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Ethanol Conversion
The world produces ample crops containing the proteins and nutrients needed to feed the world's population. However, there are distribution bottlenecks that hamper these supplies of food from reaching those in need. Additionally, corrupt governments and wars cause havoc and disrupt the otherwise safe, efficient, and peaceful provision of food to hungry people.
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Ethanol Conversion
| December 31st, 2008 03:11 PM
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Chemicals slammed in 2008 by energy, credit woes - San Francisco Examiner
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The chemical industry entered 2008 hoping several major acquisitions would cut costs and improve efficiency. Then oil prices spiked, the financial industry imploded, credit markets froze and the U.S. sank deeper into a recession making it difficult ...
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| December 30th, 2008 04:53 PM
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Brazil ethanol sales pass petrol - The Age
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Ethanol sales for 2008 for the first time are outpacing those of gasoline in Brazil, a top ethanol producer, the National Petroleum Agency reported Tuesday. The figures only take into account sales of hydrated ethanol that can be used in its pure ...
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BlueFire Ethanol Secures LOI for Long Term Ethanol Purchase ...
IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 29, 2006 -- BlueFire Ethanol, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: BFRE) signed an LOI with Petro-Diamond, Inc. (PDI) to purchase the ethanol produced from BlueFire's first North American Biomass-to-Ethanol conversion facility located at a Southern California landfill as announced last week. Petro-Diamond, Inc. is a significant blender of denatured ethanol into motor fuel in Southern California. Ethanol is currently blended year-round at PDI's terminal facility located in Long Beach, California. On average, they purchase over 50,000 gallons of ethanol per day. "In striving to eliminate the commodity risks that have always plagued the traditional ethanol producers we have focused on two key elements of our development plan. BlueFire, by using waste as a feedstock, has eliminated the risk that traditional producers encounter while supplying their process with a commodity such as corn or sugarcane as a feedstock.
Mascoma partners with Dartmouth, hires execs, for cellulosic ...
Cambridge, MA, august 30, 2006 - Mascoma Corporation, the leader in cellulosic biomass-to-ethanol development and production, today announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Richard to the position of Chief Technology Officer. In this role Dr. Richard will apply his ethanol industry expertise and advance the company's technology and cellulosic ethanol processes through R&D and into the commercial market. Dr. Richard spent more than 10 years with the SunOpta BioProcess Group, driving the de-ploy-ment of its cellulosic ethanol technology in North America, Europe and China. He also led development of the company's biomass processing technologies for the preparation, pre-treatment, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation of cellulosic biomass for conversion to ethanol. Dr. Richard will report directly to Mascoma's President Colin South and work closely with Mascoma's Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Lee Lynd, Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth.
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