Enzymes group Novozymes says it has created an “exploratory research agreement” with Sea6 Energy (Chennai, India), a start-up biotech firm, to jointly develop an enzymatic process for converting seaweed-based carbohydrates to sugar, which can then...
Advanced biofuels are set to become an important factor in the global economy and could replace more than 50% of the world's gasoline demand in 2030, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The report dubbed "Moving towards a...
Celtic Renewables (Edinburgh, U.K.), a biotech company developing a process for converting whiskey byproducts into biobutanol and other biochemicals, has been launched yesterday. The start-up company is a spin out from Napier University (Edinburgh). The...
DSM and ethanol producer Poet (Sioux Falls, SD) have formed a 50-50 joint venture to produce cellulosic ethanol and license related technology. Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels (Sioux Falls, SD) is scheduled to start production in second-half 2013. The first...
LanzaTech (Auckland, New Zealand), a renewable chemicals and fuels firm, has raised $55.8 million in a third, or Series C, funding round, including an investment from the venture arm of Petronas, Malaysia’s national oil company. The funding round was...
The Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills (BIS; London) says the U.K. government and an industry consortium have launched a hydrogen fueling study, dubbed UKH2Mobility. The study aims to ensure that the U.K. is well positioned for the...
AFC Energy (Cranleigh, U.K.) says its alkaline Beta fuel cell system for the first time is being used commercially to generate electricity from waste hydrogen. The system is being employed at AkzoNobel’s Bitterfeld, Germany chlor-alkali complex. The...
Evonik Industries has introduced a novel membrane for purifying raw biogas into pure, usable biomethane, by removing CO2. The technology, which is comprised of multiple cylindrical polyimide hollow fibers, “increases yield and conserves valuable...
This past week has seen a raft of alternative energy technology developments in both the battery and fuel cell fields. BASF made another step forward in its quest to be the pre-eminent developer and producer of battery materials with the acquisition of...
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