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 Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Polymers and Fuels A challenge for sustainable chemistry
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
14 January 2012 Biorefinery project research continues According to the NewPage's sustainability report 2010 the development phase starts in April 2012
22 December 2011 CAD tools for Engineering RNA Control Systems Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Develop CAD-Type Tools for Engineering RNA Control Systems
30 November 2011 Biofuels spell opportunity Family of bio-based molecular precursors also to be a source for bio-based commodity plastics, not just alternatives for fossile fuels
21 November 2011 Iowa State University scientists genetically increase algae biomass by more than 50 percent New economic opportunities opening up
24 October 2011 Production of biofuel from forests will increase greenhouse emissions New comprehensive study findings are contrary to assumptions and some previous studies
27 September 2011 Joint BioEnergy Institute Scientists Identify New Microbe-Produced Advanced Biofuel as an Alternative to Diesel Fuel First report of bisabolane as biosynthetic alternative to D2 diesel and first microbial overproduction in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae
7 September 2011 US Department of Agriculture’s investments in Biofuels Up to $510 million scheduled for the next three years
10 August 201121 February 2018 Researchers Develop Revolutionary Biobased Resins From Crop Materials Potential to provide a revolutionary impact in some applications - replacing widely-used petrochemical-based epoxy compounds
5 July 2011 Termites’ digestive system could act as biofuel refinery Enzymes derived from termites and their symbionts to remove effectively biomass' lignin barriers
6 June 2011 Bloomberg report says biochemical pathway attractive to investors 60 percent, or $2.7 billion, of total private investments made in next-generation biofuels since 2004
28 February 2011 Evaluating a Biomass Refinery Detailed environmental evaluations consider alternatives and the effect of developing a cellulosic ethanol plant with a power generation component
20 January 2011 Enerkem awarded loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Agriculture for its Mississippi waste-to-fuel biorefinery Latest commitment reinforces Enerkem’s leading position in the commercial advanced biofuels sector
23 April 2010 US-Energieministerium und GM erforschen Jatropha-Biokraftstoff Züchtung verschiedener Pflanzenvariationen für hohe Ernteerträge und Frostwiderstand
20 April 2009 Nanofarming: Harvesting oil from live algae Nano technology extracts biofuel oil without harming algae
17 April 2009 Biobased succinic acid going commercial Bioamber wins Biorenewable Chemicals Technology Award 2009 from Frost & Sullivan
14 October 2008 USA: National Biofuels Action Plan released Government agencies respond to Bush's plans of 20% biofuels
Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Polymers and Fuels
