Two world leaders in cellulosic deployment – Jeff Taylor from Chemtex and Paolo Corvo from Clariant – talked about how cellulosic fuels are on the march on last week’s DigestConnect. Check out this exclusive slide guide on 1G/2G biofuels integration opportunities, what are the models, technologies and prospects, plus a sneak peek into the latest […]
In China, Clariant’s Business Line Biofuels and Derivatives announced on August 15 during a joint presentation at the 7th Asia-Pacific Biomass Utilization Summit in Guangzhou that a strategic partnership has been formed with Chemtex Global Corporation for the realization of second-generation biofuel projects. Under the partnership, the two parties will collaborate to market and sell […]
From Germany we have news that Clariant, Anhui Guozhen Group, and Chemtex Chemical Engineering signed a license agreement on sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. This is the third commercial license for the sunliquid technology and the first for China. The Anhui Guozhen Group and Chemtex have agreed to form a joint venture with the aim of […]
In Italy, Eni’s Versalis won the bidding process ordered by the Court of Alessandria for Mossi & Ghisolfi’s Group’s “green” activities including Biochemtex and Beta Renewables. The transfer of the related business units will be formally agreed in the coming weeks, in compliance with legal procedures and deadlines. The operation includes assets and resources related […]
In Italy, Biochemtex S.p.A., Beta Renewables S.p.A., IBP Energia S.r.l. and the Italian Bio Products S.r.l. companies belonging to the industrial group Mossi & Ghisolfi S.p.A., will be auctioned off en bloc in an inseparable sale to the highest bidder. The four bioenergy and biofuel companies will be auctioned off in Italy’s Court of Alessandria […]
In Italy, the court of Alessandria admitted Gruppo Mossi Ghisolfi companies to the “concordato preventivo” in accordance with article 161 sixth paragraph of the Bankruptcy Law. Eight companies of the group were included, including Biochemtex S.p.A. and Beta Renewables S.r.l. The court granted all companies a term of 120 days starting from October 26, 2017 […]
In Italy, at the Annual General Meeting of Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels, Piero Cavigliasso from BioChemtex was appointed chairman for the next year. LSB consists of leading European companies investing in advanced biofuels, including BioChemtex, BTG, Clariant, Dong Energy, St1, UPM and British Airways. “This is a critically important year for advanced biofuels, Cavigliasso said. […]
Cellulosic leaders sign with Energochemica for the construction of a 2nd Generation Ethanol plant in the Slovak Republic. In Italy, Biochemtex and Beta Renewables announced an agreement with Energochemica SE for the construction of a 16.5 million gallon (55,000 ton per year) cellulosic ethanol plant. The plant, which will be constructed in Strazske, Slovak Republic, […]
In Washington, U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre announced today that the City of Clinton has received $1,758,150 to construct water and sewer infrastructure to support the new Chemtex cellulosic biofuel plant in the City of Clinton, North Carolina. McIntyre stated that Congress has appropriated, and the United States Economic Development Administration has awarded, a grant of […]
In the EU, the European Investment Bank is providing a €65M (USD$89M) loan to Biochemtex, an engineering subsidiary of the Mossi and Ghisolfi Group, for research to improve non-food biomass to biofuels and molecules including ethylene glycol (for PET production). The loans, directed toward the Piedmont and Puglia facilities, match half of Biochemtex’s investment of […]
