Ensus Group: Europe’s largest bio-refinery to restart [2012-08-14]

Facility designed to convert more than 1 million tonnes of animal grade wheat into roughly equal amounts of fuel grade alcohol

Global Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel) Consumption to Reach 135 Billion Gallons by 2018, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. [2012-08-13]

"Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel): A Global Strategic Business Report”

Green Matter: Can bioplastics take the heat? Record U.S. drought revives food vs. fuel debate [2012-08-10]

USDA declared 1496 counties across 33 states as natural disaster areas

Gevo Ships First Biobased Isobutanol from Minn. Plant [2012-08-08]

First consignment of Isobutanol in the third quarter to chemical and non-automotive fuel customers

Biologist Receives $1.5 Million to Study Potential Biofuel Crops [2012-08-03]

Scientists in Texas explore Panicum hallii as an alternative energy source to oil and gasoline

NNFCC Market Review: Biofuels, July 2012 [2012-08-03]

Service exclusively for business members

Agro2 expands cassava production due to high demand [2012-08-01]

New processing plant to produce 7,000 liters of ethanol, 5 tons of cassava flour per day

Amyris Enhances Strategic Partnership With Total for Renewable Diesel and Jet Fuels [2012-07-31]

Total to Provide Up to $82M in Incremental Funding for Amyris Biofene® Development Program

Butalco strengthens its R&D programmes after the successful sale of a technology package [2012-07-27]

Company sold its xylose isomerase technology for the production of isobutanol from lignocellulosic material to a French Company

! Leopoldina legt kritische Stellungnahme zur Nutzung von Bioenergie vor [2012-07-26]

Vorrang solle der Einsparung von Energie sowie der Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz gegeben werden

! Leopoldina submits critical statement about utilisation of biomass [2012-07-26]

Statement of the National Academy of Sciences is claiming a better economisation and improvement of energy efficiency

Understanding new renewables banding vital to success [2012-07-25]

New bands for bioenergy to provide the security needed by the industry to build a leading biomass-to-energy sector in the UK

Analysis: How does the renewables obligation banding review affect bioenergy? [2012-07-25]

Government has expanded its list of eligible energy crops to boost for advanced conversion of biomass

BP Biofuels: Europe in danger of falling behind US on advanced biofuels [2012-07-18]

Two fuels and a new sugar-to-diesel product to be trialled in 100 vehicles during the "London 2012 Olympic Games"

Erfolge der Förderung: Biosprit aus Stroh [2012-07-17]

Clariant AG übernahm Süd-Chemie mit Pionieranlage zur Produktion von Zellulose-Ethanol zum 01. Juli

CO₂ as a Carbon Source? [2012-07-16]

Homogeneous catalysis: ruthenium phosphine complex hydrogenates carbon dioxide to methanol

Carbon Recycling International (CRI): Aus Gas mach Sprit [2012-07-12]

Neues Verfahren soll bis zu bis zu 85 Prozent Beimischung an Ethanol oder Methanol erlauben

! FNR: 3 neue Förderschwerpunkte zu nachwachsenden Rohstoffen [2012-07-12]

Verwertungsstrategien für Biokunststoffe, Biokraftstoffe aus Lignocellulose und biotechnologische Herstellung von flüssigen Kohlenwasserstoffen für den Einsatz als Biokraftstoff

! New biofuel process dramatically improves energy recovery [2012-07-10]

MSU researchers using bacteria to breakdown and ferment agricultural waste into ethanol

More Japanese firms in green chems [2012-07-10]

Toray, Sojitz, Showa Denko & Co. put of plant-based chemicals

Gevo has Produced Isobutanol at Its Luverne Plant [2012-07-10]

Gevo, Inc. reported today on the progress being made at its Luverne, Minn. facility

Grace and Braskem Sign Catalyst Agreement to Produce Green Chemicals [2012-07-07]

Collaboration is based on carbon sources from renewable agricultural processes

Orange You Glad I Said Biofuel? [2012-07-07]

Cellulose in shells of citrus peels - an optimal source for bio-ethanol

Große Wachstumspotenziale in der globalen Agrarproduktion [2012-07-06]

