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October 13, 2008
DOE Awards Novozymes $12.3 Million for Bioethanol R&D
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Novozymes $12.3 million to fund an R&D project to increase the efficiency of enzymes for converting waste biomass to...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/14726.html
September 9, 2008
STUDY: Creation of Biofuels Industry "Far More Difficult" than Anticipated
The establishment of a global biofuels industry “will be much more difficult to achieve than originally thought,” according to a study published this week by consulting...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/14107.html
August 12, 2008
Only 19% of U.K. Biofuels Meet Environmental Standard
U.K. government body the Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA; St. Leonards-on-Sea, U.K.) in its first monthly report on the supply of biofuels in the U.K. has identified that between mid-April...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/13549.html
August 7, 2008
BP Forms Cellulosic Ethanol Alliance with Verenium
BP says it has entered into a partnership with Verenium (Cambridge, MA) for the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. During the first 18 months of the alliance, the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/13510.html
July 22, 2008
Ineos Unveils Household Waste-to-Ethanol Process, Plans Commercial Plant
Ineos says within two years it plans to begin the commercial production of ethanol, which could be used to fuel vehicles, derived from biodegradable household waste. Generating ethanol...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/13162.html
July 21, 2008
Dow and DOE to Invest in Biomass-to-Ethanol Process; Shell Ups Stake in Biofuels Firm
Dow Chemical says it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE; Washington) National Renewable Energy Laboratory to jointly develop and evaluate the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/13094.html
July 17, 2008
Shell Beefs Up Position in Next Generation Biofuel
Shell says it has increased its ownership of biofuels technology firm Iogen Energy (Ottawa) to 50%, up from 26.5%, as part of a strategy to accelerate its program to manufacture...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/13051.html
July 16, 2008
Dow and NREL to Jointly Evaluate Biomass-to-Ethanol Process
Dow Chemical says it has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL; Golden, CO) to jointly develop and evaluate the...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/13046.html
July 14, 2008
Novozymes to Build Enzymes Plant in Nebraska
Novozymes says it will invest $80 million-$100 million to build an enzymes plant at Blair, NE. The facility will produce enzymes for corn-based and cellulosic ethanol for bioethanol...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/12982.html
May 26, 2008
Süd-Chemie, Linde Form Biofuel Pact
Süd-Chemie and Linde say they have entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement to jointly develop commercial-scale technologies for the production of second-generation...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/12088.html
April 17, 2008
Syngenta to Build Biotech R&D Center at Beijing
Syngenta has announced plans to build a biotechnology R&D center at Beijing. The facility's focus will be on early-stage evaluation of genetically modified and native traits for...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/11410.html
April 8, 2008
Verenium Starts Up Pilot for Cellulosic Ethanol
Biotech firm Verenium (Cambridge, MA) says it has opened a next-generation cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant at Jennings, LA. Unlike standard biofuel technology the new facility...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/11302.html
March 31, 2008
Second Bioethanol Unit Planned for Vietnam
Petrosetco (Ho Chi Minh City) has signed a preliminary agreement with Bronzeoak Ltd. (Caterham, U.K.) to form a 51-49 joint venture that would build a bioethanol plant in...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/11133.html
January 17, 2008
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Estimated average greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from cellulosic...
“Estimated average greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cellulosic ethanol derived from switchgrass were 94% lower than estimated GHG from gasoline,” states Kenneth. P...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/9839.html
December 19, 2007
OECD at Bali Talks Suggests the Removal of Biofuels Subsidies
‘Bad’ tax: OECD calls for changes. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris) secretary-general Angel Gurria called for governments to consider...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/9389.html
December 19, 2007
Alternative Fuels
Alternative fuels are vying for a spot on the transportation highway as petroleum costs escalate, light oil reserves diminish, and environmental issues raise concerns. Bioethanol...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/9419.html
October 31, 2007
Syngenta to Establish Biofuels Center
Syngenta says it has partnered with Brisbane-based Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QUT’s technology...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/8540.html
September 19, 2007
Novozymes Forms Sugar Pact in Brazil
Novozymes says it has signed an agreement with Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (CTC; Piracicaba, Brazil), the Brazilian sugar cane industry’s technical...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/7772.html
July 11, 2007
DuPont and BP to Build Advanced Biofuel Facilities in U.K.
DuPont says it will invest $58 million to partly fund the construction of two biofuel facilities to be located at BP’s existing Saltend, U.K. site. The facilities are the result...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/6806.html
June 20, 2007
U.K. Biofuel Plants Take Shape
Ensus (Yarm, U.K.) says that its previously announced bioethanol plant at Wilton, U.K. will cost about £250 million ($492 million) and is due to come onstream in 2009. Ensus...
http://www.chemweek.com/markets/alternative_fuels/bioethanol/6650.html
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