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.
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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.
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Date of
the press release
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05/09/2017
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Topics
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COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; FOREST BIOREFINERY; ADVANCED BIOFUELS;
BIOMETHANOL; EUROPE.
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FPInnovations
publishes a post about the BELT project in the city of La Tuque (Quebec,
Canada).
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Date of
the post
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12/09/2017
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Topics
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COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; FOREST BIOREFINERY; NORTH AMERICA.
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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).
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Date of
the press release
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14/09/2017
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Topics
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COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; ADVANCED BIOFUELS; CELLULOSIC ETHANOL;
BAMBOO; ASIA.
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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).
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Date of
the press release
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26/09/2017
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Topics
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COMMERCIAL BIOREFINERIES; FOREST BIOREFINERY; EUROPE.
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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.
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Date of
the press release
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26/09/2017
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Topics
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ALGAL BIOREFINERY; NORTH AMERICA.
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information
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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
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07/09/2017
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11/09/2017
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13/09/2017
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15/09/2017
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18/09/2017
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20/09/2017
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22/09/2017
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25/09/2017
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28/09/2017
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COMING EVENTS
Check the whole list here.
October
2 – 4 | Toronto (Canada) | 7th International Congress on Biofuels and
Bioenergy.
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
4 – 5 | Sao Paulo (Brazil) | 8th International Conference on Biofuels,
Bioenergy & Bioeconomy.
11 – 15 | Lyon (France) | 4th International Congress on Catalysis for Biorefineries (CatBior 2017).
14 – 15 | Helsinki (Finland) | 2017 Bioeconomy Investment Summit.
