Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose in aqueous ionic liquids
Total enzymatic hydrolysis of the polysaccharides in lignocellulosic biomass to monosaccharides is currently a focus research area. The monosaccharides obtained from lignocellulose hydrolysis can be...
View ArticleEnerkem’s biofuel plant in Pontotoc still on drawing board
Five years have passed, and a planned $100 million ethanol plant is no closer to being built. Little has changed from a year ago, when company officials said they were committed to the project and...
View ArticleIowa ethanol plant to launch new efficiency-boosting process in May
Quad County Corn breaks new ground in ethanol production The plant built by Quad County Corn Processors more than a decade ago represented the second farmer-owned ethanol facility operating in Iowa....
View ArticleAs KiOR crashes, it’s another cautionary tale for energy innovation
KiOR is a mess and provides yet another cautionary tale to energy entrepreneurs and investors. On a foggy spring morning in 2010, at a lodge at the base of the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge, a...
View ArticleGroups call for extension of advanced-biofuel tax credits
Bring Biofuel Tax Breaks Back, Renewables Groups Say In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee Monday, seven U.S. renewable energy groups asked for an extension of four tax credits that support the...
View ArticleDuPont’s cellulosic ethanol plant slated to go online by year’s end
Corn stover-to-ethanol plant nears reality One of the first and largest commercial-scale cellulosic biorefineries in the world will begin producing ethanol later this year. The DuPont Cellulosic...
View ArticleEPA sets low 2013 cellulosic ethanol requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday set the 2014 requirements for cellulosic ethanol for use by the nation’s cars and trucks at 810,000 gallons — the amount the industry produced and a...
View ArticleEven Advanced Biofuels May Not Be So Green
Environmentalists have long worried about biofuels like corn ethanol. But a new study shows that even advanced biofuels, which use waste from crops like corn to make fuel, may hurt the climate Back...
View ArticleEPA slashes biofuel goals because of ethanol shortage
Just a few years ago, it looked as though ethanol and its politically potent lobby would reshape the U.S. energy landscape, but now even the federal government has been forced to acknowledge that its...
View ArticleThe Brutal Bust in Next-Generation Biofuels in One Chart
When it comes to setting overly optimistic targets for the production of advanced biofuels, the United States Environmental Protection Agency makes Pollyanna sound like Eeyore. The official 2013...
View ArticleBiofuels Mandate Is Cut Drastically
EPA decision to sharply reduce the amount of cellulosic biofuel in the U.S. fuel supply strangely pleases oil companies and environmental groups U.S. EPA has revised the number of cellulosic biofuel...
View ArticleNebraska study does not condemn cellulosic biofuels, think tank exec says
Commentary: Cellulosic ethanol worse than gas? Not so fast A new academic paper on biofuels was released this week, and some media outlets have reached sweeping conclusions. “Fuels from corn waste...
View ArticleU.S. cellulosic fuel makers say expansion finally at hand
U.S. producers of cellulosic ethanol on Tuesday said the industry is poised for rapid growth in 2014 after years of false starts, and that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed usage...
View Article4 cellulosic ethanol plants move toward production phase
Cellulosic ethanol facilities begin production this year Four commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants will begin producing the biofuel this year, including three expected to start as early as the...
View ArticleBiomass researchers in Ind. get $12M federal grant
Purdue lands $12M for fuel-from-plants research Purdue University has landed a follow-up $12 million federal grant to do research in getting fuel from plants. The funds, to be doled out over four...
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