AdvancedBiofuelNews Myriant, ThyssenKrupp Uhde scale bio-succinic acid process Myriant Corp. has successfully scaled its bio-succinic acid process to the commercial scale at ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s biotech commercial validation facility in Leuna, Germany. Myriant signed an exclusive alliance agreement with ThyssenKrupp Uhde in 2009. Since then the companies have worked together to ensure the production process is cost competitive and procures the highest purity product. The relationship also enabled ThyssenKrupp Uhde to provide important process and performance guarantees for the bio-succinic acid process at future Myriant plants built by Uhde. “With the success at Leuna we have achieved the first objective set out in our alliance agreement with ThyssenKrupp Uhde. Producing on-spec, commercial grade bio-succinic acid while meeting our
SOURCE: MYRIANT CORP.
commercial cost targets would not be possible without the expert engineering, design and process expertise of ThyssenKrupp Uhde, our global alliance partner and our
selected engineering partner for future commercial production plants,” said Cenan Ozmeral, Myriant chief operating officer.
United to purchase biojet from AltAir Fuels
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United Airlines has executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels for advanced biofuels on a commercialscale, representing a historic milestone for aviation. With United’s strategic partnership, AltAir Fuels will retrofit part of an existing petroleum refinery near Los Angeles, into a 30 MMgy advanced biofuel refinery. United has agreed to purchase 15 million gallons of renewable jet fuel from the facility over a three-year period., with the option to purchase more. The airline is purchasing the biojet at a price competitive with traditional jet fuel, and will use the biofuel on flights operating out of its Los Angeles hub at LAX. AltAir expects to begin delivering fuel in 2014. AltAir has partnered with an existing oil refinery for the operation of the facility, and will retrofit that refiner’s existing refinery. The biofuel plant will utilize process technology developed by Honeywell’s UOP to convert nonedible natural oils and agricultural waste into advanced biofuels and chemicals.