Boomende Agrarmärkte sind keine Selbstverständlichkeit

Significant Potential to boost Global Crop Production  [2012-07-06]

Therefore Bullish Markets are not a Given

FREI CO₂-Recycling zu Polymeren und Kraftstoffen  [2012-07-04]

Eine Herausforderung für eine nachhaltige Chemie

FREI Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Polymers and Fuels  [2012-07-04]

A challenge for sustainable chemistry

Toray and Gevo Sign Bio-Paraxylene Offtake Agreement for the World's 1st Pilot-scale Fully Renewable, Bio-based Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Production [2012-06-27]

Companies are now able to integrate the supply chain to convert bioPX into bioPET for end users

12 hot bio-based technologies worth watching [2012-06-25]

The biobased revolution moves into the commercialization stage

Global Bio-based Chemicals Market Activity Overview Spreadsheet [2012-06-25]

The overview covers sixty-five companies and forty-eight commodity chemicals

Gevo Signs Malaysian Collaboration to Produce Cellulosic Isobutanol for SE Asia [2012-06-19]

The Company opts for excellent growth opportunity in Malaysia and the fast-growing SE-Asian chemical market

Auf dem Weg in eine biobasierte Wirtschaft  [2012-06-18]

"Roadmap Bioraffinerien" auf Fachmesse ACHEMA vorgestellt

Grünes Benzin aus Kohlenstoffdioxid [2012-06-13]

Freiburger Forschungsteam entwickelt Verfahren zur nachhaltigen Nutzung von CO₂

BioTork announces collaboration with BASF [2012-06-12]

Harnessing the Power of Adaptive Evolution to Further Improve the Efficiency of Metabolic Engineering

BIOCORE newsletter-Issue 2 - June 2012 [2012-06-10]

A biorefinery concept for the transformation of biomass into 2^nd generation fuels and polymers

TU Hamburg: Großer Schritt auf dem Weg zu Biokunststoffen [2012-06-08]

Mikroorganismen ersetzen Erdöl

Enerkem begins ethanol production from waste at its demonstration facility in Westbury, Québec [2012-06-07]

The pioneering facility shines with a new technology for converting methanol in cellulose ethanol

Partnerschaft von TECNARO und BRASKEM zur Verwendung von Green PE trägt Früchte [2012-06-05]

Basierend auf dem in 2011 geschlossenen Vertrag entstanden mehrere Serienprodukte aus TECNARO-Compounds mit Green PE von BRASKEM

Successful Partnership between TECNARO and BRASKEM using Green PE  [2012-06-05]

Based on the contract closed in 2011 several TECNARO compounds including Green PE from BRASKEM have been successfully introduced to the market

Braskem forms partnership with Tecnaro to supply green plastic for use in its solutions [2012-06-04]

The supply agreement signed by the companies will expand the portfolio of Green PE applications

UK researchers develop biomass-to-hydrogen systems  [2012-06-04]

Sugary waste providing enables bacteria to produce hydrogen for a range of purposes

FREI Conference on Carbon Dioxide as Feedstock for Chemicals and Polymers [2012-06-01]

10th - 11th October 2012, Haus der Technik, Essen (Germany)

The Farm Bill Energy Title Is Working and Must Be Renewed [2012-05-30]

A view of the American energy and agricultural future

Butanol hits the biofuels big-time [2012-05-25]

Isobutanol as a starting point for synthesizing more complicated chemicals

Conference looks at green chemistry for polymers [2012-05-25]

Green Polymer Chemistry 2012 in Cologne to present sustainable resource for synthesis of conventional plastics

Gevo Announces Successful Startup of World’s First Commercial Biobased Isobutanol Plant [2012-05-24]

Luverne Plant Starts Up on Schedule

GraalBio announces the first cellulosic ethanol plant in the Southern Hemisphere [2012-05-23]

A forerunner in the production of second-­‐generation biofuels in Brazil, with a plant in Alagoas, GraalBio is determined to become a worldwide reference in innovation for converting biomass into chemicals and fuels

Braskem to Install Recycling Plant at Rio +20 to Transform Waste into Plastic Wood  [2012-05-18]

