The Biorefining Blog

May 10, 2012

Adaptive evolution of yeast

BY Ron KotrbaBioTork and NCERC make progress in developing commercially applicable xylose-fermenting yeast READ MORE

May 03, 2012

Los Angeles water dept. seeks algae information

BY Ron KotrbaGet in early on Los Angeles' interest in developing algae production demonstrations on Owens Lake far north of the city. READ MORE

April 26, 2012

Major players making moves

BY Ron KotrbaNeste Oil and Novozymes make headlines this week READ MORE

April 19, 2012

Celebrity influence in green living

BY Ron KotrbaRight or wrong, celebrities have the power to influence decision-making READ MORE

April 12, 2012

It ain't rocket science ... well, now it is

BY Ron KotrbaPratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and the EERC held a commissioning ceremony for a high-pressure dry solids pump that enables significant scale down of commercial gasification systems. READ MORE

April 05, 2012

Proterro meets milestones for fermentation-ready sugars

BY Ron KotrbaReaching for less than 10 cents a pound READ MORE

March 29, 2012

New biojet legislation in Washington state

BY Ron KotrbaGov. Gregoire signed legislation to complete the biojet supply chain from research to market READ MORE

March 22, 2012

Schaeffer: 'Obama administration ignoring clean diesel'

BY Ron KotrbaThe White House shouldn't underplay clean diesel's efficiency, power and ultra-low emissions. READ MORE

March 15, 2012

Another disappointing week on Capitol Hill

BY Ron KotrbaLegislation that would have extended several key pieces of biofuel tax policy, while adding algae to the list of feedstocks that qualify for the cellulosic biofuel producer credit, was voted down this week. READ MORE

March 08, 2012

Senate to vote on tax extenders

BY Ron KotrbaThe Senate will be voting today or in the next couple of days whether to extend the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credits. READ MORE