Posted on February 9, 2010 by sugarcaneblog
Brazilian ethanol mills are reaching out to chemical companies to develop plastics and other products in a bid to diversify. The mills harvest sugar cane and crush it into sugar or ethanol, but the operators are now looking to earn new revenue by sourcing ethanol as a raw material for plastics and products ranging from solvents to cosmetics.
Filed under: Biofuels, Biotech, Clean Tech, Ethanol, Plastics, Sugarcane | Tagged: Biofuels, Bioplastics, Braskem, Brazil Energy, Ethanol, GreenPE, PET, Plastics, Renewable Fuel Standard, RFS, Sugarcane | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 2, 2010 by sugarcaneblog
The University of Queensland, Australia (UQ) and California-based Amyris are partnering to explore potential business opportunities for the conversion of sugarcane into renewable jet fuel. The agreement, which was signed at the San Francisco offices of Amyris on 20 January, will allow researchers from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN), led by Professor Lars Nielsen, to work in a collaborative fashion with Amyris scientists to develop yeast cells capable of converting sugar (sucrose) into long chain alkanes of use in sustainable jet fuels.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Biotech, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, GHG, Investors, Sugarcane | Tagged: amyris, Biofuels, Climate Change, Jet Fuel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2010 by sugarcaneblog
Researchers have engineered a common type of bacteria to produce biodiesel and other goodies from plain old plants. The microbial trickery, detailed today in the journal Nature, promises to add “nature’s petroleum” to America’s energy supply within the next few years. “We’ve got a billion tons of biomass every year that goes unused,” said Jay Keasling, a co-author of research study and chief executive officer for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute, or JBEI. “We’d like to turn that into fuel.”
Filed under: Biofuels, Biotech, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Food vs. Fuel | Tagged: Biofuels, e.coli, Keasling | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 8, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
In Brazil, Amyris just announced that it has entered into letter of intent agreements with three sugar and ethanol producers, Bunge, Cosan and Açúcar Guarani, with the purpose of partnering for the production of high value renewable specialty chemicals and fuels. According to the press release, the move builds Amyris access to over 12 Million Tons sugarcane crushing capacity. This is Amyris’s second announcement of a deal in Brazil in the last week. See Amyris to Buy Stake in Brazil Sugarcane Mill.
Filed under: Biofuels, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, Investors, Sugarcane, Tariff, sugar | Tagged: amyris, Bunge, Cosan, Guarani, sugar | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 8, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
According to the Wall Street Journal today, “a handful of venture-capital-backed advanced biofuel companies cheered the receipt of nearly $600 million in federal funding last week, but they still need more money to bring their technology up to commercial scale. Venture capitalists that have taken the greatest risk by funding these companies to this stage of development are looking to private equity, hedge funds, investment bankers and strategic partners to step up and help fill the funding gap.”
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Biotech, Cellulosic, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, RFS | Tagged: Biofuels, Clean Tech, Venture Capital | Leave a Comment »
Posted on December 4, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture announced the government is handing out $600 million in grants for next-generation biofuels projects, including some that will ultimately use cane as a feedstock.
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Posted on December 3, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
Sao Martinho, one of Brazil’s main sugar and ethanol companies, will sell a 40 percent stake in its Boa Vista mill for $82 million to U.S-based Amyris. The two companies have also established a joint venture that will add a new $50 million industrial unit to Boa Vista where Amyris will operate using its technology in the area of specialty chemicals starting from the 2011/12 harvest.
Filed under: Biofuels, Biotech, Cellulosic, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, ILUC, RFS, Sugarcane, Tariff, sugar | Tagged: Ethanol, Brazil Energy, UNICA, Sugarcane, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Flex Fuel, EPA, Climate Change, Brazil, biodiesel, amyris, Renewable Fuel Standard, Clean Tech, Sao Martinho, Boa Vista, SMTO3 | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
General Electric, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer and airline Azul (owned by Jet Blue’s founder), and biotech start up Amyris Biotechnologies are assessing the use of sugarcane-based renewable fuel in their jets,
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Biotech, Clean Tech, Enviroment, Ethanol, GHG, Investors, Sugarcane | Tagged: Sugarcane, Biofuels, amyris, Jet Fuel, Aviation, GE, Embraer, Azul, JetBlue, AvGas | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 12, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
Several low-emission technologies have the potential to transform the transportation sector within five years if policymakers and regulators can help clear hurdles to commercial markets, according to a new report. Synthetic biology: sugar cane-to-diesel is close to commercial viability. Synthetic biology applied to the sugar-to-diesel pathway changes this situation. Two companies, Amyris and LS9, are planning to break ground on commercial plants in 2011, with production starting by 2013.
