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Glucose biofuel cell could revolutionize medical technology
It turns out glucose, the naturally-occurring sugar compound that provides energy to living things (including us humans), can be harnessed to power electronic devices, according to new research out of...
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Another biofuel IPO: Gevo files for $150M sale
Only a couple of days after algae-to-fuel company PetroAlgae filed for a $200 million IPO, Gevo — a startup boasting catalysts that can convert waste and cellulosic feedstocks into fuels — has also...
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Range Fuels opens plant to commercialize methanol
Range Fuels, one of the more successful biofuel startups backed by Khosla Ventures, announced today that it has opened up its first commercial plant to make cellulosic methanol out of non-food...
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On the GreenBeat: Unilever invests in Solazyme, Frito Lay launches electric...
Unilever joined biofuel company Solazyme’s fourth round of financing as a strategic investor, Solazyme announced yesterday. The companies already share an R&D agreement: Solazyme’s oils are already...
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DEMO: With MicroFueler, one man's trash is his gas tank's treasure
E-Fuel is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage...
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On the GreenBeat: MiaSolé to raise $100 million ahead of IPO, Amyris shoots...
MiaSolé aims to raise $100 million in sixth-round funding in advance of a 2011 IPO, according to Green Tech Media. The article cites a report from Birchmere Ventures, which names Morgan Stanley as the...
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On the GreenBeat: Amyris weathers first day of trading, California to double...
Biofuels and biomaterials company Amyris’s stock held up in its first day of trading, closing last night at $16.50, up three percent from its opening price of $16. The stock peaked at $17.44, the San...
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2015: The future of biofuels and biomaterials
Production of biomaterials will grow faster than biofuels and increasing biofuel capacity is highly reliant on technology from innovative startups. These are some of the conclusions in a report just...
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On the GreenBeat: GE acquires Opal, top 100 cleantech companies listed
Here’s the top cleantech news we’re following today: GE announced today it has acquired Opal Software, a move that expands the company’s smart grid portfolio. Australia-based Opal supplies software and...
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On the GreenBeat: Boeing will test Chinese biofuel, ClearEdge raises $10 million
Here are the cleantech stories we’re following on the GreenBeat today: Boeing will test biofuel made by PetroChina, the Wall Street Journal reports. Chinese solar stocks have stumbled since Friday’s...
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Did Solazyme just drop the "fuel" in biofuel?
Biofuels producer Solazyme inked a massive deal with Dow Chemical today to ship up to 60 million gallons of its algae-based oil as an insulating chemical for electric transformers in 2015. Solazyme...
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Algae biofuels for less than $40 a barrel?
That green stuff in your koi pond could power the world for less than $40 a gallon, if Australian biofuels company Algae.Tec has its way. Pilot plant studies show that the firm could produce...
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Google's first biofuel investment: CoolPlanetBiofuels
Google Ventures, the venture-capital arm of the search engine giant, has invested an unknown sum in CoolPlanetBiofuels, a company developing alternative fuels with byproducts that help remove...
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Has cleantech investing lost its glamour? Khosla Ventures loses two partners
Two partners are leaving storied cleantech investment firm Khosla Ventures, as excitement has started to peter out in the once-buzzing clean technology space. Khosla Ventures partners Jim Kim and Alex...
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Scientists turn seaweed into fuel with E. coli
The next time you get an order of miso soup, take a look at the seaweed lurking in your bowl. That same type of seaweed could some day power your car. Scientists from Bio Architecture Lab, Inc (BAL)...
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Sapphire Energy gets $144M in its fuel tank to turn algae into gasoline
Sapphire Energy, a company that creates algae-based fuel, just announced a whopping $144 million in funding. In recent years several startups have emerged to create fuel out of plant material, all...
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Watch now: Robots and algae fuel at the White House science fair
Remember that classic volcano you build out of papier mache or the plants you grew in light and dark spaces to prove sunshine really is a necessity? Well, the White House is having its own science...
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Boeing seeks to certify biodiesel for jet fuel around the world
Image Credit: Kamenetskiy Konstantin/ShutterstockTens of thousands of flights carry millions of passengers around the globe on a daily basis. Needless to say, the environmental impact of this is fairly...
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On the GreenBeat: Unilever invests in Solazyme, Frito Lay launches electric...
Unilever joined biofuel company Solazyme’s fourth round of financing as a strategic investor, Solazyme announced yesterday. The companies already share an R&D agreement: Solazyme’s oils are already...
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E-Fuel is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage...
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