Comments on: Waste to Power Startup Ze-gen Raises $20M

By: Trash to Fuel: Enerkem Lands $51.5M Led by Waste Management

Trash to Fuel: Enerkem Lands $51.5M Led by Waste Management — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:49:36 +0000

[...] Its first facility, in Westbury, Ontario, has now operated for about 1,000 hours since it started up in late 2009, and expects to produce about 1.5 million gallons per year of methanol from old telephone poles, with ethanol next on the list of biofuels to produce. The company’s thermochemical trash-to-syngas process is only half of the equation — making the syngas into usable liquid fuel is another important test to pass. Other companies want to turn trash into syngas, using various methods and aimed at various end uses — examples include Coskata and Ze-Gen. [...]

By: Ze-gen Pulls in $17.6M for Waste to Power, Raises Funding Target

Ze-gen Pulls in $17.6M for Waste to Power, Raises Funding Target — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:01:52 +0000

[...] today. This marks an expansion of the Series B fund raising target that Ze-gen originally set at $20 million just over a year ago. According to the filing, the funds will be used for “general working [...]

By: GE Has Cash, Seeks Startups : CleanTechnica

GE Has Cash, Seeks Startups : CleanTechnica — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:41:07 +0000

[...] fallen off, a number of other startups also have closed rounds this rounds, including GoodGuide, Ze-Gen, SolFocus, ZeaChem and [...]

By: When Will Cleantech Exits Return? : CleanTechnica

When Will Cleantech Exits Return? : CleanTechnica — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:16:13 +0000

[...] to attract investment and expand capacity, he said, pointing to biofuel startup Ze-Gen, which raised million last week, as an [...]

By: Fuel From Utility Poles: Cellulosic Ethanol Heats Up in Cool Economy : CleanTechnica

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:06:20 +0000

[...] had “cranked up” its demonstration plant. Poet started up a pilot cellulosic-ethanol plant, and Ze-Gen and ZeaChem raised $20 million and $34 million, [...]