Ethanol Report
An undisclosed number of ZeaChem Inc. employees have been laid off after the company was unable to secure a bridge loan that was intended to carry it into the next funding round. The company is working to secure additional capital investment.
Recent developments could spark renewed interest in CHP technology.
Associated British Ports has announced that it has signed a 15-year contract with Drax Power Ltd., operating subsidiary of Drax Group Plc, which will see terminal investments of up to GBP 100 million to handle wood pellet shipments at three ports.
John Caupert pilots the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center, now in its 10th year as an industry research partner.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new federal-private collaboration with DuPont to safeguard natural resources on private lands used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the March 2013 issue of its Monthly Energy Review, which includes ethanol production, use, and export data through the end of 2012. While production was down, consumption increased in 2012.
More than 1,100 people attended the National Ethanol Conference held Feb. 5-7 in Las Vegas.
News that a United Kingdom company purchased the 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Hopewell, Va., with plans to ship at least some equipment overseas is just another chapter in a continuing ethanol story for the community, said the city's mayor.
The burgeoning anaerobic digestion (AD) industry in the U.K. has reached a significant milestone, as the number of AD plants outside of the water industry has passed 100 for the very first time.
Biofuel Energy Corp., a publically traded company that owns and operates two ethanol plants, has announced it has engaged Piper Jaffray & Co. to act as its financial adviser. The goal is to explore strategic alternatives.
Pending legislation in Hawaii aims to develop a two-year industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop pilot program. The program would be administered by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Pending legislation in Hawaii aims to develop a two-year industrial hemp remediation and biofuel crop pilot program. The program would be administered by the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Drought and the U.S. EPA have given the underdog crop a big boost.
Aging infrastructure, in particular, needs complete, thorough examination.
On March 22 Mascoma Corp. filed a registration withdrawal request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, indicating it has shelved plans to complete an initial public offering (IPO) at this time.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the March 2013 issue of its Monthly Energy Review, which includes biomass power data for all 12 months of 2012. Power generation from both woody biomass and waste biomass increased last year.
The connection is weak between high gasoline and ethanol renewable identification number (RINs) prices University of Illinois economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good wrote in a recent FarmDocDaily analysis.
There is enough land available to produce more food, more feed and more biofuels, which are not the cause of global malnutrition problems, according to the World Bioenergy Association. WBA makes this declaration in a new fact sheet.
There is enough land available to produce more food, more feed and more biofuels, which are not the cause of global malnutrition problems, according to the World Bioenergy Association. WBA makes this declaration in a new fact sheet.
In two reports released March 28, the USDA reported farmers plan to seed record acres of corn this spring that could potentially refill the nation's grain stocks, reported to be down 10 percent from a year ago.
A newly released analysis shows that the renewable fuel standard (RFS) and renewable identification numbers (RINs) have not been a significant factor in higher gas prices, despite suggestions to the contrary.
In mid-March the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission published its Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2013. The update notes that 11 biomass generation units were placed in service in February, including both new build and expansion projects.
The California Energy Commission awarded San Diego State University and Humboldt State University a combined $189,993 for their biomass research projects. One project focuses on electroporation pretreatment, the other on chemical energy production.
Primus Green Energy announced it will financially support Princeton University engineers to research synthetic fuels and assess gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology.
Five researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) and Uni Research have found that a certain type of tunicate can be used as a renewable source of biofuel and fish food. Its mantle consists of cellulose, which can be converted to ethanol.
Maobing Tu, an assistant professor in Auburn University's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, has received a $401,155 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research in biofuels and bioenergy.
Maobing Tu, an assistant professor in Auburn University's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, has received a $401,155 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award for his research in biofuels and bioenergy.
The U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change has published its heat strategy and provided an update of the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme. The residential RHI scheme is expected to be up and running next spring.
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