Biorefining Fortnightly Update – 2017/11 Part 2
After three months of testing, this monthly/fortnightly
service will be replaced by the issue of single short posts for each news in
brief. In this way, I expect to improve the possibilities of indexing and
searching in the blog and achieve a more immediate distribution of the news.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Statement of the
Biofuture Platform.
Ministers and high-level representatives of
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Paraguay, Philippines,
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay issued an
statement about scaling-up the low carbon bioeconomy.
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Date of
the press release
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16/11/2017
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Topics
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BIOECONOMY.
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DSM expands strategic
alliance with Amyris and acquires its brazilian production facility.
They have enhanced their strategic alliance
through the sale of Amyris Brasil Ltda to DSM and the establishment of a
long-term manufacturing partnership.
With the acquisition of the Brotas 1
facility, designed to produce high volumes of farnesene, DSM adds a
state-of-the-art biotechnology-based production site in Brazil to its global
network.
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Date of
the press release
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17/11/2017
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Topics
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FARNESENE.
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Related
information
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Blog post
(22/06/2017): Amyris seeks to replicate its
Brazilian farnesene plant in Australia.
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Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with the Kebbi State Government to build an 84 Ml ethanol plant.
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Date of
the press release
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23/11/2017
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Topics
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BIOETHANOL.
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Global Bioenergies delivers
first batch of a sustainable cosmetic ingredient to L’Oréal.
Using proven technologies, Global Bioenergies
condensed bio-isobutene molecules to produce a cosmetic ingredient used in
numerous formulations for its texturing properties. It was produced as part
of the ISOPROD project.
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Date of
the press release
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27/11/2017
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Topics
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BIO-ISOBUTENE.
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A study for the EC coordinated by CENER
gathers information on ILUC GHG emissions associated with biofuels production.
The European Commission by its
Directorate-General for Energy commissioned CENER the coordination of this
study which has been jointly elaborated with researchers of Wageningen
Economic Research, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Wageningen
Environmental Research.
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Date of
the press release
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27/11/2017
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Topics
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BIOFUELS.
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Lignin-based
biofuels have been produced at pilot scale as part of the BioLi2.0 research
project.
Those biofuels could be used in common
engines and be produced in existing oil refineries.
A research team from RISE and other industry
partners work in this initiative within the BioInnovation strategic programme
founded by Forest Industries, IKEM and TEKO.
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Date of
the press release
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29/11/2017
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Topics
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BIOFUELS; LIGNIN.
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Leaders of
Sustainable Biofuels (LSB) welcomes strong commitment to advanced biofuels
from IEA and ITRE committee of the European Parliament.
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Date of
the press release
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29/11/2017
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Topics
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BIOFUELS.
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Figure 1. Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels (extracted
from LSB web site)
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INTERESTING LINKS
AND RESOURCES
- Major
survey of sustainability issues in the mainstream chemical industry by
Genomatica and ICIS.
- Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Projects Map.
BLOG POSTS
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22/11/2017
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24/11/2017
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27/11/2017
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COMING EVENTS
Check the whole list here.
NOVEMBER
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.
