In Canada, we hear that Enerkem has tested and validated the production of fuel-grade bio-DME made from unrecoverable carbon-rich municipal solid waste. More than 1,000 hours of operations at its Innovation Centre in Westbury, Quebec have been completed.has successfully produced renewable bio-dimethyl ether (Bio-DME), a by-product of biomethanol. The DME backstory Bio-DME offers a 20% […]
In Canada, Mascoma LLC, a subsidiary of Lallemand Inc., and NextFerm Technologies signed a commercial joint development agreement to expand collaboration into the biofuels category. NextFerm is an Israeli biotech company that produces fermentation-derived ingredients for global food and feed industries. Elzaphan Hotamm VP Global Marketing for NextFerm Technologies told FoodIngredientsFirst, “We are about to […]
In Massachusetts, Atlantic Power Corporation executed an agreement to acquire two biomass plants in South Carolina from EDF Renewables Inc. for $13 million. The biomass fuel for the plants consists primarily of mill and harvesting residues. Each of the plants has a capacity of 20 megawatts. The two plants are identical in design and have […]
In Ireland, EQTEC plc, a technology solution company for waste gasification to energy projects, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Phoenix Biomass Energy, a California based power company, to supply its proprietary EQTEC Gasifier Technology for two power plants in California. Phoenix considers EQTEC as the exclusive technology supplier of a 2MWe gasification plant and […]
In Indonesia, the price of crude palm oil on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 0.79% to a record level MYR2.160 / ton in Monday’s trading, thereby eliminating the weakening for 5 consecutive days the week before which had seen a drop of 3.55%. Strengthening world oil prices as well as rising soybean oil prices helped, […]
In Germany, UFOP published a position paper intended to appeal to decision-makers in politics, business and science on why biofuels can and should play a role in climate protection goals, especially with discussion about food vs. fuel and iLUC capping limits for conventional biofuels. “With regard to climate protection goals, the paper aims at showing […]
In Finland, UPM was recognized as a Global Compact LEAD company for its strong engagement to the United Nations Global Compact. The recognition was addressed to only 34 global companies at the Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York on Monday. The recognized LEAD companies include companies like Unilever, Nestle S.A., BASF SE and L’Oreal. […]
In Tennessee, chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated a practical, energy-efficient method of capturing carbon dioxide directly from air. If deployed at large scale and coupled to geologic storage, the technique may bolster the portfolio of responses to global climate change. “Negative emissions technologies—for net removal of greenhouse gases […]
In China, China New Energy Ltd told Alliance News that their success thus far in 2018 is thanks to changed government policies in China that have led to increased ethanol production and new contracts from existing and new customers. Pretax profit for the six months to the end of June rose to CNY12.0 million, or […]
To measure the impact that advanced biofuels are having in India, consider that the World Biofuels Day program featured, on stage, Prime Minister Modi, the minister for agriculture, the minister for road transport & highways, shipping and river development; the minister of consumer affairs and food; the minister of science & technology and climate change; […]
