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ARS and OSU researchers develop process for biobutanol from sweet sorghum bagasse

ARS and OSU researchers develop process for biobutanol from sweet sorghum bagasse

February 14, 2022 |

In Ohio, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Ohio State University (OSU) scientists has devised a procedure for making bio-butanol from sweet sorghum bagasse. Bio-butanol derived from cellulosic sugars in agricultural wastes is appealing because of its potential to lessen the reliance on gasoline and other nonrenewable fuels. Bio-butanol, along with ethanol, is […]

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ARS researchers look at presscake from mustard-related plant as biobutanol feedstock

ARS researchers look at presscake from mustard-related plant as biobutanol feedstock

August 19, 2020 |

In Illinois, researchers at the Agricultural Research Service are looking at Lesquerella, a Southwest U.S. native plant from the mustard family, as a potential feedstock for biobutanol. The crop was first identified for its potential due to the high hydroxy fatty acid content in its oil but the challenge was with its presscake that had […]

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International researchers develop metal organic framework for biobutanol production

International researchers develop metal organic framework for biobutanol production

April 27, 2020 |

In Oregon, an international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable manufacture of biobutanol, an alcohol whose strong potential as a fuel for gasoline-powered engines could pave the path away from fossil fuels. The key breakthrough is the development of a new metal organic framework, or MOF, that can efficiently separate […]

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Seaweed-based biobutanol proven in road test

Seaweed-based biobutanol proven in road test

January 1, 2020 |

In Denmark, a passenger car was the first in the world to drive 80 kilometers on a blend containing biofuel from seaweed. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research produced the biobutanol from sugars from seaweed. The successful experiment stems from the Horizon 2020 project MacroFuels. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research worked closely on this development with […]

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Celtic Renewables signs MOU to clean up Ganges River with biobutanol technology

Celtic Renewables signs MOU to clean up Ganges River with biobutanol technology

December 5, 2018 |

In India, Celtic Renewables has signed an MOU with Dross Energy to produce biobutanol from brewery and distillery waste in an effort to clean up the Ganges River. Those industrial waste streams are currently discharged into the holy river that is a source of drinking water for 400 million people. The details of the project […]

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ButaNexT project seeking to develop cost-competitive value chain for biobutanol

ButaNexT project seeking to develop cost-competitive value chain for biobutanol

November 4, 2016 |

In France, ButaNexT project presented its research into a new and improved biofuel – biobutanol – at the Energy and Environment Knowledge Week (E2KW) Congress in Paris on Friday 28 October. Project partners from the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM) presented strategies to introduce butanol into fuel blends. They have tested the performance and […]

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Celtic Renewables seeks planning permission for commercial-scale biobutanol plant

Celtic Renewables seeks planning permission for commercial-scale biobutanol plant

August 22, 2016 |

In the UK, Celtic Renewables has filed for planning permission to build a commercial-scale biobutanol facility from whiskey production waste streams in Grangemouth. Public consultations on the proposal will be held next month as part of the planning permission process. The Scottish town has long been the target for the company’s eventual scale up to […]

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South Korea’s GS Caltex to start construction on $44 million biobutanol plant in H1

South Korea’s GS Caltex to start construction on $44 million biobutanol plant in H1

March 24, 2016 |

In South Korea, GS Caltex is set to start building a $44 million commercial-scale biobutanol facility during the first half of this year based on technology the company has been developing since 2007. It will use corn and cassava as feedstock for the facility. Already production was set to begin at its pilot plant in […]

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BP and Dupont to mothball UK biobutanol R&D facility by mid-2016

BP and Dupont to mothball UK biobutanol R&D facility by mid-2016

December 17, 2015 |

In the UK, by mid-2016 BP and Dupont will finish mothballing their joint Kingston Research Ltd facility in Saltend that hosts its biobutanol pilot plant following what the oil company terms as a successful completion of the research program. It says the mothballing of the facility does not impact its focus on biobutanol, its joint […]

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PEACE! Butamax and Gevo make love, not war, agree to co-operate to foster biobutanol

PEACE! Butamax and Gevo make love, not war, agree to co-operate to foster biobutanol

August 24, 2015 |

Biofuels’ Montagues and Capulets call a day to the multi-year legal fracas. In Delaware and Colorado, Gevo and Butamax have entered into worldwide patent cross-license and settlement agreements, ending a patent dispute related to technologies for the production of bio-based isobutanol. This settlement ends all of the lawsuits and creates a new relationship between the […]

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