In Italy, NextChem and LanzaTech signed an agreement to license the “Waste to Ethanol” process line. As. Result NextChem expands its circular economy and chemical recycling technologies, adding circular ethanol technology to circular hydrogen and circular methanol production technologies (currently in the engineering phase), based on the chemical recycling of plastic and dry waste. The […]
In Texas, TechnipFMC says its proprietary Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene technology has been selected by LanzaTech Inc. for a key application which, when combined with LanzaTech’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology, can be used to manufacture sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using ethanol as raw material. LanzaTech’s spin off sustainable aviation fuel company, LanzaJet, is the exclusive licensor of the […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy selected eight projects totaling over $5 million to conduct research and development needed to accelerate the U.S. biomanufacturing sector, including projects from C16 Biosciences, LanzaTech, White Dog Labs, Invaio and others. DOE has selected the following projects: C16 Biosciences, of New York, NY, will work with Pacific […]
Like a cool glass of lemonade on a hot summer day, The Digest brings you the hottest Top 10 slide guides so far from this crazy year. It’s about the halfway point of 2020 and time to make lemonade from lemons, sit on the front porch, reflect on the year so far and where you […]
Early ballots are in, Praj, LanzaTech leading in “Best Places to Work in the Bioeconomy” voting In Florida, The Digest has released the results in the “Best Places to Work in the Bioeconomy 2020” voting through March 2nd, as we reach the last 2 weeks of voting. “It’s still quite early and there will be […]
In Japan, LanzaTech, continues to make strides in scaling up its alcohol to jet (ATJ) platform. Commercialization of the ATJ process has been years in the making, starting with the partnership between LanzaTech and the U.S Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. PNNL developed a unique catalytic process to upgrade ethanol to alcohol-to-jet synthetic paraffinic […]
In Japan, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. will acquire an equity interest in China-based next-generation ethanol producer Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Technology (SGLT). After obtaining the appropriate licenses and permissions, Mitsui plans to invest around $8.5 million in SGLT via a third-party allotment implemented by the company. SGLT is the world’s first commercial-scale producer of […]
In France, Air Liquide is partnering with ArcelorMittal in the first industrial scale demonstration plant to capture carbon gas from the steelmaking process and recycle it into chemicals, specifically advanced bioethanol. In this project, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide a technology solution that purifies the offgas coming from the blast furnace. These gases […]
In China, Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd. a joint venture between carbon recycler, LanzaTech, Shougang Group, a leading Chinese iron and steel producer, and its New Zealand partner, TangMing, have successfully produced over 9 million gallons of ethanol from recycled steel mill emissions in their first year of operation. Currently […]
Rising stars are coming together as constellations, the stars are aligning and making magical things happen – today we explore 9 of those constellations building around Sustainable Aviation Fuels. Some of them are young protostars in the earliest stage of stellar evolution, while others are like the Earth’s sun, a main-sequence mid-size star, and a […]
