Jul 4, 2016
Poet expands biomass research to help cellulosic ethanol development
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Jul 4, 2016
Confectionery giant Mars has announced that all of its factories across the globe achieved their "zero waste to landfill" goals in 2015, helped by recycling and converting waste to fuel.
In a statement, the US firm said 126 locations had achieved this goal. It also said that the group had accomplished seven of its 16 sustainability targets in 2015.
“We have made... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2016
The UK government has set its fifth carbon budget in order to tackle climate change.
The fifth carbon budget will cut carbon emissions by 57% by 2032, based on 1990 levels. This emissions reduction should leave the UK on track to meet its Climate Change Act target of an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050.
The UK's Climate Change Act of 2008 sets the 2050 target. It requires... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2016
US navy aircraft carrier John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) and 26 nations will participate in the world's largest international maritime exercise for the 25th annual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California using 11.2 million gallons of a 10% alternative fuel blend.
The alternative fuel that will be used during RIMPAC is... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2016
Borregaard, a Norway-based biorefinery specialist, and Rayonier Advanced Materials (Ryam) have concluded a market, technical and engineering analysis regarding a new lignin operation at Ryam’s Fernandina Beach site in Florida to serve the growing demand for natural lignin-based products.
The final review of the investment by the companies’ boards of directors... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2016
The global enzymes market is expected to reach $17.5bn by 2024 helped by strong demand for bioethanol in emerging economies, according to a new study by Grand View Research.
Growing demand for enzymes in food and beverage products as they improve quality and eliminate deficiencies in the products is expected to propel industry growth in the near future.
Increasing... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2016
US agricultural specialist Monsanto Company and German biotechnology specialist Nomad Bioscience have announced a licensing agreement whereby Monsanto has obtained rights to apply Nomad’s proprietary technology to its genome-editing projects aimed at enhancement of agricultural crops.
Nomad’s biomaterial pipeline consists of several selected product candidates,... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2016
US-based scientists have altered the lignin in aspen trees in a way that increases access to biofuel building blocks without inhibiting plant growth.
The scientists based at the Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have been able to do this by engineering a novel enzyme involved in lignin synthesis.
Lignin is a natural component... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2016
US biofuel heavyweights have urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that biofuel blend volume requirements match the statutory levels set by Congress under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The US RFS was created in 2005 by Congress in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector while reducing... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2016
US ethanol plant owners are seeking to diversify their operations to boost growth, according to Novozyme’s global marketing manager Jack Rogers.
Speaking to Biofuels International at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop (FEW) Conference in Milwaukee, US, about the US ethanol market, Rogers said: “Corn and ethanol prices have gone down in recent years but there has been... [Read More]
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Jun 13, 2016
US-based biotechnology company White Dog Labs has unveiled a new process that eliminates the emission of CO2, a potent greenhouse gas, during fermentation and instead shifts the carbon to added ethanol production, boosting fermentation yields by around 50%.
The by-products are distillers grains, corn oil (if extracted from the grains) and water.
According to... [Read More]
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Jun 13, 2016
More than two thirds of the palm oil used in Germany is sustainably certified, according to German biofuels industry group VDB (Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie.
Around 1.5 million tonnes of palm oil has been used in Germany in 2013, according to the trade body. A total of 68% of this palm oil is sustainably certified.
OVID Association, a trade body for the... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2016
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has annulled the European Union’s (EU) countrywide 9.5% anti-dumping duty on all ethanol imported from the United States. The duty had been in place since February 2013.
US-based Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy announced that they welcomed the decision, which was made on 9 June.
The ECJ ruled that the five-year... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2016
Scientists have identified new steps in the way plants produce cellulose, which may help avoid having to choose between growing crops for food or fuel.
Cellulose is the component of plant cell walls that provide strength and forms insoluble fibre in the human diet.
According to a report on the phys.org website, the findings could lead to improved production of cellulose... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2016
Biofuels heavyweights attended a public meeting to discuss the US’ Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposals to revise the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in Kansas, US.
EPA’s recent proposal calls on refiners to blend 14.8 billion gallons of conventional biofuels in 2017, slightly below the 15-billion-gallon level envisioned by the US Congress... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2016
Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it intends to build a new energies portfolio that would include biofuels, hydrogen, solar and wind assets.
The company recently unveiled a new medium-term strategy that envisages asset sales and other cost-cutting measures following its takeover of UK peer BG Group earlier this year. Shell’s goal is to achieve... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2016
Repreve Renewables, a US-based bio-feedstocks firm, has opened a new processing centre in Greensboro, North Carolina. The company’s primary crop is giant miscanthus, a drought tolerant perennial that needs low inputs yet provides high yields.
Research has shown the crop also improves soil and water quality. Giant miscanthus can be used as a feedstock... [Read More]
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