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Pertamina and Eni to collaborate on low-carbon products and renewable energies; Indonesian bio-refinery

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The parties are willing to discuss collaboration opportunities in low-carbon products and renewable energies development. Finally, Eni and Pertamina will discuss cooperation and business opportunities both in Indonesia and internationally in renewable projects.

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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Accordingly, LanzaTech has begun look at the industrial conversion of acetic acid/acetate to lipids, and has demonstrated this. that conversion wouldn’t actually happen in a LanzaTech bioreactor. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. Lipids, in turn, are a proven pathway to jet, diesel and gasoline.

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Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

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million) to five Alberta-based renewable energy projects including waste to biofuels and energy, concentrating solar power, biogas and home generation. is a privately owned Alberta corporation formed in 2001 to design, build and operate biogas cogeneration facilities. million (US$36.6 ECB Enviro North America Inc. , C$10 million (US$9.8

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Rio Tinto, Paul Wurth and SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar partner on low-carbon iron feedstock for steel; HBI from green hydrogen

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Conversion to green hydrogen from renewable energy sources will take place once available in sufficient quantities and at an economical cost. KGaA (SHS), which was founded in 2001, is the management holding of the two large Saarland-based steel companies. Earlier post.). SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co.

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Novozymes receives $2.5M award from DOE to improve advanced biofuels production

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Prior contracts include: Bioenergy (subcontractor to National Renewable Energy Lab): $13.8 million (2001-2005). The product enables cost-efficient conversion of biomass to ethanol and performs 1.5 Development of a Commercial-Ready Enzyme Application System for Ethanol: $12.3 million (2008-2012). Earlier post.).

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EPA Posts Peer Review of Renewable Fuel Standards Lifecycle Analysis

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted the peer review of the renewable fuel standards lifecycle analysis—including significant indirect emissions, such as from indirect land use changes— online. The change detection analysis performed on the two MODIS data sets from 2001 and 2004. Earlier post.)

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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Currently, almost half of China’s oil consumption is imported, and with the projection that demand for fossil fuel oil will reach 250 million tons by 2030, it is crucial for the country to consider biomass alternatives as part of their renewable energy plan. million tons in 2008. —Littlewood et al.

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