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 20139 September 2021 Novomer Completes PPC Polyol Manufacturing Run Large-Scale Sustainable Polyurethane from Renewable Feedstocks
Great big things from tiny lil’ algae: 10 Algae Trends for 2013 22 projects around the world show the multi-faceted promise of algae
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
3 January 2013 Energy Department Awards $10 Million to Develop Advanced Biofuels and Bio-based Products Financial support for five projects with innovative synthetic chemical and biological technologies for converting biomass into sugar
NREL to Help Convert Methane to Liquid Diesel Advanced research project could lead to lower greenhouse emissions, new life for spent gas and oil wells
21 December 2012 Boosting Galactan Sugars Could Boost Biofuel Production Collaboration at JBEI Identifies the First Enzyme Linked to Galactan Synthesis
3 December 2012 Renewable Fuels Association asks for update for the Renewable Fuel Standard for ethanol "Time is Now” to Revise Lifecycle GHG Analyses of Corn and Sugarcane Ethanol
30 November 2012 ORNL develops lignin-based thermoplastic conversion process Simple chemical processes leads to the development of crosslinked rubber-like material with accretion
29 November 2012 Anellotech licenses p-xylene technology from UMass Amherst Economical production of renewable p-xylene from non-food biomass with lower-cost renewable PET possible
26 November 2012 Bioengineered Marine Algae Expands Environments Where Biofuels Can Be Produced Biofuel crop soon in the sea, in the brackish waters of the tidelands and agricultural areas possible
17 November 2012 Giant reed seen as biofuel – or another kudzu disaster Intentional introduction of energy crops may create the next invasive species catastrophe
12 November 2012 A Better Route to Xylan Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Find New Access to Abundant Biomass for Advanced Biofuels
29 October 2012 ZeaChem Completes Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery $25 million Series C closes with new investors ITOCHU Corp. and Macquarie
25 October 2012 Are algae-based fuels, chemicals and materials sustainable? The National Research Council says "no, not yet”. The Algae Biomass Organization says "yes, eventually”. Who’s right, and when will it matter?
22 October 2012 Calysta Energy™ Targets Natural Gas as Advantaged Feedstock for Transportation Fuels and Chemicals Unmet Market Need Creates Global Opportunity
10 October 20129 September 2021 What’s Mitsubishi up to in renewable chemicals? Mitsubishi Chemical – one of the 10 largest chemical companies in the world. Your next customer, supplier, partner, investor, or friend? A stealthy player you know little about? Somewhere in between?
13 September 2012 Ohio researchers trying to turn algae into fuel $4 million grants helping UT researchers turn algae scourge into fuel source
28 August 2012 Major changes in the Algae Production Industry Raceway ponds were never meant to be used for industrial algae production
3 August 2012 Biologist Receives $1.5 Million to Study Potential Biofuel Crops Scientists in Texas explore Panicum hallii as an alternative energy source to oil and gasoline
4 July 20129 September 2021 CO<sub>2</sub>-Recycling zu Polymeren und Kraftstoffen Eine Herausforderung für eine nachhaltige Chemie
18 June 2012 Myriant Receives $25 Million Award Under USDA’s Business and Industry (B&I) Loan Guarantee Program to Develop Bio-based Chemicals Construction of Myriant's Bio-Succinic Acid Plant On-Budget and On-Schedule for First Quarter 2013 Commercial Start
29 May 2012 Companies are removing oil from their products to cut costs Rising crude prices are fueling a boom in bioplastics as manufacturers took for alternatives to petrochemicals in car seats, beverage containers, solar panels and other goods
3 April 2012 EPA approves E15 ethanol blend registrations Agency approves first applications for registration of ethanol to make E15
27 March 2012 Jet fuel from cellulosic sugars pass tests Successful conversion of cellulosic pine tree sugars to drop-in hydrocarbon fuels within the BIRD Energy project
23 March 2012 New Funding For Biomass Research & Development Project focused on the development of advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products
22 March 2012 Administration Initiative Targets Biofuels, Bioenergy, Biobased Products $ 35 Million to support the research, development and demonstration for the improvement of biomass raw materials and their supply
Obama Administration Announces New Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative Research to advance next generation biofuels and renewable energy technologies