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DOE Awards Additional MEGA-BIO Project
On August 2, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced that a fourth project under the MEGA-BIO: Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels Funding Opportunity would be awarded up to $1.8 million. Michigan State University was selected to manage the fourth project, which will work in partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison and MBI International to optimize a two-stage process for ...
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Bio4fuels Centre Kick-off
ZEG Power has joined Bio4fuels, a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) based at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and lead by SINTEF. The Centre kick-off meeting was held on the 9th and 10th of February at NMBU facilities in Ås, Norway. The Centre aims to develop innovative technology and support industries to realize economic and sustainable conversion of ...
By ZEG Power AS
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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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DRI and University of Nevada work together on biomass conversion process
Researchers from the Desert Research Institute and the University of Nevada, Reno are part of a US$4.674 million study by Gas Technology Institute to economically convert any leafy or woody biomass into a uniform, densified feedstock that can be easily fed into any thermal gasifer or pryolyzer for conversion into syngas, fuels and value-added chemicals.'This work will directly address the ...
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Takeover Means Bio4Energy Partner ETC Becomes SP Energy Technology Centre
The SP Swedish Technical Research Institute of Sweden is taking over the Bio4Energy partner Energy Technology Centre at Piteå, an 18-employee strong research foundation specialised in the thermal conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals. The announcement came yesterday at a press conference at Piteå, in northern Sweden. It comes less than two years after the SP, a large technical ...
By Bio4Energy
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Growth Opportunities with Green Fuels
Pittsburgh, PA / Alpen, Germany, October 4, 2007 – America's first international exhibition and conference on energy from biomass and waste, EBW Expo & Conference, successfully premiered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania last week (Sept 25-27, 2007). Almost 700 attendees met at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to discuss the economical and environmental benefits of new energy conversion ...
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Biorefinery Development à la Bio4Energy Focus of Umeå Renewable Energy Conference
The Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting—which is in fact an annual conference, held in northern Sweden and traditionally attended mostly by researchers and industry representatives from Europe and the Americas—this year will give an overview of the latest research on biorefinery processes based on woody feedstock or organic waste. This UREM 2015 approach à la Bio4Energy was ...
By Bio4Energy
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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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ZeaChem Adds Nancy Buese as Third Independent Board Member and Audit Chair
ZeaChem Inc., a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, has added Nancy Buese as the third independent board member and audit chair on its Board of Directors. Buese brings 20 years of financial leadership to the ZeaChem Board. She currently serves as senior vice president and chief financial officer of ...
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What Is A Pyrolysis Machine Use For In The Modern World?
We have been focused entirely on recycling more than ever before before. When individuals think of recycling, they may be typically considering materials like aluminum, glass, or perhaps cardboard. However, recycling also can play a role in the creation of burnable fuels. These fuels could include biofuel and charcoal. These materials are manufactured as a result of process called pyrolysis. You ...
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Charcoal Making Machine: Where Nature's Bounty Meets Innovation
Introduction In an era marked by the pursuit of sustainability, the art of charcoal making has witnessed a renaissance. Charcoal, once a humble byproduct, has emerged as a symbol of eco-consciousness and innovation. At the heart of this transformation lie charcoal making machines, the unsung heroes of sustainable solutions. In this article, we'll embark on a journey through the world of charcoal ...
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Science & industry peers turn to NREL for Biomass Solutions
The biomass industry looks to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for solutions when it comes to lignocellulosic conversion of biomass to fuels. CELLULOSE editors recently announced that three NREL papers were in the top 10 for most requested articles of 2010. "These heavily cited papers highlight the impact that NREL researchers are having on the ...
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Steeper Energy contributes paper to HTL Issue of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Copenhagen Denmark – June 16, 2017 – Steeper Energy Aps, a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, has contributed a paper titled “Fundamentals of Hydrofaction™: Renewable crude oil from woody biomass” to the December 2017 Issue 4 (vol. 7) of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. The issue is edited by Dr. Frédéric Vogel and is focused on Hydrothermal ...
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Renewable Gasoline Developer Cool Planet Energy Systems Expands Its Management Team for Rapid Growth
Cool Planet Energy Systems announced today the appointment of Howard Janzen as president and CEO and Michael Bukowski as VP of Fuel Production. Howard and Michael are additions to the existing team of executives at the Company. Howard spent his early career at The Williams Companies involved in both the liquid and natural gas pipeline businesses. He has ...
By Cool Planet
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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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New Method for Conditioning Biomass from Conifers Makes for Cost-efficient Ethanol Production
Bio4Energy researchers together with industrial partners have invented a cost-efficient method designed to facilitate the production of fermentation products such as ethanol from cellulose from wood or woody residue from spruce and pine. The corresponding technology has been verified at Biorefinery Demonstration Plant at Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The new results are part of a package of ...
By Bio4Energy
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Scientist named an American Chemical Society fellow
Dr. Helena Chum, research fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was recently named a 2010 Fellow by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Dr. Chum’s work includes the development of technologies for the conversion of biomass and organic wastes into liquid and gaseous fuels, chemicals and electricity and their integration into ...
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Burns & McDonnell Wins First-Ever Dual Grand Conceptor Prizes From Missouri Chapter of American Council of Engineering Companies
Burns & McDonnell has received Grand Conceptor awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies' (ACEC) Missouri Chapter for the Iatan 2 power station, completed for KCP&L and a cellulosic ethanol demonstration project constructed for ZeaChem Inc. in Boardman, Ore. It is the first time the ACEC Missouri Chapter has awarded dual Grand Conceptor Awards in its annual engineering ...
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Bio4Energy Researchers Tackle Soot Agglomeration in Entrained-flow Gasification of Biomass
Researchers in Bio4Energy may be close to delivering one of the final 'missing link' pieces of scientific knowledge on gasification of biomass from woody residue at high temperatures. Doing so would pave the way for industry to start attempting a technology scale up for the purpose of making biofuel on a commercial level, according to the project leader. The technology is known as entrained-flow ...
By Bio4Energy
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Lab receives an additional $40.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment act funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will receive $40.3 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support research in biofuels, fusion energy and the nation’s power grid and to ensure scientists have state-of-the-art equipment for their investigations. This new funding is in addition to ...
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