A new report has been released “Global Markets and Technologies for Biofuel Enzymes,” that includes an overview of the global market for biofuels enzymes, including amylases, lipases, cellulases, and proteases; and fuels, which include biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol, and biogas. The report also includes an analysis of global market trends, identification of markets by industrial end users, such as the aviation …
Brazil Boasts Successful Biofuels Flight
Amyris, Inc. provided a renewable jet fuel blend derived from Brazilian sugarcane to Azul Brazilian Airlines who boasted a successful test flight. The Embraer E195 jet took flight from Campinas Viracopos Airport, flew over Rio De Janeiro, where the U.N. Conference for Sustainable Development (RIO +20), and landed at Rio’s Santos Dumont Airport. Known as Azul+Verde (“a greener blue” in …
Biofuels Take to the Skies in Brazil
Renewable jet fuel will be taking flight during the upcoming Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil on June 19, 2012. Azul Airlines, powered with renewable fuel produced from sugarcane by Amyris, has scheduled a demonstration flight on an Azul E195 aircraft powered by GE’s CF34-10E engines. The flight is being coined “Azul+Verde,” which means “a greener blue”. Amyris’s renewable …
Sweet Sorghum Produces Renewable Diesel
Ceres’ sweet sorghum hybrids have been successfully processed into renewable diesel by Amyris. The pilot-scale project was part of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Amyris presented a summary of results during the 34th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project evaluated both sugars and biomass from sweet sorghum …
Volkswagen Partners to Promote Renewable Fuels
In a collaborative partnership to promote the use of renewable diesel in its current and next-generation clean diesel passenger vehicles, Volkswagen of America Inc. is partnering with Amyris Inc. and Solazyme Inc., two of the world’s leaders in renewable fuels, to evaluate emissions reductions and demonstrate the performance of Volkswagen’s TDI Clean Diesel technology. Under the agreements, Volkswagen will provide …
Registration Open for Advanced Biofuels Conference
The 2012 Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference, presented by Biofuels Digest, is scheduled for April 2-5 at the Capitol Hilton in Washington D.C. The main event will feature dozens of top officials from advanced biofuels companies, including industry leaders such as Amyris, Ceres, GEVO, Mascoma, Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, ZeaChem and many more. The conference also features two special full-day concurrent sessions …
Private Investments for Alt Energy At Four-Year Low
According to new research from Lux Research, investments in the alternative fuels sector have reached a four-year low of $930 million for alternative fuel start-ups in 2010. However, 2010 was also a record-breaking year for investments to companies with flexible technologies that can use a variety of feedstocks to produce a variety of products at $698 million. Lux says that …
Buses in São Paulo to Use Sugarcane Diesel
Sugarcane is not just for ethanol. Amryis Brasil S.A., the Brazilian arm of Amyris, has announced that it will be supplying 160 city buses in São Paulo with its Diesel de Cana, or renewable diesel produced from sugarcane. Beginning this August and expiring at the end of 2012, buses operated by the Viação Santa Brígida will run on a blend …
Biofuel IPOs On The Rise
The biofuels industry is making a come-back with several successful IPOs (initial public offering) over the past few months. Today, KiOR announced its initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock at $15 per share. The company raised nearly $138 million of proceeds from the IPO which occurred on June 24. Other successful IPO’s include the much-awaited …
UNICA Appoints Two in DC
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) today announced the appointment of David Thomas as Chief Lobbyist and Leticia Phillips as Representative for North America, both based at UNICA’s Washington, D.C. office. They replace Joel Velasco, who left UNICA in January to become Senior Vice-President for External Relations at California Biotech Company Amyris. A seasoned strategist with almost two decades of …