Filed under: Biofuels, Cellulosic, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, GHG, RFS, Sugarcane | Tagged: LCFS, RFS, Biofuels, Low Carbon, Clean Tech, accenture, Cane-to-Diesel, BioCrude | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 22, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla will be announcing a pair of new funds to invest in clean energy technologies, according to a story in Forbes. The funds will total about $1 billion but will be split into a bigger and smaller size.
Filed under: Biofuels, Biotech, Cellulosic, Enviroment, Ethanol, Investors, Sugarcane, sugar | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 2, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
With growing concerns over climate change and the need to reduce the world’s dependency on fossil fuels, biotechnology companies have been focused on the development of a new alternative energy source: renewable hydrocarbons, be it gasoline, diesel or jet fuel.
Filed under: Biofuels, Biotech, Cellulosic, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, Sugarcane | Tagged: ABFA, advanced biofuels, amyris, Biofuels, Ethanol, LS9, Solazyme, Sugarcane, UNICA, Virent | 3 Comments »
Posted on June 25, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
Amyris, a California-based biotechnology company, opened its Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Brazil. The facility, located in the midst of the sugarcane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris’s renewable products, including diesel, jet fuel and other chemicals.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Biotech, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, Sugarcane | Tagged: amyris, Biofuels, Brazil, Campinas, Ethanol, Renewable Fuels, Sugarcane | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 1, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
Brazil’s sugarcane industry brought together an all-star lineup in its Ethanol Summit in São Paulo. Today, during the first day of the Summit, President Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker.
Filed under: Biofuels, Cellulosic, Climate Change, Enviroment, Ethanol, Sugarcane | Tagged: Bill Clinton, Biofuels, Brazil, Ethanol Summit, Sugarcane | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 27, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
According to Reuters, California-based Amyris, maker of sugar-based advanced biofuels, has bought out its partner in Brazil, Crystalsev, which has been undergoing a major financial reorganization. Amyris says that it is planning to buy a sugarcane mill in Brazil and build new partnerships for its proprietary product, a renewable diesel made from cane juice.
Filed under: Biofuels, Enviroment, Investors, Sugarcane | Tagged: amyris, Biofuels, Biotech, Brazil, environment, Ethanol, Sugarcane | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 20, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
Amyris, a rapidly growing biotech company that coaxes genetically enhanced microbes to produce fuel and medicine, is coming out with a sugarcane-based diesel and other fuels by 2010.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Investors, Sugarcane | Tagged: amyris, biodiesel, biofuel, Brazil, diesel, Sugarcane | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 25, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
LS9 is looking to Brazilian sugarcane’s industry because of the wide availability and low prices for so-called energy cane.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Enviroment, Investors, Sugarcane | Tagged: advanced biofuels, Biofuels, Brazil, environment, LS9, Sugarcane | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 13, 2009 by sugarcaneblog
State leaders and privately held Amyris Biotechnologies envisage a $500 million-$600 million venture that would not only grow sugar cane but also refine it to fill up military jets. Officials hope the first gallon could be sold by 2012 or 2013.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Ethanol, Sugarcane | Tagged: Alabama, amyris, biofuel, Ethanol, Jet Fuel, Sugarcane | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2008 by sugarcaneblog
Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., which has secured venture capital from Vinod Khosla and other Silicon Valley heavyweights, began producing renewable diesel this week from its first pilot plant.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Sugarcane | Tagged: Amyriz, Biofuels, Sugarcane | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2008 by sugarcaneblog
Backed by $120 million in venture capital, Amyris has re-engineered yeast, tinkering with the genes so that the organism can turn sugars into something close to diesel. The same process should also be able to produce a renewable form of jet fuel.
Filed under: Advanced, Biofuels, Biotech, Enviroment, Sugarcane | Tagged: advanced biofuels, amyris, Bioufels, Sugarcane | Leave a Comment »
