(Enerkem/Newswire) Enerkem Inc. (www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, announced it has obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification
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Back TO HOMEGovernments of Canada and Quebec Support Innovative Renewable Fuel Oil Project
(Ensyn) Support for clean technology innovation is vital to growing Canada’s economy and addressing climate change. With its abundance of renewable
August 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Ensyn Breaks Ground on New 10 Million Gallon Advanced Biofuels Project in Quebec
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Ensyn announced ground-breaking on a new 10.5 million gallon biocrude project in Port-Cartier Quebec. The facility, which
July 30, 2016 Read Full Article
Canada and Quebec to Provide C$76.5 Million to AE Côte-Nord Bioenergy Canada
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, the Governments of Canada and Quebec will provide C$76.5 million in funding to
July 20, 2016 Read Full Article
Gaz Metro Converts Biomass into Renewable Natural Gas
(Gaz Metro/Biomass Magazine) Gaz Métro is proud to announce that, over the past several months, it has been conducting a
July 17, 2016 Read Full Article
DOE Announces $16 Million for 54 Projects to Help Commercialize Promising Energy Technologies
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $16 million in funding to help businesses
June 30, 2016 Read Full Article
Ontario Slates $100 Million toward Renewable Natural Gas
by Anna Simet (Biomass Magazine) Ontario’s government plans to spend up to $100 million over the next four years to
June 06, 2016 Read Full Article
Big Buckaroos in Tiny Town: The Gold Rush Ahead in Nanocellulose
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... It’s that way for nanocellulose, too — a material made from the largest organisms imaginable
June 03, 2016 Read Full Article
Examining the Latest Developments in Converting Organic Waste into Renewable Energy
by Megan Greenwalt (Waste 360) With municipalities increasingly collecting organic waste, finding ways to convert that waste into clean energy is a
June 02, 2016 Read Full Article
Where Did Biofuels Technologies Come from?
by Gerald Kutney (Lee Consulting/Biofuels Digest) ... From the time of the caveman until the early Industrial Revolution, biofuels – namely wood
June 02, 2016 Read Full Article
Willow Harvesting Updates
by Justin Heavey and Armen R. Kemanian (Northeast Bioenergy Extension Blog) The harvest season for willow biomass crops in the northeast is progressing
December 30, 2015 Read Full Article
Renewable Drop-iIn Fuels at Scale, Construction in 2016: The Digest’s 8-Slide Guide to Ensyn
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Ensyn uses its patented and proprietary RTP fast thermal technology to convert wood residues and other
November 09, 2015 Read Full Article
Enerkem Raises C$152.6 Million in Financings; Initiates Biomethanol Production
(Enerkem, Inc.) Enerkem Inc. (www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, announced today it has raised C$152.6 million and has initiated
September 09, 2015 Read Full Article
Promising Projects: A Report from BIO's World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology 2015
[caption id="attachment_63689" align="alignleft" width="300"] A plenary session at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology (July 19, 2015, Montreal).[/caption] by Stefaniya Becking*
July 31, 2015 Read Full Article
Cascades Announces Major Investments in Biorefinery Project at Cabano Plant
(Cascades/PRNewswire) Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in the recovery of recyclable materials and manufacturing green packaging products and tissue
April 16, 2015 Read Full Article
Carbon Pricing Coming to Ontario, Strategy to Be Unveiled this Year
by Adrian Morrow (Globe and Mail) The Ontario government is closing in on a plan to put a price on
January 14, 2015 Read Full Article
4 Minutes with… Dr. Donald L. Smith, McGill University, CEO and Scientific Director of BioFuelNet
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... BioFuelNet is a not-for-profit company whose objective is to network all elements (academic, industry,
December 31, 2014 Read Full Article
10 Biggest Bioeconomy Blockbuster Stories of 2014: Asia and Oceania
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The East is Green. Asia is confirmed as “the new Brazil” as project developers head
December 29, 2014 Read Full Article
Gov. Inslee Wants To Cap And Tax Emissions From Washington State’s Major Polluters
by Katie Valentine (ThinkProgress) Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has big plans for carbon reductions in his state, as outlined
December 18, 2014 Read Full Article
Gaz Métro & ANGI for Quebec BioNGVs
by Rich Piellisch (Fleets & Fuels) Compost Collection Supports Saint-Hyacinth Fleet Vehicles Canada’s Gaz Métro utility and the compressed natural gas
December 15, 2014 Read Full Article
Enerkem, Akzo Nobel to Explore European Market
(Canadian Biomass Magazine) Enerkem Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with AkzoNobel to develop a project partnership to explore
November 19, 2014 Read Full Article
Enerkem Partners with AkzoNobel to Jointly Explore Development of Waste-to-Chemicals Facilities in Europe
(Enerkem/PR Newswire) Enerkem Inc. (www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, today announced it has signed an agreement with AkzoNobel, a
November 12, 2014 Read Full Article
Transforming Toxic Waste into Green Energy
by Christian Durand (Concordia University) Emerging graduate research at Concordia seeks to turn pulp mills into dynamic biorefineries How can a struggling
November 03, 2014 Read Full Article
Enerkem: Alberta’s Municipal Waste to Fuels Juggernaut, in Pictures
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How does a technology take municipal solid waste and turn it into liquid fuels and
