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M&G Chemicals, Anhui Guozhen ink pact to build world’s largest cellulosic biofuels plant

M&G Chemicals, Anhui Guozhen ink pact to build world’s largest cellulosic biofuels plant

July 29, 2014 |

970,000-1,300,000 tons of biomass per year; 70/30 JV — capex drops 30% per gallon since Crescentino. From China, we hear that M&G Chemicals announced a joint venture with Anhui Guozhen CO, using PROESA technology licensed by Beta Renewables to convert 970,000-1,300,000 metric tons per year of agricultural residues into cellulosic ethanol, glycols and by-products such […]

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18 free studies on 21 next-wave biofuels feedstocks

18 free studies on 21 next-wave biofuels feedstocks

June 8, 2014 |

Thought you knew everything there was to know about some of biofuels’ favorite feedstocks? Here are 18 free reports that may dampen or re-ignite your enthusiasm. Just about anything important these days in biofuels starts with an F — though whether your current favorite F-word is feedstock, finance, feasibility, or FUBAR will depend a great […]

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New Energy Farms: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

New Energy Farms: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

March 27, 2014 |

New Energy Farms provides a complete solution to sourcing biomass feedstock, with extensive experience in commercial production of high yielding energy grasses. NEF operate from a headquarters in Ontario Canada, and have operations in the US (Georgia) and the EU (UK), with he largest dedicated propagation facilities for perennial grasses used for energy crops in […]

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Beta Renewables: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

Beta Renewables: Biofuels Digest’s 2014 5-Minute Guide

February 24, 2014 |

Company description: Beta Renewables — a subsidiary of Chemtex, and Grupo M&G — has developed and deployed a low-cost cellulosic biofuels technology, known as PROESA. Chemtex employs approximately 1000 staff located in key centers throughout the world – Tortona and Rivalta in Italy, Wilmington, NC and Sharon Center, OH in the USA, Shanghai and Beijing […]

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Biofuels Digest’s SuperData Free Access update: 185 free biofuels downloads

Biofuels Digest’s SuperData Free Access update: 185 free biofuels downloads

February 3, 2014 |

35 new hot sector forecasts, reports, presentations, rankings, and global datasets – all 185 are downloadable, all free.  In Florida, Biofuels Digest expanded its SuperData Free Access service with 35 new free downloads, including must-read industry and energy sector forecasts, hard-to-find presentations, rankings — featuring new reports and updates for perennial classics. SuperData includes information […]

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The 101 Hottest Biofuels Feedstocks : The Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

The 101 Hottest Biofuels Feedstocks : The Digest’s 5-Minute Guide

January 28, 2014 |

Tired of corn, corn, corn or cane, cane, cane? There are 101 feedstocks in the biofuels canon. Here’s what’s up with each of them, and all of them. In Florida, Biofuels Digest released its annual Guide to biofuels feedstocks, tracking 10,658 items published in the Digest in the past 48 months on 101 feedstocks for […]

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Special EU Biofuels Report: The Top 10 Stories of the Year, and More

Special EU Biofuels Report: The Top 10 Stories of the Year, and More

December 26, 2013 |

The technology is there. Demand for alternative fuels, chemicals and materials is there. Feedstock is expensive. In so many of the signature developments announced around the world this year, there’s been an EU technology in the mix. Whether it is the host of EU technologies targeting Brazil, the US or China, there’s been a lot […]

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World’s largest cellulosic biofuels plant opens: Beta Renewables, in pictures

World’s largest cellulosic biofuels plant opens: Beta Renewables, in pictures

October 10, 2013 |

Beta Renewables plant in Crescentino, Italy to produce 75 million liters of cellulosic ethanol per year from agricultural waste. What does a commercial-scale plant look like? In Italy, Beta Renewables and Novozymes marked the official opening in Northern Italy of the world’s largest cellulosic biofuels facility. Situated in fields outside the city of Crescentino, it […]

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Beta Renewables officially opens Crescentino facility

Beta Renewables officially opens Crescentino facility

October 9, 2013 |

In Italy, Beta Renewables and Novozymes marked the official opening in Northern Italy of the world’s largest advanced biofuels facility. Situated in fields outside the city of Crescentino, it is the first plant in the world to be designed and built to produce bioethanol from agricultural residues and energy crops at commercial scale using enzymatic […]

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North Carolina budget cuts to hit nitrogen research, Chemtex?

North Carolina budget cuts to hit nitrogen research, Chemtex?

September 2, 2013 |

In North Carolina, state budget cuts continue to shut down research opportunities as the North Carolina Biofuels Center prepares to close by October 1. The North Carolina Department of Energy will take over some of the responsibilities of the research center, but more than two dozen projects stand to lose funding, including a project to […]

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