Category: 5-Minute Guide

Inbicon: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Inbicon: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 9, 2012 |

Based in: Denmark Type of technology: Cellulosic ethanol from wheat straw via enzymatic hydrolysis. 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 185,500 MT/year of C5 molasses for livestock […]

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New 5-Minute Guides to Fulcrum BioEnergy, Petrobras

New 5-Minute Guides to Fulcrum BioEnergy, Petrobras

November 8, 2012 |

Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]

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Fulcrum BioEnergy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Fulcrum BioEnergy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 8, 2012 |

Address: 4900 Hopyard Road Suite 200
Pleasanton, CA 94588 Year founded 2007 Company description: Fulcrum design, develop, own and will operate facilities that convert sorted, post-recycled municipal solid waste, or MSW, into ethanol. Fulcrum have entered into long-term, fixed, zero-cost MSW feedstock agreements which will provide us with a significant competitive advantage over companies using alternative […]

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Petrobras: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Petrobras: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 8, 2012 |

Based in: Brazil Business: Oil and gas producer with sugarcane ethanol and biodiesel operations. Model: State-owned operator. Announced that it was not seeking to acquire distressed ethanol companies but would establish partnerships where appropriate to support development of the national ethanol industry. According to Petrobras management, the state oil giant would offer a guaranteed ethanol […]

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New 5-Minute Guides to KiOR, Virdia, Ceres, Renmatix, Neste Oil, Abengoa Bioenergy

New 5-Minute Guides to KiOR, Virdia, Ceres, Renmatix, Neste Oil, Abengoa Bioenergy

November 6, 2012 |

Biofuels Digest has released the next wave of its 5-Minute Guides – a “news you can use” digest on the leading companies in biofuels. Each 5-Minute Guide provides a company description, 3 top milestones for 2010-12 and projected for 2012-14, description of the business model; plus project info (location, feedstocks, product set, processing technology, capacity, […]

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Neste Oil: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Neste Oil: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 6, 2012 |

Company description: Neste Oil is a refining and marketing company, with a production focus on premium-quality, lower-emission traffic fuels. The company produces a comprehensive range of major petroleum products and is the world’s leading supplier of renewable diesel. The company has operations in 15 countries. Its growth strategy is focused on producing premium- quality renewable diesel fuel. The […]

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Renmatix: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Renmatix: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 6, 2012 |

Company description: Renmatix is the leading manufacturer of bio-based sugar intermediates, an alternative to petroleum derivates used in the global chemical and fuels markets. The company’s proprietary Plantrose™ process challenges conventional sugar economics by cheaply converting cellulosic biomass – from wood waste to agricultural residue – into useful, cost-effective sugars. Renmatix’s supercritical hydrolysis technology deconstructs […]

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Virdia: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Virdia: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 6, 2012 |

Company description: Virdia is the developer of the CASE™ process that converts lignocellulose into industrial sugars and lignin. Virdia uses wood chips and other cellulosic biomass to produce non-food based carbohydrates destined for the sector of advanced bio-chemicals and biofuels. Virdia enables the emergence of the bio-based economy, as cellulosic sugars and lignin are essential […]

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Ceres: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Ceres: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 6, 2012 |

Address: 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Founded: 1996 Annual Revenues: $6.6 million (Fiscal Year ended Aug. 31, 2011) Type of technology: Plant biotechnology, gene marker-assisted breeding and other genomics Fuel Type: Biomass is the common denominator to advanced biofuels, biopower and bioproducts and is independent of the end-fuel molecule. Major investors: Ceres […]

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Abengoa Bioenergy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

Abengoa Bioenergy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

November 6, 2012 |

Location: St. Louis Year founded: USA – 1982 EU – 1998 Brazil – 2007 Type of technology(s): 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 […]

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