Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment to the proposed joint venture between Valero Energy Corp. and Darling International Inc., for a $241 million loan guarantee.
Vilsack announces biorefinery loan guarantees
January 20, 2011
The USDA today announced three new loan guarantees for biorefineries based in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, which Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said will produce more than 70 MMgy of advanced biofuels.
How pyrolysis oil is gaining traction as feedstock for heat, power, chemical and fuel applications
Energizing Europe
January 20, 2011
The Continent has a bioenergy goal—this is how to reach it
USDA issues conditional commitment to Florida project under 9003 program
How one Japanese fiber manufacturer readies to introduce biobased PET
Palm waste to feed cellulosic ethanol plant in Malaysia
Louisiana will soon be home to the world's largest biobased succinic acid plant
Meals for Malnourished Microbes
January 20, 2011
Luca Technologies proves that not all microbial work relates to biofuel
How a new variety of starch-based catalysts could replace petroleum-based plastics
Applying Cancer Research to Algae Production
January 20, 2011
How metabolism strategies in tumor cells can affect lipid production
Great River Energy leads new biorefinery project in North Dakota
Increased input costs translate to higher price
How alignment of interests are furthering biorefining industry growth
A Name to Know
January 20, 2011
A pine-based chemical producer is leading the way
DARPA leads another military-grade biobased jet fuel project
Sustainable Packaging Practices Are Here
January 20, 2011
There's more to Bubble Wrap than popping, thanks to Ecospan
Genomatica's Secret Sauce
January 20, 2011
A predictive computer model gave Genomatica a process and clear plan
The pros and cons of moving from public to private
How Inbicon is working to commercialize corn stover feedstock
Cooperation is needed among all biofuel advocates to pass multiyear policy goals
CARB to review ethanol carbon intensity amendments
January 19, 2011
The California Air Resources Board will hold a public hearing Feb. 24 to consider 25 amendments proposed by various ethanol producers to reduce the carbon intensity of their fuel, most proposed by Poet, ADM and GPRE.
BTEC to host webinar on federal biomass energy policy
By Rona Johnson
January 19, 2011
The BTEC is holding a webinar Jan. 27 to discuss the national political environment for advancing biomass thermal energy policies in the U.S. The free webinar is titled Biomass Energy-A Policy Outlook: Programs, Legislation and the New Congress.
A Helsinki, Finland-based company called UPM-The Biofore Co. is moving forward with plans to build a biorefinery in either Finland or France. The proposed facility will employ gasification and Fischer Tropsch processes.
Mississauga, Ontario-based Woodland Biofuels Inc. has announced the completion of financing and beginning of construction of its 750,000-liter demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol production facility.
Genera identifies switchgrass as starting point
January 18, 2011
Research being conducted in Tennessee to take biomass from the "farm gate to the biorefinery gate" has zeroed in on switchgrass. That's not to say that switchgrass is the only answer, however.
Ethanol group says Sen. John McCain's support of World Trade Organization intervention over ethanol import tariff is unfounded; Sen. Chuck Grassley produces documentation to prove it.
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