BioRefineries Blog

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. PRESS RELEASE . Date of the press release 16/11/2017 Topics BIOECONOMY. 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 establi...

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. PRESS RELEASE . Date of the press release 01/11/2017 Topics CELLULOSIC BIODIESEL. 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. PRESS RELEASE . Date of the press release 02/11/2017 Topics CELLULOSIC ETHANOL. Enerkem's Edmonton waste-to-biofuel facil...

NEWS IN BRIEF Gevo to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) to Virgin Australia at Brisbane Airport. Virgin Australia Group will be responsible for coordinating the purchase, supply and blending of the ATJ into the fuel supply system. Gevo will supply the ATJ from its hydrocarbon plant based in Silsbee (Texas). It is derived from isobutanol produced at its commercial plant located in Luverne (Minnesota). First test flights expected to be flown through the end of 2018. PRESS RELEASE . Date of the press release 03/10/2017 Topics ALCOHOL-TO-JET; ISOBUTANOL. Related information Blog post (08/09/2016): Gevo and Lufthansa sign agreement for commercial supply of renewable Alcohol-To-Jet Fuel . Aemetis commercializes advanced enzymatic biodiesel process. Universal Biofuels (subsidiary of Aemetis in India) achieved a major milestone in the commercial production of advanced enzymatic bi...