Fulcrum, BlueFire score additional investments
January 26, 2011
Two cellulosic ethanol developers have secured additional funding for their first commercial-scale production facilities. One is now ready to begin construction. The other is in a holding pattern until it receives word on a federal loan guarantee.
AD plant permitted for South Carolina
January 26, 2011
Columbia, S.C., will soon be the home of an AD facility that will process organic waste streams from a multitude of industrial sources to eventually generate 3.2 megawatts of clean power. The project has just received its final solid waste permit.
Credit wraps could de-risk biomass feedstock supply
By Anna Austin
January 26, 2011
Some biomass projects are not investment-grade quality in today's finance market for a few reasons, the main one being the lack of long-term feedstock supply contracts. A new financial instrument could change how lenders look at supply risks.
A group of companies that includes Honeywell's UOP and Boeing recently announced completion of a sustainability assessment for an integrated seawater agricultural system using salt-tolerant succulents as biofuel feedstock.
Two leading California-based cellulosic ethanol and biobased chemical firms, BlueFire Renewables Inc. and Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc., have secured additional funding that will be put towards furthering their respective project development efforts.
BCAP Relaunch Should Bring New Biomass Producers into the Supply Chain
By Daniel Simon and Tom Kimmerer
January 25, 2011
The redesigned Biomass Crop Assistance Program may have some shortcomings when it comes to funding and longevity, but it still provides significant opportunities for making new biomass materials economically viable for energy production.
Harvesting Forest Renewables Sustainably
By Mike Schmidt
January 25, 2011
Harvesting woody biomass is “preventive medicine” for our forests and just what the doctor ordered for timber-dependent communities.
Powerful Crops
January 25, 2011
Multiple studies tout the potential of energy crops to contribute to a fossil fuel-free lifestyle. But barriers block the path in most countries treading it.
New Hampshire expands pellet heat incentive
By Anna Austin
January 25, 2011
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission has made improvements to its biomass boiler rebate program, which should encourage more system installations. The PUC lowered the efficiency standard and will allow for systems requiring routine cleaning.
Happy Holidays from the NLRB—Now Post This
By Karen G. Schanfield and Richard A. Ross
January 25, 2011
Tailoring Triumph
January 25, 2011
EPA seems to have listened to the concerns surrounding its Tailoring Rule, and has announced a three-year deferment of compliance for biogenic sources.
Biogas Growth
January 25, 2011
GE's global reach gives it a bird's eye view of biogas industry trends.
Time is Not on EPA's Side
January 25, 2011
The agency is allowed only a one-month extension to rework the final boiler MACT rule.
Practice Makes Perfect
By Anna Austin
January 25, 2011
Texas company embarks on second AD project.
Eucalyptus Utopia
January 25, 2011
Dow will begin to use eucalyptus in Brazil, as the country continues to make meaningful use of the tree in its bioenergy sector.
A “Biomess” in Massachusetts
January 25, 2011
The commonwealth's final RPS qualification standards are overdue.
Energizing Marginal Lands
January 25, 2011
Planting energy crops on marginal lands could offer landowners a way to supplement current yields, and multiple ongoing tests seek to determine just how viable the practice could be.
Full Service Energy Farm
January 25, 2011
Established by a family-owned greenhouse vegetable business, New Energy Farms plans to wear several hats in the global miscanthus energy market.
An expansion of an existing landfill gas-to-energy project in Orange County, Calif., will increase its electricity output from 5 MW to 37.5 MW. Broadrock Renewables LLC will own and operate the $130 million plant at the Olinda Alpha Landfill.
Obama sets 80 percent by 2035 clean energy goal
By Rona Johnson
January 25, 2011
In his State of the Union address Jan. 25, President Obama challenged the nation to join him in setting a new goal that 80 percent of America's electricity be produced from clean energy sources by 2035.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivered the 2011 State of the Union Address telling Congress and those invited for the yearly speech that “this is our generation’s Sputnik moment.”
USDA to fund bioenergy education projects
January 25, 2011
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will provide two grants totaling nearly $10 million for educational opportunities to help students interested in bioenergy compete in the market place, or assist in their own research.
After nearly two years of waiting, the U.S. EPA has approved E15 use for all cars and pickups starting with model year 2001 and newer. Representatives from the ethanol industry celebrated the announcement, while saying more work needs to be done.
Moving the blend wall back
January 24, 2011
The announcement by EPA allowing the use of E15 for 2001to 2006 vehicles, on top of the October announcement allowing it for newer vehicles, puts wheels under the movement to push the blend wall back. Much work needs to be done to make it a reality.
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