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Supercomputer Helps Identify Potential Materials to Improve Ethanol and Petroleum Production

Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has identified potential materials that could improve the production of ethanol and petroleum products. The discovery could lead to major efficiencies and cost savings in these industries.

27 Jan 2015

DEINOVE Reaches First Milestone in ADEME-Funded DEINOCHEM Green Chemistry Program

DEINOVE, an industrial biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and bio-based compounds from Deinococcus bacteria, today announced it has reached the first milestone of its DEINOCHEM green chemistry program, funded by the ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency) in the framework of the French government initiative "Investing for the Future".

22 Jan 2015

CPI Project Aims to Transform Food Waste into BioGas for the Production of Renewable Hydrogen and Graphene

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is leading a European collaborative project that aims to transform food waste into a sustainable source of significant economic added value, namely graphene and renewable hydrogen.

13 Jan 2015

Brenntag Canada to Provide Gevo's Renewable Isobutanol to Targeted Customers

Gevo, Inc., the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced it has launched sales of renewable isobutanol to Brenntag Canada Inc. (Brenntag Canada), a member of the Brenntag group companies for distribution into the solvents, oil & gas, mining and specialty chemicals markets.

13 Jan 2015

Global Second Generation Biofuels Market Expected to Grow to $ 23.9 Billion in 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Second Generation Biofuels (Advanced Biofuels) Market (Fuel Types, Feedstock Types and Geography) - Size, Global Trends, Company Profiles, Segmentation and Forecast, 2013 - 2020" report to their offering.

12 Jan 2015

Research Report on Global Biomass Molding Fuel Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Worldwide Biomass Molding Fuel Industry Report - Forecasts to 2020" report to their offering.

8 Jan 2015

Praj Wins Contract for Production of Fuel Ethanol and Premium Grade Beverage Alcohol in Uganda

Praj Industries, global process solutions Company has contracted 60,000 LPD project for production of fuel ethanol and premium grade extra neutral alcohol (Beverage Alcohol) from Kakira Sugars. Kakira Sugars is a leading sugar and power producer in Uganda. It is part of the diversified Madhvani Group, one of the largest private-sector group in East Africa.The plant will process cane molasses from the Kakira Sugar Mill.

7 Jan 2015

Bioethanol Generated with Waste Obtained During Processing of Corn

From waste generated in the processing of cereals, scientists from the Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco (CIATEJ), eastern state of Mexico, have produced bioenergy in the form of ethanol, and designed a prototype plant that generates 500 litres of bioethanol a day.

5 Jan 2015

Genetic Advance May Help Manipulate Polymer-Forming Processes to Improve Biofuel Production

Plant geneticists including Sam Hazen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Siobhan Brady at the University of California, Davis, have sorted out the gene regulatory networks that control cell wall thickening by the synthesis of the three polymers, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

5 Jan 2015

New Method Produces Accurate 3D Models to Assess Environmental Impacts of Stump Wood Recovery

Tree stumps and root systems are a significant but controversial source of bioenergy in Finland due to their environmental impacts. Now Finnish and Norwegian researchers have developed a new method that can produce accurate three-dimensional (3D) models of recovered stumps and root systems.

5 Jan 2015