11 November 20138 November 2013 Metabolix reports net loss of $7.3 million for Q3 2013 Launched new compostable resin and performance additive products and achieved new technical milestones in biobased chemicals platform
28 October 201327 October 2013 Team uses forest waste to develop cheaper, greener supercapacitors Performance of wood biochar materials comparable to today’s advanced carbon materials
25 October 201325 October 2013 New device harnesses sun and sewage to produce hydrogen fuel ASU researchers studying certain bacteria’s ability to produce electricity by coordinating their metabolic activities
23 October 20139 September 2021 Akermin, Inc. Receives $3 Million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy Company to support development of the technology for post-combustion CO2 removal from power plants
21 October 201321 October 2013 Hand Up vs. Hand Out: New government programs target biofuels for support in US, Canada When is a government program a hand-up, when is it a hand-out?
2 October 20132 October 2013 Yulex awarded 2013 AZBio Fast Lane Award Yulex will be honored by bioindustry leaders at the Phoenix Convention Center during the 2013 AZBio Awards on October 10, 2013
20 September 2013 LanzaTech Awarded $4 Million Grant from ARPA-E to Transform Waste Methane Resources into Low Carbon Fuels and Chemicals Collaboration aims to unlock potential of waste methane emissions through innovative bioreactor design
27 August 2013 Taking Cues from Nature to Develop Better Biofuel Catalysts Argonne scientists use supercomputer to test cellulosic enzymes
6 August 2013 Metabolix engineers plants to make cheaper, cleaner bioplastic Company is genetically engineering switchgrass to produce bioplastic and chemicals
2 August 2013 A Sharp Look at Top Platform Chemicals BioConSepT publishes reports on 2nd generation production of key bio-chemicals
1 August 2013 CU-Boulder team develops new water splitting technique that could produce hydrogen fuel Sunlight heat to change metal oxide material composition, causing newly formed compound
25 July 2013 DOE and USDA announce $10 million for biomass genomics research Agriculture and Energy Departments announce new investments to drive innovations in biofuels and biobased products
Microbial Who-Done-It For Biofuels New Technique Identifies Populations Within a Microbial Community Responsible for Biomass Deconstruction
23 July 20139 September 2021 Fast Swimmers: 10 Algae technologies, where are they in the race for the summit? Who’s in the lead? Who’s getting traction? Who’s near the summit? Who’s got the oxygen?
22 July 2013 Meeting the Multiple-Source Feedstock Challenge U.S. military developing systems that can produce alternative liquid fuels and power
8 July 2013 Biofuel Investments at Seven-Year Low as BP Blames Cost "Technology to produce fuel from woody plants and waste won’t be economical until 2020 or beyond"
2 July 2013 New catalyst could cut cost of making hydrogen fuel Scientists develop new catalyst structure with molybdenum disulfide to store and transfer energy
25 June 20139 September 2021 Getting the carbon out of emissions MIT researchers coming up with a "plug-and-play” solution that could be added easily to any existing power plant
17 June 2013 Making alternative fuels cheaper Chemical engineers’ new synthesis could make biofuel more appealing for mass production
Biofuels and Renewable Chemicals’s Hottest Partners for 2013-14 You chose - here are the winners in this year’s poll
Myriant Achieves Major Milestone: Successful Start-Up At Flagship Bio-Succinic Acid Plant in Lake Providence, LA
14 June 2013 Contractors frustrated with cuts to bio-based purchasing program Lapse in BioPreferred funding to suspend trials in development of environmentally friendly products
6 June 2013 NREL Teams with Navy, Private Industry to Make Jet Fuel from Switchgrass Project could spur jobs in rural America, lead to less reliance of foreign oil
3 June 2013 Enzyme from wood-eating gribble could help turn waste into biofuel Researchers to design more robust enzymes for industrial applications
19 May 20139 September 2021 Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity UMass, Amherst presents first results of the Geobacter bacteria research
