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Biofuels

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.

Total to convert La Mède refinery to biodiesel plant

After a €200 million conversion, the La Mède site's flagship operation will be a 500,000-tpy biorefinery to manufacture biodiesel primarily from used oils, as well as renewable feedstock.

REG shuts Louisiana biorefinery after recent fire

While preliminary damage assessments are still ongoing, the damage appears to be contained to a limited area of the production facility. The company’s current expectation, subject to change, is that it should take 2-4 months to restore operations.

HP Project Management: Inside look at financing biorenewable projects

Nexant: Cascone, R.

Financing biorenewables technology companies and their projects involves a unique set of challenges. The global emergence of biorenewable fuels, chemicals and polymers is driven by public policies, su..

Gevo sells new renewable jet fuel to NASA

Gevo's jet fuel is manufactured at its demonstration biorefinery located in Silsbee, Texas, using renewable isobutanol produced at its Luverne, Minnesota, isobutanol plant.

Shale oil characterization optimizes refining process

KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.: Sayles, S.

The abundance of shale oils is an unexpected gift for US refiners. These new crude oils have different characteristics from conventional oils that will affect refining processes and the operation of p..

HP Industry Perspectives: Notables from BP's Energy Outlook 2035

In mid-February, BP released its outlook for the next 20 years. As reminded by BP’s new chief economist, Spencer Dale, the outlook is a projection of what is most likely to occur based on the inf..

2015 Catalyst developments: Innovation and value creation

Hydrocarbon Processing invited major catalyst companies and industry consultants to share their insights regarding innovations and trends for new catalytic technologies.Challenges to be solved“As..