International Sugar Journal

Praj and Lygos partner to exploit Lygos’s proprietary lactic acid technology [Full subscriber]

Praj Industries and the biotech start-up Lygos have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-develop Lygos’s proprietary yeast for the production of lactic acid.

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Vertimass’ ethanol to drop-in fuel technology validated by US DOE [Registered]

Vertimass recently announced the completion of intermediate technology validation from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO) of its bolt-on technology to produce drop-in fuel from ethanol.

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ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech partner to produce ethanol from carbon monoxide [Registered]

Approximately 50% of the carbon used in the chemistry of steelmaking leaves the process as carbon monoxide. Today, this waste gas stream is either flared or used to heat and power the steel mill. In either case, the carbon monoxide is combusted and the resulting CO2 is emitted. LanzaTech’s proprietary technology recycles the waste gases and ferments them with a bioengineered microbe to produce bioethanol.

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Taiwan – New US$46 million commercial scale ethanol plant will exploit LanzaTech’s technology [Registered]

LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation process uses bioengineered microbes to capture and reuse carbon rich waste gases produced during industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, and transforming it into commodity fuel and chemical products.

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