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M&G forms JV with Anhui Guozhen
Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials Issue 11 newsletter is now done and out, and we have some interesting news that came from China. In the meantime, there were also several recent announcements that came out and I will post some of them starting with M&G Chemicals and Anhui Guozhen’s joint venture announcement. M&G Chemicals actually announced late … Continue reading
Clariant, Haltermann cellulosic ethanol in Mercedes-Benz
Clariant, Haltermann, and Mercedes-Benz are testing a 20% cellulosic ethanol blend, Sunliquid®20, mixed with conventional fuel components at Mercedes-Benz BlueDIRECT petrol engines. Specification of the fuel reflect potential European E20 fuel quality. Over the next twelve months, test fleet vehicles can be refilled with the new fuel at a specially equipped gas station on the Mercedes-Benz site in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. … Continue reading
Cellulosic biofuels projects still on track
The blog has not been able to post most of the biofuel announcements in the past three months, unfortunately, as most of the blog’s focus is now on renewable chemicals instead. However, you can visit the blog’s home page where I will post updated compiled newsfeed of biofuel announcements each month. For now, it seems … Continue reading
Bluefire Renewables loses DOE grant
Bluefire Renewables Inc. received notice that the Department of Energy (DOE) would no longer provide funding under the Company’s DOE grant for the development of its cellulosic waste facility in Fulton, Mississippi, due to the its inability to comply with certain deadlines related to providing certain information to the DOE with respect to the future … Continue reading
M&G Chemicals to invest in Chinese Bio-MEG
In Tecnon OrbiChem’s October Bio-Materials report, I mentioned the near-term possibility of M&G licensing its biomass-based MEG technology using Beta Renewables’ PROESA after the companies, including Novozymes, started operations of their joint venture cellulosic ethanol facility in Crescentino, Italy, last month. I didn’t realize it would be sooner as M&G announced today its decision to … Continue reading
Beta Renewables starts cellulosic ethanol facility
The momentum for commercial cellulosic ethanol facility start-ups is going strong and this one from Beta Renewables is considered a big one as the company opened its 25m gal/year (75m liters/year) cellulosic ethanol facility in Crescentino, Italy. The facility is claimed to be the first in the world to be designed and built to produce … Continue reading
KiOR to double cellulosic ethanol capacity
KiOR is pursuing plans to double production capacity at its Columbus, Mississippi, cellulosic fuels facility through construction of a second facility. KiOR estimates that the project – Columbus II – will cost approximately $225 million, will break ground within 90 days of the Company raising sufficient equity and debt capital to commence the project, and … Continue reading