January 26th, 2012
A new year, a new issue of WBM News and some new updates to share with you on the industry driven, largest, most successful and upcoming World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition, 13-15 March 2012, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture and what the biofuels industry will achieve, in time. Here’s a reminder of that, and why you need to join the rest of the industry value chain at World Biofuels Markets:
“Biofuels will become cheaper than oil”
Vinod Khosla, Cleantech Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur and Investor
“The cultivation of biomass-derived energy sources can be increased in a sustainable manner to produce about 85 billion gallons of biofuels. This is enough to replace about 30 per cent of the US’s current petroleum consumption.”
U.S Billion-Ton Update
So what is new since we last spoke? Here at Green Power, we’ve been busy ensuring that the high quality we deliver you year on year is once again delivered in 2012:
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January 24th, 2012
Codexis, Mascoma show that low-cost sugar is the key, as advanced biofuels moves from R&D into industrial era
There used to be a restaurant in lower Manhattan called Exterminator Chili. Decorated in Elvis garb, it served world-class chili for the enlightened chow hound, in three grades of heat: residential (hot), commercial (blistering), and industrial (melt steel in your mouth).
The proprietors would have understood little about advanced biofuels and nothing about the importance therein of low-cost sugars. But they did understand that the bigger the scale, the hotter you were. And that the highest summit was the reaching of industrial scale.
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January 24th, 2012
The clock is ticking as a long war of opinion is about to end between advanced biofuels’ detractors and supporters.
When these eight projects open for business (or not), you’ll know.
Advanced, next-generation biofuels, chemicals and materials are on the march, say the supporters. Next-generation biofuels are a debacle, according to a chorus of skeptics including the editorial page writers of the Wall Street Journal.
Who’s right? We’ll know a lot in 2012, when eight signature projects from some of the hottest companies in the field are expected to come online.
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January 24th, 2012
In Vero Beach, the INEOS Bio New Planet Energy cellulosic project nears completion.
What’s in it for Vero, as it contemplates life as Florida’s little Arabia?
During the middle of April this year, across the United States, there will be observances of Tax Freedom Day. As many know, Americans will work well over three months of the year before they have earned enough money to pay their tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels – paying more in taxes in 2011 than they will spend on groceries, clothing and shelter combined.
In Vero Beach, Florida, they’ll be celebrating Tax Freedom Day, but also Energy Freedom Day. As of April 15th, the 8 million gallon INEOS Bio cellulosic ethanol plant is expected to be mechanically complete.
Now, eight million gallons may not sound like a lot to macroeconomists on Capitol Hill, but Vero Beach only consumes around 6.8 million gallons of gasoline per year.
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January 24th, 2012
Joule Unlimited raises $70 million in its latest round; heads for commercialization in New Mexico
In Massachusetts, Joule Unlimited announced the closing of a $70 million third round of funding, bringing its total to just over $110 million raised to date. The round included investments from both new and prior undisclosed institutional and private sources that joined Flagship Ventures, Joule’s founding venture capital investor.
It’s another milestone for a company that has personified innovation in the renewable fuels development business, by building out the first post-biomass technology scheduled to reach commercial scale over the next two years.
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January 24th, 2012
Advanced biofuels are surging towards commercialization, but not every geography is experiencing the same heady degree of micro-organism magic. Here’s the where and why of the rise of next gen biofuels.
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January 24th, 2012
Biofuels booming? It’s not just the new transformative processing technologies, it’s the new agriculture.
Here’s what’s going on, by whom, and where, when and why.
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December 22nd, 2011
Well, 2011 has come and gone, and didn’t it fly by? (No aviation biofuels jokes please)
It has been a busy year here at Green Power Conferences, thanks to the industry’s ongoing support of our globally leading conferences and products. Before I give a run down of my 2011 highlights, I’d just like to extend our appreciation to our WBM News readers, our conference sponsors, exhibitors and supporting organizations, our delegates, our media partners and last but not least our suppliers and partners.
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December 22nd, 2011
The secret that “food vs fuel” proponents don’t want you to think about? Not all food is created equal. Dirty food, made using dirty process, makes a dirty world. And then there’s clean food. Here’s some food for thought.
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December 22nd, 2011
Should biofuels have its own reserve accounting system and accompanying balance sheet booster, just as the oil & gas industry has? Ceres CEO Richard Hamilton says “yes”, and explains why, and how.
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