BioRefineries Blog

English version Tipo de entrada: NOTICIA BREVE. El Banco Europeo de Inversiones (BEI), con el apoyo de la Comisión Europea, ha otorgado un préstamo de 75 M€ a ArcelorMittal para la construcción de dos proyectos innovadores (por valor de 215 M€ en total) en su complejo de Gante para reducir considerablemente sus emisiones de carbono (hasta 350,000 toneladas de emisiones de CO 2 por año en la primera fase) mediante la conversión de residuos y subproductos en nuevos productos valiosos. Nota de prensa: “ EU supports ArcelorMittal with EUR 75m EIB loan to scale up breakthrough technology to reduce carbon emissions ”, 19/5/2020. Entradas relacionadas: - “ Sulzer suministrará el equipamiento de destilación para la planta de etanol a partir de gases residuales de ArcelorMittal en Bélgica ”, 17/1/2019. - “ Air Liquide suministrará la tecnología de purificación para la planta de etanol a partir de gases residuales de ArcelorMittal en Bélgica ”, 28/10/2019. Figura 1. Maqu...

Versión en Español Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF. The European Investment Bank (EIB), with the support of the European Commission, has granted a 75 M€ loan to ArcelorMittal for the construction of two ground-breaking projects (worth 215 M€ in total) at its Ghent site to considerably reduce its carbon emissions (up to 350,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year in the first phase) by converting waste and by-products into valuable new products. Press release: “ EU supports ArcelorMittal with EUR 75m EIB loan to scale up breakthrough technology to reduce carbon emissions ”, 19/5/2020. Related posts: - “ Sulzer to provide the distillation equipment for the waste gas to ethanol plant of ArcelorMittal in Belgium ”, 17/1/2019. - “ Air Liquide to provide the purification technology for the waste gas to ethanol plant of ArcelorMittal in Belgium ”, 28/10/2019. Figure 1. 3D model of the new plant (taken from the press release) The EIB investment is supported by InnovFin Ene...

English version Tipo de entrada: NOTICIA BREVE. Procter & Gamble (P&G) ha otorgado a Cargill una licencia exclusiva que le permite desarrollar y comercializar una tecnología que convierte el ácido láctico en ácido acrílico. Este ácido acrílico biobasado podría incorporarse en una gama de aplicaciones, desde polímeros superabsorbentes en productos de higiene hasta espesantes en pinturas para el hogar. Nota de prensa (Cargill): “ Procter & Gamble and Cargill collaborate to bring nature-powered innovation, fueling the future for more sustainable products ”, 13/5/2020. Figura 1. P&G otorga a Cargill una licencia exclusiva para el desarrollo de una tecnología de producción de ácido acrílico biobasado Científicos de P&G (Dimitris I. Collias, Jane E. Godlewski y Juan E. Velásquez Velez) han sido galardonados con el American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020 Award for Affordable Green Chemistry por el desarrollo de esta tecnología patentada basada en la ...

Versión en Español Procter & Gamble (P&G) has granted Cargill an exclusive license that allows Cargill to further develop and commercialize a technology that converts lactic acid into acrylic acid. This biobased acrylic acid could be incorporated in a range of applications from superabsorbent polymers in hygiene products to thickeners in household paints. Press release (Cargill): “ Procter & Gamble and Cargill collaborate to bring nature-powered innovation, fueling the future for more sustainable products ”, 13/5/2020. Figure 1. P&G grants Cargill an exclusive license to develop a biobased acrylic acid production technology P&G scientists (Dimitris I. Collias, Jane E. Godlewski, and Juan E. Velásquez Velez) were recently announced as winners of the American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020 Award for Affordable Green Chemistry for the development of this proprietary technology based on the catalytic dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid. It is anti...