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LanzaTech continues its wild tiger ride
LanzaTech continues its wild tiger ride
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 30 June 2011 ) The Auckland-based, globally-oriented LanzaTech doesn't miss a trick when it come to publicity as it hugely increases the explosive growth of its gas fermentation technology.
The use of its proprietary bacteria that convert steel mill flue gases (among others) to useful products such as ethanol, has already seen it sign up Chinese, Korean and Japanese partners in coal, steel and engineering collaborations.
It has taken the opportunity of the current visit of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to India to announce yet another deal in the sub-continent. This one is with Jindai Steel and Power Ltd., to use LanzaTech's technology to make ethanol to be blended into IndiaOil's gasoline. The Indian Government has a national biofuels policy to increase the use of renewable fuels produced from sustainable, non food sources. Fuel now requires 10% ethanol (E10) blended with mineral fuels, rising to 20% (E20) by 2017.
There's some pretty impressive management obviously happening behind the scenes with LanzaTech. Its founder Dr Sean Simpson and USA-based CEO Jennifer Holgrem have a tiger by the tail as its multi-projects are developed across Asia.
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The Auckland-based, globally-oriented
LanzaTech doesn't miss a trick when it come to publicity as
it hugely increases the explosive growth of its gas
fermentation technology.
The use of its proprietary
bacteria that convert steel mill flue gases (among others)
to useful products such as ethanol, has already seen it sign
up Chinese, Korean and Japanese partners in coal, steel and
engineering collaborations.
It has taken the opportunity
of the current visit of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key
to India to announce yet another deal in the sub-continent.
This one is with Jindai Steel and Power Ltd., to use
LanzaTech's technology to make ethanol to be blended into
IndiaOil's gasoline. The Indian Government has a national
biofuels policy to increase the use of renewable fuels
produced from sustainable, non food sources. Fuel now
requires 10% ethanol (E10) blended with mineral fuels,
rising to 20% (E20) by 2017.
There's some pretty
impressive management obviously happening behind the scenes
with LanzaTech. Its founder Dr Sean Simpson and USA-based
CEO Jennifer Holgrem have a tiger by the tail as its
multi-projects are developed across
Asia.
Peter Kerr
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Writer, communicator, simplifier, storyteller.
Versed in the art and science of translating something complicated into an understandable message.
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