Biofuel News Roundup

I have not been posting most of the recent biofuel news out there as the green blog has been focusing more on renewable chemicals lately. This results in so many news that piled up that the blog will just list them in no particular order.

• Abengoa inaugurates its first waste-to-biofuels demo plant

• Cellectis’ engineered photosynthetic algae for biofuel

• Strong Opportunity for Midwest Aviation Biofuels Industry

• Researchers Engineer Bacteria to Produce Gasoline-Like Biofuel

• Gevo and VP Racing Fuels Collaborate on Specialty Fuel Blends

• Cool Planet’s $29.9m funding toward First Production Fuel Facility

• NREL Teams with Navy, Private Industry to Make Jet Fuel from Switchgrass

• Bio Plant Technologies, GHP Biodiesel USA invest in new biodiesel plant

• United Airlines, AltAir Fuels to commercialize cost-competitive biofuels

• Fulcrum Bioenergy demonstrates waste-to-jet fuel process 

• Volvo Trucks to use biofuel for heavy trucks in North America

• GreenShift Sues Pacific Ethanol for Patent Infringement:

• Lallemand Biofuels, Distilled Spirits, Mascoma in next generation yeast

• Dutch Technology Turning Waste into Green Gas Goes Global 

• VG Energy partners with DAK Renewable Research

• Oxford Catalysts Group to provide FT tech to biomass-to-liquid plant in the USA

• Rothes Biomass Energy Plant Handed Over for Commercial Operation

• Dominion Virginia Power Completes Biomass Conversion At Altavista Power Station

• Finland’s VTT develops new gasification method to turn forest residues into high-quality biofuel for less than Euro 1 per litre

• Haldor Topsøe and project partners reach key milestone on biomass-based gasoline

• MIT devised process to make biofuel production more cost-effective 

• Purified Renewable Energy’s corn ethanol plant in up for auction

Biodiesel news galore!

• Renewable Energy Group Completes $21m biodiesel plant upgrade at Minnesota