In the annual poll, voters reward key fighters on the RFS2 front, companies reaching scale, and pioneers in renewable chemicals. Top 300 recognized. In Florida, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed the “Top 100 People in the Bioeconomy” as voted by the readers of The Digest and the publication’s editorial board. Vilsack was followed […]
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 […]
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 […]
In Malaysia, a consortium led by Beta Renewables and Hock Lee Group has signed an MOU to conduct a feasibility study for a plant that will be a catalyst for a biomass-based industry cluster for Malaysia. The study emerges as a result of the National Biomass Strategy 2020 initiatives. “Such a cluster is expected to […]
Former “moon shot” transitions into “business as usual” Every once in a while, the Eagle really does land, and one small step for a man really does translate into one giant leap for mankind. In Italy, following the commissioning and start-up of its 20 million gallon per year cellulosic biofuels plant in Crescentino, Italy, Beta […]
In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT. As the competition enters its final four days of voting, the Beta Renewables pulled into a tie with POET-DSM for processing systems and services and DuPont is closely stalking Coca-Cola now for Strategic customers […]
Energy cane for California’s Imperial Valley? Canergy lines up Beta, CHS, Certis as partners for greenfield low-carbon fuel project slated for 2016 opening. In California, Canergy announced that it has selected Chemtex and Beta Renewables for the development of their 25 million gallon per year cellulosic biofuels facility to be located in the Imperial Valley […]
In Italy, Beta Renewables told Reuters that it expects the cellulosic biofuel industry to explode by 2015 when planned production finally comes online. The company’s plant came online during Q4 last year and could reach up to 16 million gallons of production by year’s end. Beta’s CEO expects cellulosic ethanol production to reach 30 million […]
There have been so many projects announced in cellulosic ethanol in the past five years, it’s hard to keep count. But the list of projects that have completed construction at commercial scale, and publicly established the financial structures for deployment at scale — that’s a list of one, Beta Renewables. Though the project is tucked […]
In Massachusetts, Lux Research profiled ten companies they felt should be watched in 2013. Included in their top 10 are Beta Renewables for their alternative fuels, bio-based materials and chemicals. Lux stated, ” All eyes will be on Beta’s commercial cellulosic ethanol facility in Italy in 2013; can it ramp up on-time and on budget? […]
