By Chris de Morsella June 27, 2011 agribusiness , algal biofuel , Algenol , Amyris , Amyris Brazil , anti-malarial , ARCH Venture Partners , Artemisinin , Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology , Battery Ventures , Berkely , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Bill Gates , biocatalyst , biochemical , biodiesel , biofuel , biomass , bioprocessing , bioreactor , Biotechonomy , BlackRock , Bob Johnsen , Bonita Springs , BP , Brazil , Burrill & Co. , Butamax , butanol , CA , California , Caltech , Cambridge , Canada , carbon capture , carbon dioxide , Catalyst , catalytic enzyme , CBP , cellulose , cellulosic biofuel , cellulosic ethanol , Chevron , chris de morsella , cleantech , CO , Codexis , Colorado , Columbus , Consolidated Bioprocessing , corn stalks , Craig Venter , David Berry , David Kiernan , Department of Energy , diesel , diesel fuel , directed evolution , DNA , DNA shuffling , DOE , Dow Chemical , Draper Fisher Juvetson , E. coli , Emeryville , energy company , engineered microbe , engineered microorganism , Englewood , environmental , enzyme cocktail , ethanol , Exxon , fatty lipids , fermentation , FL , Flagship Ventures , Florida , Freeport , Frontier Renewable Resources , Genencor , Gevo , green chemicals , green chemistry , green economy , Hamilton Smith , Iogen , isobutanol , Jack Newman , Jason Pyle , jatropha , jet fuel , John Melo , Joule Unlimited , Juan Enriquez , Khosla Ventures , Kleiner Perkins , La Jolla , Las Cruces , Lea County , Leander , Lebanon , Lee County , Lightspeed Ventures , Linde Group , LS9 , Luna County , MA , malaria , Marlborough , Mascoma , Massachusets , Maxygen , Meteor Group , MI , Michigan , microbe , microbial enhanced hydrocarbon recovery , microbial organism , microorganism , municipal solid waste , Neil Renninger , New Hampshire , New Mexico , New York , NH , NM , non-food biofuel , nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactant , Noubar Afeyan , NY , Palo Alto , Paul Woods , petrochemical infrastructure , petroleum , pharmaceutical , pharmaceutical precursor , photobioreactor , photosynthesis , Plenus , Praj Industries , Procter and Gamble , Qteros , Raizen , recombinant DNA , Redfield Energy , Redwood City , renewable energy , renewable specialty chemicals , Rochester , San Diego , Sapphire Energy , SD , Shell , Solazyme , South Dakota , South San Francisco , sugar cane , surfactant , sustainability , sustainable , sustainable chemicals , switchgrass , synthetic biofuel , synthetic biology , synthetic enzyme , Synthetic Genomics , Texas , transportation fuel , TX , Unilever , University of California , Valero oil , Venrock , Virgin Green Fund , waste water treatment , Wellcome Trust , Wilmar International , woodchips , woody biomass , Wyman Lynd , yeast
A detailed review of 12 U.S. based synthetic biology, biofuel & biochemical companies that are developing third and fourth generation biofuels, bioindustrial & household chemical, and food additive products; using synthetic biology to produce engineered microorganisms and specialty enzymatic products. Each company is examined in turn, looking at its financials and the uniqueness and strength of its processes and technology as well as at any important partnerships or alliances that have been formed.
By Tracey de Morsella April 15, 2011 Bay Citizen , California , Cannabis production , carbon footprint , CO2 emissions , criminalization , data centers , diesel fuel , energy demand , Energy Up in Smoke: The Carbon Footprint of Indoor Cannabis , environmental impact , Evan Mills , GHG , grass , green , greenhouse gas , greenhouse gas emissions , high-intensity lights , Indoor Cannabis , indoor cannabis production , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , LED lighting , Marijuana , medical marijuana , off-grid power production , pesticides , pot , Tracey de Morsella , U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , U.S. Department of Energy
indoor marijuana weed cannibisThe yearly greenhouse-gas pollution of the $40 billion per year marijuana industry is responsible for about 3% of all electricity use or 8% of household use. Indoor growers use high-intensity lights that are 500 times more powerful that a standard reading lamp. They also use several other high energy industrial practices. The closest comparison for these massive, industrial-style grow facilities are data centers, which consume about two percent of the nation’s electric power.
