biorefinery technology News
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ZeaChem Expands Board of Directors and Raises $19 Million to Advance Commercial Production
ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today announced it has added two independent members to its Board of Directors, Ross Pillari and Charles “Charlie” Shaver. Mr. Pillari spent 35 years with BP, including as chairman and chief executive officer of BP America Inc. He ...
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Bio4Energy Students Analyse Pilot Facilities in Sharpened Biorefinery Pilot Research Course
The contents of the key generic course in the Bio4Energy Graduate School, Biorefinery Pilot Research (BPR), have been made considerably sharper in terms of training students in considering each biorefinery pilot or demonstration facility in the Bio4Energy cluster as an innovation system. Or so it would seem as the second edition of BPR concluded with a final seminar where PhD student researchers ...
By Bio4Energy
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Industrial Biorefineries Conventional Biorefining Status, Advanced Biorefining Technology Assessments, Policy Issues, Stakeholder Analysis, and Global Market Forecasts for New Biorefinery Construction
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Industrial Biorefineries Conventional Biorefining Status, Advanced Biorefining Technology Assessments, Policy Issues, Stakeholder Analysis, and Global Market Forecasts for New Biorefinery Construction ...
By ReportLinker
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BIO Recommends Changes to EPA’s RIN Quality Assurance Program
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to consider changes to the proposed RFS Renewable Identification Number (RIN) Quality Assurance Program (QAP) proposal. The agency invited comments on its proposed voluntary quality assurance program, which was drafted to address recent instances of fraudulent RIN generation by three renewable fuel ...
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Abengoa will build the First Biorefinery Producing Biofuels from MSW in the USA
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B / P SM / NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., to build the first biorefinery using gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will be upgraded into jet fuel. The contract is worth ...
By Abengoa
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Bionomic Gas Scrubbing Equipment Used To Clean Reformer Generated Syngas As Part Of Rentech-Clear Fuels Technology Inc. Biorefinery Demonstration Project
Bionomic Industries, a worldwide leading manufacturer of cutting edge syngas purification technologies, has recently provided gas cleaning equipment as part of a 20 ton per day demonstration scale Rentech-Clear Fuels gasifier at the Rentech Technology Center (RETC) in Colorado. Integrated with Rentech's existing Product Demonstration Unit (PDU), which consists of Rentech's Fischer-Tropsch Process ...
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Frost & Sullivan lauds genencor for its innovative product line of enzymes that address key challenges in the biofuel industry
Based on its recent analysis of the biofuel enzymes market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Genencor, Inc., a division of Danisco, with the 2009 Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award for its Accellerase® product line of enzymes. As a response to the challenges of converting cellulosic biomass to ethanol, Genencor introduced Accellerase® 1000 in 2007, and has since then succeeded in ...
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Wageningen UR and Arke to work together on sustainable jet fuel
The airline Arke and Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) have joined forces to work on developing sustainable jet fuel derived from algae. Microalgae have great potential for producing sustainable biofuels, such as biokerosene, to meet the future fuel requirements of the aviation industry. For the next six months, Wageningen UR will be conducting research into the techno-economic ...
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Biochemical, Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass in Focus at UREM 2015, Day Two
Today (Mar 26, 2015) the Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting learned that while biomass gasification for the purpose of making fuels and chemicals would be used to produce biofuel in the Nordic countries, and preferably dimethyl ether (bioDME), countries in southern Europe might prefer to use it to produce heat. Italy and Spain were mentioned as countries where the technology might be taken into ...
By Bio4Energy
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Welcome to World Bioenergy 3–5 June 2014!
World Bioenergy is an attractive and exclusive business venue for suppliers, manufacturers and purchasers of bioenergy products, equipment and services. But World Bioenergy is also a unique meeting place with its combination of business deals and knowledge – a busy trade fair paired with a rich conference programme, excursions and B2B matchmaking. For three intensive days, experts and ...
By Elmia AB
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DOE selects projects to advance nanomanufacturing
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 20 project proposals for funding following its Nanomanufacturing for Energy Efficiency 2008 Research Call. The projects promise to make revolutionary improvements in a broad range of energy production, storage, and consumption applications that will reduce energy and carbon intensity in industrial processes. Nanotechnology, the understanding and ...
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