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2 February 2012

UPM to construct €150m Finnish biorefinery

Finnish bioenergy company UPM is set to construct a €150m biorefinery that utilises wood-derived tall oil in Lappeenranta, south-east Finland.

6 January 2012

ZeaChem opens US biochemical facility

ZeaChem_170SQ US biorefinery developer ZeaChem has opened a new facility in Oregon that produces bio-based chemicals for applications such as paints, lacquers and solvents.

4 January 2012

Great River Energy purchases remaining stake in biorefinery

US utility Great River Energy has acquired full ownership of the Blue Flint Ethanol biorefinery in Underwood, North Dakota, from partner Headwaters for $18.5m.

19 December 2011

Neste Oil opens Europe’s largest biorefinery

Refining specialist Neste Oil has opened Europe’s largest renewable diesel facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, today.

25 October 2011

ZeaChem raises $19m in commercialisation cashp

Biorefinery developer ZeaChem has raised $19m in Series C financing and appointed two new independent board members.

25 October 2011

Algenol begins construction on Florida biorefinery

US bioenergy developer Algenol Biofuels has commenced construction of a pilot-scale refinery that will produce ethanol through the use of blue-green algae, carbon dioxide, sunlight and saltwater in Lee County, Florida.

2 June 2011

ZeaChem signs multi-year joint development agreement with Proctor & Gamble

ZeaChem, a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into sustainable fuels and chemicals, has executed an agreement with Proctor & Gamble for multi-year joint development of ZeaChem’s product platform.

16 May 2011

Poor demand temporarily shuts UK biorefinery

The world’s largest cereal grain refinery, which is located in the north-east of the UK, is to temporarily close its doors, NewNet has learnt.

24 January 2011

Chempolis, Henan Yinge to invest €22.5m in Henan biorefinery

Biorefining technology developer Chempolis and Henan Yinge Industrial Investment have partnered to construct a biorefinery in Henan province, China through a new joint venture company.

22 December 2010

Elevance Renewable Sciences raises $100m for expansion

Elevance Renewable Sciences, which produces specialty chemicals for the fuel market from renewable feedstocks, has raised $100m to fund its growth in Asia and American markets.

26 May 2010

Chempolis to supply three biorefineries to China under €60m contract

Finnish biorefinery company Chempolis will deliver three biorefineries to China under a €60m licence, engineering, procurement and commissioning agreement it has signed with Tianjin Jiuqian Paper in China.

18 May 2010

Biofuel company Chempolis brings biorefinery online in Finland

Biofuel company Chempolis has brought a third-generation cellulosic ethanol biorefinery online for processing non-food biomass in Oulu in north Finland.

26 February 2010

ClearFuels to develop biorefinery in Tennessee, US

US bioenergy company ClearFuels Technology and timber company Hughes Hardwood International have agreed to develop a commercial-scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel.

17 February 2010

US biomass company Zeachem produces saleable bioethanol precursor

Biomass biorefinery developer ZeaChem has produced bio-based acetic acid, which the company said is the building block for cellulosic ethanol and bio-based chemicals, at the purity concentration level of a saleable product.

2 February 2010

ZeaChem’s biorefinery process achieves industrial level fermentation results

US-based biorefinery developer ZeaChem has announced its first acetic acid fermentation results, which the company said demonstrate successful process scaling to a level that is 10,000 times greater than standard lab scale.

8 December 2009

Myriant awarded $50m to develop biorefinery

Renewable biochemical manufacturer Myriant Technologies has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $50m for its planned biobased succinic acid facility in Louisiana.

12 August 2009

New Chemrec project launched in Sweden, to deliver biofuels in 2010

Bioenergy company Chemrec's pulp mill-integrated BioDME (dimethyl ether) biorefinery demonstration plant project is to break ground in September in Piteå, Sweden, with expected biofuel production by mid-2010.

30 June 2009

Dow announces to build and operate algae-based biorefinery with bioenergy company Algenol Biofuels

The Dow Chemical Company is to work with bioenergy company Algenol Biofuels, Inc. to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will convert CO2 into ethanol. The facility is planned to be located at Dow's Freeport, Texas site.

9 January 2009

BIOPOLYGEN group finds success with hydrolysis biofuels process

BIOPOLYGEN Group of the Mediterranean Energy and Ecology Center has completed the initial phase of testing its one-stage process, expected to hydrolyse the agriculture and forestry residues, energy crops and other lingo-cellulosic materials with the use of the inorganic catalyst, according to a statement.

23 October 2008

Carlyle portfolio company Ensus to open UK biorefinery

UK biorefinery business Ensus, a portfolio company of private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings, is to begin production at its first biorefinery facility in 2009.

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