cellulosic ethanol
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Dow is back in bio-based ethylene action
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So I had a presentation last Wednesday at the Renewable Materials Conference in Germany, and in one of my slides, I talked about “The Force”. I did not realize how really strong the Force is until I heard this news…
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VERBIO acquires DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol plant
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Good news for the cellulosic ethanol industry in the USA. VERBIO North America Corporation, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, a 51% subsidiary of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG, has signed a contract yesterday with DuPont to purchase its cellulosic ethanol…
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Abengoa files for insolvency protection
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It might not be a good 2016 for Spain’s largest renewable energy company, Abengoa SA, as it teeters on bankruptcy following a huge stock price fall by more than 50% when the company announced on November 25 that it failed…
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DuPont starts cellulosic ethanol plant
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Happy November blog readers! I am 10,000 feet in the air enjoying the gogowifi at Delta on my way to San Francisco to cover this week’s SynBioBeta conference. Follow my tweets at @DGreenblogger #SBBSF15. Meanwhile, the biofuel industry (and renewable…
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DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol tech in China
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DuPont announced a licensing deal with Jilin Province New Tianlong Industry Co. Ltd. (NTL) for the use of DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol technology and its Accelerase enzymes for the production of renewable biofuel from leftover biomass on Jilin Province’s corn farms….
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Recent biorefinery deals
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Abengoa has been selected by Fulcrum BioEnergy to build its first biorefinery, worth $200m, to be located in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, Nevada (USA). The facility will use gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will…
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Raizen, Iogen starts cellulosic ethanol production
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Joining the startup of several other cellulosic ethanol facilities such as from DSM-POET, Abengoa and Granbio, is Raizen who recently began its own production of cellulosic ethanol using Iogen’s technology at Raizen’s newly expanded Costa Pinto sugarcane mill in Piracicaba,…