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Japanese Euglena to set up an algae-based jet fuel trial plant

Plantations International News Euglena, a Japanese microalgae developer and producer, has partnered with Japan's largest airline ANA Holdings to establish an algae-based jet gas. A 3 billion yen (appr. EUR23m) demo plant, using technology from Chevron, is scheduled ahead online in early 2018 with plans to 125,000 litres of eco-friendly jet gas. Euglena plans to have the ability to commercialise the energy, obtained from its namesake euglena algae, by 2020 and established a lot more establishments with result more than 400 times that of the presentation plant. The business likewise intend to establish large-scale cultivation centers beyond Japan. The algae fuel, [...]

Algenol to disperse algae-based ethanol commercially

Plantations International Information Offering ethanol made from algae for the first time commercially, Algenol Biotech as well as Protec Fuel Management have actually taken part in an arrangement to market as well as distribute ethanol from Algenol's Ft Myers, Florida, industrial demo module. The firms will also supply Algenol's future 18 million gallons per year from its business plant, which is prepared for advancement in Central Florida in 2016 and 2017. Protec Gas will certainly disperse and also market the energy for E15 and E85 applications for both retail stations and also general public intake, along with fleet applications. 'This partnership [...]