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Shell drops investment in advanced biofuels developer Choren: sells stake to VW, Daimler, Hamburg investors
In Germany, advanced biofuels developer Choren announced that Shell Oil has divested its stake in the company, selling its shares to Volkswagen, Daimler and a consortium of Hamburg-area investors.
Shell, which will continue to provide technical support to the advanced biofuels project, did not give a reason for the divestiture, although the other shareholders, according to [...]
UNICA says sugarcane ethanol “is a better alternative fuel for the environment than electricity.”
In Brazil, the LA Times is reporting on the Brazilian sugar and ethanol’s continuing push to open up US markets for its ethanol. According to the report, the sugar and ethanol trade association UNICA is suggesting that sugarcane ethanol “is a better alternative fuel for the environment than electricity.” The article also reports on the [...]
BP outlines 3-pronged biofuels strategy, says biobutanol plant will open at commercial scale in 2013
In the UK, BP outlined a three-pronged strategy for biofuels: “growing a material sugarcane ethanol business in Brazil, building a cellulosic biofuel business in the U.S. and developing advanced molecules like biobutanol,” according to BP spokeswoman Thea Sherer.
A report in Ethanol Producer confirmed that the Vericipia plant — a joint venture between BP and Verenium, [...]
$100,000 renewable energy business plan prize announced for African countries
In the Netherlands, PANGAEA (Partners for Euro-African Green Energy) advises that the Dutch development bank along with E + Co and other partners have announced a business plan competition for selected African countries to develop renewable energy. The prize is US$100,000 for the winning business plan to go towards implementation of the project. More information [...]
Honeywell, China National Petroleum ink agreement on advanced biofuels for China; focus on Chinese feedstock evaluation
In China, the China National Petroleum Corporation signed a MOU with Honeywell’s UOP to evaluate Chinese feedstocks for the production of green diesel and green jet fuels, evaluate installation of units to produce renewable fuels and improve ethanol energy efficiency.
CNPC will also evaluate the installation of a demonstration-scale UOP/Eni Ecofining process unit for the production [...]
Neste, St1 target enhanced fuels for cars after success with NExBTL renewable diesel
In Finland, Neste Oil and St1 have commenced a collaborative effort to develop high-efficiency biofuels for cars, after a successful project to optimize diesel fuels that resulted in the introduction of Neste Green diesel fuel in Finland, which contains a minimum of 10% NExBTL renewable diesel.
In the new project, St1 will concentrate on optimizing high-blend [...]
Indian Oil becomes fifth oil major, first NOC, to join algal fuels race; signs with PetroAlgae
In India, Indian Oil Company became the fifth oil major and first national oil company (NOC) to decisively enter the algal fuel race, signing a MOU to enter into an agreement with PetroAlgae to license micro-crop technology for the large-scale production of renewable fuels.
The announcement is also the first between an oil major and an [...]
Greenfield signs MOU for offtake from Chernobyl biofuels project
In Belarus, Greenfield Project Management announced an offtake MOU with Litasco for ethanol produced in Phase I of Greenfield’s bioenergy complex at Mozyr. The companies said they are working on finalizing a pricing formula before signing the definitive offtake agreement.
The Greenfield complex in Belarus will initially produce 50 Mgy of ethanol, rising to 150 Mgy [...]
Manitoba abandons wild algae harvest effort on Lake Winnipeg; fuel project not economically viable
In Canada, the provincial government in Manitoba has abandoned an effort, for the time present, to harvest wild algae in Lake Winnipeg for algal fuel and to reduce phosphorus levels in the lake. The Manitoba Water Stewardship Board told the Winnipeg Free Press that “With Lake Winnipeg being the 10th largest freshwater lake in the [...]
Chinese issue patent for detonation cycle gas turbine engine that runs on E85, M85 and drop-in renewable fuels
In China, the Chinese Patent Office has granted a patent to Alpha Engines for a detonation cycle gas turbine engine, according to a company announcement. The gas turbine engine is based on the electromagnetic Isothermal Combustion (EIC) Process.
In 1999, Alpha Engines was granted a patent for the Detonation Cycle Gas Turbine engine, and in July [...]
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1. Coskata
2. Sapphire Energy
3. Virent Energy Systems
4. POET
5. Range Fuels
6. Solazyme
7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
9. DuPont Danisco
10. UOP
11. ZeaChem
12. Aquaflow Bionomic
13. Bluefire Ethanol
14. Novozymes
15. Qteros
16. Petrobras
17. Cobalt Biofuels
18. Iogen
19. Synthetic Genomics
20. Abengoa Energy
21. KL Energy
22. Ineos
23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
25. LS9
26. Raven Biofuels
27. Gevo
28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
40. Osage Bioenergy
41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
46. Propel Fuels
47. GEM Biofuels
48. Lake Erie Biofuels
49. Cavitation Technologies
50. Lotus/Jaguar – Omnivore -
