Dec 15 2017
Statkraft and Södra to build advanced biofuel demonstration plant in Tofte, Norway Silva Green Fuel AS, a company owned by Statkraft (51%) and Södra (49%) will build a demonstration plant with the objective of producing advanced (second generation) biofuel from forest feedstock. The plant will be located in Tofte in the Norwegian municipality of Hurum. […]
Dec 15 2017
business.conbio.info/2017-12-15 Latest event added: July 16 – 19 Bio World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, Philladelfi, PA, USA, Biotechnology Innovation Center Meet and network with 1,000 global business leaders, investors and policy makers. The event covers the latest in Industrial Biotech including Synthetic Biology and Genetic Editing, Advanced Biofuels, Biobased Materials, Renewable Chemicals, Flavors, Fragrances and Food Ingredients, Agricultural […]
Oct 26 2017
Fatty acid residues from the palm oil refining process finds a market. The palm oil tree is the world most efficient oil producing crop. Its main products are used for food, feed, chemistry and energy. India, China and Europe are the main importers. The total production of palm oil and palm kernel oil in 2015 […]
Oct 10 2017
In Georgia, negotiations with the Department of Energy (DOE) were completed and Phase 1 of the “Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts with AVAP (ABBA)” project has begun. The ABBA project will co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus® nanocellulose from woody biomass in an integrated biorefinery at AVAPCO’s site in Thomaston, Georgia. The project […]
Sep 27 2017
Abengoa, was not long ago, one of the really large players in the global ethanol business with production in three continents including a flagship cellulose to ethanol plant. Now all assets are sold and Abengoa has left the ethanol business. The former executive vice president at Abengoa Bioenergy Mr Alberto Carmona Bosch here shares with […]
Aug 21 2017
BioGTS supplies biogasplant for transportation fuels BioGTS Ltd has signed a purchase agreement with Biosairila Ltd concerning the delivery of a biorefinery plant to the City of Mikkeli in Eastern Finland. The biorefinery plant will utilize municipal and agricultural biomass for the production of biogas and fertilizer products. Produced biogas will be upgraded to biomethane […]
Aug 9 2017
Aemetis Signs Agreement for Advanced Gasification Technology to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) has announced that it has signed a Master Agreement with key exclusive rights for the use of an advanced gasification technology from InEnTec, Inc. of Richland, Washington to produce cellulosic ethanol. The InEnTec gasification technology agreement is a key part […]
Jul 26 2017
Gevo’s isobutanol technology to be offered to Praj customers Photo: Commercial bio-based isobutanol plant at Luverne. Source: http://www.gevo.com Gevo’s isobutanol technology will now be offered for licensing to processors of sugar cane juice and molasses, the US biofuels firms said. Isobutanol can be used as a gasoline blendstock, a specialty chemical solvent or an intermediate for […]
Jul 7 2017
Envia Energy started to produce gas-to-liquid products at the Oklahoma plant US-based Envia Energy has produced its first gas-to-liquid product at its Oklahoma city plant. ENVIA Energy is a joint venture between Waste Management, Inc (NYSE:WM), NRG Energy, Inc (NYSE:NRG), Ventech Engineers International LLC, and Velocys plc (LSE:VLS), formed in March 2014 to develop a series […]
Jul 6 2017
June 28, 2017 – Royal Dutch Shell plc, through its subsidiary Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., and SBI BioEnergy Inc. have reached an agreement granting Shell exclusive development and licensing rights for SBI’s biofuel technology. Edmonton-based SBI has a patented process that can convert a wide range of waste oils, greases and sustainable vegetable […]
May 9 2017
Sandia National Laboratories researchers Amanda Kohler and Ken Sale study the bacteria they used to produce LigM the enzyme used to break down lignin derivates. (Photo by Dino Vournas) Decoded LigM, an enzyme that breaks down molecules derived from lignin. Decoded, the structure and behavior of LigM, an enzyme that breaks down molecules derived from […]
Mar 20 2017
Diamond Green Diesel to Expand Renewable Fuel Capacity Using Ecofining Technology from Honeywell UOP DES PLAINES, Ill., March 17, 2017 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) UOP today announced that the Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco, La., will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel from 10,000 barrels (1590 m3) per day to 18,000 bpd […]
Feb 27 2017
Edeniq’s yield-enhancing Pathway Technology will now be installed at two Pacific Ethanol plants Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEIX), a leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the United States, and Edeniq, Inc., a biorefining and cellulosic technology company, announced they have entered into a technology licensing and purchase agreement to enable the production of cellulosic […]
Feb 23 2017
Biofuels accounted for 18.6 percent of all fuel supplied to vehicles operating in Sweden in 2016 according to preliminary statistics from Statistics Sweden and compiled by the Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio). Based on energy content, biofuels accounted for 18.6 percent of all fuel supplied to vehicles operating in Sweden in 2016. One in four litres […]
Feb 10 2017
Undenatured ethanol for fuel use accounted for 51% of total exports in 2016, overtaking denatured fuel ethanol as the leading ethanol export product for the first time ever. Meanwhile, denatured ethanol for fuel use made up 43%. Denatured and 20 undenatured ethanol for industrial uses totaled 5%. An estimated 6.9% of total U.S. ethanol production […]
Jan 22 2017
