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 Fast Pyrolysis on the move with UMass-spin-off, Anellotech.
In Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst recently granted a biofuels startup company, Anellotech, exclusive global rights to the university's catalytic fast pyrolysis technology developed by chemical engineer and UMass Amherst faculty member George Huber for producing clean, green "grassoline." Huber will serve as chairman of Anellotech's scientific advisory board.
Anellotech will offer a low-cost, single-step process for turning forest residues and waste biomass into gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and renewable chemicals including benzene, toluene and xylenes.
Anellotech said that its technology would produce commercial amounts of biofuel at price parity with gasoline by 2019. The company is developing a 2 ton per day pilot project and raising Series A venture capital. The first plant is scheduled to complete construction by 2014, according to the company's website.
More on Anellotech and a guide to hot companies and research efforts in pyrolysis, including Sustainable Power, Dynamotive and KIT/Lurgi, at biofuelsdigest.com.
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| | Producer News
Digest columnist Dr. Rosalie Lober, author of "Run Your Business Like the Fortune 500" continues her series of "Profits Principles" columns on POET with "It's Not Just Luck - Successful Companies Choose Opportunities," looking at "Flexibility" as a pfoit principle. "POET also began to explore sources other than corn for producing ethanol," Dr. Lober writes. "This ultimately resulted in Project Liberty - and developing processes for using corn cobs for ethanol."
In Arizona, the saga of the town that wanted biodiesel and the local residents who cried "not in my backyard!" continues in Valley Vista, near Kingman. The town recently approved a $30 million proposed plant by Las Vegas-based Sun West Biofuels; local residents from the small community of Valley Vista said that they did not object to the plant as long as it was placed in service near the airport in an industrial setting.
|  Algae Biomass Summit
October 7-9, 2009
San Diego Marriott and Marina (California)
Exploring the emerging industry of algae as feedstock for biofuels and its related products.
Registration, sponsorship and speaking info. | | 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy: Candidate profile
INEOS Bio
Based in: Illinois
2008-09 ranking: #22
Business: The INEOS Bio process is a combined thermochemical and biochemical technology for ethanol and power production. It is comprised of four main steps: (1) feedstock gasification, (2) synthesis gas fermentation (3) ethanol recovery and (4) power generation. The process utilizes a patented fermentation process, where cleaned, cooled synthesis gas is converted selectively into ethanol by a naturally occurring anaerobic bacteria. The process has been under development for 18 years.
Model: INEOS Bio will be an owner/operator of the first commercial-scale plant via a joint venture with New Planet Energy. INEOS Technologies (also part of the INEOS Group) is the leading licensor of chemical process technology in the world. INEOS Bio will adopt a similar business model to Technologies and it expects to monetize the technology through owner projects, joint ventures and licensing of the technology. This approach will leverage the skills, experience and resources of INEOS and its Technologies business.
Metrics: With a zero or negative cost feedstock, INEOS' forecasts the ability to produce for $1.00 per gallon (or less). The technology has been successfully demonstrated at lab scale for 18 years and at large (1.5 te/day) pilot scale for six years utilizing a wide range of feedstocks. Engineering and permitting now to demonstrate the technology in a commercial-scale facility (8mgy/yr) with startup expected 3Q 2011.
| | World Opinion
Gary D. Colby: "Even though replacement of fossil petroleum imports by biofuels has taken a hit, what's the alternative? Frankly, like or not, it's biofuels or nothing, at least for transportation. The Feds are already mandating more biofuel production than can be achieved, and the market's demands will kick in on top of that as soon as the world's economies rebound."
From US Biofuels: "Upon investigation, U.S. Biofuels, Inc. discovered that another group was using a nearly identical and confusingly similar name in promoting the group's ventures in a series of press releases that have been republished by industry news organizations. We are in no way affiliated with the group claiming to be developing an algae-based biodiesel venture."
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| | International News
In Mexico, the national government and PEMEX have issued an RFP for 46 million gallons of ethanol to be blended into the gasoline supply. The project will, according to reports, utilize sugarcane-based ethanol produced on 160,000 acres of land in Jalisco state, and follows a successful ethanol test in the city of Monterrey. P
In Germany, Biopetrol reports that European biodiesel producers have raised complaints against what they describe as subsidized Argentine biodiesel after imports from Argentina have flooded the European market in the wake of punitive tariffs being placed on US biodiesel. The German biofuels association confirmed to Reuters that plants are operating at a total of 20 percent of capacity.
In Cyprus, the national legislature in considering the reversal of a 2005 law that banned the sale of biofuels made from genetically modified crops. The law has made Cyprus the subject of fines from the European Community because it is not in line with an EC directive on GM biofuels.
| | Research News
In Utah, Utah State Energy Dynamics Laboratory scientists and city officials in Logan have proposed to convert a 460-acre lagoon complex to an algae-to-energy and fertilizer production facility. The city has attracted a $500,000 grant for the project, which will cultivate algae, convert to methane for power generation, while extracting phosphorus for fertilizers.
| | Policy & Policymakers
In Washington, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced $300 million in stimulus funds will go to 25 cost-share projects in the Clean Cities Coalition program. The grants will, according to DOE, place 9000 alternative fuel vehicles in service and establish 542 fueling locations, including biodiesel, E85, as well as hybrid and CNG-powered cars.
| | Consumer, Fleet and Event News
In Tennessee, the International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference will be held in Memphis October 14 through 16. The conference will focus on how to best use the resources, knowledge and assets in the pulp and paper industry to produce bioenergy and bioproducts. Speakers from the University of Tennessee, USDA, Virent, Lignol, Chicago Climate Exchange, DOE and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory highlight the event.
| | Financial News
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, gained 0.92 percent to 61.26, commencing a new rally. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) gained 1.11 percent to $28.21, while BP advanced 0.99 percent to $51.88. Among small caps, Verenium (VRNM) gained 9.84 percent to 61.26. Overall, declines led advances 2 to 1 for the day.
| | Biofuels Digest to launch Geothermal Digest September 8th
On September 8th, Biofuels Digest will be launching Geothermal Digest, a new, free, weekly digest covering producers, technologies, policy, research on a global basis. Editor of the new Digest will be Marc Favreau.
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