A game-changing technology from Syngenta may drop billions to the biofuels industry’s bottom line Earlier this year, Syngenta received the OK from the USDA to commercialize its alpha-amylase corn. The news generated a smattering of interest amongst the broader biofuels community, which has been more engaged in thinking about tax credits, the future of the […]
In Wisconsin, the Board of Western Wisconsin Energy has put the company up for sale and named Ascendant Financial Partners is its exclusive M&A and financial advisor. Western Wisconsin was formed in 2003 to construct and operate as a 40 million gallon per year nameplate ethanol plant near Boyceville, Wisconsin. The plant started operations in […]
The Government has a requirement for 100,000 USG of Hydrotreated Renewable JP-5 (HRJ5) and 350,000 USG of Hydrotreated Renewable F-76 (HRD76) to support the Navy’s “Sail the Great Green Fleet” initiative. This requirement is for delivery FOB destination to FISC Puget Sound, WA. Ordering period is date of award through May 01, 2012. Delivery period […]
In Louisiana, the state’s Public Facilities Authority Board of Trustees has granted preliminary approval for a $70 million bond to fund the country’s first sugar-to-ethanol distillery to be sited in Lacassine. The distillery is being shipped from India in mid-summer with installation ready for next year’s cane crush in October.
In Illinois, Elevance Renewable Sciences and Clariant International announced that they have completed an agreement to cooperate within the field of renewable products. The companies are coupling Clariant’s market knowledge and formulation development capabilities with Elevance’s renewable products and patented process technology to commercialize new renewable additives for plastics. Elevance uses olefin metathesis to create […]
In Wisconsin, Virent says that producing PET from waste such as corn stover and pine residuals is more difficult than from sugars but that it can be done. The company makes paraxylene, a PET feedstock, from sugars. Expectations are that its commercial scale facility will be online in late 2014.
In Spain, the NGO Madre Coraje in Jerez de la Frontera collects used cooking oil from 300 containers scattered across six provinces and sells half a million liters a year to local biodiesel companies, with the proceeds going to humanitarian aid to help supply Sagrada Familia, an orphanage in the marginalized district of Ventanilla on […]
In Brazil, testing at Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC) of USP has begun on the production of methane gas from treated glycerin as a possible feedstock for electricity generation. The glycerin, which is full of impurities, is processed with an anaerobic reactor, leaving the resulting energy as a way to add value to […]
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In the UK, researchers at the University of Bath are studying seven different strains of algae found in Roman baths to try to find ones that will survive at higher temperatures while producing high levels of fats for biodiesel production. Most algae grows best in temperatures of around 25c, the same as food crops, so […]
