Company description: Avantium is a leading renewable chemicals company that develops and commercializes next generation biobased plastics and chemicals. The company has established over the years a leading market position in providing advanced catalysis services and systems to companies in the oil, gas, chemical and renewable sector. From 2005 onwards, Avantium has developed a proprietary […]
Company description a. Traditional fermentation of cereal grains and sugar cane for the commercial production of bioethanol b. Traditional transesterification for the production of biodiesel from cereal and vegetable oils. c. Multiple technology options for the commercial demonstration of cellulosic fuel production. Rankings 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: #13, 2013-14 The Situation Abengoa has identified […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, jumped 2.32 percent to 75.09 as advanced biofuels soared. For the day, Amyris (AMRS) rose 4.29 percent to $3.65 , while KiOR (KIOR) rocketed up 14.91 percent to $1.31. Among other equities, Aemetis (AMTX) escalated 8.70 percent to $0.25. Overall, advances led declines 4 […]
Announcing the return of The Digest’s most popular reader-driven awards. New, improved format! 20 Awards up for grabs – join the winners on the red carpet at ABLC. In Florida, The Digest announced the opening of nominations for Transformative Technologies 2014, in which organizations are recognized for their impact in transforming a feedstock, a process […]
Company description: Beta Renewables — a subsidiary of Chemtex, and Grupo M&G — has developed and deployed a low-cost cellulosic biofuels technology, known as PROESA. Chemtex employs approximately 1000 staff located in key centers throughout the world – Tortona and Rivalta in Italy, Wilmington, NC and Sharon Center, OH in the USA, Shanghai and Beijing […]
Company description: Applied Research Associates (ARA) is an international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically excellent solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. Our mission is to provide in-depth and diversified research, engineering, and technical support services. We have a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil engineering, […]
After six years of debate — finally a database appears on actual indirect land use change. The Partners? Including Google, UNEP, Imazon, the Center for Global Development, the University of Maryland, OSFAC, the Jane Goodall Institute The Funders? Including USAID, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and GEF, UKAID, DANIDA, SIDA, the Bobolink Foundation, […]
Industry standards establish “operator’s manual” for comparing algae technology performance. In Washington, the Algae Biomass Organization announced the publication of “Industrial Algae Measurements, Version 6.0” (IAM 6.0), a significant update to the common standards established by the organization for measuring and comparing algae industry operations. As more companies develop and improve new technologies to create […]
Company description: INEOS Bio is a BioEnergy company commercializing and licensing its novel thermo-chemical and bio-chemical technology for the production of renewable biofuels and renewable energy from a wide range of low-cost carbon materials. The company’s initial focus is the commercialization of its leading third-generation ethanol technology process to serve the global renewable fuels and […]
Technology: Steam reforming gasification Fuel type: TRI’s high-quality, medium-BTU syngas can be converted into a wide range of downstream biofuel and biochemical products. Since 2003, a TRI gasifier has been in commercial-scale operation at Norampac’s Trenton (Ontario) containerboard mill, gasifying black liquor (solid biomass equivalent: 500 dry tons per day). Currently, TRI is the gasification […]
