Novozymes’ Eversa Enzymatic Biodiesel Solution Ready for Market
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) After working with a handful of producers over the past several years to prove the technical and economic viability of liquid enzymatic biodiesel processing,...
View ArticleElsevier Science Publishes “Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels” by Anju Dahiya...
(Elsevier) Bioenergy: Biomass to Biofuels examines all current and emerging feedstocks and the advanced processes and technologies enabling the development of their end products, ranging from solid...
View ArticleFeedstocks, Techniques, and Enzymes: The Critical Trio in Any Cellulosic...
(Global BioBusiness) It may be surprising to know that, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as “cellulosic ethanol”. Instead, there is cellulosic “sugars”. That because it is often forgotten...
View ArticleCanadian Government Funds Enzyme Research
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Canadian officials have announced that the University of Toronto has been selected to receive $5 million to launch its Industrial Biocatalysis Network,...
View ArticleViesel Develops Continuous Enzymatic Biodiesel Process
by Brent Chrabas (Viesel Fuel LLC/Biodiesel Magazine) In collaboration with Tactical Fabrication of Dublin, Georgia, and Novozymes of Denmark, a novel biodiesel production technology developed by...
View ArticleBETO Releases Process Integration and Carbon Efficiency Workshop Summary Report
(US Department of Energy) On June 11–12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) hosted a workshop in...
View ArticleEver-Evolving Biodiesel Technology Developments
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) … Even so-called conventional chemical processing is riddled with original approaches and unique twists. A cookie-cutter industry biodiesel is not. While too many...
View ArticleImmobilized Enzyme Technology Enters Commercial Stage
by Ahmed Tafesh (TransBiodiesel/Biodiesel Magazine) TransBiodiesel supplies its flagship product to the biodiesel production industry under the brand name TransZyme A, providing the best use cost when...
View ArticleBioenergy Innovations Presented at Department of Energy BETO Project Peer Review
by Osaretin Omorodion* (Advanced Biofuels USA) During late March 2015, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) offered what amounted to a seminar for the public...
View ArticleBiofuel Research and Commercial Development in Denmark
(Task 39 Newsletter) General introduction – A fossil free energy supply by 2050 — In 2012, the Danish parliament decided on a new climate act, which calls for an energy supply totally free of fossil...
View ArticleInternational Research Team Seeks More Efficient Biomass Refinement Processes
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) Researchers from across the world, including from Virginia Tech, plan to mimic the chemistry of the brown rot fungus to improve biorefining...
View ArticleBiomass Supply Chain Trade-Offs: Basis for Successful Bioenergy Businesses
by Rajdeep Golech (Biomass Magazine) Feedstock sourcing is a critical aspect in the development of cellulosic biofuel businesses. -- Emphasis toward greenhouse gas reduction and massive availability...
View ArticleWhere Did Biofuels Technologies Come from?
by Gerald Kutney (Lee Consulting/Biofuels Digest) ... From the time of the caveman until the early Industrial Revolution, biofuels – namely wood and the advanced biofuel of the day, charcoal –...
View ArticleCellulosic Ethanol, What Happened, What’s Happening?
by Irshad Ahmed (Lee Enterprises) ... I believe cellulosic ethanol is here to stay for the long haul and it is finally exhibiting real potential to establish a critical-mass commercial base alongside...
View ArticleBiorenewables Megatrends: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the Advanced...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week, we conducted a webinar on Biorenewables Megatrends with NEXANT principal Ron Cascone, who gave these incisive slides on the state of commercialization in...
View ArticleLow Cost Cellulosic Sugars, Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Amidst all the discussion this week of deal-making in cellulosic and sugar-based fuels — the likes of Tesoro-Virent and Lufthansa-Gevo — we were intrigued by this slide...
View ArticleAlliance Releases Data from CTS Cellulosic Ethanol Multiple Feedstock...
(Alliance BioEnergy Plus, Inc.) Alliance BioEnergy Plus, Inc. (OTCQB:ALLM) (the "Company"), is very pleased to release the results from months of testing and data collection on dozens of lignocellulose...
View ArticleUnderstanding Biofuel Standards
By Angela Fivga and Zsuzsa A. Mayer (Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc./Biofuels Digest) The analysis and standardization of biofuels are in constant development, therefore in many studies they follow a...
View ArticleDavis, Mercurius Advance on Ultra Low-Cost Renewable Chemicals
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Mercurius Biorefining has furthered its partnership with UC Davis to develop first-of-its-kind technology for production of furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid...
View ArticleHORIZON 2020 – ZELCOR – Zero Waste Ligno-Cellulosic Biorefineries by...
(nova-Institute) Its concept is to combine chemical and enzymatic catalysis with insects-based biological conversion via termites, within a biorefinery integrated approach. The project is conceived to...
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