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VANCOUVER, Jan. 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), a leading technology development company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, today announced that it is currently evaluating various opportunities to increase the value of its investment in Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd. (ASX: ARW) ("ARW") and identify areas for collaboration between the two organizations. As a part of its evaluation process, which is based on...
MONTREAL, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Enerkem Inc. (www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemical company, is pleased to welcome the first employees to the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels facility in Edmonton. This facility is currently under construction and will be one of the first full-scale advanced biofuels facilities in North America. It will use the City of Edmonton's non recyclable and non compostable waste to produce renewable fuels and chemicals, and will create more than...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Renmatix, the leading manufacturer of cellulosic sugars for biobased chemical and fuel markets, welcomed Secretary Tom Vilsack, leader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), for the commissioning of the company's BioFlex Conversion Unit, a multiple-feedstock processing facility at the company's King of Prussia headquarters. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130111/NY41232 ) Vilsack toured Renmatix's world-class...
VISALIA, Calif., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Edeniq, a biomaterials and sustainable fuels company, today announced that California ethanol producer, Pacific Ethanol, Stockton LLC ("Pacific Ethanol"), has entered into an agreement to install Edeniq technology at the company's Stockton, California ethanol plant. Pacific Ethanol will install Edeniq's proprietary Cellunators(TM) to boost ethanol yields, and will also deploy Edeniq's patented OilPlus(TM) corn oil extraction process...
HOUSTON, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BenchMark Energy Corporation (OTC: BMRK) through its subsidiary Energy Partners LLC is pleased to announce it has launched a new division named Energy Partners Logistics and Transportation Management. Mark Bateman, CEO of BenchMark Energy states, "With the progressive expansion in the domestic and international glycerin markets, BenchMark and Energy Partners have detected a void in the logistics and transportation of glycerin between source,...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. ENERGY INITIATIVES CORP (OTC: USEI) today announces that is has signed a Letter of Intent to form a Joint Venture that will provide the tools, experience and support to build several small scale biodiesel plants in California featuring Methes Energies Canada Inc.'s Denami 600 technology. According to Anthony Miller, CEO, "We are excited to be working with companies with such stellar reputations. The Management of USEI...
VANCOUVER, Jan. 2, 2013 /CNW/ - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), today announced that, pursuant to its stock option plan and subject to regulatory approval, it has granted an aggregate of 827,500 stock options to its independent directors. The stock options have an exercise price of $0.15 per share, will vest quarterly over two years and are exercisable for a period of five years. About Lignol Energy Corporation ("LEC") LEC (TSXV: LEC) owns 100%...
Forest Business Network's March 13-15 event adds new networking opportunities with pioneers of a wood-based biofuels industry, Asian wood product buyers, wood export leaders, and Softwood Lumber Checkoff representatives in attendance. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (PRWEB) December 27, 2012 The small logs are out there, the ideas about what to do with them are solid, but small-diameter timber utilization still needs to build a broader business footprint. And that is exactly what Small Log...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Collaboration at JBEI Identifies the First Enzyme Linked to Galactan Synthesis Galactan is a polymer of galactose, a six-carbon sugar that can be readily fermented by yeast into ethanol and is a target of interest for researchers in advanced biofuels produced from cellulosic biomass. Now an international collaboration led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has identified the first enzyme capable...
Conference registration is now open for the Northeast region's largest biomass heating event Saratgoa Springs, NY (PRWEB) December 19, 2012 Today, the 5th Annual Northeast Biomass Heating Expo officially unveiled its conference program for the April 3-5, 2013 event, to be held in Saratoga Springs, NY. The 2013 program emphasizes practical learning for developers, installers, and suppliers of biomass (wood and agricultural crops) heating and combined heat and power (CHP) equipment....
