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Do you agree with new policy that reduces taxes for US producers of renewable chemicals?
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Biofuels International Conference 2013
11 September 2013 - 12 September 2013
Ramada Plaza, Antwerp, Belgium
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Biomass Asia Conference 2013
20 May 2013 - 22 May 2013
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
World Biofuels 2013
23 May 2013 - 24 May 2013
Seville, Spain |
ILTA
3 June 2013 - 5 June 2013
Houston, Texas |
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Volume 4, Issue 8
Feature: Less is more |
The Netherlandsbased BioMCN officially opened its biomethanol production plant in June. The plant has a capacity of 250 million litres of biomethanol, of which most is used for the production of bio-MTBE. A versatile chemical Methanol is a versatile product and an important chemical building block for many different applications. As biomethanol is chemically identical to regular methanol, it can easily be used to produce sustainable alternatives for all existing methanol applications, without the need for extensive and expensive approval procedures. There are several possibilities to use biomethanol in fuel applications such as in biodiesel, bio-DME or as a blend component in standard petrol (a maximum of 3% in accordance with EN228). The most common way of using biomethanol in standard petrol formulation today, is through the production of bio-MTBE. Bio-MTBE is an oxygenate and is primarily blended as a fuel component to increase octane ratings to help petrol burn more cleanly.
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