Converting waste plastics into crude oil for fuels, chemicals, Agilyx has landed major upstream, downstream strategic investors in Waste Management and Total. Why is their technology so compelling? In Oregon, Waste Management and Total announced that they have joined the $22 million Series B investment round in Agilyx, led by Kleiner Perkins and including previous […]
Recently, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that Dr. James C. Carrington, will become the next President Center. Carrington is the Director of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing (CGRB), the Stewart Professor for Gene Research, and Distinguished Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Jim Carrington […]
In Georgia, Algae.Tec has opened their Algae Development & Manufacturing Centre in Atlanta, Georgia where the photobioreactors will be assembled for shipping around the world. The company also announced it had appointed the Bank of New York Mellon to commence the establishment of a Level 1 American Depository Receipt Program. Algae.Tec’s centre in Atlanta is […]
In Texas, Biodiesel Experts International relates that it has developed a process – and will provide engineering, onsite supervision, startup, training, enzyme material, and complete plants – for an enzymatic process to convert waste oils or greases into ASTM spec biodiesel. “The enzymatic process consist of two different types of enzyme, one for transesterification and […]
In Ontario, Suncor Energy celebrated the completion of expansion at its St. Clair Ethanol Plant. The completion of this project has since doubled the plant’s production capacity from 200 to 400 million liters of ethanol per year, which Suncor refers to as being the largest Canadian biofuel production facility. Government representatives joined Suncor executives and […]
In Mexico, the first Mexican aviation biofuels test flight was successfully completed by Interjet, CFM International, Honeywell’s UOP and Airbus. The test flight was from the Mexico City international airport to Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo, de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, in Chiapas state. The test flight, in an Interjet Airbus A320, used a mix of 73 […]
In Brazil, the Burrill Latin American Life Sciences Conference will take place May 19-20 at the Copacabana Sofitel in Rio de Janeiro. The event will bring together CEOs, Scientists, Corporate executives, financiers, regulators, government officials and academic leaders from around the world to discuss with industry leaders in Latin America the state of the healthcare […]
FZrecycling: Biofuels Industry Leaders Weigh in on Obama’s Energy Security Blueprint AgBlogFeed: Taking the pellet plunge Carydc: Shaping U.S. energy policy: biofuels and infrastructure ErrolHumphreys: Next Story: Biofuels to anti-age your face. Seriously. cmcalpine: Just an excellent article on the irony of the food vs fuel debate when it comes to biofuels
In Brazil, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), projected a 2011/2012 sugarcane harvest of 568.50 million tons, up 2.11% from last year. UNICA is projecting that only five new mills will launch activities during the 2011/2012 harvest. That number is significantly lower than in recent years, the result of slower growth in the sugar-energy industry […]
In Brazil, more details emerged from a Technical Cooperation Agreement signed by the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and the Brazilian Innovation Agency (FINEP) signed a to carry out the Joint Plan for Supporting Industrial Technological Innovation in the Sugar-based Energy and Chemical Sectors (PAISS). The new program will receive $600 million in the 2011-2014 period. […]
