Biofuels
INVISTA, Plaxica work to commercialize bio-based lactic acid technology
The two companies will work together to develop and commercialize Plaxica’s lactic acid technology, which the companies believe will offer substantial cost and performance benefits to licensees in the polylactic acid and bio-propylene glycol value chains.
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Recent news events in the global HPI.
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New product developments in the hydrocarbon processing industry.
Pacific Ethanol finalizes US merger with Aventine Renewable Energy
Added to Pacific Ethanol's current ethanol production capacity of 200 million gal/year, the combined company will have a total ethanol production capacity of 515 million gal/year.
Amyris successfully tests renewable diesel in cars
The program demonstrated fuel economy that was similar to or improved over petroleum-based fuels, together while maintaining outstanding engine performance under a variety of conditions.
Ensus to cut 22% of jobs at idled UK biofuels site
The Teeside plant, one of the largest in Europe with 400,000 cubic meters of annual bio-ethanol capacity, was closed temporarily in February due to adverse market conditions.
Neste, Total to develop bio-solvents, technical fluids for downstream
Total Fluides will market a new line of renewable fluids for numerous applications such as paints and coatings, drilling fluids, solvents for emulsion polymerization, printing ink fluids, emollients for cosmetics and many others industrial and automotive fluids.
Air Liquide opens California CO2 liquefaction plant
The facility captures carbon dioxide emissions from an ethanol plant owned by Calgren Renewable Fuels. The carbon dioxide recovered is then purified and liquefied by Air Liquide.
Gevo, Alaska Airlines to partner on renewable alcohol-based jet fuel
The patented alcohol-to-jet fuel is a clean-burning, homegrown, drop-in jet fuel with the potential to deliver aviation biofuels at scale and at competitive cost, the company said.
Abengoa to build new US waste-to-biofuels plant
Abengoa was selected to build the first US biorefinery using gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will be upgraded into jet fuel.
- ExxonMobil plans 1 Blbs/yr of advanced recycling by 2027 11/22
- Gauging the likely Trump effect on U.S. energy and power sectors 11/22
- Russia's Lukoil restoring cracker at NORSI refinery, gasoline output rising 11/22
- Nigeria's local currency crude sales fall short of target, Dangote refinery says 11/22
- U.S. October gasoline imports hit post-pandemic low on slump in European shipments 11/22
- Clean Hydrogen Works awards McDermott FEED contract for Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) project 11/21
