Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'technology'
Algae biofuels at around $33/gal
A piece on Greentech Media puts the cost of biofuels from algae at around $33/gal(US). That leaves plenty of room for process/growth/yield optimisation then. ...
Changing land management could shrink carbon payback time
Changing land management could shrink carbon payback time when farmers convert grassland to biofuel production, say researchers in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.If this is right, and its been peer reviewed, I guess, then it could make biofuels...
Ethanol production might be more efficient than we thought
Ethanol production might be more efficient than we thought, according to this report on seeking alpha. Though its a bit vague on specifics, there is good discussion in the comments ...
Capturing CO2 from cement works with algae
There's a large algae reactor underway in Spain based around the Holcem cement reactor, which will be around 100 square metres and cost $92m, according to Greentech media. The reactor is being built by Green Fuels Technology Corp. ...
ICIS bioresources summit
ICIS (the people that I work for: About ICIS) will be holding the 2nd ICIS Bioresources Summit, in Hardwick Hall, County Durham, UK on November 25. The conference will discuss the advances in bio-engineering and their impact on biofuels, bio-polymers...
Corn estimates down in the US
The US Department of Agrculture has lowered its estimates of the volume of corn and soy that will be harvested this year. So 2008 will only be the second largest crop in history. It might have been higher if the...
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...
Cellulosic ethanol from bagasse
Here's one way to access the sugars in cellulose, which is being trialled by Verenium in its plant in Jennings, Louisiana .There is an outline of the Verenium's cellulosic ethanol process on TechnologyReviewThe process begins when the cane is ground...
Trees 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 Biotechnology conference in the US recently. Key quotes for me are Forestry...
Dripping to biofuel
Reserchers at the North Carolina State University (you may remember them from an earlier post about self digesting sweet potatoes) have exclusively licensed their Centia technology to Diversified Energy Corp. Which says the process can produce jet fuel and a...
Look out for Japanese super sugar cane ethanol
Japanese researchers have developed a super sugar cane that produces double the volume of sugar comapred with traditonal cane, and could help make ethanol more cheaply... here's the video......
Bob Metlcalf takes helm of Greenfuel technologies
According to Cnet Bob Metcalf has taken the helm of Greenfuel Technologies replacing Carry Bullock. Layoffs are expected at the algae to biofuels firm, according to Cnet. A letter purportedly from Metcalf outlined one of the difficulties behind the firm's...
Another use for ethanol
While I was at the NPRA convention in San Antonio, Texas over the past couple of days, I interviewed Jose Carlos Grubisich president, Braskem, he's examining a technology that will convert ethanol into polyethylene, which is used in a...
Ethanol tech as an instrument of foreign policy
Ethanol technology is going to be used as an instrument of foreign policy, if a plan outlined tantalisingly on EnergyGrid comes to fruition. The US and Brazil could use ethanol as a way to counterbalance the might of Venezuela. Chavez is...
Microbiopower
Scientists in Japan have developed the biofuel equivalent of a blindfolded donkey turning grindstones. By harnessing the power of microbes to turn a micro turbine. Harnessing the microbe, just how big can this get?...
Bio gas? You got it
I saw this on the altEng on blogspot and thought of you... The complete biogas handbook...
CO2 to biofuel with algae
Biofuels from algae, is not new, its an idea which is old enough to have been discontinued and restarted. That is one of the mark of serious idea. I noticed that New Scientist, this week, is running a story about...
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