Shell has planned to launch a $12 billion joint venture with Cosan, a Brazilian ethanol company. The deal, called Raizen, is one of the biggest biofuel deals to date. Cosan has agreed to provide sugar crushing and ethanol production facilities along with assistance in transportation, trading and … [ read more ]
World Biofuels Markets Brazil
June 1st, 2011 by admin No comments »With a focus on technological advances, innovation, finance and investment and the culture of partnerships in advanced biofuels – World Biofuels Markets Brazil will truly cater for both local Brazilian and international key industry players. You will have the chance to network with: C-Level, Head and … [ read more ]
Second International Conference on Lignocellulosic Ethanol
June 1st, 2011 by admin No comments »Following the success of the First International Conference on Lignocellulosic Ethanol that took place in October last year in Copenhagen, the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission has decided to organise the 2nd Conference on Lignocellulosic Ethanol in Verona in cooperation with … [ read more ]
BioMCN’s Wood-to-Methanol Plant in Netherlands
May 28th, 2011 by admin No comments »BioMCN, a Netherlands based company, is developing a new plant that would produce second-generation biobased methanol from woody biomass. Its notable to mention that the company already produces the 200,000 metric tons of biobased methanol per year using waste glycerin sourced from biodiesel plants. … [ read more ]
Biodegradable Plastic Packaging for Gutka
May 27th, 2011 by admin No comments »While the gutka industry was going downhill due to all the harmful plastic wrappers that were used for packaging, Dipack Sangghvi’s alternative to non-biodegradable plastic packaging gave a new lease of life to the the gutka industry. The biodegradable bag, technically termed as a “bioplastic”, … [ read more ]
From Micro Propagation to Mass Propagation – A Jatropha Success Story
May 26th, 2011 by admin No comments »One of the previous entries in the blog elaborated about the problems with Jatropha propagation and the need for tissue culture for ramping up Jatropha business. The persistent inconsistencies associated with macro propagation makes tissue culture a must need for Jatropha’s success. JOil, a Singapore … [ read more ]
Jatropha World Asia 2011
May 25th, 2011 by admin No comments »Jatropha World Asia 2011 27-28 Jun, 2011 – Haikou, Hainan Island In February, the European parliament voted for new rules that require lower emission levels from vehicles. Worldwide, governments are also following suit on a similar route to increase targets for clean energy use in their respective … [ read more ]
Multipurpose Technology in Ethanol Production from Cellulosic Feedstocks
May 23rd, 2011 by admin No comments »As ethanol production witnesses a complex series of technical and financial problems, commercial firms have started to devise methods robustly for addressing those issues in a compressed way. Chemtex and Gruppo Mossi and Ghisolfi, have invested significant currency and dedication for the development … [ read more ]
Cost Effective Enzymes in Processing of Cellulosic Feedstock for Alcohol Generation
May 23rd, 2011 by admin No comments »Hydrolytic enzymes are vital preprocessing elements in the production of ethanol but often found to so expensive to apply them in a generous way for transforming an huge quantum of polymeric substances. It has made commercial firms to target enzymes as key bottlenecks and must be evaluated from different … [ read more ]
Novel Technologies in the Generation of Bioethanol
May 23rd, 2011 by admin No comments »Technological advancements are constantly evolving to meet the difficulties and maximize the scope of value added product generation in ethanol production process. Archer Daniels Midland Company makes ethanol from corn through an efficient process that also produces large amounts of animal feed. In addition, … [ read more ]
