New USDA loan guarantees, $50 biofuels, Asia, syngas among new biofuels trends, gossip at Pacific Rim Summit

Biofuels Digest
December 13, 2010 Jim Lane

Advanced biofuels and chemicals leadership gathered in the shadows of Oahu's Diamond Head to relate progress on commercialization, drop-in fuels, chemicals, with a focus on commercialization and research efforts underway in Hawaii with USDA, HECO, the state government, the US Navy and numerous private companies

In Honolulu, much of the leadership of the advanced biofuels and renewables chemicals industries have gathered this week at BIO’s Pacific Rim Summit. With seven of the hottest 14 companies in bioenergy on the presentation docket – plus USDA and DOE and a host of Asian academics and companies – what are the key trends?

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