The U.K.'s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released a draft of an energy bill that could clarify the future of biomass-based energy in the country.
A Canadian organization tasked with spurring economic growth in a struggling forestry region in Quebec has received a financial boost from the Economic Development Agency of Canada.
Researchers at U.K.-based University of Birmingham are developing a method to use biofuel waste, specifically sugarcane bagasse, as a feedstock for biobased hydrogen production. Prof. Lynne Macaskie has been working on this research for many years.
Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., appeared on the Memorial Day edition of Platts Energy Week to talk about federal funding of the military's biofuel initiatives. He is a member of the committee that approved the anti-biofuel measures in DOD's 2013 budget.
The Great Plains Institute recently released a white paper outlining various methods that could be utilized by existing dry-mill corn ethanol plants to improve their efficiency rates and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Australian Pork Cooperative Research Center has launched a program that will focus on maximizing the value of captured pork industry emissions.
ASTM International recently made significant changes to its E85 specification, lowering the approved minimum ethanol volume of the fuel to just 51 percent and renaming the specification to reflect the change.
FEW around the corner
May 25, 2012
Fully 87 percent of the nation's ethanol producing capacity is going to be in attendance at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Minneapolis next week, up 15 percent from last year.
A project to build Future Fuels LLP, a 200 MMlly (52 MMgy) wheat-to-ethanol plant in Grimsby, U.K., is moving forward thank to the fact that it has secured both senior debt and government underwriting.
Sponsored by Ethanol Producer Magazine and organized by BBI International, the June 4-7 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo at the Minneapolis convention center is expected to draw over 2,000 people.
A Week Full of Interesting News
May 25, 2012
This week brought a number of innovative and interesting news stories worthy of mention.
On May 24 the Senate Committee on Armed Services completed the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The bill authorizes funding for the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the U.S. DOE.
A recent analysis conducted by University of Illinois agriculture economics professor Scott Irwin estimates that, on average, ethanol plants will not be able to pay more than $6.75 per bushel for corn this summer without running in the red.
Gevo announces startup of Luverne isobutanol plant
By Gevo
May 24, 2012
Gevo Inc. announced today it has begun startup of the world's first commercial biobased isobutanol production plant located in Luverne, Minn.
Southeast Renewable Energy LLC has sold two biomass power projects under development in South Carolina to EDF Energies Nouvelles Company enXco.
A U.K. pellet mill development company has a small solution for meeting the big demands of the wood pellet market in Europe: the mini pellet mill.
Brazil-based GraalBio Investimentos S.A. will begin building Brazil's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant this summer in Alagaos, Brazil, using Beta Renewables technology.
Legislation allocates mandatory funding to the 2012 Energy Title
How to reduce costs or lessen responsibility to the customer
The U.K. biomass industry is waiting for regulatory clarity
The 2012 International Biomass Conference & Expo in the Mile High City drew attendees from around the world, eager to learn and meet others who share their passion
Bioenergy from farm waste can help solve well-known runoff issues in the Chesapeake Bay
Biomass project developers in Minnesota have until July 2 to submit applications for funding through the Clean Energy Resource Team's grant request for proposals.
The most oil-dependent state in the U.S. is taking a step toward renewable energy with construction of a 24 MW biomass power plant.
A partnership between Sustainable Rail International and the University of Minnesota is working to revitalize an old world transportation technology with a new world approach to biomass.
In mid-May the U.S. House approved a $642 billion defense authorization bill that includes provisions to undermine military efforts to reduce dependence on foreign oil. It would prohibit the defense department from developing advanced biofuels.
GraalBio announced plans to start production in December 2013 of 82 million liters (22 million gallons) per year of cellulosic ethanol at a new factory in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Novozymes will supply the project with its enzyme technology.
United Airlines, Boeing, Honeywell's UOP, Chicago's Dept. of Aviation and the Clean Energy Trust announced the formation of the Midwest Aviation Sustainable Biofuels Initiative, designed to advance aviation biofuel development in the 12-state region.
Sundrop Fuels announced a partnership with technology and engineering supplier ThyssenKrupp Uhde for what it says will be the nation's first bona fide commercial green gasoline production facility. The plant will produce 50 MMgy in Alexandria, La.
With the purchase of two new pieces of equipment Feedstox is prepared to begin executing contracts to harvest biomass in less than two weeks, says Jeff Roskam, CEO of the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy.
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