Biorefineries
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A biorefinery is a "refining facility where biomass is converted into fuel, chemicals, materials, and other uses, all at the same plant." (Source: Biofuels for Transport, Worldwatch Institute, 2006.)
- One example of a company utilizing biorefineries is Borregaard of Norway; their woodbased biorefinery utilizes wood from spruce trees as the feedstock and produces wood-based chemicals and products including "specialty cellulose, lignin products, vanillin, bio-ethanol and yeast products."[1]
- The company's website also states that "Borregaard is the only manufacturer in the world to use wood as a raw material for its vanillin production. Lignin, the binding agent in wood, is modified to produce pure vanillin," "the most commonly used flavor and aroma ingredient in the world."[2]
News
- USDA Announces a Guaranteed Loan to a Biorefinery to Produce Renewable Energy, 3 March 2010 by the USDA newsroom: "The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Range Fuels, Inc., a Colorado based firm with a planned biorefinery located near Soperton, Ga., is the recipient of a loan guaranteed by USDA Rural Development to make cellulosic biofuel from wood chips."
- "This project is expected to provide biorefinery jobs, construction jobs and support the timber industry."
- "When fully operational, the plant is expected to produce an estimated 20 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year."[3]
- Saline County Missouri Approves $141 Million Revenue Bonds for Alternative Energy, 31 July 2008 by iStockAnalyst: "Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) today announced that EcoAlgae USA, LLC, has received a signed resolution from Saline County Missouri commissioners to construct a commercial Algae Production Facility in conjunction with an Integrated Biorefinery Complex."
- "EcoAlgae USA will contract with Green Star's Associated Consortium of Companies to construct the Algae-to-Biodiesel and Next Generation Waste-to-Energy Complex."
- "The Biorefinery will be the first of its kind and will incorporate all the technologies to produce oil, cattle feed, electricity, biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and steam."[4]
- DOE to Provide up to $40 Million in Funding for Small-Scale Biorefinery Projects in Wisconsin and Louisiana , 14 July 2008 press release by the U.S. DOE: "The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of two small-scale cellulosic biorefinery projects in Park Falls, Wis. and Jennings, La. for federal funding of up to $40 million over five years."
- "These two biorefinery projects are the final round of selections for DOE’s competitive small-scale biorefinery solicitation. Earlier this year, DOE selected seven other projects, comparable in size and scope, to receive up to a total of $200 million."[5]
Events
- 30-31 March 2010, Alexandria, Virginia (Washington, D.C. area), USA: Biomass 2010. Annual Department of Energy conference. (Themes: biomass, bioproducts, biorefineries, green economy, infrastructure, research, rural development, sustainability)
- 2-4 September 2009, Helsinki, Finland: The 2nd Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference. (Themes: wood, pulp, biofuels, biorefineries, energy, chemicals, cellulose, legislation)
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