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AUGUST 18, 2011

Genomatica and Novamont have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture that is expected to lead to the first industrial plants in Europe producing butanediol (BDO) from renewable feedstocks. The first plant is expected to have a production capacity of approximately 40 million pounds per year and will be located in Italy.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The interior is made almost entirely of sustainable materials, all made in Italy. However, this residual water from olive oil production can also be reused by chemical manufacturers to produce tanning agents: the tanning process shares a “Made in Italy” synergy with the production of Italian olive oil. 100 percent merino wool.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The bio-refinery will be located in Anhui province, close to Fuyang in Eastern China, and will have capacity to process 1 million metric tons of biomass per year, approximately 4 times the capacity of the biomass conversion facility by Beta Renewables in Crescentino, Italy.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Italy-based Snam, a leading energy infrastructure operator, and Saipem, an Italian multinational oilfield services company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start working together to define and to develop initiatives for green hydrogen production and transport, and for carbon dioxide capture, transport and reuse or storage (CCS and CCU).

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JANUARY 22, 2012

Genomatica and Novamont have signed a definitive agreement establishing a joint venture (JV) for the first industrial plant in Europe producing butanediol (BDO) directly from renewable feedstocks. Under the agreement, Novamont is converting an existing facility in Adria, Italy to use Genomatica’s BDO process. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

51-year-old Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. a pioneer in materials science and renewable energy technologies, today voluntarily filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. We firmly believe there is a strong and sustainable commercial market for UNI-SOLAR products.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Eni plans to convert its Venice (Italy) Refinery into a biorefinery producing innovative and high quality biofuels. The Ecofining process uses catalytic hydroprocessing technology to convert vegetable oils to a renewable diesel fuel. The new biorefinery is based on Ecofining technology developed and patented by Eni. Earlier post.).

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JULY 29, 2011

and Chemtex, a global technology and engineering company wholly-owned by Italy’s Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, are collaborating to develop and produce sustainable detergent alcohols for use in the household products market. The parties expect that this process will initially be piloted at Chemtex’s R&D facility in Rivalta, Italy.

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MARCH 12, 2013

For pre-treatments with unconverted xylan, CodeXyme 4X maintains the same high C 6 sugar activity while having additional C 5 sugar conversion. With consistently high sugar conversion, customers are able to convert more sugar into high-value biofuels and bio-based chemicals. Click to enlarge. McMillan, J. Jennings, E. W; Mohagheghi, A.;

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The enzyme enables more cost-efficient conversion of biomass to ethanol and performs 1.5 M&G Group is scheduled to open a facility in Crescentino, Italy, producing 13 million gallons of ethanol per year from wheat straw, energy crops, and other locally available feedstocks. times better than its predecessor, Cellic CTec2.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Source: Beta Renewables. Once operational, the facility is expected to convert 600,000 tons of energy grasses per year into an estimated 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using the Beta Renewable’s PROESA enzymatic hydrolysis process. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). The renewable energy community may prefer “areas of concern” over the term schism, but significant issues were reiterated.

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But sustainability goes beyond avoiding lubrication: with a new slewing ring bearing made of 50 per cent wood and 50 per cent high-performance plastic, igus is taking the integration of renewable raw materials into industrial production one step further. Expansions are continuing around the world, with a focus on fast delivery times.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The production of ethanol by fermentation consists of four stages: the pre-processing of the raw material; the conversion of carbohydrates from polymers into sugar; the fermentation of sugar into ethanol using microbes; and the distillation of ethanol. Source: Universita Degli Studi di Milano. Click to enlarge. million (US$11.7 NEMO (CORDIS).

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MAY 25, 2014

A report prepared by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems - Italy) together with Tecnalia (Spain) for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) discusses the technological, environmental and economic barriers for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, as well as the possible uses of methanol in car transport in Europe.

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JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. That’s a big sum. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

billion) funding to 23 highly renewable energy demonstration projects—including five advanced biofuels projects with maximum combined funding of €516.8 The projects cover a wide range of renewable technologies: 8 bioenergy projects (including 5 advanced biofuels projects with combined maximum funding of €516.8 billion (US$1.6

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

based TerraPower and London- and Italy-based Newcleo should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional reactors. Producing enough renewable, carbon-free ammonia for shipping—about 600 million tonnes a year—using electrolyzers that split water molecules to produce hydrogen, would use 12 megawatt-hours per tonne of ammonia.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

In an SOFC electrolysis system, fuel cells convert excess power from renewable generation to turn water into hydrogen, addressing intermittency and storage issues for wind and solar. Companies and research organisations from Estonia, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Germany and the UK were involved. NELLHI received €1.6 million (US$1.9

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My Energi

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Historically members of COP have offered to host the event and this year, the UK are hosting the event, alongside our partner Italy, right here in Glasgow. eddi is a micro-generation energy diverter which provides a brain to any solar PV and renewable home set up. When and where is it? Scottish Event Campus (SEC).

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My Energi

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Historically members of COP have offered to host the event and this year, the UK are hosting the event, alongside our partner Italy, right here in Glasgow. eddi is a micro-generation energy diverter which provides a brain to any solar PV and renewable home set up. When and where is it? Scottish Event Campus (SEC).

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