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June 29, 2009
Evonik says it has developed alkoxide catalysts that are suitable for converting oils from the jatropha nut into biodiesel. Evonik aims to sell its catalysts for second-generation...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Evonik-Develops-Catalyst-for-Second-Generation-Biodiesel_19762.html June 26, 2009
A small field located more than 1,500 meters above sea-level at the foot of a Swiss mountain is an unlikely place for a chemical company to source raw materials. Yet this field, near...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/DSM-Picks-Alpine-Flowers-to-Take-Cosmetic-Ingredients-to-New-Heights_19795.html June 25, 2009
The facility is designed to optimize and scale-up Amyris processes for converting sugarcane to fuels and chemicals....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Amyris-Opens-Renewable-Fuel-Demonstration-Plant-in-Brazil_19791.html June 22, 2009
The company says it has increased the functional life of key enzymes used in the biocatalytic process....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Carbon-Sciences-Advances-CO2-to-Fuel-Process_19623.html June 15, 2009
The global market for biofuels will reach $247 billion by 2020, up from $76 billion in 2010, says a new report from Pike Research (Boulder, CO)....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Global-Biofuels-Market-Outlook-Very-Positive-Over-the-Long-Term_19575.html June 12, 2009
Nester Oil and Stora Enso, a forestry products company, have started up a biomass-to-liquids demonstration plant at Varkaus, Finland. The two firms are 50/50 joint partners in NSE...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Neste-Inaugurates-Biofuels-Demonstration-Plant_19473.html June 10, 2009
The European Union (EU) and the European chemicals industry have jointly introduced the Flexible Fast Future (F3) Factory, a visionary design concept for highly efficient chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/F3-Factory-Sets-Out-to-Provide-Competitive-Advantage-in-the-EU_19430.html June 8, 2009
Verenium (Cambridge, MA) a biotech start up, faces the risk of a delay in the construction of its planned commercial cellulosic ethanol facility as well as risks to its enzymes...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Verenium-Analyst-Highlights-Risk-of-Plant-Delay_19403.html June 3, 2009
The ETBE will be used by Japanese refineries to meet clean-burning fuels requirements as part of Japan's Kyoto Protocol commitments, LyondellBasell says....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/LyondellBasell-Planning-Bio-Based-ETBE-Capacity-at-Channelview_19344.html June 1, 2009
The jv will initally focus on processing medical and other segregated wastes, but may branch out into processing municipal solid waste when the technology becomes economically viable at the commercial scale....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Waste-to-Fuel-Joint-Venture-Established_19302.html June 1, 2009
Novozymes says production of sugarcane-based ethanol in Brazil will reach between 4.6 liters and 8.6 liters by 2020, and the country will be in a position to export about $4...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Novozymes-Brazil-Biofuel-Exports-to-Reach-$4-Billion-by-2020_19305.html June 1, 2009
By combining the cellulose-breakdown and sugar-conversion steps, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory say they are "very close" to developing a single-step method for converting raw biomass into a new platform chemical....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Researchers-Fine-Tune-Bio-based-HMF-Production_19307.html May 27, 2009
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels (Irvine, CA) says the sugars produced by its concentrated acid hydrolysis process will be tested for compatibility with the renewable oil production process of algae fuel firm Solazyme....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Algae-to-Oil-Firm-Eyeing-BlueFires-Sugars-as-Potential-Feedstock-Source_19168.html May 26, 2009
The breakthrough was the catalyst, which plays a role in all three reaction steps, the researchers say....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Researchers-Develop-One-Pot-Process-to-Produce-Alkanes-from-Bio-Oil_19142.html May 22, 2009
The oversupplied U.S. ethanol market will remain challenging, but Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) blending requirements will improve demand and margins, ADM executives told investor conferences earlier this week....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Ethanol-Market-Will-be-Better-Balanced-in-2010-ADM-says_18947.html May 21, 2009
The plant will initially produce 10 million gallons/year of ethanol and mixed alcohols using feedstock wood and wood waste generated by nearby forest operations....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Amec-Wins-Cellulosic-Biorefinery-Contract_19043.html May 21, 2009
The age-old rivalry between Coke and Pepsi has taken a new turn, with both companies claiming leadership in bioplastics packaging. Pepsi – which, like its rival, produces...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Bioplastics-Anything-You-Can-Do-_19036.html May 13, 2009
DNP Green Technology (Princeton, NJ) says its has entered into an agreement with the National Research Council of Canada Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC-BRI) to jointly develop a second-generation bio-based succinic acid production technology....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Biobased-Succinic-Acid-Developer-is-Looking-Ahead_18909.html May 12, 2009
U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu has disclosed that the U.S. DOE plans to stop funding R&D on fuel cell vehicles. “We are moving away from funding vehicular hydrogen fuel...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/U-S-DOE-to-Withdraw-Fuel-Cell-R-and-D-Restart-Funding-for-FutureGen-Project_18880.html May 11, 2009
Feedstocks for the unit will include woody green waste such as yard clippings and biosolids, Rentech says....http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/biofuels/Rentech-Planning-Biomass-to-Fuels-Plant_18866.html |
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