Category: Biorefineries
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Public Money for Big Oil? Questions Sent to the EIB About Its Financing of ENI
Public Money for Big Oil? Questions Sent to the European Investment Bank About Its Financing of ENI
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Eni unveils new biorefinery project in Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi
https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2025/09/eni-unveils-new-biorefinery-project-sannazzaro-burgondi.html
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Cascading fractionation of sugarcane bagasse via a novel bio-based organic amine solvent mediated green biorefinery process
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953425008323
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SCALE’s unique microalgae biorefinery opens in France
https://www.cbe.europa.eu/news/scales-unique-microalgae-biorefinery-opens-france
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Spanish CBE JU Biorefinery does not respect Free market rules
CBE JU disrupts the free market by financing the construction of a Spanish bio-refinery with tax payer money. It’s not clear why Novamont, producer of compostable plastics packaging, is a consortium member. It seems as if they’re looking for outlets to shove their compostable plastic waste. CBE JU will be complicit in polluting our farm…
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LG Chem and ENI create HVO Bio-oil Joint Venture
LG Chem and Enilive: a joint venture agreement for the biorefinery in South Korea
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An integrated lignocellulose fractionation biomass biorefinery to produce components for high-value applications
FRACTION develops a novel integrated biomass biorefinery approach to maximise the purity and quality of cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose, demonstrating their upgrading into high-added-value products.
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Court Halts US Biofuel Megaproject Operations
Refinery on Hold Until County Addresses Community, Environmental Harms
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India’s first bamboo-based biorefinery to start operations in March
India’s Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL), a subsidiary of explorer Oil India (OILI.NS), plans to start ethanol production at its biorefinery in the northeastern state of Assam from March, the company’s managing director Bhaskar Phukan said on Tuesday.
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LG Chem and Eni Partner on biorefinery in South Korea
LG Chem and Eni Sustainable Mobility join forces for a potential new innovative biorefinery in South Korea
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Reductive catalytic fractionation: state of the art of the lignin-first biorefinery
Reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) of lignocellulose is an emerging biorefinery scheme that combines biomass fractionation with lignin depolymerisation.
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A million-ton biomass chemical project was put into operation in China
On May 12, the world‘s first one-million-ton “Shengquan method” biomass refining integration project
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Tiny Microbes Could Brew Big Benefits for Green Biomanufacturing
Scientists find new route in bacteria to decarbonize industry. The discovery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals.
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Novozymes and Fibenol Partner to demonstrate lignocellulosic biorefining on an industrial scale
Due to their abundance worldwide, lignocellulosic residues have an enormous potential to substitute petrochemicals with bio-based alternatives. However, efficient cellulose degradation into sugars has long been an obstacle to the wider spread of lignocellulosic biorefineries. Now, the tide seems to be changing.
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NTPC and Chempolis partner on bamboo biorefinery
NTPC and Chempolis have partnered to conduct a feasibility study for a bamboo-based bio-refinery in Bongaigaon, Assam
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A novel biorefinery process with material and energy circulation by reusing by-products
Designing a process that maximizes the effective use of biomass resources — RETHINKING MATERIALS Innovation and Investment Summit – May 16-17, London. 10% discount with code BPN10
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Agile BioFoundry 2023 Funding Opportunity
The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)-funded Agile BioFoundry (ABF) consortium is overseeing a funding opportunity for industry partners to utilize ABF capabilities.
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CBE JU Projects Update
New publication shows CBE JU achievements in advancing a competitive bioeconomy for a sustainable future
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The US Aims to Close its Fermentation Capacity Gap
The country is a leader in developing biotech routes to chemicals, but it lacks facilities to make them
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Bain Capital Invests in Biorefinery
Bain Capital completes significant equity investment in EcoCeres
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ENI Considers Building Third Biorefinery in Livorno
Eni met with the president of Tuscany, Eugenio Giani, and the mayors of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, and Collesalvetti, Adelio Antolini, to confirm that the company is investigating the opportunity to build a new bio-refinery at Eni’s industrial site in Livorno.
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EU Strategy on Biorefineries
The European Union is investing billions of euros in biorefineries that can develop products based on organic materials and help decrease the bloc’s reliance on oil and gas.
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Reuters Bends to Biofuel Pressure
Reuters bends to pressure from the biofuel industry — There’s clearly an agenda to greenwash the “bio” industry. What if there was an ulterior motive to all of this; like a secret agenda to force Saudi Arabia and other countries to privatise their oil reserves to the benefit of Anglo Saxon financial markets?
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Afyren Inaugurates Biorefinery
AFYREN inaugurates its first factory, AFYREN NEOXY, a first-of-its-kind biorefinery — “Bio”-refinery doesn’t mean it’s eco-friendly; don’ be fooled by the name.
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UAE and Shell to Buy Third Largest Sugarcane Processor
Mubadala & Raizen in final round to buy BP-Bunge Brazilian ethanol venture
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ENI Builds First Agri Hub in Kenya
Eni launches the first production of vegetable oil for biorefining in Kenya
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Tool to Predict Biomass Flow and Blade Wear
Understanding and predicting the flow behavior of complex biomass materials and the lifetimes of biorefinery machinery are significant challenges for the bioenergy industry.
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Westfalia Takes Avocado Oil Refining Closer to Circularity
Westfalia Refines Avocado Waste for Soaps, Wax and Biofuel
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Deakin University to Build Biofactory in Australia
Deakin launches new BioFactory as part of Circular Economy Accelerator-Organics project
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Lignin Asphalts LCA for the Netherlands
Using lignin from local biorefineries for asphalts: LCA case study for the Netherlands
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LCA for Novel Biorefineries
Space, time, and sustainability: The status and future of life cycle assessment frameworks for novel biorefinery systems
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Pilot Scale Biorefinery Based on Hydrothermal Treatment
Pilot-scale biorefinery for the production of purified biopolymers based on hydrothermal treatment in flow-through reactor cycles
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DOE Scale-Up Funding Opportunity Announcement for Biorefineries
New Notice of Intent for the Scale-Up of Biofuel and Bioproduct Refineries Award
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Notice of Intent to Scale Up US Bio Refineries
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has published a notice of intent to issue a second “Scale-Up” Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).
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Pilot Biorefineries in Italy and Spain
After five years, Agrimax, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking project, which has built two ground-breaking pilot plant facilities in Spain and Italy has come to an end.
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Erythritol as Platform Chemical in Biomass Refinery
The potential of erythritol as a platform chemical in biomass refinery is discussed in terms of erythritol production and utilization.
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First Fully Integrated Microalgae Biorefinery
Microphyt Announces Launch of SCALE, the world’s first fully-integrated microalgae biorefinery
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Lignin First Biorefinery Pilot Scale Installation
Lignin-first biorefinery at pilot-scale: KULeuven and MTSA Technopower finalising detailed design
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Canada Grants Mobile Biomass Processing
Government of Canada supports cutting-edge biotechnology company in Welland
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Willow Trees to Treat Municipal Wastewater
A ‘bio-refinery’: using the chemistry of willow trees to treat municipal wastewater
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EU Biorefinery Outlook to 2030
Studies on support to research and innovation policy in the area of bio-based products and services
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New EU Biorefinery Flagship Project
ReSolute, a new flagship project aiming to build a first-of-its-kind industrial plant for the production of a green, high-performing solvent from wood biomass, has received a €11.6 million grant from BBI JU.
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Biosensors to Optimise Bio-Refining Process of Lignin
Researchers from University of British Columbia (Canada) develop a biosensor to optimize the bio-refining processes to fractionate lignin.






