Brazil relocates towards approving elevateded biodiesel blend
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Joule, Red Rock Biofuels announce intent to merge
Plantations International News Joule, modern technology programmer of fluid energies from recycled CARBON DIOXIDE, and Red Stone Biofuels, a programmer of eco-friendly jet and also gasoline biorefineries, revealed their intent to merge. The deal is anticipated to nearby mid-December. Red Rock Biofuels makes use of Fischer-Tropsch technology to transform biomass deposits from forests and sawmills right into jet gas and also diesel items. The firm plans to start building of its very first refinery situated in Lakeview, Oregon, next year. The 15 MMgy task is sustained by a $ 70 million grant from the UNITED STATE departments of Farming, Navy and [...]
Bamboo: an effective ally for land repair
Plantations International News By Hans Friederich, Supervisor General, International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Bamboo can be an effective ally for land repair. This critical resource flourishes on trouble soils and high inclines, helps to preserve soil and water, as well as boosts land quality. Its potential is significant-- if its advantages are acknowledged by choice manufacturers and also organizers. Bamboo is a property to any type of landscape in which it shows up. When tactically placed, the plant develops part of an 'ecological framework' that is progressively recognized as an affordable method to bring back degraded landscapes and also [...]
Hamrick Engineering granted patent for extracting sugars and nanocellulose from biomass
Plantations International News Hamrick Engineering, a US-based start-up, has received a broad patent for extracting sugars and nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This new technology uses an environmentally benign technique of vacuum infusion of hydrolysis catalysts into biomass. ‘This ground-breaking patent describes how to extract sugars and nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass using a low-cost process. It provides a foundation for technologies to produce low-cost sugars, transportation fuels, and nano-crystalline cellulose from wood chips and waste paper,’ says Edward Hamrick, president of Hamrick Engineering. ‘We completely re-thought the way to extract sugars and nanocellulose from [...]
Sweetwater Power obtains $26m to money biochemical plant
Plantations International News Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. November 10, 2015 Sweetwater Energy, a renewable biochemical company headquartered in Rochester, New York, has received commitment for $ 26 million (€24 million) in long-term loans from the US state of Minnesota to build a biochemical production plant near Mountain Iron in Minnesota's northeast. The $ 53 million facility will use local timber to produce high-value industrial alcohol and activated carbon. The facility will use Sweetwater's patented biomass processing technology, which splits Minnesota's local [...]
Neste, Boeing work toward biojet ASTM standard, market acceptance
Plantations International News Renewable diesel producer Neste announced in November that it is working with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to promote and accelerate commercialization of biojet fuel. The companies will work toward ASTM fuel standard approval allowing commercial airline use of high freezing point biojet fuel, along with parallel goals of gaining widespread market acceptance and progressing sustainability accreditation efforts. Neste anticipates that its biojet fuel could help the aviation industry achieve its greenhouse gas (GHG) saving targets, which are carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a net reduction in carbon emissions of 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2005. “Airlines and airplane manufacturers [...]
International Assessment for Bamboo and also Rattan
Plantations International News Structure on the success of the Forest Days and also Agricultural and Rural Advancement Days, the inaugural International Landscapes Discussion forum occurred on the sidelines of the UNFCCC COP19 in Warsaw. In 2014, the second Worldwide Landscapes Online forum combined 1,700 stakeholders in Lima, along with UNFCCC COP20. GLF 2014GLF 2013 Plantations International