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Despite the lack of results, next-gen biofuel companies continue to receive a significant amount of both government and VC support. At what point will the funding transform into advanced biofuels being produced at scale?
Biocrude startup KiOR filed for a 100ドル million IPO on Monday, laying out just how it hopes its process for turning wood chips into a crude oil substitute could compete against the oil industry on price per gallon.
Over three years ago I put together this table on 10 of Khosla Venture’s biofuel bets. Given a couple of these companies have gone public, been sold off, or stalled, I decided to look back at these firms with this updated cheat sheet.
Trash-to-fuel technology could be the quiet front-runner in the next-generation of biofuels. Fulcrum BioEnergy said Tuesday it has lined up 75ドル million and plans to start building its first commercial refinery using municipal trash this summer.
by Ucilia Wang
As Synthetic Genomics founder and geneticist guru Craig Venter said recently, if biofuel companies don’t generate billions of gallons of fuel then…
Amid the rubble of the first generation of biofuel projects focused on ethanol derived from corn, a new landscape of biofuel tech…
Recently, I’ve been pondering the role that lists play in my life — from Twitter’s “playlists of people” to Umberto Eco’s thoughts on…
by Imran Ali
Waiting for the cellulosic ethanol industry to move into commercial production is like watching grass grow. This morning cellulosic ethanol developer Coskata…
The Urban Dictionary, the user-generated slang web site, recently had a word of the day which I thought was particularly fitting for…
Imagine you’re watching a movie via Internet-based VOD, one of those flicks you choose purely for the action scenes. Problem is, the…
In the summer of 2008, 2009 looked like it could be a breakout year for the next generation of ethanol. There were…
While there is funding available for U.S. cellulosic ethanol companies in the form of grants or loan guarantees from the departments of…
With many of the next-generation ethanol makers being forced to drag their heels on plant construction during the downturn, it’s becoming rare…
While all eyes are on the 54ドル billion for clean energy in the proposed stimulus package, federal aid from previous green bills…
A massive cauldron of bubbling construction debris doesn’t seem that valuable, but a group of investors that are backing waste-to-power startup Ze-gen…
Cellulosic ethanol startup Coskata said today it’s closed its Series C round, with peHub reporting that the company raised 40ドル million. Illinois-based…
Coskata and sugar producer US Sugar are in formal negotiations to build a 100 million gallon per year, 400ドル to 450ドル million ethanol plant that can turn sugar cane material into ethanol. The announcement was spurred by US Sugar and the state of Florida coming to an agreement over the sale of US Sugar’s land for 1ドル.34 billion.
GreenVolts Wins Grant for Low-Cost Solar: GreenVolts has won a 250,000ドル grant from the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research Program…
by Craig Rubens
Coskata, a startup working on next-generation cellulosic ethanol, is talking with Florida sugar producer U.S. Sugar Corp about building a plant that…
As the consumer web evolves, so does the trend of immediately sharing of everything about our lives, online. The tools that let…
by Edit Staff
In an attempt to raise the availability of ethanol at American gas stations above a paltry 1 percent, General Motors and the…
by Craig Rubens
There’s been a lot of speculation about whether the iPhone App Store would open today or tomorrow. Turns out you can see its contents right now.
Coskata, a startup working on the next generation of cellulosic ethanol with support from GM and Khosla Ventures, tells us that it’s…
There are almost a dozen companies racing to build the first next-generation cellulosic ethanol plants in the United States over the next…
There’s a quiet race going on to be the first in the U.S. to turn the country’s waste and biomass into next-generation…
Blogo is the latest desktop blog client for Mac OS X. Along with a blog editor with support for Blogger, WordPress, Typepad,…
"Don’t let invasive biofuel crops attack your country” was the warning delivered by concerned scientists yesterday at a UN meeting in Germany.…
by Craig Rubens
Business Week speculated on Why Twitter Matters, suggesting that its ‘large and vigorous developer community’ has already positioned the service as an…
by Imran Ali
Don’t worry: no one is going to send you an invoice for the time you spend using dozens of random web sites…
While young cellulosic startups like Mascoma and Coskata are pulling in funding this year, in 2007, investments into alternative fuels were down…
Looks like Coskata will have to share its automotive sugar daddy with another biofuel firm. General Motors announced a new strategic relationship…
by Craig Rubens
Want a Mac Pro so you can join the cool web working kids but can’t afford one? Miami-based whitebox computer manufacturer Psystar…
Espousing the productivity benefits of web tools and services is something we at Web Worker Daily do often because we experience it…
We’ve made note of StyleTap before; it’s the Palm emulator that lets you run thousands Palm OS applications on Windows Mobile devices.…
Jenn drops the news and a direct link to Buy.com which has the Sony UX-390N available in limited quantities for 1,299ドル. At…
We were one of the first to tell you about the very nice looking mobile browser Skyfire but Ed Hardy of Brighthand…
Since we just figured out how to add Tasks to the Google Calendar in Firefox, let’s switch it up and see how…
The jet lag from CES 2008 still hasn’t worn off, but maybe that’s a good thing. I woke up at 12:15 this…
Cheeseburgers and Tablet PCs in paradise! Wow, what a turnout. I’d have to guess that over 100 folks are here. I see…
Kyte.tv, Justin.tv, Zannel, Seesmic and the like had better watch out: A startup we just heard about is doing live video streaming…
by Liz Gannes
I know, everybody’s talking about the Amazon Kindle and how it’s either going to revolutionize the ebook business or prove without a…
Our first conference, NewTeeVee Live, is just a few weeks away, so we’d love for you to register as soon as you…
by Liz Gannes
The agreement unveiled by ON Networks and AT&T yesterday isn’t just about web shows moving to TV, it’s another step toward seamlessly…
They’re on the cover of both this month’s National Geographic and Wired. They were mentioned in the State of the Union address.…
by Craig Rubens
Pixelmator has been pretty tight-fisted about letting their image-editor-in-progress see the light of day. There have only been 1 or 2 screencasts…
by Nick Santilli
As I’ve argued in the past, online or off, analog or digital, it’s all motion pictures. But the march toward an all-digital…
by Jackson West
Fans of The Beatles and John Lennon can now officially rejoice: As of today, sixteen of Lennon’s solo albums are available for…
by Billy Halsey
Anyone who is into Mac shareware applications has heard of MacUpdate, for the uninitiated, it’s basically a giant catalog of every Mac…
by Richard Neal
HDTV: Philip Swann: Some high-def networks believe the showing of flesh may result in the showing of profits. Not that there’s anything…
by Om Malik
Seagate has jumped into the Microdrive market, well sort of. Their new 5 GB “Portable Hard Drive” is actually a USB drive…
Cisco will launch IP phones with built-in camera sometime next year, according to reports. So far, the company has been selling a…
by Om Malik
Earthlink, the ISP most people tend to overlook is getting a big boost from Broadband, according to Atlanta-based company’s latest earnings reports.…
by Om Malik
Last week I moderated a session that was supposed to discuss “how rise of IP (Internet Protocol) has turned telephone into the…
by Om Malik
There has been much speculation about Covad’s interest in fixed wireless technologies. The DSL company has been trying to find new ways…
by Om Malik
Exclusive: Some of you followed my adventures in India where I lamented the lack of broadband and of course lack of good…
by Om Malik
How is that for a provocative statement? Despite all the posturing and noise about fiber to the home, it is becoming increasingly…
by Om Malik