Linde to Codevelop CCS Project in U.K.
BOC, a subsidiary of Linde, has been brought in as a technology partner to codevelop a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at the Drax coal fired power station (Selby, U.K.). BOC joins energy firm Drax (Selby) and energy infrastructure company Alstom (London) on the project. The Drax plant is the...

U.K. Spin-out Firm to Generate BioButanol from Whiskey Byproduct
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 fledgling company is now working with government...

Pilot Carbon Emissions Trading System Readied in China
The Asian Development Bank (ADB; Manila) says it will help China set up a pilot provincial emissions trading system that could pave the way for a national scheme and lower greenhouse gas emissions in the country. China is the world’s largest emitter of carbon emissions, but it has been making major...

Study: Biofuels Could Replace 50% of Gasoline by 2030
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 next-generation ethanol economy" was commissioned...

Cradle-to-Cradle Manufacture: Flooring Producer Desso Lays Out New Approach
Desso (Waalwijk, the Netherlands), a manufacturer of carpets and flooring systems made from materials such as nylon 6, nylon 6,6 and polypropylene (PP), in 2007 changed its business model by adopting a production system based on Cradle to Cradle design principles. In this Cradle to Cradle approach the...

DuPont Collaborates with Yingli Green Energy on Solar Technology
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions says it is collaborating with Yingli Green Energy (Baoding, China), to advance technology for higher efficiency solar cells, new module manufacturing processes and innovative component designs. Through technical collaboration, the two companies plan to speed development and...

Showa Denko Chooses Myriant to Supply  Succinic Acid for PBS Efforts
Showa Denko says it has selected Myriant (Quincy, MA) to supply biobased succinic acid for its polybutylene succinate (PBS) production. The deal endorses Myriant’s low-cost, feedstock-flexible technology platform, Myriant says. Financial terms were not disclosed. Showa Denko currently produces limited...

Genomatica Advances Second-Generation Biobased BDO with M&G
Renewable chemicals firm Genomatica (San Diego) says it has obtained exclusive worldwide rights to Beta Renewables’ (Scrivia, Italy) technology to convert biomass to 1,4-butanediol (BDO), and the two firms plan to begin demonstration-scale production this year at Beta’s Scrivia facility. Beta...

LanzaTech Raises $55.8 Million in Third Funding Round
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 led by Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund (Kuala...

DSM and Poet Form Cellulosic Ethanol Venture (update)
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 commercial demonstration of the technology will be...