In Canada, University of British Columbia research designed to turn ‘black liquor’—a by-product of pulp and paper manufacture—into consumer goods has received funding from Genome BC and the BC Pulp and Paper Bio-Alliance. The project valued at C$500,000 will develop biological methods that can be used to transform ‘black liquor’, a mixture of lignin and […]
In Sweden, RenFuel and Nordic Paper have signed an agreement to build a production test facility in Bäckhammar in the region of Värmland, in order to test manufacture an advanced biofuel based on lignin. The project has been granted $8.75 million by the Swedish Energy Agency. RenFuel has developed and patented a method to refine […]
In Sweden, biorefinery R&D project number 100 has now started in the Swedish Processum cluster, aimed at thermochemically converting lignin from black liquor to bio oil. It is run by the Swedish-Norwegian cooperation project “Biorefinery Midscandinavia” and the project partners are Processum Biorefinery Initiative, PFI, Metsä Board Sweden, Viken Skog (a Norwegian forest owner association) […]
In Sweden, Chemrec signed with China Tianchen Engineering Corporation, TCC, to provide an integrated offering of Chemrec plants on a global lump-sum turn-key basis and co-market the Chemrec black liquor gasification technology – a route to 2nd generation biofuels or green power. The prime ministers of China, Wen Jiabao, and of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt were […]
In Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has created a new FAOSTAT domain on bioenergy. The new statistics expand FAO’s provision of global data on agrifood systems. The FAOSTAT Bioenergy domain was launched on June 18th, during the 11th edition of The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP). The new statistics provide information on […]
Nine days ago, in the story “Molecules for Christmas,” Dr. Brian Westlake opined that “the answers to all your questions are in the forest” and further evidence of his prescience arrives this week from Virginia City, Nevada, where Comstock Fuels unveiled a remarkable partnership, investment and pathway to drop-in renewable fuels focused in this announce […]
By David Peterson, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Daily Digest When an industry faces significant challenges, which all industries will at some time, quite often the responses not only influence short-term achievements but may also influence the trajectory of the industry, and quite possibly the very survival of the industry. The pulp and paper […]
In Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced funding of over C$3.6 million to International Paper Company, in collaboration with Via Separations Inc., for the implementation of a first-of-its-kind filtration technology aimed at reducing the energy intensity and carbon emissions associated with the kraft pulping process. The project is funded through the Investments in Forest Industry […]
By Dr. Siddhartha Pal, Principal Scientist, Praj Industries Special to The Digest Various sources of lignocellulosic biomass, such as forestry waste and agricultural feedstocks, are available all over the world. The Lignocellulosic biomass consists of three major components: cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Cellulose and hemicellulose form a network in which lignin acts as a glue making […]
In Finland, SCA and St1 formed a joint venture to produce and sell advanced biofuels. The new biorefinery is under construction on the St1 refinery site in Gothenburg and will have a total capacity of 200,000 tonnes (approximately 60 million gallons) of liquid biofuels. The project is designed to optimize production of renewable HVO diesel […]
