Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'generation'
Scoping out biofuels
The Scientifc Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) has produced a report looking at the enviromental impacts of biofuels,. The group makes a number of recomendations for second generation feedstocks, and favours woody or grassy plants. As with the...
Biofuels feature... but you'll have to wait
It's been a busy few days, the other parts of my job have been pressing and I think that I'm back above water again for a few days at least. One of the more enjoyable things that I have been...
London to get ring of biofuel power stations
London is to get a ring of veg oil fueled electricity generation stations, according to a report on the BBC. What is not clear from the report, which says the company planning to build up to eight stations, is the...
Syngenta and Proteus in biofuel joint venture
I notice that Syngenta and Proteus have formed a joint venture to create enzymes to help make second generation biofuels. This is not Syngenta's first jv in this area. It would be intetresting to know how the different techologies complement...
New Generation Biofuels offers stock, gains trials
New Generation Biofuels is offering stock for sale through its prospectus. New Generation uses a proprietary technology exclusively licensed in the US from Ferninando Petrucci, who owns around 5.4% of the firm. The financial engineering behind the relationship is at...
New Generation biofuels plans to list on Nasdaq
New Generation Biofuels plans to move its listing from the American Stock Exchange to Nasdaq and has announced plans to build a 50m gal/year plant in Baltimore, Maryland. New Generation says it will be making second generation biofules from oils...
1000 entries and what have we learned?
Put out the flags. I've reached the 1000 post mark. I started this in October 2006 with an open if sceptical mind. Its been a lot of fun so far. I've met a whole bunch of people who have commented...
Second generation biofuels and Gallagher
The Gallagher review has this to say on second generation biofuels they are immature, they could produce greenhouse gas savings, but only if they're not grown on land currently used for agriculture and that they need significant incentives and support...
Burning biomass with coal
Burning biomass with coal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at power plants could yeild enviornmental benefits. It at least has the benefit of using minimal energy to process the biomass before burning. According to Earth2Tech blog A Polish coal plant,...
Biofuels for municpal power generation
If you're into using biofuels for municpal power generation, it might be worth going along to the inaugural Bio Power Generation Forum meeting in Beligium in April...
Japanese biofuel collaboration
Good to see that 16 Japanese industrial organisations are cooperating in developing new biofuel technologies, over on Biopact. It is especially good to see that they are going to use waste biomass from industry and agriculture... According to Biopact The...
Genencor to Announce First Available Biomass Enzyme Specifically for
Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, will announce prior to the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit the first available biomass enzyme product developed specifically for second generation biorefineries and the cellulosic ethanol market. This is the first of a series of products...
Franz Fischler talks about biofuel
Franz Fischler, a former European Commissioner in charge of agriculture talks about biofuels, profitability and energy balances over on Domestic fuel. Worth checking out. One of his later sentences is telling... he says: To meet the EU's target of 10%...
Some Lunchtime takeaway from Clean Fuels finance
Key take aways from the second session at the First Investing in Clean Fuels conference Sam Coxe, executive vice president of Credit Suisse said There is no sign of mergers and acquisition activity in the biofuels sector, and there is...
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