Neste and Bioenergy La Tuque to start R&D cooperation on utilizing forest residues in biofuel production Neste and Bioenergy La Tuque have started R&D cooperation with the objective of studying the potential of using forest residues as a raw material in biofuel production in La Tuque, Canada. The cooperation supports Neste’s goals to expand the […]
Oct 13 2016
Poor quality waste fats into good use while keeping an eye on algae oil and waste plastic Neste has become the world’s largest producer of renewable fuels from waste and residues as a result of long-term work. This pioneer in the field has an exceptionally extensive portfolio of raw materialscompared to competitors. The portfolio is actively developed […]
Oct 13 2016
Plans to build Denmark’s first biorefinery in Maabjerg near Holstebro abandoned. Maabjerg Energy center (MEC), an advanced straw to ethanol project in a commercial scale and with private as well as public financing is abandoned according to a statement from the project owners. The reson communicated is a general lack of political support and recently […]
Sep 22 2016
Bill Gates invests in biofuel specialist Renmatix business.conbio.info/2016-09-22/ Business magnate and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined French oil giant Total in investing $14 million (€12.4m) in US biofuel specialist Renmatix. The company has developed a process that converts plant waste and biomass into sugars that can be converted into biofuels and bio versions of […]
Sep 6 2016
Photo: Barbara J. Bramble heads the International Climate and Energy Program at the National Wildlife Federation. She has the chair of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials. RSB EU RED Re-Recognized by the European Commission Geneva, 6 September 2016 – RSB is pleased to announce its re-recognition by the European Commission. The decision was published by the Commission […]
Aug 24 2016
According to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association and reported by Biofuels Digest, US ethanol production averaged 1.029 million barrels per day, or 163 million liter daily (43.22 million gallons). That is up 11,000 b/d from the week before and tied for the largest total on record. The four-week average for ethanol production […]
Aug 18 2016
business.conbio.info/2016-08–18/ Spain’s energy giant Abengoa, struggling under a billions-strong debt pile, announced August 11 it had reached a deal with creditors and investors allowing it to ward off bankruptcy. The restructuring, includ a debt-for-equity swap for creditors. At the end of the restructuring process, the current shareholders in the company would hold around 5 per […]
Aug 5 2016
business.conbio.info/Lennart Ljungblom/2016-08-05 Nissan Motor revealed on Thursday the world’s first Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered prototype vehicle in Brazil that runs on bio-ethanol electric power, a biofuels powered electric car with 600 km range. The fuel cell prototype forms part of Nissan’s on-going commitment to the development of zero-emission vehicles. Nissan already sells the world’s highest-volume […]
Aug 4 2016
Abengoa hires Ocean Park Advisors to find buyer for Kansas plant Bankrupt Spanish bioenergy company Abengoa’s US unit has hired Ocean Park Advisors to find a buyer or investor for its cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas. The Hugoton plant produced ethanol from plant fibres and was supposed to be a technological advance over producing […]
Jul 29 2016
Renewable products continued to deliver strong profits reports Finnish Neste in it´s Q2 2016 report. business.conbio.info /Lennart Ljungblom /2016-07-29 “Neste’s strong performance continued as we were able to improve our result by successful own actions, which were reflected in high additional margins. The reference margin in Oil Products was below last year’s level, but almost […]
Apr 28 2016
Business.conbio.info /2016-04-28 / Lennart Ljungblom . China-based green energy company Kaidi is planning to build a new wood-based biodiesel plant in northern Finland close to the Swedish border, in Ajos – city of Kemi, by the end of 2019. The biodiesel refinery will use wood-based biomass as main feedstock to produce 200,000 tons of biofuels per year. […]
Mar 19 2016
www.business.conbio.info / Lennart Ljungblom /2016-03-18 USA: Non starch ethanol and renewable biofuels producers, the 2015 NREL survey In order to understand the anticipated status of the industry for non-starch ethanol and renewable hydrocarbon biofuels as of the end of calendar year 2015, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) updated its annual survey of U.S. non-starch […]
Mar 19 2016
business.conbio/Lennart Ljungblom United Airlines Begins Regular Commercial Flights Using Renewable Jet Fuel Made From Honeywell UOP Technology DES PLAINES, Ill., March 11, 2016 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) UOP announced that starting today United Airlines will use Honeywell Green Jet Fuel™ to power 12,500 flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions […]
Feb 4 2016
Virent teams up with Tesoro to beef up development of biofuels US-based biofuels producer Virent has entered into a new strategic relationship with petroleum specialist Tesoro to accelerate the development and commercialisation of Virent’s products. Virent’s patented technology features catalytic chemistry to convert plant-based materials into a full range of products identical to those made […]
Jan 12 2016
Following the success of Lignofuels 2015 event in Madrid with the Abengoa demonstration plant site visit, Lignofuels 2016 Summit will be taking place in Munich, Germany on the 20th and 21st of January 2016. The event is organised by ACI, Active Communication International. With offices in Chicago, London, Pune, Portland, Poznań and Milwaukee, ACI produce world-class […]
Jan 10 2016
