Tag: Ineos Bio
The Force: the Cellulosic biofuels tax credit is back, but is it really needed?
Tweet Finding it hard to explain to taxpayers why the PTC is needed, for the jump to cellulosic biofuels lightspeed, or to ward off predatory fossil-fuel evildoers? Turns out, The Force may not be needed after all.  So, the fiscal cliff was averted in a last minute-deal by DC lawmakers. Sort of. For now. [...]
12 Bellwether Biofuels Projects for 2013
Tweet A long war of opinion has been waged for years between advanced biofuels’ detractors and supporters. Mirage or reality? Completion of 6 key projects 2012 decided much of the debate. When these 12 projects open for business (or not) in 2013, you’ll know for sure. Advanced, next-generation biofuels are on the march, say the [...]
Biofuels Digest’s 2012 Best Project (Hybrid) Award: INEOS BIO/New Planet Energy — Vero Beach, FL
Tweet Here’s a project with thermal attributes – gasifying biomass — and fermentation attributes, because its a gas fermentation technology. It’s a hybrid in so many other ways , as well. A joint venture between INEOS Bio and New Planet Energy. Featuring a hybrid of substantial government (DOE) and private (INEOS) investment. Also, using a [...]
Little Big Tech: Can Fischer-Tropsch technology work at smaller scale?
Tweet While companies pursue alternatives to Fischer-Tropsch technologies, Velocys is seeking to make F-T work economically with micro-reactors. In last week’s Digest, Robert Rapier aptly stated the challenge in front of XTL technologies – companies whose primary focus is gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), or biomass-to-liquids (BTL): “The two major problems with any of the XTL [...]
Ineos Bio begins energy production with ethanol around the corner
Tweet In Florida, Ineos Bio has begun producing power at its 8 million gallon cellulosic ethanol production facility near Vero Beach. Ethanol production is expected to begin production during the fourth quarter. The facility’s construction was completed in August.
INEOS Bio Facility in Florida Begins Producing Renewable Power
Tweet BioEnergy Center is expected to produce enough electricity to power the facility and up to 1,400 homes in the local community. In Florida, INEOS Bio announced that its joint venture project in Florida, the Indian River BioEnergy Center has now produced renewable power. The Center is using INEOS Bio’s BioEnergy technology to turn local [...]
INEOS Bio: Biofuels Digest’s 5-Minute Guide
Tweet Company description: INEOS Bio is a BioEnergy company commercializing and licensing its novel thermo-chemical and bio-chemical technology for the production of renewable biofuels and renewable energy from a wide range of low-cost carbon materials. The company’s initial focus is the commercialization of its leading third-generation ethanol technology process to serve the global renewable fuels [...]
Burning Man, Burning Microbe: Biofuels beyond biomass
Tweet Can you have a biofuel without processing an intermediate biomass? Can post-biomass technologies revolutionize fuel and chemical production? Fuels and chemicals can make people mighty uneasy, when you think about them. With fossil fuels, the issues include the uneven distribution of resources and wealth, national security, price and price volatility, and carbon emissions. So along [...]
Industrial CHP in the U.S. Gets Bump from Executive Order and Biorefinery Expansion
Tweet By Mackinnon Lawrence During the lull between the Republican and Democratic conventions, President Obama issued an Executive Order designed to spur investment in energy efficiency at industrial facilities. Seeking to expand the use of industrial combined heat and power (CHP) technologies at food processing, pulp and paper, chemicals, metals, and oil refining operations to [...]
Top 10 British biofuels, biochemical companies named
Tweet In the UK, TMO Renewables, Green Biologics, British Airways, Ensus, BP, Johnson Matthey, Croda, INEOS Bio, Harvest Energy and Greenergy were named to the Top 10 among “Britain’s most progressive biofuel and biochemical companies,” by bioeconomy consulting form NNFCC. More on the story.
