Mascoma Expanding Its Leadership Team as Company Accelerates Towards Commercialization

Mascoma Corporation announced several management reconfigurations, as the company moves into its commercial development phase. Mascoma has developed proprietary technology, called Consolidated Bioprocessing (CBP), which enables the production of sustainable, low carbon cellulosic ethanol. This technology has been proven in Mascoma’s Rome, New York... 

Obama Administration Pushes Accelerator for Renewable Fuels

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the new President of the United States yesterday has combined with Canadian efforts to spark a North American explosion in the growth of renewable fuels, says Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). “When President-elect Obama took the oath of office, a new North American... 

Verenium Announces First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Project

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced plans to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Highlands County, Florida. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with Lykes Bros. Inc., a multi-generation Florida agri-business... 

Verenium Regains Compliance With Nasdaq Continued Listing Requirement

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced that it has regained compliance with the continued listing requirements of The NASDAQ Global Market. NASDAQ previously notified Verenium that it had fallen out of compliance with NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 4450(b)(1)(A),... 

Verenium Corporation to Speak at the Credit Suisse Alternative Energy Conference

Verenium Corporation, a pioneer in the development of next-generation cellulosic ethanol and high-performance specialty enzymes, announced today that Carlos A. Riva, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak at the upcoming Credit Suisse Alternative Energy Conference as part of a panel discussion on biofuels and the future of transportation.... 

BlueFire Ethanol to Present at Renewable Energy Finance Forum-West October 27-28

BlueFire Ethanol Fuels, Inc., a company changing the world’s transportation fuel paradigm through the production of ethanol from non-food cellulosic wastes, has been invited to present at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum-West (REFF-West) being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seattle on October 27-28, 2008. BlueFire Ethanol CFO, Christopher Scott,... 

CleanTech Biofuels Places First Equipment Orders

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. announces that it has placed its initial orders for equipment to be used at its first commercial site located in Chicago, Illinois. CleanTech expects to begin producing biomass from municipal solid waste for the production of renewable energy in the near-term. Initially, the biomass produced in Chicago will be co-fired with... 

Moving Up in a Down Economy With Gulf Ethanol

With markets coursing the wildest roller coaster in modern history, investors worry about making the wrong choice and often freeze out of fear. With financial stocks wiped out and oil prices dropping, where does the smart money go? Over one-half of all millionaires are invested in alternative energy — over $148 Billion in 2007. What makes the... 

Raven Biofuels Forges Strategic Alliance With Biomass Feedstock Experts at Price BIOstock

Raven Biofuels International Corporation announce a strategic alliance with Price BIOstock Services, a division of Arkansas-headquartered The Price Companies, Inc. (www.thepricecompanies.com), with the stated intent towards the development of definitive agreements on a project by project basis. With over 40 years of operating history and $450,000,000... 

Gulf Ethanol Announces Third – Generation Technology

Gulf Ethanol Corporation announced the implementation of its third-generation feedstock pre-processing unit. “With each development of the technology, we become more efficient in our processing,” noted Bill Carmichael, Gulf’s President. Gulf is now expanding its testing protocols beyond sorghum and corn to sawdust, switchgrass and...