Oasis Group to invest Rs 500 crore (5000 million) for setting up ethanol plant NEW DELHI: Oasis Group is planning to invest Rs 500 crore (5000 million) for establishing a wheat-based ethanol plant with capacity of 5 00 000 litres per day at Ferozepur in Punjab. At present, mostly sugar mills are producing ethanol in the country, which is […]
Jan 10 2016
The New Jersey citizen Joseph Furando will spend the next 20 years in prison after a federal judge in Indiana sentenced him in a biodiesel scam described as the largest of its kind in Indiana’s history, reports NJ.com. He also will have to pay restitution of $56 million and give up a million-dollar home, a Ferrari, artwork and […]
Jan 8 2016
Abengoa Yield plc (ABY), the sustainable total return company that owns a diversified portfolio of stable and long-term contracted infrastructure assets in the energy and environment sectors, announced January 7 that it has changed its corporate brand to Atlantica Yield, effective immediately. the parent company, is going through. The parent company Spanish Abengoa is in a […]
Jan 8 2016
Only two weeks to Biomass & BioEnergy Asia conference, taking place on 26-28 January 2016 at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit. The tree days event also include Biomass Supply Chain and Biofuels World Asia. First day include presentations from Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar as well as technological overviews. Second day continue with presentations of biomass feed stocks, environment and markets for power and fuels. […]
Dec 13 2015
USDA Provides Loan Guarantee Conditional Commitment to Build Georgia Biofuel Plant By Lennart Ljungblom, business.conbio.info WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a conditional commitment for a $70 million loan guarantee to help build a cellulosic biorefinery in central Georgia. USDA is providing the loan guarantee conditional commitment, an important milestone […]
Nov 17 2015
The LanzaTech presentation is enhanced with commentary from the BioChannel.TV commentary team, including former DOE Biomass Program manager Dr. Paul Bryan. The coverage also includes clips from Sir Richard Branson discussing the significance of the technology – as well as 20 in-depth slides on the state of the technology, partners, timeline to scale, and the 10-year […]
Nov 16 2015
Boeing and Neste team up to lead industry on commercialisation of renewable aviation fuels Neste, the leading producer of renewable diesel and Boeing, the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, will work together to promote and accelerate the commercialisation of renewable aviation fuel. The companies will work toward American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) fuel standard […]
Oct 29 2015
Avril subsidiary, Saipol, has invested €28.5 million in biodiesel and biopower in Sete in the south of France 28 Oct, 2015 During a press conference at its Sète site, Saipol, an Avril Group subsidiary, presented the two new major industrial investments with a total value of €28.5 million. This new biodiesel plant output of 100 000 t/year […]
Oct 29 2015
UPM to initiate field tests of wood based diesel fuel in Helsinki region bus traffic (Helsinki, 22 October 2015) – UPM is to start field tests of its novel wood-based diesel fuel in urban buses together with Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) and the VTT Technical Research Centre. The field tests are also supported by St1, […]
Oct 22 2015
LT Group’s Absolut Distillers opens bioethanol plant in Batangas, Philippines. LT Group, Inc. has built up its investments in renewable energy with the opening of a bioethanol facility with a production capacity of 3 million liters per month. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, the company said the plant in Lian, Batangas under its […]
Oct 20 2015
Clariant: VW emissions scandal will boost biofuels Clariant, a Swiss specialty chemicals company, expects the Volkswagen diesel engine emissions scandal to give a boost to biofuels. Hariolf Kottmann, CEO of Clariant, says the company is spending €30 million each year to expand it bioethanol-from-straw production capacity and expects its profits from the business to grow […]
Oct 2 2015
Waste food to fuel – New biogas production plant opened south of Stockholm The biogas plant, established by Scandinavian Biogas and the local waste treatment company SRV, has been commissioned and the first delivery of biogas is done. Raw material are sorted food waste from local residents in the Stockholm southern communities of Huddinge, Haninge, […]
Apr 29 2015
Local minister Mr Vogelsänger, EU coordinator Mrs Lichtenvort and VERBIO COO Mr Dr. Lüdtke Germany: Celluloce to Biogas for vehicles, plant commissioned by Verbio with funding from EU NER 300 Schwedt/Oder, April 15, 2015 VERBIO has successfully commissioned a major production site for the production of biomethane at Schwedt/Oder. The new plant uses a […]
Jan 15 2015
A number of companies are nowadays producing fuels for vehicles. To do this the need suitable crops as well as equipment and ingredients like enzymes if they are producing biofuels from cellulocic material in the enzymatic way. Depending on what you are looking for you can try the categories j for process developers, g9 for […]
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Dec 15 2017
Steeper Energy supply Hydrofaction technology for advanced biofuels to Statkraft and Sodra in Tofte
Steeper Energy will be the technology supplier to Statkraft and Sodras demo plant in Norway Steeper Energy, a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, is partnering with Silva Green Fuel, a Norwegian-Swedish joint venture, to construct a EUR 50.6 M (DKK 377M) industrial scale demonstration plant at a former pulp mill located in Tofte, Norway leading to a […]
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