Tiny Bubbles to Make You Happy
By Ryan C. Christiansen
June 03, 2009
The ethanol industry is feeling the heat and pressure to remain profitable. One way to ease the pressure is to increase yields. Arisdyne Systems Inc. wants to help ethanol producers increase yields by increasing heat and pressure (on a microscopic scale) using controlled-flow hydrodynamic cavitation.
Cellulosic Ethanol: Ready, Set, Go
By Hope Deutscher
June 03, 2009
For 40 years Ottawa-based Iogen Corp. has researched and developed enzymes to turn cellulosic material into low carbon dioxide-based cellulosic ethanol. Today, the company is in its fourth year of producing ethanol at one of the world's first demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plants, manufacturing enzymes and continually improving operations.
A Triple Play for Higher Yields
By Ryan C. Christiansen
June 03, 2009
EdeniQ Inc. has a three-phase yield enhancement program to help producers obtain more ethanol—including cellulosic ethanol—from a bushel of corn.
Getting Creative with Carbon
June 03, 2009
Federal regulations already place caps on a wide range of industrial emissions so it seems inevitable that carbon dioxide will soon be one of them. If the U.S. adopts a carbon cap-and-trade program, many ethanol producers will be faced with a choice—adopt new production technologies or absorb the expense of purchasing carbon credits. Those choosing to adapt will not only avoid incurring another expense, but may be able to realize an additional revenue stream as well.
Valero pays premium to corn suppliers with VeraSun contracts
By Ryan C. Christiansen
June 03, 2009
It's Hard Being Green
By Rona Johnson
May 28, 2009
The word green has become so popular lately that you can't turn around without bumping into it. Seems everyone wants to live and work in green buildings and in green communities, drive green cars, use green products, throw green parties, host green conferences, lead the green industrial revolution and the list goes on and on. If you Google the word "green" on the Internet you will get a barrage of sites touting green living tips and green products.
Waxman-Markey Bill Faces Tough Opposition
By Rona Johnson
May 21, 2009
I don't know if you've been paying attention to the legislation proposed by Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but if you haven't you should. The bill basically sets up a carbon cap-and-trade system and is intending to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent when compared with 2005 levels by 2020, 42 percent by 2030 and 83 percent by 2050.
Leery of Indirect Land-Use Change
By Rona Johnson
May 15, 2009
It would be easy for the biomass industry to just ignore the issue of indirect land-use change and leave it to the ethanol and biodiesel industries and the corn and soybean growers to deal with, but that wouldn't be prudent. <br><br>The truth is indirect land-use change could impact all land users, including biomass. In fact it should impact everyone. I'm not saying that I'm in favor of using indirect land-use change to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for renewable fuels, but if the U.S. EPA is going to make that leap it must do the same for everyone. If they aren't willing to do that then it should just be dropped.
Two Wild Weeks
By Rona Johnson
May 07, 2009
Wow, the last two weeks have been truly exhilarating from where I'm sitting as editor of Biomass Magazine. Last week we put on a successful biomass conference, and this week the Obama administration announced that the U.S. DOE will invest $786.5 million for the development of advanced biofuels and the construction of biofuel production facilities. This funding will be separated into four categories: the validation of integrated biorefinery technologies, construction of demonstration- and commercial-scale biorefineries, advanced biofuels research and ethanol research.
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