The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened a comment period for the registration of the use of Isobutanol in gasoline. Why is this important? Because since the states banning of the use of MTBE and…
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Organic Acids: Key Facilitators of the Bio-economy
Organic Acids: Key Facilitators of the Bio-economy? Recent declines in oil prices and the failure of start-up biofuel processes to meet production cost targets have increased the interest in producing value added chemicals from biomass…
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Algae Biofuels
Algae fuel, algal biofuel, or algal oil is an alternative to liquid fossil fuel, that is derived from the fast-growing algae plants. Compared to higher plants, algae can grow faster such that some species can…
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Early-stage, Breakthrough Technologies: Biofuels, 10 of the Best
The concept of early stage, breakthrough biofuels technologies is a bit of an oxymoron. At an early stage how does one determine if it something is a “breakthrough” biofuels technology? This article, first published in…
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Bio-Jet Fuel
Energy experts are always looking for innovative ways to create bio-jet fuels from a variety of sustainable materials – from sugar cane and potatoes to oil-rich feedstocks. These green energy solutions are receiving increasing attention,…
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Expert Witness – Biofuels
Introduction Biofuels are part of the renewable energy mix – alternatives to fossil fuels with lower greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels include ethanol, biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol, sustainable aviation fuels, marine biofuels, biomass power, renewable natural gas…
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Isobutanol: A New Product from Revamped Ethanol Plants
Isobutanol: A New Product from Revamped Ethanol Plants? (The following article was written in 2016. Since the publication date BP and DuPont joint venture, Butamax, has started to produce Isobutanol from the Nesika Energy, LLC…
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Biotechnology Evaluation Experts
What do biotechnology experts or consultants do? Biotechnology is the use of some biological processes for industrial or other purposes, like the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc. There are…
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Nutraceutical Expert
What does a nutraceutical expert or consultant do? The term “nutraceutical” is used to describe these medicinally or nutritionally functional foods. Nutraceuticals, also called medical foods, phytochemicals, functional foods, and nutritional supplements, include such everyday…
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What to do About Algae?
(Note: This is was written in 2016 and may contain information that is now out of date). In thinking about algae, I am reminded of my visit some years ago to a platinum mine in…
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