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Tom Crotty will discuss the history of biofuel development, the challenges that have arisen from 1st generation developments in terms of food competition, and the search for 2nd generation sources.
INEOS, where Tom Crotty is a Director with responsibility for the development of INEOS business in new territories, has first hand experience of this development process. Starting with 1st generation biofuels, his talk will take us on a journey of how the company produced Bio diesel from rapeseed, and then embarked on a search of a sustainable 2nd generation technology. The foray into 2nd generation biofuels has had researchers investigating all available options, focusing on non-food competing crops such as Camelina.
INEOS Bio technology was formed to manufacture bioethanol. Waste carbon sources are gasified to CO, which is then used to feed bugs who excrete ethanol, which is then distilled. This process has now been commercialised with units planned for Florida and the UK. The Florida unit will use agricultural waste with the UK unit using domestic waste.
Tom Crotty will present the company’s vision to license this technology widely for the creation of small bio refineries, built close to local sources of waste carbon, which would turn domestic and agricultural waste into biofuels and electricity. And not only that, it will also generate 30 MW of electricity in the process.
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Mr Tom Crotty | talks |
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Date and Time: |
23 January 2013 at 6:00 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
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Venue: |
SCI |
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Tickets: |
FREE |
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http://www.soci.org/General-Pages/Display-Event?EventCode=MAC016 |
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Following a 20 year career with ICI, Tom Crotty joined INEOS in January 2001 as CEO of INEOS Fluor. He subsequently became CEO of INEOS ChlorVinyls and then INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe. Tom is currently President of the European Petrochemicals Association (EPCA), Vice President of Plastics Europe, Chairman of Cogent, the UK Sector Skills Council for the Process Industries and sits on the UK's CBI Climate Change Board. |
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