9 May 2013 New advance in biofuel production Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers develop enzyme-free Ionic liquid pre-treatment
8 May 2013 Health Enhancement Products, Inc. Establishes Formal Partnership With Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation and ATP3 Newly formed relationship to farm high-value bioactives from algae
30 April 2013 Biobased chemicals: the convergence of green chemistry with industrial biotechnology Europe's production driven by need to improve competitiveness of the chemicals industry
24 April 2013 Recipe for Low-Cost, Biomass-Derived Catalyst for Hydrogen Production Promising results are a step toward a range of renewable energy strategies fueled by Nature
22 April 2013 North Carolina A&T State University crowned Champion in $100,000 ACC Clean Energy Challenge Runner-Up Clemson Wins $5,000 in DOE Competition
4 April 2013 Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel production could revolutionize alternative energy market Researchers developed method for the production of high purity hydrogen from xylose by enzymes cocktail
29 March 2013 Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Engineer Plant Cell Walls to Boost Sugar Yields for Biofuels Artificial Positive Feedback Loop (APFL) to Enhance Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Specific Tissue
14 March 2013 Domtar inaugurates commercial lignin production Plymouth Mill to produce BioChoice with wide range of industrial applications
12 March 2013 Cooper Tire and Consortium Partners Update Progress in $6.9 million USDA grant to develop guayule polymer for tire applications Natural Biorubber to Replace Petroleum-based Synthetics Without Competing against Food or Fiber Crops
26 February 2013 NREL: Biomass Analysis Tool Is Faster, More Precise Determining Cell Wall Chemistry to Find Plants with Ideal Genes
25 February 2013 Growing the Biobased Economy Strategies must address the needs of new customers and the challenges of building a sustainable supply chain
19 February 2013 Great big things from tiny lil’ algae: 10 Algae Trends for 2013 22 projects around the world show the multi-faceted promise of algae
Novomer Completes PPC Polyol Manufacturing Run Large-Scale Sustainable Polyurethane from Renewable Feedstocks
16 February 20139 September 2021 Going negative: Stanford scientists explore new ways to remove atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> GCEP-report describing suites of emerging carbon-negative solutions to global warming
9 February 2013 Biotechnology police series Biobased chemicals: the convergence of green chemistry with industrial biotechnology
4 February 2013 Scientists Turn Toxic By-Product Into Biofuel Booster Engineered enzyme increases output of alkanes, possible replacement for key component of gasoline
25 January 2013 Insects’ gut microbes hint at biofuel breakthrough Grasshoppers may carry attractive enzymes for biofuels, study finds
17 January 2013 Texas researcher looks into biodiesel production from lignin Scientist's team project was recently awarded $2.4 million by the U.S. DOE
Enerkem raises $37.5M for landmark waste-to-biofuels plant in Edmonton 25-year agreement to convert 100,000 tonnes of the City’s municipal solid waste into biofuels
16 January 2013 DOE promotes potential of biofuels made from algae Department encourages applicants from industry, universities, and national laboratories
11 January 2013 USDA Announces Investments in Bioenergy Research and Development to Spur New Markets, Innovation, and Unlimited Opportunity in Rural America USDA to award $25M for R&D for next-generation biofuels
10 January 2013 Up, up and away: aviation biofuels players start building capacity Great Scott! Look up in the Sky! There hasn’t been a hotter sector in biofuels demand than aviation
9 January 2013 Novozymes: $2.5 million for bioenergy enzyme development Partnering with MBI International to tailor an enzyme cocktail from a variety of cellulosic feedstocks
8 January 2013 Engineered bacteria make fuel from sunlight Researchers engineer cyanobacteria to grow chemical precursors
Top Molecules: The DOE’s 12 Top Biobased List – what’s worked out? 136,000 downloads later – let’s look at why this DOE paper on renewable chemicals from 2004 is such an enduring hit, and which of its 12 target molecules are looking like winners
