In Iowa, Quad County Corn Processors, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Taurus Energy have established an industrial-scale trial for Taurus’ XyloFerm in the Cellerate process. After preliminary lab-scale trials of XyloFerm in the CellerateTM process and obtained GRAS status for the XyloFerm yeast strain Quad County Corn Processors, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and […]
In Tennessee, PHG Energy has been renamed Aries Clean Energy to reflect the evolution of the clean energy and sustainable waste disposal company. Eight patents have been granted to the company for innovations in the gasification field. Most of those already have been deployed successfully in projects for both industry and municipalities, cleanly converting a […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the ratio of futures market quotations of rapeseed to wheat increased continually over the 2016/17 marketing year. The figure temporarily rose to 2.3. Paris futures market quotations of wheat and rapeseed from the new 2017 harvest show very different curves. Whereas wheat prices have been very stable at a low […]
In California, OriginClear signed a Master Research Agreement with Florida Atlantic University for further scientific research and validation projects pertaining to OriginClear’s technology, Electro Water Separation with Advanced Oxidation, when applied to landfill leachate treatment. When rain or ground water flows through municipal and industrial waste landfill, leachate drains from the landfill as “black water”. […]
In Kansas, ICM has achieved a 50% decrease in the electrical load requirement in its Selective Milling Technology, that allows ethanol plants to produce increases of up to 3% ethanol yield and up to 15% distiller’s oil recovery. SMT is a platform technology that frees more starch critical for enzyme conversion to sugar by selectively […]
In Washington, QuikTrip, the Oklahoma based chain of convenience stores, will sell E15 fuel at 44 of its locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area in Texas. QuikTrip joins, Family Express, Kum & Go, MAPCO, Minnoco, Murphy USA, Protec Fuels, RaceTrac, Sheetz, and Thorntons in offering their customers expanded fuel choices at the pump. Approved […]
In Montana, Rivertop Renewables and Radical Polymers have partnered to provide Rivertop’s Waterline CI to the water treatment market segment populated by independent providers. The companies will collaborate closely to harness the complementary benefits of Waterline CI and INITIA mineral scale-control products. Waterline CI is a phosphorous-free corrosion inhibitor that protects mild steel and galvanized […]
When USDA forecasts of corn ethanol exports to China dropped below 80 million gallons from 225 million last year — and Green Plains CEO Todd Becker issued a “zero exports expected” addendum to his 2017 outlook for the ethanol giant — informed sources began describing 2017 as a ethanol year in search of a market […]
With a decade of industrial experience Whitefox provides engineering solutions based on its membrane technology. From existing plants looking to expand capacity and remove bottlenecks, to new plants seeking to be energy and water efficient, the company says that it “provides an optimal solution. A Whitefox process minimises waste and environmental impact whilst increasing returns on ethanol production.” CEO […]
In Massachusetts, Lux Research in a new report asks “Hyundai, Toyota Lead in Hydrogen Innovation – But Is Anyone Following?” in going pessimistic on the development of the hydrogen economy. “A few automakers led by Toyota are putting their money where their mouth is, but the rest of the value chain lags behind by orders […]
