Global Bioenergies to carry out isobutene production through fermentation process

According to the latest announcement by Global Bioenergies the company has carried out it’s first isobutene production trial successfully. The process has been carried out in Pomacle-Bazancourt, the industrial pilot of the company. The industrial pilot installation was taken under consideration through a series of functional and mechanical validations. The production took place on Nov, 2014 and resulted the first production of fermentative isobutene wonderfully.

Since 2008, Global Bioenergies is working for development of fermentation process for gaseous isobutene. For this purpose, a series of various sized laboratory scale pilot was conducted. Next in the process was scaling up system and adaptation to the industrial environment. Total finance of 4 million Euro from the French state was attained to meet this novel technical challenge.

Read more about the deal here - http://greenchemicalsblog.com/2014/12/05/global-bioenergies-produces-isobutene-in-pilot-scale/

The main objective on which the company worked is creation of a fermenter which has been adapted for fermenting gaseous hydrocarbons. The mechanical and functional validations together made the phase longer and the company decided to meet the essential safety conditions for the first trial. Being the first time for production of isobutene through fermentation, this process is highly in discussion in the biotech world. In order to optimize the process and manufacturing samples further, a campaign will be run during upcoming months.

Global Bioenergies selects Linde for the pilot plant

Downstream activities in Emery Oleochemicals like lubricants, natural polyols, agrochemicals etc. are in news again. On the other hand, the Malaysian Biotech Corporation is about to represent interesting news tidbits for which one can need waiting till the time of next notice. The organization is planning some announcements for upcoming weeks. On the other hand, US is planning to declare the new farm bill that may leave some significant impact on renewable chemical investments. Read full story of Global Bioenergies’ upcoming venture here http://greenchemicalsblog.com/2014/03/10/global-bioenergies-picks-linde-for-pilot-plant/

The latest news here is about Global Bioenergies, the company that claims to pick the Linde group. The company’s spokesperson stated that the isobutene molecule cannot be accessed through cheaper C2 fraction of natural gas. Global Bioenergies has a multibillion dollar business in the US market which is planning to introduce designing of the second industrial pilot plant for the production of bio-isobutene in Leuna, Germany. The company is nowadays strengthening its position in the country by founding a subsidiary in Leipzig. Also, this Bioenergetics group has signed a partnership with Audi for renewable gasoline. The grant of €5.7m for the pilot project has been declared by the Germany Ministry of Research.