In Michigan, TRW Automotive has developed a bio-plastic range of automotive airbags modules. TRW expects to be ready for production by the middle of 2012. The company specifically named both the airbag cover and the retainer plate as two of the components that are bio-based.
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In Florida, Biofuels Digest and BIO have launched the latest Bioenergy Business Outlook Survey. In the last survey, Biofuels Digest reported that 79 percent of bioenergy executives are more optimistic both about their organization’s prospects for growth and industry growth, than 12 months ago, and that 72 percent are more optimistic about the industry’s prospects […]
In California, Cobalt Technologies announced the successful demonstration of one of its advanced biocatalysts. Partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy’s NREL, Cobalt completed multiple fermentation campaigns in a 9,000 liter fermenter, exceeding the target yield and other performance metrics for a commercial scale facility. Cobalt utilized the NREL Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility in the […]
In California, OriginOil reported they have received a firm order for their Algae Appliance harvester and other components from Paris La Défense Complex. The order was placed by their French joint venture partner Ennesys for a program that aims to demonstrate that algae production can be integrated into large building complexes. They Ennesys demonstration is […]
In New York and China, American Jianye announced it has reached a manufacturing and marketing partnership agreement with US Gulf Coast Energy. The two companies will jointly build a blending factory in Alabama, to manufacture and distribute 30 million gallons of alcohol-based fuel annually as phase 1 of a production plan. Determination of the size […]
In the Netherlands, Ecofys has started a trial with the combination of seaweed cultivation and offshore wind energy. Their seaweed module measures 20 by 20 meters, consists of a set of steel cables, held two meters under the sea surface. Horizontal nets measuring 10 by 10 meters are suspended between the cables.Seaweed plants of species […]
In Finland, Metso and Fortum Power and Heat have signed a contract for delivery of a demonstration bio-oil production plant and a related automation system to the Fortum power plant in Joensuu. The bio-oil will be sourced from forest residue and other biomasses, and produced via pyrolysis to replace the use of heavy fuel oil. […]
In China, the Commercial Aircraft Corp and Boeing have signed a collaboration agreement. The Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center will be located at COMAC’s Beijing Civil Aircraft Technology Research Center. The companies will collaborate with China-based universities and research institutions to expand knowledge of technologies – such as sustainable aviation biofuels, […]
In Thailand, Vinythai has commissioned its bio-sourced epichlorohydrin plant in Map Ta Phut, Thailand. The plant uses Solvay’s Epicerol technology, transforming biofuel byproduct glycerin into epichlorohydron, an esential feedstock for epoxy resins, and it’s increasingly used in corrosion protection coatings. The plant has a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year, and required EUR 120 […]
