Cluster
BIOREFINERY2021 - Energy from Biomass
New approaches towards the biorefinery of the future
POWTECH 2011: Optimized integration of individual process steps as technological challenge
Meet our Experts from 11-13 October 2011 in Nuremberg
POWTECH in Nuremberg, Germany, is the meeting place for representatives of many industries: from chemicals & pharmaceuticals, food & feed, building & quarrying to ceramic & glass and wood & paper. Mechanical processing technologies are key technologies in all these branches of industry. The world’s leading exhibition for plant and equipment for size reduction, dosing, mixing, screening, conveying and particle analysis shows a broad spectrum of products and services from 11–13 October 2011. BIOREFINERY2021-Partner Professor Stefan Heinrich, (Hamburg University of Technology) will present his Institute of Solids Process Engineering and Particle Technology in Hall 8/8-332.
Berlin is the meeting point for European process engineers and biotechnologists
ECCE & ECAB - Meet our Experts
From September 25 till 29 Berlin will be the focal point of European process engineering and biotechnology. More than 3,000 participants from Europe and beyond are expected for the 8th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) and the 1st European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB). About 800 lectures cover the complete range of current topics from simulation to plant design and safety technology and from systems biology to biorefineries. About 1,000 scientific posters, an accompanying industry exhibition and an attractive social program stimulate discussion and offer an opportunity for networking. BIOCATALYSIS2021 will be presented together with the German BioIndustry 2021-Clusters on Stand B14, Side Lobby red (East).
B2B matchmaking at waste to energy+recycling 2011 in Bremen!
Find new business contacts and cooperation partners! Registration deadline is May 4.
Messe Bremen/WFB and Enterprise Europe Network are organizing the b2b matchmaking on May 18 at waste to energy+recycling 2011. Waste to energy+recycling 2011 is the future forum for energy and materials recovery from waste and biomass. Over 200 exhibitors and 2000 professional visitors are expected to come. International delegates amount to over 30 percent. Partner nation 2011 is Poland.
For more information website www.b2match.eu/wastetoenergy2011
Professor Garabed Antrankian - President of the Hamburg University of Technology
Scientific Head of BIOREFINERY2021 has taken up his new challenge
April 1, 2011 - Welcome Address of Professor Garabed Antrankian as new President of the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH): "TUHH is a small but high-class university with a clear profile in research and with modern, practice-oriented learning methods. Proximity is an important aspect of our dealings with our students. They experience it at first hand during project-based learning in small groups and in close contact with our eminent academic staff. Our goal is to educate creative minds with an individual specialist profile and a high level of social skills.
Sunday Times - News Insert "Life Sciences Biotechnology and Food Security"
"Biological systems to refine biomass to produce a wide variety of products"
The British Sunday Times has published with its issue 16/01/2011 the news insert "Life Sciences Biotechnology and Food Security ". On 65 pages biotechnology is viewed in this briefing by internationally recognized experts as key technology offering an enormous potential for solving problems in almost all areas of life. The interview with Professor Garabed Antranikian about the clusters BIOREFINERY2021 & BIOCATALYSIS2021 shows that the industrial biotechnology has the function of an innovative motor giving decisive impetus to numerous fields of application. And that this sector of biotechnology owes its strength to the interdisciplinary cooperation of chemists, biologists and engineers.
3 December 2010 at TuTech in Hamburg
Symposium "On our path to a sustainable bioeconomy - The potential of integrated biorefineries"
The association Industrial Biotechnology North in cooperation with TuTech Innovation GmbH are inviting to an event on integrated biorefineries. In addition to the range of different biorefinery concepts in Germany, the symposium offers the opportunity to learn more about innovative approaches from Scandinavian countries.
Annual Meeting of Cluster BIOREFINERY2021 in Hamburg
New approaches towards the biorefinery of the future
On 30 of November 2010 TuTech Innovation GmbH is host for the first annual meeting of Cluster BIOREFINERY2021. All partners will meet in Hamburg an present the progress of the different project modules. Together they discuss about the ongoing strategy on their way to a second generation biorefinery based on lignocellulose.
