Category: 5-Minute Guide

BP Biofuels: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

BP Biofuels: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 27, 2014 |

Company description:

 BP Biofuels is a leading global biofuels player, with a breadth of investment that is unique in terms of both its scale and its reach. Since 2006, BP has announced investments of more than $2 billion in biofuels research, development and operations, and has production facilities operating or in the planning/construction phases in […]

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American Process: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

American Process: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 26, 2014 |

Company overview: Although American Process has been most closely associated with its complete cellulosic biofuels package — of late, the company has been much in focus because of its capabilities in producing low-cost renewable sugars. Thought it was a matter of making sugars and shipping them to an ethanol producer? Think again. In this case, […]

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Inbicon: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

Inbicon: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 26, 2014 |

Company overview: Inbicon’s technology produces cellulosic ethanol or renewable chemicals from wheat straw via enzymatic hydrolysis, with co-products including renewable power. In a typical Inbicon project, 1200 metric tons per day will be converted into 20 million gallons a year of The New Ethanol; 180,000 MT/year of clean lignin, used to produce green electricity; and […]

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Avantium: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

Avantium: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 25, 2014 |

Company description: Avantium is a leading renewable chemicals company that develops and commercializes next generation biobased plastics and chemicals. The company has established over the years a leading market position in providing advanced catalysis services and systems to companies in the oil, gas, chemical and renewable sector. From 2005 onwards, Avantium has developed a proprietary […]

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Abengoa Bioenergy: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

Abengoa Bioenergy: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 25, 2014 |

Company description a. Traditional fermentation of cereal grains and sugar cane for the commercial production of bioethanol b. Traditional transesterification for the production of biodiesel from cereal and vegetable oils. c. Multiple technology options for the commercial demonstration of cellulosic fuel production. Rankings 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: #13, 2013-14 The Situation Abengoa has identified […]

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Beta Renewables: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

Beta Renewables: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 24, 2014 |

Company description: Beta Renewables — a subsidiary of Chemtex, and Grupo M&G — has developed and deployed a low-cost cellulosic biofuels technology, known as PROESA. Chemtex employs approximately 1000 staff located in key centers throughout the world – Tortona and Rivalta in Italy, Wilmington, NC and Sharon Center, OH in the USA, Shanghai and Beijing […]

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Applied Research Associates: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

Applied Research Associates: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 24, 2014 |

Company description: Applied Research Associates (ARA) is an international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically excellent solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. Our mission is to provide in-depth and diversified research, engineering, and technical support services. We have a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil engineering, […]

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INEOS Bio: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

INEOS Bio: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 23, 2014 |

Company description: INEOS Bio is a BioEnergy company commercializing and licensing its novel thermo-chemical and bio-chemical technology for the production of renewable biofuels and renewable energy from a wide range of low-cost carbon materials. The company’s initial focus is the commercialization of its leading third-generation ethanol technology process to serve the global renewable fuels and […]

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ThermoChem Recovery International (TRI): Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

ThermoChem Recovery International (TRI): Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 23, 2014 |

Technology: Steam reforming gasification Fuel type: TRI’s high-quality, medium-BTU syngas can be converted into a wide range of downstream biofuel and biochemical products. Since 2003, a TRI gasifier has been in commercial-scale operation at Norampac’s Trenton (Ontario) containerboard mill, gasifying black liquor (solid biomass equivalent: 500 dry tons per day). Currently, TRI is the gasification […]

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KiOR: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

KiOR: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 20, 2014 |

Company description: KiOR is a next-generation renewable fuels company that has developed a proprietary technology platform to convert sustainable non-food biomass into cellulosic gasoline, diesel and fuel oil. Using standard refinery equipment, KiOR’s products are compatible with the existing fuel infrastructure. KiOR strives to ease dependence on foreign oil, reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and […]

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