In North Carolina, Chemtex announced that it has received a $99 million conditional loan guarantee from USDA, under the USDA’s 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program for the engineering and construction of “Project Alpha.” Chemtex is in discussions with the State of North Carolina to locate Project Alpha, a 20 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility, […]
In North Carolina, the USDA has expanded their Biomass Crop Assistance Program with plans to invest $4 million in annual payments to miscanthus and switchgrass farmers. The project area will encompass 11 counties, and is partnering with Repreve Renewables and Chemtex. Read more here.
In North Carolina, Chemtex, the engineering and technology division of Italian Grupo Mossi & Ghisolfi, has been awarded $3.996 million by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), under its Biomass Crop Assistance Program, to support the establishment of over 1,620 ha of miscanthus and switchgrass across eleven counties in the state. The feedstock will be […]
In North Carolina, Chemtex will be involved in a project which the state is hoping will boost its ethanol industry and solve its pig-waste issue at the same time. The idea is to get a feedstock as hog farmers grow fuel plants on land used to absorb the nutrient-laden water from their waste-holding lagoons. The […]
In Italy, Gruppo Mossi and Ghisolfi through its subsidiary Chemtex, has founded BETA RENEWABLES, a joint venture with TPG Capital and TPG Biotech to exclusively license Chemtex’s PROESA Technology, enabling production of fermentable sugars from cellulosic biomass; these cost-effective sugars can then be converted into bio-ethanol and/or other chemical products and intermediates. TPG and M&G […]
In North Carolina, Sampson County is in competition with Wayne County for attracting Chemtex for a 20 MGy, energy grass cellulosic ethanol plant. Sampson Co. will offer 166 acres with performance-based incentives package, while Wayne Co. is offering a site at no cost. Chemtex is anticipating selection by the USDA Agriculture BioRefinery Loam Program in […]
In the last week of October 2020, Chemtex published and distributed a video presentation titled “DigestConnect 30 – Cellulosics!”, available on BioChannel.TV. Further to the publication, Versalis S.p.A. (“Versalis”), a company fully owned by Eni S.p.A. (“Eni”), realized that certain information provided by Chemtex, specifically in the slide shown between minute 26.12 and minute 27.21, […]
It’s all very rosy on the cellulosic potential frontier. As Gevo and Renmatix recently observed, “cellulosic sugars are one of the most abundant feedstocks in the world, and in many geographies with dense vegetation, using woody biomass feedstocks to generate useful sugars is the most cost-effective solution.” And there’s been positive progress, much, on cost. […]
In Canada, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) and the Sustainable Processes and Resources for Innovation and National Growth (SPRING) have signed a memorandum of understanding. The Italian Technology Cluster of Green Chemistry (SPRING) is a non-profit association founded by the initiative of four founding members: Biochemtex, Novamont, Versalis and Federchimica, the Italian Federation of Chemical industry. […]
Groups like Eni, Wilmar, Novamont, Reverdia, Blue Sphere, or the many consortia? The key takeaways; the mandates and national targets; the key producers; process technology R&D; feedstock & supply chain development. All in one concise guide. Mandates and national consumption Key takeaway: Italy is part of the EU and its overall Renewable Energy Directive; strikingly, it […]
