The North East Biosolids and Residuals Association has launched a new website that provides current data on anaerobic digestion and biogas at U.S. wastewater treatment facilities. Several organizations participated in the project.
Agro2 S.A., located in Veraguas, Panama, is proud to be the first company in Panama to be certified by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification confirming the compliance of Agro2's cassava production and processing method.
Meredian Inc., a privately held biopolymer manufacturer hosted a Grand Opening event for its polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) biopolymers plant in late October. The material is manufactured using a technology acquired from Procter & Gamble in 2007.
How John May and bond-based financing are commercializing bioenergy.
The Philippine Department of Energy has granted Xavier University PHP3.3 million ($80,000) to research the possibility of producing cassava ethanol. The project aims to evaluate the potential of several cassava varieties in Northern Mindanao.
Project finance veteran Chris Groobey reflects on 15 years in clean energy, the government's role in its growth and the industry's slow climb out of recession.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. is selling 12 of its 15 grain elevators, or about 83 percent of its grain storage capacity and all of its agronomy and retail petroleum operations. Diversification, however, will remain as a strategy for success.
The 2013 Biomass Power Map shows new growth and current trends.
Neste Oil is expanding both its feedstock portfolio and its biobased product offerings. In October, the company announced the opening of its microbial oil pilot plant, and the commercialization of renewable naphtha, a coproduct of its NExBTL process.
The biogas company BD Agro Renewables, based in Calveslage, Germany, has initiated operation of one of the first biogas plants in Russia. The plant generates 2.4 MW of electricity from agricultural and livestock waste.
If Republican candidate Mitt Romney wins the election, there's a good chance Nebraska will once again send a native son to Washington to serve in the president's cabinet. Gov. Dave Heineman is on the shortlist for potential cabinet appointees.
New Brunswick's forest biomass resources have good potential for the cogeneration of heat and power in industrial-sized, forest biomass-fired combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants, according to a new report.
The third-party ownership model offers dairy farmers a low-hassle, profitable manure management technique.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. has announced financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2012. Net loss attributable to Green Plains for the quarter was $1 million, compared to net income of $12.4 million for the same period of 2011.
Novozymes launched a new enzyme for corn-ethanol production on Oct. 30. Avantec, a trademarked product, allows ethanol producers to increase ethanol yield by about 2.5 percent, said Peder Holk Nielsen, executive vice president of Novozymes.
Commercialization and research advancements highlighted at the 6th annual Algae Biomass Summit
If Republican candidate Mitt Romney wins the election, there's a good chance Nebraska will once again send a native son to Washington to serve in the president's cabinet. Gov. Dave Heineman is on the shortlist for potential cabinet appointees.
The U.S. DOE has awarded Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, one of the most advanced cookstove laboratories in the nation, a $1 million grant to build a more efficient biomass cookstove.
October 29, 2012
Is there something deeper going on in all this anti-ethanol rhetoric? Is there some sort of philosophical underlying problem?
Novozymes, a producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables, a cellulosic biofuels company that is part of Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, have announced an agreement to jointly market, demonstrate and guarantee cellulosic biofuel solutions.
Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg LLC, a 54 MMgy corn-ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Miss., will join the list of temporarily idled ethanol plants at the end of November. The decision to idle the plant is attributed high corn prices that resulted from the drought.
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