Search Results for 'transesterification'
Albemarle: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide
Tweet Company description: Manufacturer of Specialty Chemicals Address: 451 Florida St, Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Year founded: 1994. Albemarle was formed in 1994 as a the specialty chemicals spin off from Ethyl Corporation. Major Investors or stock symbol: ALB NYSE Type of Technology(ies): Catalysts, Polymer Additives, Fine Chemicals. Subcategories for catalysis include catalysis for the [...]
Mission Biofuels petitioned for $16M by KNM Group
Tweet In Malaysia, KNM Group Bhd has delivered a winding-up petition against Mission Biofuels for USD $16M for goods sold and works carried out in a Kuantan Port plant. The project, which involved designing continuous acid conditioning and silica pretreatment methyl ester transesterification plant, was part of Mission’s development of sustainable biofuel feedstock supplies. The [...]
Abengoa Bioenergy: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide
Tweet Location: St. Louis Year founded: USA – 1982 EU – 1998 Brazil – 2007 Type of technology(s): a. Traditional fermentation of cereal grains and sugar cane for the commercial production of bioethanol b. Traditional transesterification for the production of biodiesel from cereal and vegetable oils. c. Multiple technology options for the commercial demonstration of [...]
Hydro Dynamics, World Energy partnered to drive ShockWave Power Biodiesel Reactor sales
Tweet In Georgia, Hydro Dynamics and World Energy have partnered to expand commercialization of the ShockWave Power Biodiesel Reactor for biodiesel applications worldwide. Harnessing the power of cavitation, the drives the transesterification reaction to completion in seconds. In true continuous or batch systems, the SPR gives biodiesel producers greater feedstock flexibility and the power to achieve [...]
Biofuels, materials raise $1.374B in equity in past 12 months
Tweet 33 equity transactions, averaging $40M – who got what, for what, from whom – what’s hot now? In Florida, Biofuels Digest reported that advanced biofuels and biomaterials companies raised $1.374 B in equity financing in the past 12 months, based on deal flow reported in the Digest’s daily newsletter and online news service. Overall, [...]
The Intrepid Investor: How are biofuels IPOs performing and why?
Tweet In this two-part series, we look at the IPO market for industrial biotech stocks. Who’s up, who’s down, who’s in the queue, and where might all this take us? Plus, an important update from Coskata. In Part I, today, we look at the performance of the six IPOs to date in the aftermarket, the [...]
Albemarle named "Biodiesel Corporation of the Year by World Refining Association
Tweet In Virginia, Albemarle was named “Biodiesel Corporation of the Year” by the World Refining Association during the Biofuels 2011 Annual Meeting in Amsterdam. The award was presented to representatives from Albemarle’s Alternative Fuel Technologies (AFT) division. The award recognizes industry leaders that have made substantial contributions in the field of renewable fuels, which in [...]
Abengoa vs Enerkem: Who's the Best?
Tweet Background: This is a second round, International Regional match-up between #6 seed Enerkem and #14 seed Abengoa Bioenergy, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to [...]
Raizen (Shell, Cosan) vs Abengoa Bioenergy: Who's the Best?
Tweet Background: This is a first round, International Regional match-up between #3 seed Raizen and #14 seed Abengoa Bioenergy in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances [...]
Modified silica-based cellular matrices lead to exceptional yields
Tweet In France, researchers at the Centre de Recherches Paul Pascal have developed modified silica-based cellular matrices that make it possible to confine lipases (triglyceride hydrolases used as catalysts) in order to obtain exceptional yields for hydrolysis, esterification and transesterification reactions in biodiesel production. Their work had also shown that unpurified enzymes could be used [...]
