OCETA Clean Technologies in Ontario
February 17, 2009 Centurion Biofuels was invited to attend a conference in Toronto announcing a pivotal report on Ontario's clean technology industry, published by the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA) and the Russell-Mitchell Group. The report concluded that Ontario's clean technology industry can play a major role in Ontario's future prosperity, but companies in the industry face a number of challenges in order to become globally competitive. The report recommends a course of action to meet these challenges and realize the potential of clean technology in Ontario.
Adjunct Faculty Award
December 1, 2008 Dr. Duane Chung, President & CEO of Centurion Biofuels, was appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph.
China-Canada-California Forum on Energy and the Environment
November 1, 2008 Centurion Biofuels was invited by the McGill Network for Innovation in Biofuels and Bioproducts to represent Canadian Industry at the China-Canada-California Forum on Energy and the Environment, in Wuxi, China. Dr. Duane Chung, Centurion Biofuels' President & CEO gave a presentation entitled, "Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation in the 21st Century: Opportunities for Global Collaboration". Topics of discussion at the Wuxi Conference included water resource management, sustainable development, climate change, energy policy, pollution remediation, bioenergy, bioenergy crops, biomass utilization, and investment.
Conference for Biomass and Energy for the Great Lakes Economy
June 8, 2008 Centurion Biofuels was selected by the Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network as a representative of the biofuels industry in the Golden Horseshoe area for a Conference for Biomass and Energy for the Great Lakes Economy at Queen's University.
New Business Advisor
May 1, 2008 Centurion Biofuels was selected to receive Business Advisory services by Mr. James Sbrolla, a highly regarded Entrepreneur of the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement, as part of an Entrepreneurship Program of the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.
Adjunct Faculty Award
April 29, 2008 Dr. Duane Chung, President & CEO of Centurion Biofuels, was awarded the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo.
NSERC Strategic Grant Award
March 1, 2008 Professors C. Perry Chou and Murray Moo-Young, in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo were awarded an NSERC Strategic Projects Grant for work to convert industrial waste to a biofuel. Centurion Biofuels is the Industrial Partner on the NSERC grant.
Bioscience World Article
January 14, 2008 Centurion in the news!