Independence Bio-Products has been issued a patent for its open pond algae production system. The patent includes methods and systems for growing algae in water and drying with heat sources, and the use of covers as a heat alternative.
Evolution of the Market
By Robert Wisner
June 06, 2011
As the availability of DDGS has grown, its pricing relationships with corn and soybean meal have changed
Defeating Dust
June 06, 2011
Regulators' review of air quality could be a game changer for ethanol plants
Cattle+Ethanol=A Good Match
June 06, 2011
Cattlemen in the U.S. and Canada demonstrate feedlots and ethanol production are ideal companion enterprises
New Technologies Promise Improved Sustainability
By Kurt A. Rosentrater, Ph.D
June 06, 2011
Customized Coproducts Needed as Industry Matures
By Joseph Riley
June 06, 2011
Corn oil extraction creates DDGs variability and new opportunities
Is Color the Only or Best Indicator of DDGS Quality?
By Jerry Shurson
June 06, 2011
Research indicates color correlates with nutritional components and physical characteristics
Multiple Factors Limit DDGS, Even with Attractive Economics
By Harold Tilstra
June 06, 2011
Inclusion rates could be higher in swine, if some common issues were overcome
Making the Most of DDGS
June 06, 2011
Researchers coax more products and income streams from distillers grains
What's notable about Solazyme, is that last week they raised $227 million in its public stock offering, netting more than anticipated by industry analysts.
Private financial support for technology acceleration continues to be important, and certain technologies are becoming clear favorites for investors, according to a recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis.
Following an intensive nationwide evaluation, GrowGreen Power Inc. has chosen Piedmont in central North Carolina as the location for its 50-acre greenhouse and 46.3-megawatt (MW) cogeneration plant.
Synergy Dairy LLC in northwestern New York will partner with Florida-based technology developer CH4 Biogas LLC to develop a mixed-waste anaerobic digestion system at Synergy's dairy in the western New York town of Covington.
OpenAlgae, a Houston-based algae developer formed in 2008 with help from the University of Texas, hasn't been "blowing its own horn" for the past few years, according to CEO Hoyt Thomas. That is until now.
BTEC to host webinar on EU biomass policies and U.S. implications
By Biomass Thermal Energy Council
June 03, 2011
The BTEC is hosting a free webinar, "Brits, Brussels, and Biomass: The European Path Towards Renewable Heating," on June 15 at 12 p.m. ET. Participants will hear from three panelists about their countries' paths toward renewable heating.
Sparks Fly Over Biomass in New Hampshire
By Rona Johnson
June 03, 2011
The situation in New Hampshire over a biomass power project in Berlin has pitted the developers against the existing biomass plants, and is now involving the industries and people who could potentially build the new plant.
Laidlaw Energy Group has executed a final purchase and sales agreement to acquire a 14-megawatt biomass power plant in Susanville, Calif. Laidlaw will invest about $20 million in a 12-month refurbishment to upgrade the equipment and hire a new crew.
South Louisiana Ethanol LLC, which has been sitting idle for years, will be sold at bankruptcy auction.
Inhofe makes his move on the RFS
June 02, 2011
Holding true to promises made earlier in the year, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., introduced legislation on May 26 aimed at allowing individual states to opt out of the corn ethanol portion of the renewable fuel standard.
Alltech opened one of the largest algae production facilities in the world in April, and now the company has revived its plans to build the farm of the future. The farm would truly be a closed-loop system, said Alltech's Becky Timmons.
Shell, Cosan announce multi-billion dollar ethanol venture
By Shell
June 02, 2011
Shell and Cosan launched a multi-billion dollar joint venture that will produce sugarcane ethanol. Named RaÃzen, this major retail and commercial fuels company will operate in Brazil.
Nebraska-based Pellet Technology LLC is teaming up with CPM to offer second-generation biofuels producers a solution to the logistical issues surrounding the use of bulky biomass as feedstocks.
Representatives support Open Fuel Standard
By Office of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett
June 02, 2011
Reps. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., John Shimkus, R-Ill., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and Steve Israel, D-N.Y., joined interest groups today in expressing support for the Open Fuel Standard (OFS) Act (HR 1687) at a news conference in Washington.
Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, a commercial unit of Ashland Inc., now has a back-end corn oil extraction aid it says will help ethanol producers capture up to three times more corn oil while also producing a higher quality oil.
Valero Energy Corp. is a new investor in Enerkem Inc., the company said in a June 1 press release. The Canadian waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company announced it had raised $60 million in financing in its latest equity round.
NE Wood Pellet to officially open NY pellet plant
By Anna Austin
June 02, 2011
New England Wood Pellet will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 85,000-ton-per-year wood pellet plant in Deposit, N.Y., on June. 9. The $14.5 million plant is the largest in the Northeast U.S.
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