October 31, 2014 Read Full Article
Enerkem Announces New Project Partnership in China
(Enerkem/PR NewsWire) Enerkem Inc. (http://www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, today announced it has signed an agreement with Qingdao City
October 28, 2014 Read Full Article
Waste-to-Biofuel Facility Opens
by (Biofuels International) ...Enerkem has officially inaugurated its first full-scale municipal waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility in Edmonton, Alberta. The facility will
June 06, 2014 Read Full Article
Carbon Market Lessons and Global Policy Outlook
by Richard G. Newell, William A. Pizer, Daniel Raimi (Science Magazine) Prices in the European Union's (EU) Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS)
March 21, 2014 Read Full Article
The Hunt for Hydrogen and Hydro-Riches
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... “You will never have enough affordable hydrogen.” Perhaps that is the attractor in the news
March 07, 2014 Read Full Article
Sale of Ethanol Plant's Waste Heat Will Eliminate Smokestack
by Peter Epp (QMI Agency/Chatham Daily News) It might not happen this year, but plans are in place for GreenField Ethanol's
February 27, 2014 Read Full Article
Enerkem and GreenField, Partners in VANERCO, Announce up to $39.8 Million in Repayable Contribution from the Canadian Government
(PR NewsWire/Yahoo!Finance/VANERCO) Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver today confirmed SDTC's financial contribution in VANERCO, the joint venture partnership formed by
September 27, 2013 Read Full Article
Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-Up and Commercialization - Part 2
by David Glass (D Glass Associates) In the final breakout session of the BIO World Congress on June 19, there
June 21, 2013 Read Full Article
Enerkem Starts "Drop-In" Renewable Fuels R&D Project
(Enerkem/PR NewsWire) Enerkem Inc. (www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, announces the launch of a new research project with
May 14, 2013 Read Full Article
ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative
(Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper) The Government of Canada is committed to investing in innovative clean energy technologies that
May 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Irreversible Does Not Mean Unavoidable
by H. Damon Matthews, Susan Solomon (Science Magazine) Understanding how decreases in CO2 emissions would affect global temperatures has been hampered in recent
April 26, 2013 Read Full Article
Energy Farms: Is the Time Ripe?
by Peter Brown (Biodiesel Magazine/ Euro Marketing Tools) Biodiesel, ethanol and livestock production, wind turbines and photovoltaic installments situated in close
March 23, 2013 Read Full Article
New Committee Working to Ensure Canada’s Renewable Fuels Future
(Canadian Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association has announced a new committee and classification of membership
March 21, 2013 Read Full Article
Advanced Ethanol Council Releases Snapshot of Cellulosic Ethanol Production around the World
(Renewable Fuels Association) The Advanced Ethanol Council this morning released a report giving a snapshot of cellulosic ethanol producers in
December 19, 2012 Read Full Article
The Trash Spread: Enerkem Heads for Scale, with Advanced Biofuels from MSW
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Breakthroughs in making consistent syngas from negative-cost municipal solid waste spells “big prospects” for Enerkem
September 07, 2012 Read Full Article
How Cellulosic is Rising from Corn: Investing in Cellulosic Production Could Improve Profit Gargins at Corn Ethanol Plants
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The once futuristic vision of integrating traditional and second-generation ethanol facilities appears more attainable
July 24, 2012 Read Full Article
Wood Telephone Poles Turned to Ethanol
by Bill Esler (Woodworking Network) Enerkem Inc. a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, says it has begun production of cellulosic ethanol
July 17, 2012 Read Full Article
Enerkem Begins Ethanol Production from Waste at Its Demonstration Facility in Westbury, Quebec
(PRNewsWire/Enerkem) Enerkem Inc., a waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company, announced today the initial production of cellulosic ethanol from waste materials at
June 07, 2012 Read Full Article
CelluForce Celebrates the Inauguration of the World’s First NanoCrystalline Cellulose Demonstration Plan
(CelluForce) CelluForce officially inaugurated today the world’s first NanoCrystalline Cellulose (NCC) demonstration plant at the Domtar pulp and paper mill
February 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Turn Up the Heat: Researchers Explore Heat-Resistant Enzymes
by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...“Thermophilic fungi can be found worldwide, most commonly in habitats where self-heating of plant
December 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Trash-to-Fuel Company Enerkem Raises Another $30M
by Matthew Lynley (Green Beat) Enerkem, a company that specializes in converting unusable waste into ethanol and other chemicals, announced today
August 01, 2011 Read Full Article
An Astonishing 2,564 Miles Per Gallon Achieved at Shell Eco-Marathon® Americas 2011
(Shell/PRNewsWire) Quebec's Universite Laval Defends Title Winning Shell Eco-marathon Americas for Third Consecutive Year Going the farthest distance might sound like
April 22, 2011 Read Full Article
Canada Invests C$80 Mln in Quebec Biofuel Plant
(Reuters) Canada will invest nearly C$80 million ($77 million) to expand a Quebec ethanol plant, the government said on Tuesday,
March 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Quebec Company Turns Trash Into Fuel
by John Lorinc (New York Times) Enerkem, a green energy company based in Quebec, has developed an alternative approach to mining