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WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement in support of the Foreign Fuels Reduction Act, legislation introduced by Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that would require a downward adjustment to the entire RFS when cellulosic volumes are similarly adjusted due to a lack of commercially available fuels: (Logo:...
DENVER, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP. (NASDAQ:BIOF), an ethanol production company, today announced its first quarter 2013 results. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the net loss was $5.3 million on revenues of $89.0 million, compared with a net loss of $11.1 million on revenues of $139.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the net loss attributable to common stockholders was $4.6 million, or $0.87 per share,...
Visalia Plant Milestone Signifies Greater Commercial Viability for Cellulosic Ethanol and Sugars VISALIA, Calif., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Edeniq, a biomaterials and sustainable fuels company, today announced the company's first demonstration plant, located at its Visalia, CA headquarters, has completed a successful "performance test" that exceeded the benchmark of 1,000 hours of continuous operation. The Corn-to-Cellulosic Migration plant utilizes Edeniq's proprietary...
WILMINGTON, Del., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Butamax(TM) Advanced Biofuels, LLC, the leading biobutanol technology company, announced today that the United States District Court for Delaware has issued an order dismissing the action that Gevo asserted against Butamax in relation to United States Patent No. 8,101,808 (the '808 patent). Gevo has indicated that the '808 patent claims cover Gevo's GIFT technology for the removal of isobutanol, the technology used at Gevo's Luverne plant...
NREL research finds synergy in two approaches to breaking down cell walls of biomass Enzymes could break down cell walls faster – leading to less expensive biofuels for transportation – if two enzyme systems are brought together in an industrial setting, new research by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory suggests. A paper on the breakthrough, “Fungal Cellulases and Complexed Cellulosomal Enzymes Exhibit Synergistic Mechanisms in Cellulose...
VANCOUVER, May 6, 2013 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors, today announced that it has provided a A$500,000 loan to Territory Biofuels Limited ("TBF"), in exchange for receiving 2.5 million stock options from TBF, making LEC the majority shareholder of TBF, on a fully diluted basis with a 51.9% shareholding. LEC has provided an interest free, non-recourse...
To Use CO2 Captured from Coal-to-Liquid Plants to Grow Algae ATCO, N.J., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- US Fuel Corporation, (OTC: USFF), announced today a joint venture with Renewed World Energies, Inc. (RWE), a majority owned subsidiary of Aventura Equities, Inc. (OTC pink: AVNE), to integrate RWE's patent pending Photo bioreactor into US Fuel's coal-to-liquid (CTL) plants planned for Muhlenberg County and Perry County, Kentucky. US Fuel's focus is engineering a proprietary...
MARIETTA, Ga., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTCQB: VGREF) today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company's Annual Report Form 10-K for 2012 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2013. 2012 Financial Highlights Total revenue for 2012 was $3,493,000, compared with total revenue for 2011 of $6,646,000, a decrease of $3,153,000. Framed-artwork revenues were $3,310,000 in 2012 and $6,631,000...
VANCOUVER, April 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors, today announced that, further to its press release dated March 11, 2013, the convertible notes ("Notes") held by the Company and issued by Territory Biofuels Limited ("TBF") have been converted into a 40% fully diluted equity stake in TBF. LEC is now the largest shareholder in TBF, which owns a 150...
Stepping into unexplored territory in efforts to use corn stalks, grass and other non-food plants to make biofuels, scientists today described the discovery of a potential treasure-trove of candidate enzymes in fungi thriving in the feces and intestinal tracts of horses. They reported on these enzymes — the key to economical production of biofuels from non-food plant material — at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). More than 14,000...
