Trash to Fuel: Enerkem Lands $51.5M Led by Waste Management
February 24, 2010 by Jeff St. John
Filed under Clean Energy, Uncategorized
Cellulosic ethanol startup Enerkem needs trash and money. Massive trash company Waste Management has lots of both. The two said Wednesday that they’ve gotten together, with Waste Management making a strategic investment in the Montreal-based company as part of a 53.8 million Canadian dollars ($51.5 million) investment with fellow new investor Cycle Capital and previous [...]
New metrics for cellulosic ethanol – DuPont Danisco launches its demonstration plant
In Tennessee, Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol will officially open its 250,000 gallon demonstration facility in Vonore, and the first one dedicated to converting both agricultural residue and bioenergy crops to fuel ethanol. The facility has initiated start-up and began producing ethanol in mid-January. The facility is focused on process and data validation to achieve commercial [...]
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SunOpta signs to join cellulosic ethanol launch in China
In Canada, SunOpta announced that it has signed to supply pretreatment equipment to an un-named Chinese client. According to SunOpta, the client is “one of the largest operators in the corn biochemical processing and new energy sectors in China and is owned by a consortium of leading Chinese companies including one of the largest petrochemical [...]
SunOpta signs to join cellulosic ethanol launch in China is a post from: Biofuels Digest
Evolution Resources partners with North Carolina State on cellulosic ethanol
In North Carolina, Evolution Resources announced a Testing Services Agreement with North Carolina State University. The University’s Department of Wood and Paper Science will work with Evolution Resources to test and bring about improvements in the current laboratory-scale technology within a bigger pilot-scale system. The technology deals with the enzymatic carbohydrate conversion of woody biomass [...]
Evolution Resources partners with North Carolina State on cellulosic ethanol is a post from: Biofuels Digest
Q d’Etat at Qteros: CEO Frey out, ex-Verenium EVP McCarthy in: acceleration on technology, partnerships in focus
In Massachusetts, Qteros unexpectedly dumped CEO Bill Frey and installed former Verenium EVP John McCarthy — one of the key players in the Celunol-Diversa merger that became cellulosic ethanol pioneer Verenium. McCarthy lost no time in clarifying the company’s message, in a Digest interview.
Job #1: “Well, there are two job #1s, which we will accomplish [...]
Q d’Etat at Qteros: CEO Frey out, ex-Verenium EVP McCarthy in: acceleration on technology, partnerships in focus is a post from: Biofuels Digest
