EPA Smiles on Biofuels in Small Biz Innovation Awards

The EPA has awarded $2.38 million under the Small Business Innovative Research program, including four awards (under the biofuels and vehicle emissions category) for R&D firms working on tech related to biofuels.

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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DuPont Danisco to launch 250,000 cellulosic ethanol demo plant January 29th

In Tennessee, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol and University of Tennessee/Genera Energy announced that they will officially open their cellulosic ethanol demo plant on January 29th, noting that the facility is the only one to date dedicated to converting both agricultural residue and bioenergy crops to fuel ethanol.
The facility, located in Vonore, has initiated start-up and [...]

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Canada grants $5.5. million to SunOpta towards cellulosic ethanol demonstration

In Canada, the federal government announced a $4.5 million grant to SunOpta BioProcess to demonstrate a process to convert wood chips into fuel-grade ethanol, lignin, and the sugar substitute xylitol. Xylitol is currently imported into Canada from China, where it is made from corn. The lignin will either be used to bind wood waste into [...]

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