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U.S. Biotechnology Firm Plans First Commercial-Scale Cellulosic Biofuel Plant
A U.S. biotechnology company is planning to build the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic biofuels plant in Mississippi, where it will be able to use wood chips and other plant matter as an...
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U.S. Meat Producers Call for Pause in Ethanol Quotas in Wake of Drought
U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy producers are urging the Obama administration to suspend a quota for corn-based ethanol production, warning that the renewable fuels standard could trigger a food crisis...
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Large Cellulosic Biorefinery Will Convert Corn Stalks into Biofuel
Chemical giant DuPont has started construction of a large-scale cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Iowa capable of converting corn stalks and leaves into a biofuel that could be used in place of fossil...
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Court Bounces Danisco Action Premised on Pre-Patent Proclivities
A previous post reported on a declaratory judgment action brought by DuPont-owned biopharmaceutical company Danisco against Novozymes. The two companies are both Danish and appear to be arch rivals. As...
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Study Highlights Midwest Alternative Energy Potential
A new study called Sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the US Midwest shows how marginal lands deemed unsuitable for food crops can be used to grow grassy and non-woody plants as...
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Court Re-Construes GreenShift Ethanol Processing Patents and Defers SJ Motions
Previous posts (e.g., here and here) discussed the series of patent infringement suits brought by GreenShift and its New York subsidiary, GS Cleantech (GS), against a host of ethanol producers across...
View ArticleBiofuels Potential to Transform the Global Economy
Slowly but surely, an extraordinarily important new industry is slowly taking shape, with the potential to transform the global economy. After years of existing largely as an environmentalist’s...
View ArticleFungus May Be the Key to Cheaper, More Efficient Biofuel
Biofuels may soon be produced quickly, efficiently, and at a cost comparable to gasoline thanks to a discovery from researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. The research team has...
View ArticleNew Discovery Could Improve Ethanol Production
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) have made a discovery that could increase the production of ethanol and lower its costs. They say they have pinpointed...
View ArticleTop Ten Cleantech Highlights of Cargill
Cargill is an American private multinational corporation that is involved in a number of businesses, including agricultural commodities, sale and manufacturing of feed and livestock, food ingredient...
View ArticleChina is Interested in Biofuels – Why Not the West?
Biofuels remain the orphan child of western energy interests – like adopting children, everyone agrees that it’s a good idea, but not many want an alien rugrat in the house. Now China, arguably the...
View ArticleCourt Issues Mixed Claim Construction Ruling in Ethanol Processing Patent Case
A previous post reported on the consolidation of a number of patent infringement suits brought by GreenShift and its New York subsidiary, GS Cleantech, against a host of ethanol producers across the...
View ArticleU.S. Biofuel Production Increase – Fact or Wishful Thinking?
A recent study, released on 11 October, “Biofuel and Technologies” released by Pike Research states that the global biofuel market will double within the next decade to $183.3 billion from its current...
View ArticleNovozymes Wins $18 Million Jury Verdict in Biofuels Enzyme Patent Suit
In previous posts I discussed the patent infringement suit brought by Danish biotech Novozymes against its rival Danisco (recently acquired by DuPont). Specifically, Novozymes sued Danisco in May 2010...
View ArticleBiofuels Rulings Shift Geopolitical Landscape
A series of recent policy-related developments within the biofuels industry may have set the stage for what could prove to be a significant shift in biofuel geopolitics over the next decade. To recap:...
View ArticleIllinois Researchers Identify Promising New Biofuel
Biofuel production has ratcheted up to become a major part of America’s energy and agricultural industries. Corn, or maize, is by far the most widely grown crop to be converted into ethanol. However,...
View ArticleWhat is Ethanol Direct Injection Technology?
While the race to find the next alternative fuel dominates much of the green automobile conversation, there are significant efforts being made to improve existing technologies. Ethanol direct injection...
View ArticleDoes Biodiesel Suffer From Ethanol’s Bad Rap?
Biodiesel and ethanol both fall under the category of “biofuels,” which describes any fuel synthesized from plant or animal matter. But that’s pretty much where the similarities end. Biodiesel offers a...
View ArticleGrowing E85 Infrastructure Expands Ethanol’s Possibilities
According to a new report from the US Energy Information Administration, the number of gas stations offering E85 ethanol has more than doubled in the last seven years. Last year, the EIA counted a...
View ArticleDanisco and Novozymes Continue to Spar Over Patents
A previous post discussed the dismissal of Danisco‘s declaratory judgment action against its rival Novozymes. As described by the San Francisco district court decision, the Danish companies are...
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