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The Transition: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioproducts transition dynamics

The Transition: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioproducts transition dynamics

October 20, 2018 |

BETO has been developing a broad understanding of different conversion processes that produce bioproducts and the associated market attributes. However, there is not much understanding around how investment decisions are made and the possible successful scenarios for advancing the bioproducts and biofuels industries. The goal in this project is to develop an analysis capability to […]

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Gevo to install Shockwave’s Thermodynamic Corn Fractionation Process at Luverne facility

Gevo to install Shockwave’s Thermodynamic Corn Fractionation Process at Luverne facility

August 14, 2018 |

In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. announced that it has entered into two separate operating leases and service agreements with Shockwave LLC to install Shockwave’s Thermodynamic Corn Fractionation Process as well as related technology and equipment at Gevo’s production facility in Luverne, MN whereby Shockwave is financing its equipment required for this multi-million dollar project and is providing […]

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Dynamic Metabolic Control: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to 10X Bioprocess Intensification

Dynamic Metabolic Control: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to 10X Bioprocess Intensification

October 11, 2017 |

The US Department of Energy is supporting a project from DMC Limited and Duke University to develop scalable and cost-effective next generation semi-continuous fermentation based processes for biofuels, reducing commercial scale capital costs 5-10 fold. The rationale? Rapid engineering of robust microbial hosts enables the production of a broad diversity of fuels, specialty chemicals, flavors, fragrances, […]

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Skyfill: Where the sky is a free sewer, are bioeconomy thermodynamics extremely flawed from the get go?

Skyfill: Where the sky is a free sewer, are bioeconomy thermodynamics extremely flawed from the get go?

November 16, 2015 |

A reader asks a fundamental question worth investigating. The Digest looks at how it all shakes out, value-wise. A question from the Digesterati: “Since biomass is ~40% oxygen and the principle of green chemistry is atom conservation, how will we achieve $3/gge biofuel as drop-in hydrocarbon without using all of the oxygen? Yield from biomass to […]

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France’s ARD opens new premises and touts ‘a new dynamic’

France’s ARD opens new premises and touts ‘a new dynamic’

June 6, 2015 |

In France, ARD is inaugurating its new premises, just a few hundred meters away, at the center of what has since become the biorefinery of Bazancourt-Pomacle. The new building, the consortium partners say, represents the ambitions of a team of over 90 people dedicated to creating value from crops through industrial processes. A research and […]

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Hydro Dynamics provides biodiesel add-ons to ethanol plants

Hydro Dynamics provides biodiesel add-ons to ethanol plants

June 11, 2014 |

In Georgia, Hydro Dynamics announced that complete biodiesel plants incorporating its cavitation based ShockWave Power Reactor (SPR) are now available for the Fuel Ethanol industry. The majority of ethanol plants already recover their corn oil and much of this ends up converted to biodiesel. By integrating a biodiesel plant directly into the ethanol plant a […]

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REG buys 50% share of Dynamic Fuels from Tyson Foods

REG buys 50% share of Dynamic Fuels from Tyson Foods

May 21, 2014 |

  In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has reached an agreement with Tyson Foods, Inc. to acquire Tyson’s 50% ownership position in Dynamic Fuels. Completion of the transaction with Tyson Foods, which is contingent upon the closing of REG’s December 2013 announced agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Syntroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: SYNM), […]

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Tyson Foods and Syntroleum losing millions per month on idle Dynamic plant

Tyson Foods and Syntroleum losing millions per month on idle Dynamic plant

May 15, 2014 |

In Louisiana, Syntroleum Fuels is looking to sell its 50% interest in the Dynamic Fuels plant it co-owns with Tyson Foods. Located in Geismar, the $150 million plant has been idle since November 2012 and costs each owner $1 million per month to sit in standby mode. Originally expected to produce 75 million gallons of […]

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Hydro Dynamics sells reactor to cellulosic pilot plant in Itally

Hydro Dynamics sells reactor to cellulosic pilot plant in Itally

March 20, 2014 |

In Georgia, Hydro Dynamics announced that a ShockWave Power Reactor has been purchased and installed in a commercial cellulosic pilot plant in Italy. The SPR was purchased after successful lab testing on extraction of cellulose from corn fiber and straw. This unit was sold through Three-Es of Milan, Italy, an HDI partner for distribution of the […]

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World Energy upgrades with Hydro Dynamics tech

World Energy upgrades with Hydro Dynamics tech

February 3, 2014 |

In Georgia, World Energy has upgraded to a new reactor made by Hydro Dynamics, which will allow the plant to increase its production. The Shockwave Power Reactor (SPR) technology allows the transesterification reaction to complete in seconds and improves feedstock flexibility. The SPR technology, an industry standard, has sold over 500 million gallons of annual […]

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