Global Bioenergies

Global Bioenergies is a French company producing light liquid hydrocarbons derived from agricultural products using biological methods.

History

The company was founded in 2008 by Marc Delcourt and Philippe Marlière.[1]

The pilot plant came on stream in May 2015.[2] The company announced production of one tonne of bio-isobutene from 3.84 tonnes of sugars.[3]

Locations

Created in the Évry Génopole Biocluster in the Essonne department in France, Global Bioenergies operated a demo plant in the ARD (Agro-industrie Recherche et Développements) research and development structure BioDemo pilot in Pomacle-Bazancourt.[4] A pilot for research purposes was constructed at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical and Biotechnological Processes (Fraunhofer CBP) in Leuna, Germany[5] and is operational since 2016.[6] Global Bioenergies also founded IBN-One, a joint-venture with Cristal Union, to install a plant in France, which should be operational in 2018.[6]

Products

The first process developed is the production of mehtylpropene (also called isobutene or isobutylene) from glucose, according to a process developed in 2010.[7] The bacteria involved in the transformation process carry artificial enzymatic material developed through genetic engineering.

It is the only company in the world to have designed a conversion method for renewable resources (residual sugars, agricultural and forestry waste) into isobutene. [8]

Global Bioenergies subsequently agreed a partnership with Audi to produce fuel from the same elementary building blocks as plants (water, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and day light).[9]

References

  1. ^ "Historique". global-bioenergies.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015..
  2. ^ Johann Corric (2 June 2015). "Global Bioenergies : vers un modèle d'industrialisation original". lerevenu.com (in French). Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016..
  3. ^ Corric, Johann (30 July 2015). "Global Bioenergies améliore le rendement de sa technologie". lerevenu.com (in French). Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016..
  4. ^ Claire Faure (29 May 2015). "Chimie verte : ARD inaugure ses nouveaux bâtiments à Pomacle Bazancourt". lafranceagricole.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015..
  5. ^ Thierry Lucas (21 November 2013). "Global Bioenergies va construire un pilote de bioproduction d'isobutène en Allemagne". usinenouvelle.com (in French). Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2015..
  6. ^ a b Thierry Lucas (22 May 2015). "Global Bioenergies et Cristal Union s'associent pour produire 50 000 tonnes par an d'isobutène biosourcé". usinenouvelle.com (in French). Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2015..
  7. ^ "French Firm Prototypes Process for Producing Isobutene from Glucose". DownstreamToday.com. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015..
  8. ^ "Global Bioenergies: Annual Figures and Changes to the Board of Directors". globenewswire.com (Press release). March 11, 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021..
  9. ^ "Audi and Global Bioenergies develop "e-benzin" without the use of petroleum". australianmanufacturing.com.au. 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015..