cellulosic ethanol production technology.
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13 January 2011
Biofuels producer Abengoa Bioenergy, has restarted operations at its bioethanol plan at Portales in the US state of New Mexico.
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5 January 2011
India-based biofuel technology developer Praj Industries has partnered with US bio-processing platform developer Qteros to commercialise low-cost processes for industrial-scale cellulosic ethanol production.
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8 December 2010
Chempolis plans to partner on a round of advanced commercial biofuel and pulp production joint venture projects, focusing on China, India, and southeast Asia.
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19 November 2010
California-based Fulcrum BioEnergy has entered the final phase of negotiation for a loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to cover its Sierra biofuel plant.
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17 February 2010
Biomass biorefinery developer ZeaChem has produced bio-based acetic acid, which the company said is the building block for cellulosic ethanol and bio-based chemicals, at the purity concentration level of a saleable product.
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25 January 2010
European biofuel company Abengoa Bioenergy and US electric cooperative coalition Mid-Kansas Electric Company have announced plans to develop of the first commercial-scale hybrid cellulosic ethanol and power plant in the US, Abengoa Bioenergy Hybrid of Kansas (ABHK).
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5 August 2009
Venture-backed renewable oil production company Solazyme, Inc., has been awarded a $789,697 Biosynthetic Transportation Fuel Production grant from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) programme.
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3 August 2009
Renewable fuel company Green Star Products, Inc. is to expand its US government technical proposal team to meet the expansion of the US government recently advanced $3bn funding programme for renewable energy projects.
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22 June 2009
Green investment firm Khosla Ventures has invested $12.5m into biofuels company Cello Energy, according to reports. Cello Energy is based in Alabama, US and develops cellulosic ethanol from waste. Earlier this month, alongside venture capital fund Burrill & Company, Khosla Ventures invested in biomass technology company HCL CleanTech. Khosla Ventures offers venture assistance, strategic advice[...]
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