Biorefining Monthly Update – 2017/09



Bioeconomy is a megatrend. Several news on biorefining are popping up all over the world every week. Many interesting announcements and innovations cannot be covered by my Blog posts. In the light of this, I have decided to start a new monthly/fortnightly service including short pieces of news and brief outlines focused on biorefineries and innovations in green chemical engineering. The possibilities of the Blogspot platform are limited but I will try to draw maximum benefit from them. Let us begin with the first issue.


Promote your company or event through the BioRefineries Blog.


NEWS IN BRIEF

Södra will invest more than SEK 100 million (approximately 10,4 M€) in the production of biomethanol from forest raw material. The project will commence in autumn 2017 and is scheduled to be ready for operation by spring 2019.
Date of the press release
05/09/2017
Topics
COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; FOREST BIOREFINERY; ADVANCED BIOFUELS; BIOMETHANOL; EUROPE.

FPInnovations publishes a post about the BELT project in the city of La Tuque (Quebec, Canada).
Date of the post
12/09/2017
Topics
COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; FOREST BIOREFINERY; NORTH AMERICA.
Related information

NRL signs a MoU with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for inclusive and sustainable bamboo supply chain development for its upcoming biorefinery at Numaligarh (Assam, India).
Date of the press release
14/09/2017
Topics
COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; ADVANCED BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; BAMBOO; ASIA.
Related information

Pöyry has been awarded with an assignment from KaiCell Fibers Ltd for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the company's biorefinery planned for Paltamo (Kainuu province in Finland).
Date of the press release
26/09/2017
Topics
COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; FOREST BIOREFINERY; EUROPE.
Related information

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the selection of one additional project (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), for up to 3.5 M$, as part of the Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) Advanced Algal Systems Program funding opportunity announcement (FOA). For Algal Biomass Yield, Phase 2 (ABY2), in Fiscal Year 2016, DOE had awarded 15 M$ for three projects.
Date of the press release
26/09/2017
Topics
ALGAL BIOREFINERY; NORTH AMERICA.
Related information

Figure 1. Aerial view of Södra Cell Mönsterås (extracted from Södra web page). The biomethanol production unit will be integrated in this factory.


BLOG POSTS

05/09/2017
07/09/2017
11/09/2017
13/09/2017
15/09/2017
18/09/2017
20/09/2017
22/09/2017
25/09/2017
28/09/2017


COMING EVENTS
Check the whole list here.

October
2 – 6 | Barcelona (Spain) | Smart Chemistry Smart Future.
4 – 5 | Edinburgh (UK) | Biofuels International 2017.
5 – 6 | Rome (Italy) | Italian Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy (IFIB 2017).
9 – 11 | Brussels (Belgium) | European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy (EFIB 2017).
16 – 17 | Seoul (Korea) | 4th World Congress on Renewable Biorefineries.
31/10 – 2/11 | Norwich (UK) | Total Food 2017.

November
21 – 22 | Brussels (Belgium) | European Bioenergy Future (EBF).
29 | Brussels (Belgium) | Final ERIFORE Workshop (Project ERIFORE: European Research Infrastructure for Circular Forest Bioeconomy).

December
11 – 15 | Lyon (France) | 4th International Congress on Catalysis for Biorefineries (CatBior 2017).
14 – 15 | Helsinki (Finland) | 2017 Bioeconomy Investment Summit.

Popular Posts

Glucaric acid biorefineries

New HVO plant enters into operation in China

Shell to build an HVO biorefinery in Rotterdam

Hydrotreated Vegetable Oils (HVO) Biorefineries – The rise of renewable diesel

Topsoe’s HydroFlex and H2bridge technologies selected by Tidewater for its renewable diesel biorefinery in Canada