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BP prepares output of new biofuels - algae diesel and butanol - starting in 2010

BP could become the first major energy company to start commercial scale production of cellulosic ethanol in 2010 if all goes according to plan. BP has been partnering with Verenium Corporation to commercialize the latter company's process for breaking down cellulose into sugars. Verenium has been running a demonstration plant in Louisiana that can produce 1.4 million gallons of ethanol annually. The Verenium process relies on enzymes to break down the cellulose, allowing it to be converted to alcohol, and the company claims almost complete ... Read more →

GM looked at hybrid for new GT2 Corvette - passed for now, could happen down the road Sam Abuelsamid

During yesterday's conference call to announce the new GT2 version of the Chevrolet Corvette C6.R, we asked program manager Doug Fehan about using a hybrid or KERS powertrain in the Corvette. The ...

GM: Mascoma ethanol process works as promised in laboratory testing Jeremy Korzeniewski

Back in February, Mascoma opened its first pilot plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol. According to General Motors, which invested in Mascoma and its unique method for producing the alcohol, ...

Shell and Codexis expanding cellulosic ethanol development Sam Abuelsamid

Codexis and Shell are expanding their collaboration on developing non-food based biofuels. Codexis develops what the company calls biocatalysts, the enzymes used to break down cellulose into simple ...

Mascoma pilot plant starts generating cellulosic ethanol Sam Abuelsamid

Mascoma Corporation's first pilot plant in Rome, New York has now begun to produce cellulosic ethanol. Mascoma is one of two cellulosic ethanol companies that got equity investments from General ...

GM racing manager proud to be building a greener Corvette 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Last year, at the same press conference where American Le Mans Series CEO Scott Atherton announced the Green Challenge, Chevrolet general manager Ed Peper announced that the C6R Corvettes would be running on cellulosic ethanol in the GT1 class. After a year of tearing up the tracks powered by ...

Cellulosic ethanol could get a boost from a sea grub 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

As we know, breaking down long-chain cellulose molecules into individual sugar molecules is problematic on an industrial scale. In nature, of course, this happens all the time thanks to little critters like the Limnoria Quadripunctata, or four spotted gribble. The gribble or sea grub, like numerous ...

Verenium to build its first commercial scale cellulosic ethanol plant 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Verenium Corporation has been awarded a $7 million grant from the state of Florida and it will use the money to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. The money comes through the state's Farm to Fuel initiative, something sure to enrage ethanol opponents. The plant, to be ...

Georgia company quits cellulosic ethanol in favor of garbage methane 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The company formerly known as Xethanol Corp, is now known as Global Energy Holdings Group. As a renamed and reorganized company, it has dropped its focus on cellulosic ethanol in the face of falling ethanol prices. Instead, the company will take a more wide-ranging approach that includes tapping ...

DOE will invest $26 million in Mascoma's cellulosic ethanol plant in Michigan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During a conference call this afternoon, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm announced that the U.S. DOE will invest $26 million dollars in the state's first cellulosic ethanol production plant, being built by Mascoma in the Upper Peninsula. Granholm, speaking with a sore voice thanks to a cold, ...

Wal-Mart gives $369,000 for ethanol research in Arkansas 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last month, the Wal-Mart Foundation gave $369,000 to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute for cellulosic ethanol research, specifically biomass-to-ethanol work. For comparison, Wal-Mart earned $351,139,000,000 last year. While most of the research done at ABI focuses on tobacco-related issues (the ...

Iogen ships first 26,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol to Shell 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Canadian cellulosic ethanol producer Iogen has shipped the first 26,000 gallons of an order for Royal Dutch Shell. Iogen recently announced a deal with Shell that would see them cooperate on commercializing cellulosic ethanol production. Iogen has a demonstration plant near the Canadian capitol and ...

GM Energy Systems director to join Mascoma advisory board 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Massachusetts-based Mascoma Corp. has added Dr. Andreas Lippert to its scientific advisory board. Mascoma, along with Coskata, is one of the two companies working on cellulosic ethanol technology that GM invested in earlier this year. Dr. Lippert is the Director of Global Energy Systems for GM and ...

DOE offers $4.4 million for university biofuel projects 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's not all li-ion battery tech that the federal government is givng support to these days; biofuels are getting some tax dollars as well. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that six biofuel projects at universities around the U.S. will be getting up to $4.4 million in funding. ...

Dartmouth researchers create new ethanol-producing bacteria 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mascoma Corp is one of the two cellulosic ethanol companies that General Motors invested in earlier this year. Dr. Lee Lynd is one of Mascoma's co-founders and he and his collaborators at Dartmouth College have published a paper that gives some more insight into Mascoma's process. They have created ...

Ceres, Range Fuel testing switchgrass and sorghum to make ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Using switchgrass and sorghum, the bio-energy company Ceres will on day make cellulosic ethanol at a plant that is currently being built near Soperton, Georgia. Ceres will work with Range Fuels to make the biofuel over the next few years (this is a test after all, not a commercial endeavor just ...

Reducing GHG emissions by producing bioplastics alongside ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Aside from metals such as iron, steel and aluminum, perhaps the most common material in cars is plastic. Most of the plastic made today is derived from petroleum. Besides the raw materials used, a lot pf greenhouse gases are produced in the processing of plastics. Bio-materials have been a major ...

There's more than algae for non-food biofuels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As our readers know, the biofuels field of investigation is huge and there are quite a number of upcoming technologies that can make the renewable fuel without competing with feedstocks. The most notable of these technologies use waste streams and often also require less water to make biofuel. ...

