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Ensyn obtains regulative authorization for its eco-friendly fuel
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Ensyn obtains regulative authorization for its eco-friendly fuel

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Ensyn obtains regulative authorization for its eco-friendly fuel

Plantations International Information Ensyn, a producer of cellulosic fluid biofuels from wood deposits and rest non-food biomass, has been provided regulative approval from the US Epa (EPA) for its eco-friendly gas item. The authorization, according to Title 40 CFR Component 79 of the Clean Air Act, is needed for Ensyn's RFGasoline to be marketed in the US. The recommendation adheres to the lately announced Component 79 approval of Ensyn's eco-friendly diesel product, RFDiesel. RFGasoline, a drop-in petroleum transportation energy, is developed by processing Ensyn's renewable crude (RFO) with popular oil feedstocks in standard oil refineries (RFO coprocessing). Ensyn is establishing as [...]

Sweetwater Power obtains $26m to money biochemical plant
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Sweetwater Power obtains $26m to money biochemical plant

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Sweetwater Power obtains $26m to money biochemical plant

Plantations International News Cookies are required to use this site. Please turn them on! This website requires javascript to be enabled. November 10, 2015 Sweetwater Energy, a renewable biochemical company headquartered in Rochester, New York, has received commitment for $ 26 million (€24 million) in long-term loans from the US state of Minnesota to build a biochemical production plant near Mountain Iron in Minnesota's northeast. The $ 53 million facility will use local timber to produce high-value industrial alcohol and activated carbon. The facility will use Sweetwater's patented biomass processing technology, which splits Minnesota's local [...]

WSU researcher obtains $450,000 grant to boost biofuels
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WSU researcher obtains $450,000 grant to boost biofuels

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WSU researcher obtains $450,000 grant to boost biofuels

Plantations International Information A scientist at Washington State College (WSU) has obtained a three-year $ 450,000 (appr. EUR395,000) federal grant to establish computer designs for using iron to more successfully fine-tune bio-oils as well as make much better biofuels. Jean-Sabin McEwen, assistant teacher in the Voiland School of Chemical Design as well as Bioengineering, will certainly team up on the United States Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences grant with associates at Pacific Northwest National Lab as well as the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. The use of biofuels is limited as a result of the high oxygen [...]