Mendel CEO Neal Gutterson talks about miscanthus, and the role of the power sector as the driver of a global supply chain for biomass. Some background on Mendel Biotechnology Last year, we described them in the Digest as one of the “16 overlooked gems in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy voting” for 2010-11. We […]
In Illinois, Coskata announced today that it has issued a Letter of Intent with Fagen for engineering, procurement and construction services for the construction of its commercial cellulosic ethanol facility in Boligee, Alabama, that will be designed around the Coskata technology. Fagen and Harris Group will lead an EPC process that will include in its […]
In Missouri, International Fuel Technology will be selling their PerfoLiFT BD-4 additive to Petrobras for use in three Brazilian biodiesel plants. The plants produce over 150 million litres per year, and will use the oil additive to control deposit formation and oxidation stability. IFT is working to sign a multi-year contract with Petrobras. Financial terms […]
In California, Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, Inc. has confirmed that all of its new 2011 and forward model year diesel engines, including its four popular N-Series truck models as well as the new Isuzu Reach commercial van, are compatible with use of up to 20 percent biodiesel blends (B20). “This is especially significant,” says […]
In Canada, Xylitol Canada announced that they will leapfrog their plan for a pilot plant and go directly to commercial-scale plant operations. Xylitol is in discussions with Mascoma to co-locate a commercial-scale xylose plant adjacent to one of Mascoma’s cellulosic ethanol plants, working together to create a facility to convert wood chips into ethanol and […]
In Canada, Enerkem, in partnership with the Government of Alberta and the City of Edmonton, opened The Advanced Energy Research Facility. This facility will consist of a network of top researchers from around the world aligned for the purpose or creating renewable fuels and chemicals through the conversion of waste. Enerkem provides the core technology […]
In Jamaica, PetroJam will focus its dehydration business on imports of ethanol from the US whereas before it dehydrated mostly Brazilian ethanol. The fuel will be blended in the country’s national E10 program. It had been lying idle since 2009 when its JV with Coimex expired that was the main supplier of the Brazilian ethanol […]
In Germany, the industrial ethanol facility in Heilbronn formerly owned by Brüggemann is getting ready to re-start production. The company outsourced the plant’s operations to Royal Nedalco as part of a joint venture deal about 10 years ago. Royal Nedalco also operates alcohol plants in the Netherlands and the UK.
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In Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory reports that ionic liquids have emerged as promising new solvents capable of disrupting the cellulose crystalline structure in a wide range of biomass feedstocks. Such biomass is of particular interest as a renewable and sustainable source of fuels and chemicals, and the crystallinity of the cellulose is one of […]