Official supplier providing the World Conference of renewable raw materials

UK well positioned to lead the world on Algal Sustainability [2012-05-14]

A new report by bioeconomy consultants NNFCC says that the UK can be an international leader in algal sustainability

Developing Corn Stover as the Next Agricultural Commodity [2012-05-10]

DuPont creates a new feedstock supply chain for cellulosic ethanol through a project in Iowa

BioTork and NCERC: Paving the way for economically viable ethanol production from hemicellulose  [2012-05-07]

Using Adaptive Evolution to Optimize the Growth Rate of Yeast Strains Genetically Engineered to Ferment Sugar D-Xylose

FREI Neue Konzepte für die nachhaltige Nutzung von Holz:  [2012-05-03]

Bioraffinerie im Westerwald?

FREI New concepts for the sustainable use of wood:  [2012-05-03]

A bio-refinery in the Westerwald?

Agrana baut neue Produktionsanlage für Weizenstärke [2012-05-03]

Ab 2014 in Pischelsdorf (NÖ) auch Erzeugung von Weizenstärke, Weizengluten und Weizenkleie

South Korean chemical companies penetrate into biopolymer market [2012-05-03]

Biopolymers from corns, wheat and sugar cane

Does Lignin Have Legs as a Future Plastics Feedstock? [2012-05-03]

Four Canadian researchers make a case that lignin could become an important feedstock for bioplastics

Biofuels in the balance as EU fails to conclude carbon impacts [2012-05-03]

Officials cannot agree on impact of indirect land use change rules, which could wipe out biodiesel in Europe

Understanding life cycle assessment is vital to the success of green businesses [2012-05-02]

Illustrative case studies represents the political implications of the allocation procedure on several bio-based products within an LCA system

BIO’s World Congress Session:  [2012-05-01]

Building a Biobased Economy

Solvay & CTBE to Develop Routes for Obtaining Molecules from Sugarcane Biomass  [2012-04-30]

A strong commitment to the comprehensive development of bio-based chemistry in Brazil

Novozymes joins Danish biofuel plant project  [2012-04-26]

Project aims to bring plant on stream in 2016

Energiehirse: Welche Sorten sind wo empfehlenswert? [2012-04-26]

Forschungsergebnisse des Projektes "Anbautechnik Sorghumhirsen" liegen vor

Prime Minister David Cameron heralds rapid progress of the UK's green economy as Government publish Bioenergy Strategy [2012-04-26]

Green Energy Revolution in the UK

Bioenergy could employ 50,000 in UK by 2020, says new NNFCC report [2012-04-26]

A new report suggests that heat and power from biomass could deliver up to 50,000 jobs over the next eight years

Shengquan, Novozymes partner to commercialize cellulosic ethanol [2012-04-25]

A cooperation aimed at a bio-green and circular economy

Wie ökologische Risiken einer verstärkten Bioenergieproduktion verringert werden könnten [2012-04-23]

Ist die Ausweitung der Bioenergie problematisch für die Biodiversität in Agrarregionen?

French say oui to algae [2012-04-23]

INRA announce €160 million new collaborative platform to bring together key players in the development of microalgae in France

Containers made from sugarcane-derived polyethylene help keep the city of Rio de Janeiro clean. [2012-04-23]

Made of polyethylene produced by Braskem, the equipment is distributed by the Municipal Company of Urban Cleaning (COMLURB)

Champions of Change [2012-04-19]

The way to a clean energy future

Coca Cola and Dow Chemical Among Companies to Bring Consumer Focus to 2012 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology [2012-04-19]

The world's largest industrial biotechnology Conference for bio-based products, biofuels, renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients, and biomass opens doors in Orlando

6 neue Nachwuchs-Forschergruppen zur stofflichen und energetischen Nutzung von Biomasse [2012-04-18]

Zukunftsthema in Wissenschaft und Forschung verankern

ORNL team points path to 30X improvement in enzyme function for biofuels [2012-04-18]

"Engineering a Hyper-catalytic Enzyme by Photoactivated Conformation Modulation”

FREI Ökologe erfasst Artenvielfalt auf Energiepflanzenfeldern  [2012-04-18]

Enttäuschte Hoffnung!

