In the UK, Dr Paul Schubert and Mr Julian West have been appointed to the Board of Oxford Catalysts Group with immediate effect. Schubert, who joins the Board as an Executive Director, has served as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer since 2011. West, who joins the Board as a Non-executive Director, has worked with Oxford […]
Algae.Tec and Macquarie Power Group sign landmark algae biofuels pact. What makes this deal different? To find out more, the Digest spoke with Algae.Tec chairman Roger Stroud In Australia, Algae.Tec announced this week that it has signed a deal with Australia’s largest power company to site an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside […]
A Digest essay for US Independence Day Sometimes I wonder if, of all the glittering contributions of The Australian Museum to cultural life, the placement of a hot chocolate machine in the East Stairwell will not prove one of the institution’s more important contributions to education. A generation of boys from Sydney Grammar School once […]
In Germany, Lanxess will be adding not one but five new grades to its portfolio of “green” ethylene-propylene-diene elastomers, Keltan Eco, before the end of 2013. This will lead to a further significant increase in the range of applications for this synthetic rubber using ethylene from a state-controlled, biobased source. The five new grades are […]
The Biofuels Digest Index, an index of publicly traded biofuels stocks, edged down 0.05 percent to 73.39 as enzymes dipped. For the day, Aemetis (AMTX) dropped 8.57 percent to $0.32, while Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) fell 2.36 percent to $3.72. Among other equities, Algae.Tec (AEB.AX) rallied 8.00 percent to $0.27. Overall, declines led advances 3 to […]
Seeking to drop the cost of drop-ins to $3 a gallon, the DOE invests $13M in advanced separation technologies In Washington, the US Department of Energy announced four research and development projects to bring next generation biofuels on line faster and drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass. The […]
Report calls for a broader biomass mix and more perennial crops. In the UK, Bioenergy production must use resources more efficiently, says a new report from the European Environment Agency, and follow EU resource efficiency principles. The report, ‘EU bioenergy from a resource efficiency perspective’, primarily looks at the potential for energy from agricultural land, […]
In Pennsylvania, Air Products has extended its PRISM Hydrogen Generator product line for on-site gas production to supply requirements greater than 4,500 normal cubic meters per hour (4.1 million standard cubic feet per day). By combining the company’s proprietary reformer technology with its hydrogen pressure swing adsorption capabilities, Air Products’ PRISM Hydrogen Generators can now offer lower […]
In California, OriginOil announced that AlgEternal Technologies will incorporate OriginOil’s technology to harvest algae as a key component of the company’s proprietary algal production system. AlgEternal Technologies has developed a highly efficient vertical growth, algal culture photo bioreactor (PBR) technology for maximized commercial production of high-quality algae for the wholesale commercial algae production market worldwide. […]
In Germany, FKuR and Braskem have expanded their distribution agreement for Green PE. Taking immediate effect, FKuR is an official distribution partner for Braskem´s Green PE in USA and Canada. This latest development follows the distribution contract which was signed between the two partners for the exclusive distribution of Green PE in Europe, previously announced […]
