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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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Iogen Energy, the original owner of the technology, has granted comprehensive licenses to both Raízen and Iogen Corp. With the technology now being commercialized in Brazil, Iogen has plans to pursue a deployment program in North America and Europe that will help meet the renewable fuel obligations in those jurisdictions.

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Ensyn granted EPA Part 79 approval for renewable gasoline

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Ensyn ( earlier post ) has been granted a key regulatory approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its renewable gasoline product, RFGasoline. The liquid RFO feedstock was produced at one of Ensyn’s commercial facilities and shipped to Brazil. Earlier post.).

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Petrobras ready to launch renewable diesel production upon regulatory approval

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Petrobras will expand investments in the segment as soon as it is granted a permit, Lara said. The H-BIO process features a very high conversion yield—at least 95% v/v to diesel—without residue generation and a small propane production as a by-product.

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Report: Brazil Could Produce 8B Liters of Biofuel from Bagasse by 2020

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A new report from Novozymes describes how Brazil could produce up to 8 billion liters (2.1 billion gallons US) of biofuel from sugarcane residues (bagasse) by 2020, representing additional export revenue for Brazil of up to US$4 billion. By 2020, Brazil could produce 4.6-8.2 billion liters of biofuel from bagasse. million (US$2.3

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Sermatec Zanini and GeoSynFuels form strategic alliance for commercialization of cellulosic ethanol technology in Latin America

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the largest EPC companies in Brazil specializing in sugar cane processing, and GeoSynFuels, LLC (GSF) recently formed a strategic alliance for the development and commercialization of GSF’s proprietary cellulosic ethanol technology. billion gallons of that being centrally located in Brazil, according to the partners. and pellet plants.

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Modified enzyme can increase second-generation ethanol production

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A group of researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), working in partnership with colleagues at the Brazilian Biorenewables National Laboratory (LNBR) in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, have discovered that Trichoderma harzianum , a fungus found in the Amazon, produces an enzyme with the potential to play a key role in enzyme cocktails.

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Abengoa opens cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton; 1st commercial deployment of Abengoa enzymatic hydrolysis

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million loan guarantee and a $97-million grant through the Department of Energy to support construction of the Hugoton facility. Abengoa Bioenergy licensed from Dyadic the use and modification of a microorganism that produces the enzymes required for the conversion of cellulose into sugars.). million liters) per year.