Senators to host biomass energy briefing
By Anna Austin
February 09, 2011
U.S. Sens. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., Max Baucus, D-Mont., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will host a biomass briefing at the Dirksen Senate Office building on Feb. 17 to discuss opportunities presented by biomass energy.
Ineos Bio JV got the gold shovels out today and broke ground at the future home of a first-of-its kind facility that will produce 8 MMgy of cellulosic ethanol and 6 megawatts of electricity.
Novozymes is now officially in the biofertility business. In December, Novozymes acquired a Milwaukee-based biofertility solutions company, EMD/Merck Crop Bioscience Inc. for $283 million, and now the takeover is complete.
The Swedish Energy Agency believes in Chemrec AB's biorefinery technology used in Sweden, and now the European Commission does too. After the Energy Agency awarded the company a $75 million grant, the EU commission stated it supports the decision.
After 20 years of unsuccessful attempts to build an ethanol plant in Great Falls, Mont., Montana Ethanol Holdings LLC is one step closer to making the proposed plant a reality. The company has applied for the U.S. DOE loan guarantee program.
Nine Democratic Senators point to big profits by oil and gas companies, suggesting to their Republican colleagues that cutting unneeded subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil would save the federal government more than $20 billion in 10 years.
DOE's ORNL launches one-stop shop biofuels website
February 08, 2011
The U.S. DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a new interactive website meant to integrate a wide variety of data and resources related to bioenergy in an attempt to provide a holistic view of bioenergy and inspire collaboration.
Montpelier building biomass district energy system
By Anna Austin
February 08, 2011
Vermont's capital city is installing a 41 MMBtu combined-heat-and-power biomass district energy system that will provide heat to the statehouse and about 175 other downtown buildings, and 1.8 million kilowatt hours of electricity to the grid.
Alabama sawmill to produce biomass power
February 08, 2011
The Westervelt Co. recently broke ground on a biomass power generating station at its Hale County, Ala., sawmill operation. The project includes installation of a steam turbine to generate 7 megawatts of electricity from bark and sawdust.
Riding the markets, monitoring the media
February 07, 2011
This week, corn ethanol was blamed for the unrest in Egypt, accused of driving up global food prices. The industry fired back, of course. Corn ethanol is one of many factors affecting demand, but hardly the most important.
When asked about eight possible actions U.S. Congress could take in 2011, more people favored an alternative energy bill. 82 percent said Congress should pass a bill that provides incentives for using solar and other alternative energy sources.
American Ethanol prepares for NASCAR season using E15
February 07, 2011
With the first National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing event of the season quickly approaching, organizations such as Growth Energy and National Corn Growers Association are gearing up to highlight the fact that E15 is NASCAR's fuel of choice.
Clean-up begins after ethanol train derailment
February 07, 2011
Clean-up work is under way at the scene of a train derailment and ethanol blaze that occurred near Arcadia, Ohio, in the early morning hours on Feb. 6. A 62-car train hauling ethanol was headed from Chicago to North Carolina when 31 cars derailed.
U.K. reviews feed-in tariff program
February 07, 2011
A low rate of anaerobic digestion (AD) development since the implementation of a feed-in tariff (FIT) to boost such projects has prompted the U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change to review the tariff level, considering changes if need be.
The North Sea has been called the Saudi Arabia of wind, and the U.K. government has made a strong push for its use. But following the least windy year, by some accounts since 1894, one can't help but wonder how renewable energy goals might shift.
Houston-based KiOR Inc. received a term sheet for a loan guarantee from the U.S. DOE supporting a $1 billion-plus biofuels project. If approved, the company said it plans to use the funds to build four bio-oil plants.
Waste pop, beer first feedstocks for Canadian pilot plant
February 04, 2011
It will take in pop and beer and churn out ethanol--at least at first. By the end of February a $500,000 modular pilot plant will be set up for ethanol production as part of a research project led by New Brunswick Community College in Atlantic Canada
Ethanol emergency response training introduced at 9 locations
By Renewable Fuels Association
February 04, 2011
The RFA and numerous Clean Cities Coalitions are hosting a series of Ethanol Safety Seminars at several locations throughout the United States targeting first responders, hazmat teams, safety managers and local emergency planners.
Several Republican Congressional members have begun floating legislation that would prevent the U.S. EPA from implementing greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations.
ACORE's Eckhart to step down
By ACORE
February 04, 2011
The American Council On Renewable Energy announced that founding President Michael Eckhart will retire Feb. 28 and join Citigroup in New York as managing director and head of environmental markets and sustainability. Eckhart co-founded ACORE in 2001.
Interest in Biomass is Heating Up
By Rona Johnson
February 04, 2011
As a Midwesterner and a proponent of biomass thermal energy, I was happy to see that a group of Minnesotans is organizing a Heating the Midwest with Renewable Biomass Summit.
New York alliance pushes for more biomass use
By Anna Austin
February 04, 2011
The New York Biomass Energy Alliance launched a campaign to increase the role of biomass energy in the state, calling on leaders to adjust its renewable energy policies. New York depends on out-of-state resources for 92 percent of its energy needs.
Virginia biomass power plant moves forward
February 04, 2011
Developers of a 50 megawatt biomass power plant in Virginia's southern town of South Boston have approval to begin preliminary construction work on the $175 million project. The plant will use from 250,000 to 500,000 tons of forest slash per year.
SDSU studies cordgrass as potential biofuel feedstock
February 03, 2011
A team of researchers led by South Dakota State University plant geneticist Jose Gonzalez recently concluded the sequencing of genes in prairie cordgrass, aiming to improve its biomass feedstock potential.
Senate hearing explores oil, energy outlook
February 03, 2011
The ongoing turmoil in Egypt and the Middle East was referenced frequently as a reminder that the U.S. needs to address its dependence on foreign oil sources at the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources oversight hearing Feb. 3.
After finding it would be unable to continue discharging cooling water into the creek it is currently using, Buffalo Lake Energy, a BioFuel Energy Corp. ethanol plant, plans to build a 17-mile pipeline to discharge water into the Blue Earth River.
Saving Maine from heating oil dependency
February 03, 2011
With its sparse population in comparison with other states around it, Maine lacks the natural gas infrastructure employed in most areas. Largely because of that reality, the state has a serious and detrimental dependence on heating oil.
Cleco plans biomass test burns
By Anna Austin
February 03, 2011
Louisiana power provider Cleco Corp. is making its first attempt to use biomass at one of its power plants by performing test burns this spring at its Madison Unit 3, near the town of Boyce, La. Initial test burns will be done using wood chips.
The idea of a forward-looking statement has been put to good use by oil giant BP. The company has released a global energy outlook through the year 2030. In 1956, BP first started using statistical data to analyze global energy needs.
The U.S. DOE's Biomass Program kicked off its biennial peer review process for biomass and biorefining projects receiving federal grants and loan guarantees.
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