With Congress adjourned, fears that a 2012 farm bill wouldn't pass before the Sept. 30 deadline have now become a reality. Although there's no guarantee, lawmakers could still get it done after Election Day, commonly called the lame duck session.
The Soros Economic Development Fund and the Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries recently announced investments of nearly $9 million in CleanStar Mozambique, with the option to invest more in potential pan-African expansion.
Small American companies are directing the global algae industry's commercialization approach. With Big Oil, Big Food and big money behind them, U.S. algae startups continue to scale up, build out, and tap into the infrastructure of industrial hosts.
Gevo Inc. is taking advantage of a design feature to temporarily switch back to ethanol production after 17 weeks of isobutanol production while it corrects some technological issues identified during typical startup growing pains.
BioFuel Energy Corp., an ethanol production company, announced today that it has decided to idle its Fairmont, Minn., ethanol facility until further notice. The plant ceased ethanol production as of the end of last week.
The U.S. EPA has presented its 12th annual Green Power Leadership Awards. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc. was recognized under the on-site generation category for its biogas project, a 6.5 MW combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system located in Atlanta.
Maverick Biofuels, an advanced biofuels and chemical technology company, and Enerjetik LLC, a manufacturer of advanced gasification technology, have entered into a joint technology development agreement to design and build a pilot-scale facility.
Small American companies are directing the global algae industry's commercialization approach. With Big Oil, Big Food and big money behind them, U.S. algae startups continue to scale up, build out, and tap into the infrastructure of industrial hosts.
On-site generation needs more than sustainability goals in order to expand from a niche play and grow into a large market. It needs better economics, with capital expenditure reductions being the most promising catalyst, according to Lux Research.
With Congress adjourned, fears that a 2012 farm bill wouldn't pass before the Sept. 30 deadline have now become a reality. Although there's no guarantee, lawmakers could still get it done after Election Day, commonly called the lame duck session.
On Sept. 21, Eni S.p.A. met local and national institutions as well as trade unions to explain the Green Refinery process which will lead to the conversion of the Venice Refinery into a "biorefinery," producing innovative and high quality biofuels.
The Renewable Fuels Association and Renewable Fuels Foundation will be offering six scholarships for students to attend the 18th Annual National Ethanol Conference: Driving Forward in Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 5-7, 2013. Applications are due Nov. 23.
Back to School, Alcohol School
September 24, 2012
I was back in school for a few days last week – the Alcohol School, held in Montreal and cosponsored by the Ethanol Technology Institute and Lallemand Ethanol Technology.
During each presidential campaign, the American Farm Bureau Federation asks the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to address issues that concern the farming and ranching communities. Responses to this year's questions are now available.
During each presidential campaign, the American Farm Bureau Federation asks the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to address issues that concern the farming and ranching communities. Responses to this year's questions are now available.
Solegear Bioplastics Inc., has formed a new partnership with the National Research Council of Canada. The partnership will combine the companies' proprietary formulations to create new products that would otherwise not be possible on the open market.
Coproducts are becoming an increasingly important factor in ethanol plant profitability, according to the third annual benchmarking report released Sept. 18 by Christianson & Associates PLLP. The report addresses 2011 and the first half of 2012.
Today the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance criticized the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development senior counselor Carmel Cahill for making unsubstantiated comments targeting the role of biofuels mandates in food price inflation.
Enova Energy Group LLC a vertically integrated developer and asset owner of renewable energy projects, has announced that it will build three wood pellet projects in Georgia and South Carolina beginning in the first quarter of 2012.
With Sept. 21 being the final day of the last scheduled legislative session prior to the November election, all whom have stakes in the agriculture industry continue to pressure Congress to pass a new Farm Bill or an extension.
Nova Scotia Power Inc. is soliciting bids from biomass suppliers to provide fuel and related services for its 60 MW biomass plant, which is expected to be operational in the spring of 2013. The facility requires about 500,000 tons of fuel annually.
The Oshawa Port Authority in Ontario is planning an event to help answer questions its local community has with regard to a proposed ethanol plant. To help address public concerns, the OPA plans to hold a public information meeting on Sept. 25.
A leaked proposal by the European Commission reportedly indicates that European governments are considering altering the Renewable Energy Directive to place more emphasis on advanced biofuel feedstocks, while capping crop-based biofuel consumption.
As predicted, the Sept. 15 expiration of EPA's summer volatility restriction has resulted in an increase in E15 offerings. This week five stations in Kansas begin offer E15, bringing the total in the state to seven.
A leaked proposal by the European Commission reportedly indicates that European governments are considering altering the Renewable Energy Directive to place more emphasis on advanced biofuel feedstocks, while capping crop-based biofuel consumption.
The Japan-based Hydrogen Innovation Town Business Research Group recently announced that it has begun verification tests for an innovative technology that produces hydrogen from biomass, specifically sewage sludge.
Representatives of the biofuel industry are speaking out against a report, titled "Ethanol's Lost Promise," recently issued by the Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization that focuses on the petroleum industry.
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