With an increasing focus on environmental sustainability, researchers are seeking ways to improve the biodegradability and mechanical properties of bioplastics, particularly polylactic acid (PLA). A ...

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Topell Energy B.V. (“Topell”), a leader in the field of biomass torrefaction technology, announces the completion of a €13 million financing round ...

LUMBER CITY, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TSI and Telfair Forest Products are proud to announce the construction of a torrefaction facility at Telfair Forest Product’s facility in Lumber City, Georgia. The ...

(Nanowerk News) Torrefaction - the slow roasting of biomass material to improve its energy content - has been touted as part of a solution for the large-scale implementation of bioenergy. The industry ...

Biocommodity production business Perpetual Next USA is to develop three biomass-to-biomethanol production facilities in the ...

According to engineers at the University of Leeds, UK, it is possible to use torrefaction, a process usually associated with coffee production, to increase the energy content of some of some crops by ...

In this study, the corn cob was torrefied at five different temperatures (200, 225, 250, 275 and 300°C) for four different residence times (15, 30, 45 and 60 min). The physical and chemical properties ...

Construction begins soon in eastern Oregon for the first commercial-scale “torrefaction” facility in the country. If you don’t know what that word means, you’re in good company. But the process itself ...

Portland General Electric has three options for its Boardman power plant: close it, stop burning coal there, or make costly upgrades to clean up emissions. Most of the debate about Boardman, Oregon's ...