Congress has adjourned for the year, leaving the Farm Bill unfinished. Lawmakers are expected to take up the legislation in January, and Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, said progress is being made.
Congress has adjourned for the year, leaving the Farm Bill unfinished. Lawmakers are expected to take up the legislation in January, and Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, said progress is being made.
Just Energy Group Inc. is recently announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to sell all of the issued and outstanding shares of Terra Grain Fuels Inc., an ethanol producer located in Saskatchewan.
Elected officials in Iowa are urging the federal government to host a hearing on the renewable fuels standard (RFS) in Iowa, giving government leaders the opportunity to hear directly from Midwesterners how their businesses will be affected.
The Port of Pascagoula is one step closer to building a pellet export facility for the planned Green Circle Bio Energy Inc. pellet plant. County supervisors authorized a bond issue for up to $24 million for construction of the export facility.
Seven projects focused on biomass genomics research will receive a total of $8 million from the U.S. DOE and USDA to study energy crops including switchgrass, energy cane, sorghum and pine and populus trees.
In the Northern Forest region of New Hampshire and the western foothills of Maine, the Northern Forest Center's Model Neighborhood Project is helping residents switch from fuel oil to wood pellet boilers and fostering growth in the pellet industry.
The ethanol industry's effort to overcome marketplace hurdles in 2014 will be aided by the largest corn crop in history, more auto companies providing E15 warranty coverage, and favorable economics for E85. Plus, the annual 'In/Out' list.
Seven projects focused on biomass genomics research will receive a total of $8 million from the U.S. DOE and USDA to study energy crops including switchgrass, energy cane, sorghum and pine and populus trees.
On Dec. 12, Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., introduced two bills that would benefit the biofuels industry. One aims to extend the second generation biofuel producer credit and the special allowance for second generation biofuel plant property.
ICM Inc. has announced that IGPC Ethanol Inc. of Ontario, Canada, signed a letter of intent to be the first Canadian adopter of ICM's Generation 1.5 technology, which will enable the plant to produce corn fiber cellulosic ethanol.
On Dec. 12, Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., introduced two bills that would benefit the biofuels industry. One aims to extend the second generation biofuel producer credit and the special allowance for second generation biofuel plant property.
CR&R Environmental Services is building what it believes is the largest organics conversion facility in North America at its Perris, Calif., location, having recently completed navigation of a comprehensive permitting process.
What, if anything, will incentivize automakers to produce FFVs in the U.S. if and when corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) credits fade after model year 2016?
The government of Spain recently filed a report on ethanol with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Information Network. The report addresses Spanish policy, production, and supply and demand data.
An anaerobic digestion facility at Growing Power Hairy Hill L.P. in Canada is utilizing Himark BioGas International's patented IMUS technology to digest 200 tons per day or 73,000 tons per year of municipal solid waste and organics.
The European Investment Bank is providing a loan to support the research and development projects of Biochemtex, an engineering subsidiary of the Mossi and Ghisolfi Group. The research will include both biofuel and biobased chemical products.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,597,914 to Proterro Inc., protecting its unique, biosynthetic sugar-making process. The company's technology features microorganisms that produce sugar in modular photobioreactors.
A new European project, named "New technological applications for wet biomass waste stream products," or NEWAPP, focuses on the application of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) processes to convert wet biomass into coal-like products.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 8,597,914 to Proterro Inc., protecting its unique, biosynthetic sugar-making process. The company's technology features microorganisms that produce sugar in modular photobioreactors.
Anaergia Inc. has announced that UTS Biogas Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Anaergia based in the United Kingdom, has delivered a large-scale anaerobic digestion facility to Shropshire Energy, part of the G's Group.
Researchers at the University of Georgia are using cloning technology to develop faster-growing sweetgum trees that can be used for biomass energy generation or for pulp and paper production.
Mascoma Corp., a leading provider of bioconversion technology, has announced that its consolidated bioprocessing technology (CBP) has been used to produce over 1 billion gallons of renewable fuel. This achievement is a key commercial milestone.
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced a joint Farm-to-Fleet venture update that provides biofuel with a larger role in the military and promotes the rural economy.
The ability to access energy from shale will drive down the cost of production for American industries. In the case of natural gas, however, the story is always complicated below the surface, and the rate of production has slowed.
Site work is set to begin on a 10.3-megawatt biomass gasification plant in Tyseley, England. The Birmingham Bio Power Ltd. plant, under development by Carbonarius, is expected to be operational in early 2016.
On Dec. 12, Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., introduced legislation that aims to eliminate the corn ethanol portion of the renewable fuel standard (RFS). It would not affect mandates for other categories of renewable fuels.
Several European biofuel groups are speaking out following the European Council's failure to reach a political agreement on how to account for indirect land use change (ILUC) in biofuel policy on Dec. 12.
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