International Conference on Polygeneration Strategies with special Focus on Integrated Biorefineries
7 - 9 September: International Conference ICPS 2010 in Leipzig
The 10th International Conference on Polygeneration Strategies has a Special Focus on Integrated Biorefineries. Chairman is Prof. Dr. Martin Kaltschmitt from Cluster BIOREFINERY2021.
BIOCAT AWARD 2010 - AND THE WINNERS ARE ...
5th International Congress on Biocatalysis, August 29 - September 2, 2010, at Hamburg University of Technology
August, 31, 2010 - In behalf of the Biocat Scientific Advisory Board Congress-Chairman Professor Garabed Antranikian honoured with the Biocat Award 2010 in recognition for their outstanding contributions to biocatalysis:
- Professor Roger Sheldon (Delft University of Technology) (Category: Lifetime Achievement)
- Professor Byung-Gee Kim (Seoul National University) (Category: Academic Research)
- Professor Karl-Heinz Maurer (Henkel, Düsseldorf) (Category: Industrial Research)
IBN 2010: Industrial biotechnology & biorefinery of the future
Save the date: IBN 2010 on 17th and 18th of June in Hamburg
Device of IBN 2010 is "Industrial biotechnology and its input for the biorefinery of the future" with several experts from the US an Germany. The symposium is under patronage of Karen E. Johnson, Consul General of the United States of America. For the first time the IBN-Award is granted. An "IBN-Pupils-day - Open Lab" finalizes the program.
biocat2010 - save the date
Save the date: International Congress on Biocatalysis, August 29 until September 2, in Hamburg Technology
On behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committees, Professor Garabed Antranikian invites scientists from all over the world to the 5th International Congress on Biocatalysis - biocat2010 - to be held from August 29 until September 2 at the Hamburg University of Technology.
Kick-off Meeting with partners of BIOREFINERY2021
"BIOREFINERY2021" launched successfully
The research project BIOREFINERY2021 was launched on 29 October 2009 with the kick-off meeting with the associated partners at TuTech in Hamburg. The aim of the project "BIOREFINERY2021" is the further development of existing bioethanol plants into an integrated biorefinery.
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Welcome on our Cluster Website in english language
We are pleased to announce that the content of our website is now also available in English language. Most of the pages have already been translated and further contents will follow soon. Switch between languages by clicking on the appropriate flag, which can be found in the upper right corner of the homepage.
Biofuels Digest
As President Obama orders a sweeping increase in the USDA’s BioPreferred Program, new research suggests a $80 billion US financial gain that results from domestic fuels and bio-based products over the next 10 years. In Washington, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum yesterday directing the Federal Government to take decisive steps to dramatically increase the [...]
In Iowa, ethanol producers averaged 11 cents per gallon in the red in January according to new figures from Iowa State University’s extension service. Ethanol plants paid an average of $6.19 per bushel of corn compared to $3.60 per bushel two years earlier. Operating margins during December, 69 cents in November, 42 cents in October [...]
In Alabama, Arcis Resources has entered into marketing and distribution partnership discussions with Cetna Energy Partners to Cetna’s biofuel product that will be produced at its’ thermochemical biofuels production facilities currently under development in California. As the plan unfolds, the companies anticipate that Cetna will produce over 3.5 million gallons per year of liquid fuels [...]
In Washington state, Alaska Airlines said its decision to use 20% biofuel during its 75-flight biofuel commercialization program was limited to 20% because of lack of supply. With the fuel produced in Louisiana from used cooking oil, refined in Texas and sourced by a broker the Netherlands, the supply chain was very difficult. Beyond that, [...]
In California, Solazyme announced fourth quarter revenues of $14.9 million and a loss of $15.6 million, and total 2011 revenue of $39.0 million and a 2011 loss of $54.0 million. In 2010, the company recorded $38.0 million in revenue including $23.2 million in Q4. The company ended the year with $244 million in cash and [...]
