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VIASPACE CEO Update On Board Meeting, Biomass Conference And Business Activity; VIASPACE Director Purchases Additional 4 Million Shares Of Common Stock.

2012-04-30 02:22:25

MARIETTA, Ga., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF) today provides an update by its CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen regarding the company's recent board meeting, the International Biomass Conference in Denver, and business development activity, along with an update on recent purchases of VSPC common stock by Director Dr. Kevin L. Schewe. The VIASPACE and VIASPACE Green Energy boards of...

Lignol Reports Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter Financial Results

2012-03-30 14:20:58

VANCOUVER, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("Lignol" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, today announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2012 (all figures in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted). Q3 FY12 Highlights: -- Awarded up to $2.2 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada...

Novel Plastics And Textiles From Waste With The Use Of Microbes

2012-03-16 16:53:30

New biotechnological and chemical methods will facilitate efficient production of chemicals, materials and fuels from renewable natural resources. The Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence (CoE) in White Biotechnology – Green Chemistry Research focuses on the research and development of microbial cells, or cell factories, for producing new useful compounds from sugars in plant biomass. These compounds can be used, for example, for manufacturing bioplastics or in medical applications....

DuPont Wins 2012 Sustainable Biofuels Award for Feedstock Innovation

2012-03-15 12:00:00

Award Honors DuPont Industrial Biosciences Work to Advance the Commercialization of Cellulosic Ethanol Des Moines, IA (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 DuPont has won the 2012 Sustainable Biofuels Award in the Sustainable Feedstock Innovation Category for its Stover Harvest Collection Project. This is a comprehensive research and scale-up project for DuPont Industrial Biosciences that significantly advances the cellulosic ethanol industry toward commercialization and advances DuPont’s efforts to...

Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. and BP Biofuels to Conduct Demonstration Field Trial of PowerCane(TM) Miscanthus

2012-03-13 06:00:00

HAYWARD, Calif., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. (MBI) and BP Biofuels have signed a four-year agreement to conduct a demonstration field trial of Mendel's PowerCane(TM) Miscanthus and evaluate its performance as feedstock for biofuel production at BP Biofuels' demonstration plant at Jennings, Louisiana. "This agreement is an important next step in our long-standing partnership with BP Biofuels," said Don Panter, president, Mendel BioEnergy Seeds, a...

Verenium Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2011

2012-03-05 07:00:00

SAN DIEGO, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verenium Corporation (Nasdaq: VRNM), a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. "2011 was an important year for Verenium. The growth in our product and collaborative revenues further validates the strength of our technology platform and our ability to create superior products and...

Global Leaders in Advanced Biofuels Industry Urge Congressional Leaders to Extend Critical Tax Provisions

2012-02-29 10:00:00

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leaders of America's rapidly emerging advanced biofuels industry urged congressional leaders today to extend two tax provisions that are critical to the commercialization of new biofuel production technologies. In a letter addressed to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, more than 30 advanced biofuel company CEOs pressed for a five year extension of the Cellulosic Biofuels...

Giant King Grass Planted for Overseas Customer

2012-02-29 07:30:00

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a clean energy company growing Giant King(TM) Grass as a low-carbon, renewable dedicated energy crop, and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF) reported that the company has shipped Giant King Grass seedlings from the VIASPACE pilot plantation in China to a customer, and has assisted them in establishing a 5 acre propagation nursery for the customer's bioenergy...

Giant King Grass and Pellets Tested By Biomass Energy Lab, a New Joint Venture of Timber Products Inspection Inc. and Petersen Control Union

2012-02-23 07:30:00

IRVINE, Calif. and CONYERS, Ga., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a clean energy company growing Giant King(TM) Grass as a low-carbon, renewable biomass dedicated energy crop, and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF) and Timber Products Inspection Inc. announced that Giant King Grass and pellets made from Giant King Grass were among the first biomass samples tested by Biomass Energy Lab in Conyers, Georgia. The...

VIASPACE Director Purchases Additional 3 Million Shares of Common Stock on the Open Market, VIASPACE CEO Presents at Energy, Utility and Environment Conference

2012-02-21 07:30:00

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VIASPACE Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSPC), a clean energy company growing Giant King(TM) Grass as a low-carbon, renewable biomass dedicated energy crop, and its subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VGREF), today announced that an invited presentation on Giant King Grass was made by CEO Carl Kukkonen at the 15th annual Energy, Utility and Environment Conference held January 30 - February 1, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona...