Latest Cellulosic ethanol commercialization Stories
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE.OB - News), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, today announced that the Department of Energy has determined that BlueFire Ethanol has met the requirements of Part One of the application process and that they have been invited to continue onto Part Two for the financing of their...
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced that the company's chief executive officer, Arnold Klann, will join industry leaders including Dr. Kristina M. Johnson Under Secretary for the Department of Energy, Bob Dinneen President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association and...
Grant will boost sustainable forestry, help keep cellulosic ethanol low-cost, low carbon KINROSS TOWNSHIP, Mich., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Frontier Renewable Resources, the Michigan-based company building the state's first cellulosic ethanol plant in the Upper Peninsula, has provided a $2-million grant designed to strengthen the sustainable wood fiber supply, develop greater efficiencies in the harvest and transportation equipment and processes, and further reduce costs for the...
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has received a $3.8 million reimbursement from the Department of Energy to be used for pre-construction activities for its second planned biorefinery, which will be located in Fulton, Mississippi. (Logo:...
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SPEC Process Engineering & Construction helped Qteros, a rising star in the cellulosic ethanol industry, reach an important milestone last week. After less than a year working with SPEC to develop their new process, Qteros broke ground on their pilot plant. SPEC started working with Qteros a year ago when they were still located at a UMass Amherst lab. Qteros had developed a 1 L bench scale model of their fermentation process and needed to...
CHICAGO, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ - Vincent Chornet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Enerkem, a leading waste-to-biofuels and green chemicals technology company, speaks today at the Platts 4th Annual Cellulosic Ethanol and 2nd Generation Biofuels Conference. The US government has mandated the production of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2022, with 21 billion of these gallons required to qualify as advanced and cellulosic biofuels. These second generation biofuels are made...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Value Prior to Pulping (VPP), an organization created by the Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance, a special project of the American Forest and Paper Association, and CleanTech Partners, Inc., to test the effectiveness of Verenium's C5...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced today that Janet Roemer, Executive Vice President, Specialty Enzymes Business, will present at the upcoming BIOCOM Investor Conference. The presentation is expected to begin at 10:30 a.m. PT on Monday, October 26, and will take place at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla Hotel in San Diego,...
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has announced the strategic relocation of its second planned biorefinery to Fulton, Mississippi. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090511/BLUEFIRELOGO ) After having been awarded a $40 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of...
Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr. Yuri Lvov, Dr. Dale Snow, and Dr. Hisham Hegab to capitalize on the environmental and financial benefits of "biofuels" by using nanotechnology to further improve the cellulosic ethanol processes.Biofuels will play an important part in sustainable fuel and energy production solutions for the future. The country's appetite for fuel, however, cannot be satisfied...
