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Russian Biofuels Association

Russian National Biofuels Association promotes renewable fuels in Russia. To achieve its goals the Association works with various government and non-government stakeholders in Russian and neighboring countries. More...

 

International Congress & Exhibition "BIOMASS: Fuel & Power"
April 19-20, 2017 in Moscow.

The Congress is leading international event on production and use of solid & liquid biofuels.The previous event gathered more than 200 senior executives from over 15 countries to discuss a variety of topics from feedstock to marketing of liquid and solid biofuels. More...



Technical workshop "SpirtExpert" on ethanol production, technologies & operations

will be held on April 21, 2017. More...

 

 

 

Introducing speaker:  

Professor Patrice MANGIN, chemical engineering department, holds the bio-economy/bioenergy chair at University of Quebec Trois-Rivières. He is the CEO of BioEnergy La Tuque with objective to set-up a large-scale biorefinery in the Haut-Saint Maurice (Quebec), and CEO of Effensys, a start-up which develops/manufactures high energy efficiency systems. As CEO, he built/launched the Integrated Pulp and Paper Centre in Trois-Rivières (85+ M$Can project).

Introducing speaker:

Professor Eduard Akim
Member of the UN FAO Advisory Committee on Wood and Paper Products
Saint Patersburg State Technological University of Plant Polymers
All-Russian Research Institute of Pulp and Paper Industry. 

Introducing speaker:

Sergey Dzhurinskiy, Director General of the Cluster Foundation for Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency, Bright Capital venture fund

Began working at Bright Capital in 2011. Prior to this position was Senior Investment Manager at the company. Has a 7-year-old entrepreneurial experience.
Before Bright Capital he was the director of development of innovative electronics distributor (2nd place in Russia in the industry), was a brand manager of one of the 5 largest producers of vitamins in Russia, he was a senior analyst in RUSNANO.

Presentation: Venture capital investments in the biofuel industry: status and prospects.

Comments of our past attendees:  

Martin Gürtler, Business Development Manager Biomass Conversion, Novozymes A/S
   
Daniel Cobelo, Senior Business Developer, Hamrick Engineering,  CelloFuel







 

Biofuels news

Navy tests 100-percent advanced biofuel

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus' energy vision came to fruition in September when the EA-18G "Green Growler" completed flight testing of a 100-percent advanced biofuel at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. The U.S. Navy is a leader in incorporating alternative fuel into operational supplies, in order to increase mission capability and flexibility.

 

11  October  2016

Lufthansa поможет расширить производство биотоплива в США

Немецкая авиакомпания Lufthansa закупит у американской компании Gevo до 40 млн галлонов (около 150 млн л) биотоплива, произведенного из спирта. О подписании пятилетнего контракта сообщает издание Air Transport World.

 

2  October  2016      Комментарии: 24

В Липецком районе освоили производство биотоплива

На территории деревообрабатывающего производственного комплекса в селе Ленино Липецкого района заработал цех пеллетов.

 

2  October  2016      Комментарии: 1

Global Bioenergies, Clariant produce isobutene from wheat straw

Global Bioenergies and Clariant are proud to announce the first isobutene production from a wheat straw hydrolysate, in the industrial pilot of Pomacle Bazancourt. This success is the result of a collaboration initiated more than 18 months ago, and has been made possible by combining Clariant's proprietary process, allowing for the conversion of agricultural residues into sugar-rich hydrolysates, with Global Bioenergies' proprietary process for the production of isobutene from various industrial-grade sugars.

 

2  October  2016

USDA GAIN report highlights Russian pellet potential

In 2016 and 2017, wood pellet production is forecast to increase 5-7 percent, due to strong EU demand, interest from Asian markets, competitive export prices, increasing local production, new capacity, as well as the Russia's energy goals.

 

25  July  2016

US ethanol production sets new weekly record

The U.S. ethanol industry set a new weekly ethanol production record the week ending July 15, with production reaching an average of 1.029 million barrels per day, according to information published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The previous record was set approximately one month earlier, when production averaged 1.013 million barrels per day the week ending June 10.

 

25  July  2016      Комментарии: 1

Cathay sets biofuels-based flight record, as new A350 ushers in renewable jet era at Hong Kong

BD TS 060116 Cathay smThese days, Cathay Pacific trades under the slogan "Life Well Travelled" and the delivery of the first of 48 super-modern, super-quiet, super-chic Airbus 350-900s is another milestone for that branding - but it might as well be "Life Sustainably Travelled" because the plane that arrived in Hong Kong last night on delivery from Toulouse flew on a 10% biofuels blend.

 

1  June  2016

Diesel prices rally substantially

Prices for partially taxable agricultural diesel are on a firm trend, moving closer to those for biodiesel and almost reaching the level of rapeseed oil. The trend is driven by a massive rise in crude oil prices. The nearby futures price on the NYMEX currently stands at just under the mark of 50 USD per barrel, hitting a eight-month high.

 

26  May  2016      Комментарии: 1

Conference «CIS Sugar Market 2016» will begin in 7 days !!!

The International Sugar Organization and Eurasian Sugar Association together with will hold the Fifth joint conference "CIS Sugar Market 2016" in Moscow at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel on March 17th, 2016.

 

10  March  2016

Gasoline is 30% dirtier than 10 years ago: new UCS report

BD-TS-021116-UCS-smIt's not your Dad's gasoline. In fact, it's worse, says the Union of Concerned Scientists in a new report. But the good news is that alternatives, by contrast, are getting cleaner.In Washington, the Union of Concerned Scientists reports that the gas pumped by American motorists is 30 percent dirtier to extract and refine than it was just ten years ago, according to an analysis released by the Union of Concerned Scientists .

 

12  February  2016      Комментарии: 1

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