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Bioenergy no 4 july 2015

LIQUID FUELS World’s first oil refinery integrated advanced ethanol plant opened First bio-isobutene to isooctane fuel sample supplied to Audi French biotechnology development company Global Bioenergies and German auto manufacturer, Audi have announced that the first batch of renewable gasoline using bio-isobutene produced from corn-derived glucose has been produced. Global Bioenergies is one of few companies developing a process to convert renewable resources into hydrocarbons through fermentation, in particular isobutene, which is a key platform chemical in the petrochemical industry. The company operates an industrial pilot in Pomacle-Bazancourt, near Reims, France. The first batch of bio-isobutene was supplied to the chemical company Arkema in early May 2015. The Fraunhofer Institute at the Leuna refinery near Leipzig, Germany where Global Bioenergies is now building its demo plant, has converted subsequent bio-isobutene batches into isooctane. – This first batch of renewable gasoline represents a historic milestone. It is the kickoff of a new, large scale, and decentralised environmental industry that will gradually substitute traditional fossil hydrocarbons, commented Marc Delcourt, CEO of Global Bioenergies. Isooctane is currently used as a fuel additive to improve gasoline quality, the “octane” rating, but it can also be used as a standalone fuel. As well as fuel quality the fermentation technology has a key advantage in that the process yields a gaseous product separated from the liquid phase through spontaneous evaporation. According to the company this feature results in a significant reduction of process complexity as well as energy demand for the product separation on the way to isooctane. – Confirmation that Global Bioenergies’ renewable isobutene is compatible with a commonly used fossil isobutene to isooctane conversion technology represents a key step on our way to Audi ‘e-benzin’. We are now looking forward to working together, said Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at Audi. BI80/4918/AS The first Etanolix® plant delivered to the international market by Finnish company St1 Biofuels Oy was officially opened on 5 June in Gothenburg, Sweden by the Swedish Minister for Energy, Ibrahim Baylan. It was supplied to North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB), a company that processes biowaste feedstock into biofuels. A modular proprietary technology developed by St1 Biofuels, the plant uses biowaste and process residue from local bakeries and stale bread from shops as feedstock. It uses excess heat from the refinery for its process heat, and utilises the existing internal cooling and wastewater treatment infrastructure. The ethanol is then blended directly with gasoline and stored in the existing tank farm for delivery to client. The plant has an annual production capacity of 5 million litres and according to St1 will be run using existing refinery staff. BI80/4909/AS DĂƌŬĞƚͲůĞĂĚŝŶŐ/ŶĚƵƐƚƌLJĂŶĚDŽďŝůĞŝŽŵĂƐƐ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ Zh<^ĚĞůŝǀĞƌŵĂƌŬĞƚͲůĞĂĚŝŶŐƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐĨŽƌƐĞǀĞƌĂůŝŶĚƵƐƚƌŝĞƐ͕ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐŝŽĞŶĞƌŐLJ͕ ŝŽĨƵĞůƐ͕ŽĂƌĚ͕^ĂǁŵŝůůƐ͕WƵůƉΘWĂƉĞƌĂŶĚƵůŬ,ĂŶĚůŝŶŐ͘ Industry ͻ ĸĞĐŝĞŶƚƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐĨŽƌŚŝŐŚĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ ͻ WƌŽǀĞŶƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ ͻ ƵƐƚŽŵŝƐĞĚƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ 26 Bi Bioenergy Internat ional No 80, 4-2015 Mobile ͻ DĂdžŝŵƵŵƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶƵƉƟŵĞ ͻ ^ƵƉĞƌŝŽƌĂŶĚĞǀĞŶĐŚŝƉƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ͻ džƚƌĞŵĞůLJŚŝŐŚƉƌŽĚƵĐƟŽŶĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ Would You like to know more? WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚŽŶĞŽĨŽƵƌŽĸĐĞƐ͗^ǁĞĚĞŶнξπμρςπξμοκκͻ'ĞƌŵĂŶLJнξσμππλμςκͻh^нλρρκςξσκλκκŽƌǀŝƐŝƚƵƐĂƚZh<^͘KD or Zh<^DK/>͘KD The BRUKS Group: Zh<^ͻZh<^<ůƂĐŬŶĞƌ'ŵď,ͻZh<^ZŽĐŬǁŽŽĚ/ŶĐ͘ Zh<^ĞůůƚĞĐͻZh<^'sͻZh<^ZŽƚŽŵͻZh<^͘KD


Bioenergy no 4 july 2015
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