Copenhagen Accord The Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, and other heads of delegation present at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, In pursuit of the ultimate objective of the Convention as stated in its Article

Advanced Biofuels Leadership ConferenceBiofuels Digest's Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference will be held on April 27-28, 2010 at the Hilton Embassy Row in Washington DC; the CEOs of 69 percent of planned advanced biofuels capacity will be, for the first time,

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The Digest has prepared several maps which help to visualize the distribution in the US of advanced biofuels development. Maps include:1. Locations of the companies in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy. Free download.2. Locations of pilot-scale projects of the

In Iowa, details emerged on the proposed $15 million renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel pilot facility that Elevance Renewable Sciences will add onto the Central Iowa Energy biodiesel plant managed by Renewable Energy Groups. Elevance, which received a supporting

In Texas, Sustainable Power announced that David Mager, one of the organizers of the first Earth Day and an advisor to the current administration's USDA Transition Team, will join its to its scientific and technical advisory team headed by Dr.

In California, Mendel Biotechnology announced an agreement with Speedling to jointly research, develop, and commercialize a cost-effective propagation and production system for Mendel's advanced Miscanthus product candidates. Speedling will apply its proprietary propagation methods to optimize the production of field-ready

Sapphire EnergyBased in: San Diego, CA.Year Founded: 2007Technology: Sapphire Energy is focused on the entire "pond to pump" value chain with over 230 patents or applications spanning the entire algae-to-fuel process. They are developing industrial algae strains through synthetic biology

EURActiv: "EU rules for calculating indirect land-use changes caused by biofuel production would not be legitimate without an internationally-accepted methodology, a group of developing countries has told the European Commission...The signatories range from Brazil and Argentina to Indonesia and Mozambique,

In Canada, GV Energy has proposed to construct a dimethyl ether plant in Terrance, British Columbia using 2,100 metric tons per day of wood fiber. The company, which has signed an MOU with Terrance to acquire a 247-acre site for