Four or five biofuel predictions for 2008
Here are five predictions for things that I think are likely to happen in the world of biofuels sometime in 2008. 1. The price of food grains will continue to rise putting pressure on the economics of...
View ArticleTrees could be the future for biofuels
Trees could be the biofuel of the future, according to this analysts report from Jeffries & Company which examines clean technology and industrial biotech following the BIO’s Industrial...
View ArticleGM and Marathon invest in biofuels
Good to see big names in energy and the automotive sector investing in cellulosic biofuels in Mascoma’s latest round of financing, according to Domestic Fuel.
View ArticleBP invests in Verenium
There’s a Wall Street Journal article about BP investing $90 m in Verenium a US cellulosic ethanol technology company. Both firms hope to start a jointly making biofuel in a few years. The WSJ says...
View ArticleInterview with Geoff Broin CEO Poet
The industrious chaps over at earth2tech have secured an email interview with Geff Broin, ceo of Poet industries which recently announced plans to build a cellulosic ethanol plant by the end of the...
View ArticleFungus joins biofuel armoury
There’s some excitement about a newly discovered fungus that makes chemicals similar to biofuels from cellulose. (Thanks David). It looks legit, because a couple of my colleagues sent me this link...
View ArticleThe good, the bad, the ugly 2008/2009
The best piece of work on Biofuels 2008? For me that was the The Gallagher Review of the indirect effects of biofuels production. If you’re a serious player in this market, you should read that...
View ArticleThe right cellulosic biofuels might help protect the environment
Biofuels from cellulosic feedstock could help to protect the environment by reducing the amount of nitrogen that runs off into rivers and by providing coverage that helps protect the land against wind...
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Cellulosic ethanol the US dream and reality
This graph, produced with data from the Des Moines Register, and another good article from Phil Brasher shows the current gap between US cellulosic ethanol production next year and the curent...
View Article25×25 warns on restricting cellulosic biomass
25×25 a pressure group in the US is warning that some proposed legislation in the US could severely restrict the amount of cellulose available for biofuels in what is effectively a call for managed...
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