In Canada, GreenAngel has entered into an advisory agreement to assist Mazza Innovation in its corporate finance and technology commercialization activities in exchange for up to 480,000 Mazza shares, representing approximately 10% of the issued shares in the company. Mazza is developing a novel pressurized low polarity water extraction technology to acquire high-value phytochemicals from […]
In Indonesia, Paulus Tjakrawan, secretary general of the Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association, has been advocating for larger government commitment to local biofuel production. Paulus informed readers that Indonesia’s biofuel output equalled only 1 percent of Brazil’s, and that the termination of the government’s bioethanol program in 2010 was an enormous step backwards for the industry. […]
Honeywell’s UOP and Ensyn debut RTP fuel as a refiner-side renewable feedstock Amongst the many thought-provoking presentations at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference this year in DC, a pair from Honeywell’s UOP and Ensyn stood out from the crowd, which saw 107 presentations this week under the general 2012 them of “Go Big, Stay Strong”. […]
In Florida, BioPower Operations has received notice from The Depository Trust Company that, effective immediately, they are eligible to trade their common shares electronically under the OTCQB trading symbol “BOPO.” BioPower is a development stage company focused on growing biomass coupled with the production and sale of biomass products and byproducts, with plans to produce […]
In Washington, CEO Kef Kasdin observed at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference that that Proterro “has successfully and consistently demonstrated high sucrose productivity in its own laboratory, as well as in the field, at two independent greenhouse sites.” The results of the field trials confirmed that Proterro can develop sucrose at a cost, inclusive of […]
In Oregon, InEnTec announced that Lakeside Energy has made a strategic investment in the company. Headquartered in Chicago, Lakeside Energy is a portfolio company of American Securities, specializing in power generation and renewable energy. No financial information was given in the company’s release. InEnTec is a privately-held corporation and the developer of the Plasma Enhanced […]
In France, Technip signed a cooperation agreement with the Compagnie Industrielle de la Matière Végétale to industrialize CIMV’s process. Technip specializes in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry. CIMV has developed a lignocellulosic biorefinery that allows separation of three components of plant material into three intermediary products designed for industry: Biolignine, cellulose/glucose […]
In England, IntercontinentalExchange, an operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter markets, today announced the launch of 26 new cleared OTC contracts. Of interest here at Biofuels Digest are the two Ethanol Swaps, Chicago (ETC)3 and New York (ETN)3. All of the new contracts will be available for the trade date of […]
In Holland, ED&F Man signed an agreement with BioMCN for the delivery of crude glycerine from Argentina. Argentina is quickly becoming the world’s largest producer of biodiesel and its residue crude glycerine. With this agreement BioMCN and ED & F Man will operate as one sourcing organization. BioMCN produces and sells industrial quantities of bio-methanol […]
In France, BioAmber has scaled up its hydrogenation catalyst technology under license from DuPont and converted multi-ton quantities of bio-succinic acid into 100% bio-based 1,4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran, and gamma-butyrolactone. Using bio-succinic acid made at its French facility as a starting material, BioAmber successfully completed a 1,4-BDO production campaign in collaboration with one of the world’s leading […]
