Two new studies by biologists at Washington University in St. Louis highlight one potential source of game-changing materials: purple bacteria that, with a little encouragement, can act like microscopic factories for bioplastics.
PuriFire Energy has successfully closed a £2.7 million (US$3.5 million) seed round investment. The company is developing technology to convert anaerobic digestion liquid digestate and other wet feedstocks into green methanol.
The U.S. DOE has awarded Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II funding to six bioenergy projects, including those focused on low-carbon liquid biofuels for aviation, marine and rail transportation.
SAF Magazine has announced the six companies selected to pitch to a group of investors at Pitch Day at the 2024 North American SAF Conference & Expo, taking place Sept. 11-13 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary NextChem Tech, has signed an agreement to supply its NX CPO technology to a SAF pilot plant in Italy.
Topsoe has signed an agreement with HOLBORN Europa Raffinerie GmbH (HOLBORN), to provide its HydroFlex technology for the production of SAF and renewable diesel at its plant in Hamburg, Germany.
The 2024 North American SAF Conference & Expo will consist of panels that describe the newest developments in the SAF Industry. Topics such as biofuel crops, federal policies, the increase of SAF usage worldwide, and more will be presented.
KBR announced on Aug. 6 that Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc. has selected the sustainable aviation fuel technology, PureSAF, for its project in the US. Developed by Swedish Biofuels, PureSAF technology is exclusively licensed by KBR worldwide.
Cemvita, a climate tech company producing sustainable oil from waste, has unlocked new efficient technologies that allow for the production of up to 500 barrels per day of sustainable oil from its first commercial plant.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office, released the first two parts of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) State-of-Industry Report.
The DOE has announced its intent to fund partnerships between industry stakeholders and Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium researchers. The partnerships will address the cost and risk impacts of feedstock and process variability.
The U.S. DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office has released a RFI on renewable propane production technologies and uses to better understand the supply chains for production and uses of renewable propane and other renewable gaseous intermediates.
SPOTLIGHT REMBE Inc. | Combustible Dust Explosion Protection: Compromise Has Consequences
By Biomass Magazine
July 10, 2024
Where industrial safety is concerned, any compromise can increase the risk and severity of hazard consequences, meaning the difference between clean-up and maintenance activities or injury and extended downtime.
The utility of corn stover as a biofuel feedstock is limited by considerable compositional variability, but advanced preprocessing techniques can significantly improve pellet performance and consistency.
LanzaTech Global Inc. and LanzaJet Inc. are launching CirculAir, a new joint offering to convert waste, carbon, and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and immediately accelerate decarbonization of the aviation industry globally.
The U.S. DOE on June 17 awarded funding to two bioenergy projects. One focuses on the use of organic acids captured from anaerobic digester broth and the other focuses on the integrated processing and hyrothermal pretreatment of corn stover.
MAIRE S.p.A. announces that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has signed a licensing contract to provide its proprietary NX Circular gasification technology to DG Fuels Louisiana, a proposed 450 MMgy SAF plant.
Topsoe has announced Braya Renewable Fuels’ biorefinery in Newfoundland is now producing renewable diesel at design capacity. The facility, which utilizes Topose’s HydroFlex technology, is also expected to produce SAF in the future.
SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative announced the preliminary agenda for the North American SAF Conference and Expo, being held Sept. 11-13 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Chevron Lummus Global’s ISOTERRA technology has been selected for a SAF project in China. CLG will provide the technology license, engineering services, and supply proprietary equipment and catalysts for this first-of-its-kind facility.
Hydrosome Labs has announced a new technology to improve precision fermentation, a process that involves the customization of yeast and/or bacteria to produce specific molecules for use in a wide variety of applications, including biofuels.
Honeywell on April 24 announced its hydrocracking technology can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biomass, helping to make SAF that is 90% less carbon intensive than traditional fossil-based jet fuels.
Moisture in wood and biomass operations impacts product as well as equipment, energy usage, production efficiency, downtime and more.
Meeting net-zero objectives will require operators to increasingly leverage modern technologies and adopt innovative processes.
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