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Stora Enso to build cellulosic sugar demo plant
Another late news but I was in China at the time that this came out and I was not able to access my google emails and reader… Stora Enso said it is investing EUR 32 million (USD 43 million) in a demonstration and market development plant to be built at Raceland, Louisiana, USA, following its … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEGenera Energy Releases Biomass Infographic
I have to admit that I really have no clue when it comes to understanding the language of biomass but this infographic from Genera Energy could be a tremendous help. Genera Energy, an industry player in sustainable biomass feedstock supply advancements and supply chain improvements, released a new infographic featuring a visual overview of biomass … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEUS agencies invest in biorefineries
As part of a 2011 Presidential directive, the Departments of Navy, Energy, and Agriculture announced today that three companies have been awarded contracts to construct and commission biorefineries capable of producing “drop-in” biofuels to meet the transportation needs of the military and private sector. Made through the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Protection Act (DPA) … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEProterro, Bunge in sugar pilot study
Biofeedstock company Proterro and Bunge Global Innovation, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of global agribusiness and food company Bunge Limited (Bunge), will conduct a pilot study of Proterro’s sucrose-production technology in Brazil. Under a joint development agreement, a pilot plant is being commissioned at Bunge’s Moema Fazenda sugarcane mill, where two of Proterro’s photobioreactors have … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACETire manufacturers in natural rubber R&D milestones
Bridgestone Americas announced the grand opening of its Biorubber Process Research Center in Mesa, Arizona. The 10-acre research and innovation campus is the center of Bridgestone’s efforts to extract natural rubber from guayule, a shrub native to the southwestern U.S. Bridgestone said it expects to have preliminary guayule rubber samples produced at the Biorubber Process Research … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACE1st ICIS Pan American Oleochemicals Conference
Everybody who has been following me since my 12-year stint in ICIS knows that I always have this love/frustrated relationship with the oleochemicals market. Frustrated because it is a very difficult market to understand with so many feedstock, products, co-products, by-products, downstream derivatives, etc., that you need to understand and comprehend. I did a presentation … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEContribution on Bio-polyurethane article
It does feel a little weird that I am now contributing to this article from ICIS Chemical Business, from which I used to work for. However, I am thankful for the opportunity to help spread the word about recent bio-based polyurethanes developments within the chemical industry. Here is a snapshot of the article published by … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEIncBio to supply biodiesel plant in Greece
IncBio, a Portuguese engineering company, who specializes in state of the art fully automated industrial ultrasonic biodiesel plants, has signed a contract with SPA Renewables S.A, to supply an 8,000 ton/year biodiesel plant, to be installed in Corinth, Greece.This plant will use IncBio’s ultrasonic reactors to produce EN14214 Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil UCO, collected … Continue reading
FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACERoquette Green Chemistry & Fermentation Symposium 2014
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FOLLOW ME ON THESE SPACEPacific Ethanol Sells CO2
Pacific Ethanol, Inc. announced its agreement with Kodiak Carbonic, LLC to sell CO2 from the Pacific Ethanol Columbia plant located in Boardman, Oregon. Kodiak plans to construct a liquefaction and dry ice processing plant adjacent to the Columbia facility and expects to purchase up to 200 tons of CO2 per day to sell to food … Continue reading
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