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High-Yield Method for Producing Everyday Plastics from Biomass

Gabriel — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:46:17 +0000

A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process is inexpensive and currently creates the chemical p-xylene with an efficient yield of 75-percent, using most of the biomass […]

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Biofuels for the airplane industry as a common denominator

Adrian — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:33:48 +0000

Affordable biofuels for the airplane industry is the common aim for all rivals plane makers such as Airbus, Boeing and Embraer. They agreed to seek opportunities to speak to government and biofuel producers “to support, promote and accelerate the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources.” Airbus and Boeing have already launched programmes independently to […]

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Biofuels between biodiesel and ethanol

Adrian — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:35:34 +0000

Biofuels are the alternative fuels of today, in some countries made from sugarcane in other from corn. According to Worldwatch Institute Climate and Energy Program, 2010 was the top of worldwide production of biofuels when 105 billions of litres were produced. The rise in numbers biofuels litres was attributed to high oil price and to […]

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First Waste to Bioenergy Facility in Florida

Gabriel — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:03:38 +0000

INEOS Bio’s first commercial project in the United States has secured key permits to build its waste to bioenergy facility in Indian River County, Florida. The INEOS Bio joint venture has obtained its final air permit and environmental resource permit from the State of Florida, its wetlands permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, […]

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Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels in Sweden

Gabriel — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:21:20 +0000

For the first time, researchers have taken an overall look at Swedish biofuels and analysed what impact they have on the environment, both in relation to one another and to the fossil fuel alternatives petrol and diesel. The results show that they produce between 65 and 140 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than petrol […]

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World’s First Municipal Waste-to- Biofuels Facility in Edmonton, Canada

Gabriel — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:50:46 +0000

Enerkem’s advanced biofuels plant, which will be located in Edmonton, Alberta, is the world’s first industrial-scale biofuels project to use municipal solid waste as feedstock. It will have an annual production capacity of 36 million litres/10 million gallons. Using Enerkem’s proprietary clean technology, the CAD$ 80 million facility will produce enough biofuels to fuel over […]

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Biobutanol–Low Cost Solution to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Gabriel — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:58:45 +0000

Cobalt’s technology converts non-food feedstock, such as forest waste and mill residues, into biobutanol. Cobalt’s continuous butanol production system is based on advancements in microbial strain selection, bioreactor design and process engineering, resulting in a highly productive, capital-efficient, low-cost solution. This engineering foundation ensures the production process is able to scale up quickly while maintaining […]

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DOE Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research

Gabriel — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:46:57 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels. The selections will support the development of a clean, sustainable transportation sector—a goal of the Department’s continued effort to spur the creation of the domestic bio-industry […]

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