Biorefining Fortnightly Update – 2017/11 Part 1
NEWS IN BRIEF
ExxonMobil and
Renewable Energy Group report progress in cellulosic biodiesel research.
By utilizing REG’s patented fermentation
technology, the companies’ joint research program has demonstrated the
ability to convert sugars from a variety of non-edible biomass sources into
biodiesel.
The companies have agreed to extend the
research program based on their positive findings and are excited to continue
to jointly explore the technology’s potential for scalability.
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Date of
the press release
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01/11/2017
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Topics
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CELLULOSIC BIODIESEL.
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POET-DSM Advanced
Biofuels has achieved a major breakthrough at its Project LIBERTY plant in
Emmetsburg: New pretreatment system clears path for increased cellulosic
ethanol production.
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Date of
the press release
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02/11/2017
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Topics
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CELLULOSIC ETHANOL.
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Enerkem's Edmonton
waste-to-biofuel facility receives registration approval from US EPA to sell
its ethanol under the US Renewable Fuel Standard.
The facility has successfully completed all
the necessary steps required by the EPA and is the first ever municipal
waste-to-cellulosic ethanol plant to receive approval to sell in the United
States.
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Date of
the press release
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07/11/2017
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Topics
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CELLULOSIC ETHANOL; MSW.
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Related
information
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Blog post
(18/09/2017): Enerkem begins production of
cellulosic ethanol from MSW at its Edmonton biorefinery.
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Lygos reaches major technical
milestone scaling Bio-Malonic™ manufacturing process in partnership with NREL.
It was achieved at the NREL´s Integrated Biorefinery
Research Facility.
The joint work by Lygos and NREL was
conducted under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) and
funded in part by a $300,000 Small Business Voucher awarded to Lygos from the
US DOE.
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Date of
the press release
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07/11/2017
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Topics
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MALONIC ACID.
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Researchers from the
University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA) have received a grant
from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin a three-year project to
perform a multitude of techno-market analyses of US biorefinery supply chains
from feedstock to alternative jet fuels.
In addition to analyzing biorefinery supply
chains and feedstock, the researchers will lay the groundwork for a Southeast
biorefinery.
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Date of
the press release
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11/11/2017
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Topics
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BIOJET FUEL.
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Figure 1. Project LIBERTY plant in Emmetsburg (extracted
from POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels website). New pretreatment system clears path
for increased production in this facility.
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INTERESTING LINKS
AND RESOURCES
- The Biorefiner 2017 (annual magazine of the IBEST).
- Book: Hemicelluloses and Lignin in
Biorefineries (CRC
Press).
- Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and Nova-Institute
have developed a poster that maps the commercial biorefineries in
Europe anno 2017.
BLOG POSTS
03/11/2017
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06/11/2017
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09/11/2017
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15/11/2017
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COMING EVENTS
Check the whole list here.
November
20 – 21 |
Lodz (Poland) | V European Bioeconomy Congress.
21 – 22 |
Brussels (Belgium) | European Bioenergy Future (EBF).
22 |
Brussels (Belgium) | Financing Bioeconomy Innovations (BIOECONFIN 2017).
27 | Puertollano (Spain) | Jornada
sobre Economía Circular en Castilla-La Mancha.
28 – 29 |
Puertollano and Toledo (Spain) | BIOREGIO 2nd Interregional Event.
27 – 29 |
Ottawa (Canada) | Scaling-up 2017.
29 |
Brussels (Belgium) | Final ERIFORE Workshop (Project ERIFORE: European
Research Infrastructure for Circular Forest Bioeconomy).
30/11 – 1/12 | Santander (Spain) | I Congreso Nacional sobre
Bioeconomía Forestal.
December
4 – 5
| Sao Paulo (Brazil) | 8th International Conference on Biofuels,
Bioenergy & Bioeconomy.
7 |
Brussels (Belgium) | BBI JU Stakeholder Forum.
11 – 15
| Lyon (France) | 4th International Congress on
Catalysis for Biorefineries (CatBior 2017).
14 – 15 | Helsinki (Finland) | 2017 Bioeconomy Investment Summit.
