Category Archives: Biofuels & Climate Change

| 06/29/2010

Woolsey, Khosla get it

At the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing plenary breakfast this morning, “Investing in Energy Security and Industrial Biotechnology – A Venture Capitalist’s Perspective” Jim Woolsey, Venture Partner at Vantage Point and Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures highlighted impressive prospects for industrial biotechnologies such as biofuels, products and renewable specialty chemicals. Mr. Woolsey said it best, renewable electricity technologies such as nuclear and wind, do nothing to reduce our dependence on oil. And it sounds like it Read More >

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| 06/28/2010

Algae-Based Biofuels

Last week the Triplepundit wrote a post called, Breaking the Cost Barrier on Algae-based Biofuels.  The piece noted that the technology was promising and then provided a summary of where things are today And just where are things?  Today biofuel companies are currently seeking to scale the commercial production of algae and are pursuing several engineering approaches to the design of an economical system for growing algae. The industry is also investigating use of closed Read More >

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| 05/14/2010

Raining on Cellulosic Ethanol’s Parade

Writer Alyssa Danigelis posted an item of interest on Discovery News last month detailing the latest supposed “blow” to the biofuel industry. The writer highlights a new study in Agronomy Journal in which Kansas State University Assistant Professor Humberto Blanco-Canqui concludes, “Only a small fraction (about 25%) of residue might be available for removal, depending on soil type and climate. This small amount of crop residues is not economically feasible nor logistically possible.” Matt Merritt Read More >

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| 04/29/2010

Biofuels Done Right?

Images from the “slow-motion catastrophe” that began last week 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana brought to mind a bit of sarcasm I offered to a colleague almost exactly a year ago. The NRDC was running the below ad on Capitol Hill, saying, “Biofuels. If we’re going to use them, let’s do it right,” with a picture of the deforestation that many assumed would occur from use of biofuels. My facetious idea was to Read More >

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| 04/13/2010

Ways and Means Should Include Job Creation of Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts in Green Jobs Leg

On Wednesday, April 14 the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on Energy Tax Incentives Driving the Green Job Economy. The focus of the hearing is to examine the effectiveness of current energy tax policy and identify additional steps that the Committee can take to ensure continued job growth in this area while at the same time advancing national energy policy focus on a discussion of current and proposed energy tax incentives. Read More >

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