Jordan first to import US DDGS in the Middle East
By U.S. Grains Council
June 20, 2011
Historically, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) has been an unknown product throughout Jordan and the Middle East. However, two years of marketing efforts by U.S. grain farmers have raised the positive profile of U.S. DDGS in the region.
No doubt the buzz at FEW next week will be “What will life be like after VEETC?� There's no longer any doubt that VEETC will be gone, it's just a matter of when.
A decision on a special use permit to build an anaerobic digester at an ethanol plant near Pixley, Calif., was tabled at a Tulare County Planning Commission meeting after area residents and California Dairies Inc. aired their concerns.
BTEC webinar to focus on project finance models
By Anna Austin
June 20, 2011
BTEC will host a free educational webinar at 2 p.m. ET on June 29 to provide developers with some insight into how to make biomass projects financeable and increase their success.
We Energies, Domtar biomass plant will be built
By Anna Austin
June 20, 2011
We Energies' 50-megawatt, woody biomass-fired cogeneration plant proposed in Rothschild, Wis., will be built after all, as project partner Domtar Corp. has agreed to the revised financial conditions as required by the Public Service Commission.
Incorporating new technologies into existing facilities can be a path to new revenue streams
A roadmap to successful biorefining project development
How Brazil's milestone can reinvigorate America's quest for energy freedom
Amyris Inc. and agribusiness giant Wilmar International Ltd. intend to develop and commercialize a family of surfactants derived from Amryis' biobased farnesene, Biofene, for use in a range of consumer and industrial products.
DDGS workshop impresses Canadian buyers
By U.S. Grains Council
June 17, 2011
The U.S. Grains Council's seminar on using DDGS in feedlot cattle rations drew an exceptionally large audience and "fantastic feedback," according to Neil Campbell, the USGC's Canadian representative.
A long-proposed municipal solid waste (MSW)-to-ethanol project in Lake County, Ind., has locked in the financing needed to construct the facility and is expected to undergo construction in July.
House votes to defund BCAP, fate lies with Senate
By Anna Austin
June 17, 2011
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program is in jeopardy as the House voted to defund it, now its fate will be decided by the Senate.
The winners of the recently completed three-year EcoCAR challenge used a combination of extended-range electric power and E85 to grab top honors. Taking first place was Virginia Tech University.
House votes to defund BCAP, fate lies with Senate
By Anna Austin
June 17, 2011
BCAP is in jeopardy as the House voted to defund it, now its fate will be decided by the Senate. On June 16, the House passed the agricultural appropriations spending bill, H.R. 2122, containing a component that eliminates 2012 funding for BCAP.
BCAP is in for a Bumpy Ride
By Rona Johnson
June 17, 2011
We at Biomass Power & Thermal were excited when USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcements this week about the four Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas. But our excitement was tempered when the House voted to defund the program.
The Down-select Debate
June 17, 2011
Three years, six technologies, one consortium to pick the best—will it work?
Production vs. Survival Problem
June 17, 2011
Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers make designer bugs even better
Another Reason to Root for Louisiana
June 17, 2011
A cleantech grant could advance algae oil extraction
MSU study results testify to efficient agricultural practices
A new study outlines an approach for success
Will Cheap Talk on Big Oil Ever Change?
June 17, 2011
A case against two oil speculators for driving up fuel prices
A Tool Every Lab Should Have
June 17, 2011
Labs can be disorganized and slow to progress, so Quartzy may be the answer
BP, Davy use others to commercialize their FT process
House subcommittee moves to eliminate funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program
A Successful Startup
June 17, 2011
Agrivida's enzyme approach could forever change cellulosic ethanol
A pilot plant in Canada extracts lignin from black liquor
People, Partnerships & Deals
Area residents and a dairy cooperative have concerns about a $10 million project to build an anaerobic digester that would turn manure from area dairies into biomethane in Pixley, Calif. Calgren Renewable Fuels is working to allay those fears.
Gevo Inc., the company currently working on a retrofit of an ethanol plant in Luverne, Minn., has announced a joint venture with Redfield Energy LLC, a 50 MMgy ethanol plant in Redfield, S.D.
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