Purdue study says corn stover better cellulosic ethanol candidate than switchgrass 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A recent paper by Wally Tyner published by Purdue University shows that, at least for Corn Belt states (like Indiana), corn stover could be a better cellulosic ethanol source than switchgrass. The paper considers the cost and prospective profits of whether a farmer could decide to plant and sell ...

Mascoma cellulosic ethanol plant to be built in northern Michigan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Nearly two months after the announcement by General Motors of its equity investment in Mascoma, the Massachusetts company has announced the location of its first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant. Mascoma CEO Bruce Jamerson and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm announced a plant would be built ...

Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol ready for Edmonton waste-to-ethanol plant 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Making fuel from waste is just brilliant. Up in Edmonton, Canada, a company called Enerkem is ready to set up the world's first industrial scale municipal waste-to-ethanol facility. Hopefullly, the implementation will be as brilliant as the idea. Enerkem and its partner GreenField Ethanol and the ...

Over a dozen cellulosic ethanol plants going up in the U.S. 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Eric Charlton. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Everyone who follows the biofuel industry knows that the future of ethanol lies in cellulose. While corn is today's big feedstock, the potential to make ethanol cheaper and with less of an impact on food prices and the environment ...

Verenium ready for cellulosic ethanol plant in Louisiana 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A demonstration plant in Louisiana is the latest entry in the cellulosic ethanol race. Verenium announced yesterday that the company is starting up a 1.4 million gallon-per-year plant in Jennings, La with the intended non-food feedstocks being stems and leaves. Verenium will use "specialty enzymes ...

Dupont and Genencor announce new cellulosic ethanol plant 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Genencor, a subsidiary of Danisco A/S, and DuPont have announced a joint venture that promises cheaper cellulosic ethanol. Both companies will be investing $140 million in a plant that will use sugarcane bagasses and corn stover, although other sources such as straw will be used in the near future. ...

South Dakota lawmaker wants cellulosic ethanol to count towards RFS 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When is cellulosic ethanol not cellulosic ethanol? When it's grown on public land. Let us explain. Apparently, when cellulosic ethanol is made from biomass grown on public lands (or on private lands but is not intentionally grown and managed as ethanol feedstock), U.S. law does not count that ...

Mascoma scores another $10m, this time from Marathon Oil 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Last week, Mascoma and GM announced that the automaker would invest an undisclosed amount in the cellulosic ethanol process being developed by Mascoma Corporation. Perhaps its a sign of the times that Marathon Oil Corporation has also ponied up a $10 million equity investment in research and ...

More on the GM-Mascoma cellulosic ethanol partnership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Following this morning's announcement that GM was taking an equity stake in cellulosic ethanol developer Mascoma, the two companies held a conference call. Like the earlier Coskata investment, GM researchers will be working with scientists at Mascoma to refine the process that they have developed ...

GM to invest in Mascoma cellulosic ethanol project 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors today announced their second equity investment in a developer of cellulosic ethanol technology in recent months. The automaker is buying into Mascoma Corp. Mascoma has developed a single-step cellulose to ethanol process that apparently requires fewer enzymes and other additives. ...

GM plans to partner up with another cellulosic ethanol maker 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

You probably remember that back in January of this year, General Motors announced that it was partnering up with Coskata to make cheap cellulosic ethanol using a process developed by Coskata which includes the use of microorganisms developed by Oklahoma State University and Oklahoma University. ...

DOE readies $86m in grants for three cellulosic ethanol plants 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Energy picked three cellulosic ethanol projects as recipients of up to $86m in federal funding for fiscal years 2008-2011. These "small-scale biorefinery projects" are located in Maine, Tennessee and Kentucky and are intended to bring "cost-competitive" ...

Most promising green technologies number three: cellulosic biofuel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel are already available, so why would they show up on our list of future technologies? A one-word answer: cellulose. Currently, mass-produced ethanol is created by the fermentation of sugar and in the U.S. granulated corn is distilled to make alcohol and combined ...

Here's how Coskata will make cellulosic ethanol for $1/gallon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The magical cost of $1 per gallon of cellulosic ethanol is certainly a hot calling card these days, and one of the most well-known purveyors of this story is Coskata. Coskata splashed onto the scene in January with the big GM announcement, and has stayed in the news by announcing a partnership with ...

Range Fuels get $130m investment for cellulosic ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The flow of cash into cellulosic ethanol is accelerating with Range Fuels being the latest start-up to get an infusion. The Broomfield, Colo. company has received a $130 million round of venture funding. Most of the money will be used for construction of a waste wood to ethanol production facility ...

Coskata not the only company claiming $1/gallon cellulosic ethanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Should Coskata be worried? GM's first cellulosic ethanol partner made some waves in January with it's announcement that it can make the biofuel from all sorts of waste products for less than $1 a gallon. While we're still waiting for the fruits of that process, other cellulosic ethanol companies ...

New York 2008: Saleen unveils E85 fueled S5S Raptor supercar concept 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Saleen S5S Raptor A quarter century after Steve Saleen started building heavily modified high performance Ford Mustangs, the company that still bears his name, if not his direct involvement, unveiled a new concept car at the New York Auto Show. The S5S Raptor is the second ground-up ...

New bacterial process could yield 75 billion gallons of ethanol annually 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Those of you out there obsessed with using anti-bacterial soaps and lotions every ten minutes might want to think twice about killing off every microbe you find. There are plenty of beneficial microbes out there including all the ones in your gut without which you wouldn't be able to process the ...

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