A Watershed in the Development of the Bio-based Economy? [2012-04-17]

"Innovating for sustainable growth: a bioeconomy for Europe."

Cyanobacterium demonstrates promise for biotechnology feedstock production [2012-04-17]

With continuous sugar production from natural defense mechanism to the biofuel production

Brasilien: Ethanol der zweiten Generation wird erforscht [2012-04-16]

Verdoppelte Alkoholproduktion ohne erhöhten Anbau

Frontier deliver first wheat to Vivergo bioethanol plant [2012-04-11]

First truckloads with wheat were delivered to UK's biggest new factory with the bio-fuel

Biofuels part of the solution to tackling emissions from aviation & shipping, say Government advisers [2012-04-05]

Sustainable biofuels will play an important role in reducing emissions over the forthcoming years

EPA approves E15 ethanol blend registrations [2012-04-03]

Agency approves first applications for registration of ethanol to make E15

Bundesregierung: Weiße Biotechnologie immer bedeutender [2012-03-28]

Schrittmacher auf dem Weg zu einem Wirtschaften auf der Basis biologischer Ressourcen

The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota Releases Roadmap for Minnesota's Advanced Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals Industry [2012-03-28]

Perfect position to lead growth of the advanced biofuels and biobased chemicals industry

Jet fuel from cellulosic sugars pass tests [2012-03-27]

Successful conversion of cellulosic pine tree sugars to drop-in hydrocarbon fuels within the BIRD Energy project

Codexis Awarded Biofuels Enzyme Patent [2012-03-27]

Patent is cornerstone for company’s cellulosic biofuels program

Obama Administration Announces New Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative [2012-03-22]

Research to advance next generation biofuels and renewable energy technologies

Verbio: Weltweit erste Strohverarbeitungsanlage zur Biomethanproduktion  [2012-03-20]

Grosses Potenzial für Biokraftstoff der 2. Generation

Gräser als Energieträger: Neue Züchtungen im Qualitäts- und Kosten-Check  [2012-03-20]

Vielfalt rauf, Kosten runter

Konzepte für Biokraftstoffe in der Luftfahrt [2012-03-13]

Projekt QuaNaBioL am 8. März in Oberhausen gestartet

Field Trial Planned for PowerCane Miscanthus [2012-03-13]

Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. and BP Biofuels have signed a four-year agreement to test Mendel’s PowerCane™ Miscanthus

Bioplastics, Bioenergy and Biofuels in Global Land Use  [2012-03-09]

The world simply cannot afford to wait

ZeaChem to Receive USDA Grant to Develop Advanced Biofuels [2012-02-27]

Bio-based fuel production begins expected in 2013

LANXESS strengthens commitment to renewable raw materials with investment in BioAmber [2012-02-22]

Companies developed sustainable phthalate-free plasticizers from bio-based succinic acid

Vivergo biorefinery to start operating in late spring [2012-02-17]

Production is more than 95 per cent finished

PBL: 2030 bio-based economy might be restricted to about 10 per cent  [2012-02-16]

Sustainability of biomass in a bio-based economy

Does Bio-Polypropylene Make Economic Sense?  [2012-02-14]

Quantitative comparison of the cost of producing bio-propylene versus conventional petrochemical propylene

Sorghum for bioplastics [2012-02-08]

Sorghum as a source of raw materials for industrial value chains

Scotch whisky could be source of next generation biofuel [2012-02-06]

Celtic Renewables and Scottish Enterprise produce biofuel on an industrial scale

Gevo, Butamax patent saga continues [2012-02-01]

Butamax says Gevo’s patent infringement allegations are "unfounded”

Joint venture to commercialize and license cellulosic bio-ethanol [2012-01-23]

DSM and POET to make advanced biofuels a reality by 2013

Nachhaltige Nutzung der Bioenergie [2012-01-23]

BioÖkonomieRat empfiehlt Nutzung der Bioenergie zu korrigieren

Bakterien verwandeln Seetang in Biosprit [2012-01-20]

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