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Cool Planet and Acritaz Greentech to build $60M commercial biorefinery in Malaysia

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Acritaz will work with Cool Planet to use biomass raw materials local to the region that include palm plantation waste products such as empty fruit bunches, wood, and bark waste to make renewable, cellulosic fuels for the Asian market. The first commercial facility is planned to be located in the Malaysian state of Johor.

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Petronas and LanzaTech partner on CO2 to chemicals technology

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LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, and Petronas, the national oil company of Malaysia, will work together to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals using CO 2 as the carbon source. —Haida Shenny Hazri, CEO of PTVSB.

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Evonik and LanzaTech working on bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics

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Evonik Industries and LanzaTech have signed a three-year research cooperation agreement which will see Evonik combining its existing biotechnology platforms with LanzaTech’s synthetic biology and gas fermentation expertise for the development of a route to bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics from waste-derived synthesis gas.

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Dynamotive and Genting BioOil extend MOU

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Canada-based Dynamotive and Genting Bio-Oil Sdn Bhd (GBO) of Malaysia have extended their August 2011 memorandum of understanding (MOU) through December 2012. GBO supports the development and production of bio-oil from empty fruit bunches, a waste material of the palm oil industry, using pyrolysis technology.

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Report: Mitsui Engineering May Invest Up To RM290 Million In Cellulosic Bio-ethanol Plant; Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches as Feedstock

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Bernama reports that Japan-based Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding may invest up to RM290 million (US$85 million) in a bio-ethanol plant in Malaysia, starting with a pilot plant for about RM40 million (US$11.7 in 2009 concluded that the ethanol production potential from EFB in Malaysia ranges from 0.20 million kL to 0.48

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LanzaTech closes $55.8M Series C round; PETRONAS on board as investor

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LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has closed its Series C round with new investment totaling US $55.8 LanzaTech uses a proprietary fermentation process to convert gases (including industrial waste gases and gas derived from any biomass source) into fuels and chemicals.

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Mitsui Engineering and palm oil producer Sime Darby to partner on cellulosic ethanol from palm oil Empty Fruit Bunches; Inbicon technology

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Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding and Malaysia-based Sime Darby Research Sdn. Based on collected data from the demonstration plant, SD and MES are aiming to begin operating the commercial plant as soon as possible. Earlier post.). (MBK), have been developing a new business scheme using EFB since 2008.

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