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Virent nabs EPA’s Green Chemistry Award
In Wisconsin, Virent Energy Systems was awarded the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Small Business Award for its development of a proces to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon fuels. Virent was ranked #3 in Biofuels Digest’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2008-09.
Virent CTO Randy Cortright told Chemistry World that “Virent’s ‘Bio-forming’ process produces between 30 [...]
New Mexico center goes to demo stage with algae biofuel projct
In New Mexico, the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management has upgraded its Algae Biofuels Project from pilot scale to the commercial demonstration level. The project is located at the New Mexico State University Agriculture Science Center and will be in full operation in September. Center officials said that their guidance on yield is [...]
Future of wood-based biomass surveyed
In North Carolina, Dan Richter, professor of soils and forest ecology at Duke University has authored an article of interest on the past and future of wood-based biomass.
According to Digest correspondent Scott Miller, “One of the largest sources of renewable energy available today is one of the oldest, that is direct combustion of wood. Recent [...]
Virent wins EPA Green Chemistry Prize for drop-in fuels solution
In Wisconsin, Virent Energy Systems was awarded the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Small Business Award for its development of a proces to convert plant sugars into hydrocarbon fuels. Virent was ranked #3 in Biofuels Digest’s 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2008-09.
Virent CTO Randy Cortright told Chemistry World that “Virent’s ‘Bio-forming’ process produces between 30 [...]
Algae as an enabling technology for carbon recycling; downloadable presentation
“Algae as an enabling technology for carbon recycling” is the subject of an intriguing presentation by David Haberman of IF.
“Algae has been cultivated and harvested by man since recorded history. Its uses as a food or for fertilizer are well documented. Over the last ten years it has re-emerged as candidate feedstock for production of [...]
Ag-Oil annouces pilot algae-to-energy project in Florida
In Florida, AG-Oil announced that it would collaborate with United Environment and Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Florida and the University of Southern Illinois to build and operate a pilot-scale non-food oilseed biodiesel & algae based integrated refinery.
The company said that it would construct a pilot-scale non-food oilseed biodiesel production facility and algae-based integrated [...]
Florida county admits it lost track of Algenol as algae pioneer slipped away to Texas
In Florida, the Lee County Economic Development Office said that, after Algenol announced it would relocate its proposed algae plant to Texas as part of its Dow Chemical partnership, it had had no record of Algenol and no contact with the firm.
Sue Noe, manager for business assistance, told the News-Press “In a community of almost [...]
Raven Biofuels commenced construction of 11 Mgy cellulsoic ethanol plant, unveils furfural, ethanol process
In California, Raven Biofuels gave an overview of the company’s process and prospects. The company has a proprietary cellulosic ethanol process, based on two-stage dilute acid hydrolysis.
In stage 1, cellulosic feedstock, such as wood chips or sugar cane bagasse, is mixed with weak sulfuric acid solution and heated to separate xylose (C5 sugars) from hemicellulose [...]
US corn planting estimates skyrocket: “Forget $5 corn,” say traders
In Illinois, the USDA said that 2009 US corn plantings, previously estimated at 84 million acres, had risen to 87 million in the latest estimates. The total is the second largest planted since 1946. Observers confirmed that the numers indicated ideal planting conditions west of the Mississippi and underestimations by USDA in March.
“I think they [...]
NIMBY update: Not In My Ground, either; Ohio residents protest carbon sequestration
Not in My Underyard. In Ohio, 700 residents of Greenville and other communities in Darke County have joined a protest against a carbon sequestration project that will inject CO2 from a local ethanol plant 3500 feet below the surface. The residents said they are concerned about potential problems with the injection process.
According to News Talk [...]
