A DeKalb County, Ga., renewable energy center located at the Seminole Road Landfill will soon be turning methane gas into cash, according to DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis.
Trade associations representing many sectors of the biorefining industry, and other bioenergy stakeholders (100 organizations total), are taking action on behalf of their members to encourage a strong energy title be included in the next Farm Bill.
Researchers at UCLA, led by James Liao, have demonstrated a novel method for converting carbon dioxide within an intermediary, such as formic acid, into higher alcohols like isobutanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol using renewable electricity.
Tennessee-based ethanol marketing firm Eco-Energy Holdings Inc.is developing an ethanol unit train and storage facility to serve the Atlanta, Ga., area, similar to one being completed in Denton, N.C.
Sweetwater Energy and BioGasol announce partnership
By Sweetwater Energy
April 10, 2012
Sweetwater Energy Inc., a Rochester, N.Y.-based cellulosic sugar manufacturer, and BioGasol ApS, a Danish biotechnology company, have entered into a strategic partnership.
Energy Management: Project or Process
By Jaron Vande Hoef
April 10, 2012
Commitment to continuous improvement helps small steps become 10-20 percent savings
Nebraska-based Rayeman Elements Inc. is producing 100 percent distillers grains supplemental products for forage animals, compressing the DGs into cubes with minimal fines.
USDA left the feed grain balance sheets for the current marketing year unchanged in its monthly WASDE report. After a couple of reports without a mention of ethanol, the April report simply noted that nothing changed.
Apple to fuel data center with biogas
By Anna Austin
April 10, 2012
Apple Inc. has filed an application with the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a 5 MW, 100 percent biogas-powered fuel cell facility in Catawba County, N.C.
Sec. Tom Vilsack announced 13 new biobased product categories eligible for federal procurement preference. Now more than 1,500 additional bioproducts will be offered for preferred purchasing consideration by all federal agencies and contractors.
Lee Enterprises Consulting Group announced the addition of California-based solar experts, Bob Parkins Renewable Energy Consultants, as its newest strategic alliance. The group is expanding from its biodiesel roots to encompass all alternative fuels.
Fagen Europe partnered with Ethanol Europe to build the Hungarian version of a 50 MMgy Fagen/ICM Inc. ethanol plant in Dunafoldvar, Hungary. The plant recently began producing ethanol.
A study conducted in Minnesota showed turkeys fed 20 percent distillers grains had similar body weight to turkeys fed a corn-soy diet but that problems developed depending on what alternative feed ingredients were included in the ration with DDGS.
Q&A, Twitter-style
April 09, 2012
USDA had another historic first – “virtual office hoursâ€� April 5 with live Q&A with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack – 140 characters at a time on Twitter.
Biofuel groups support RFS, EPA in federal lawsuit
By Renewable Fuels Association
April 09, 2012
Six biofuel trade associations have filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Appeals to intervene in support of the U.S. EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard 2012 final rule being challenged by the American Petroleum Institute.
USDA supports Western Plains Energy biogas project
By USDA
April 09, 2012
USDA approved a $5 million payment to Western Plains Energy LLC to support the construction of a biogas anaerobic digester in Oakley, Kan.
Valero Renewables Fuels Co. LLC in Jefferson, Wis., has settled with the state of Wisconsin on an air pollution complaint.
Alaska bill proposes low-interest loans for home heat conversions
By Anna Austin
April 09, 2012
The Alaska House Finance Committee has approved a bill that would provide low-interest loans to homeowners who wish to convert their homes to biomass, district heating or electric heat, natural gas or propane.
Mass. DOER report includes biomass thermal
By Anna Austin
April 09, 2012
Following a request from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Meister Consultants Group completed a study that evaluates renewable heating and cooling impacts and opportunities in the state.
Global Industry Analysts has released a comprehensive global report on the soy chemicals market. Factors catalyzing growth in the market is the increasing demand for biodiesel and renewable plastics and shift in industry focus toward alternatives.
Renewable oil and bioproducts firm Solazyme Inc. and Bunge Global Innovation LLC have agreed to form a joint venture to build, own and operate a commercial-scale renewable oil production facility adjacent to Bunge's Moema sugarcane mill in Brazil.
The round of funding will be used to directly support the development of its "active and on-schedule" 300-acre integrated algae-to-biofuel demonstration facility, coined the Green Crude Farm, currently under construction in Luna County, N.M.
The potential for expansion of biobased automotive parts and components manufacturing in the Great Lakes region is high, according to a new study conducted by the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit organization based in Ann Arbor, Mich.
A Bellevue, Wash.-based clean energy consulting firm has issued a 2012 Washington State Clean Energy Roadmap that provides three scenarios to help the state meet its energy goals by 2035.
Wood Resources International LLC reported this week that wood pellet exports from the U.S. and Canada reached a record high in the fourth quarter of 2011, and attributed it to increasing demand in the U.K.
Biomass energy studies underway at 10 Vt. Facilities
By Anna Austin
April 06, 2012
The U.S. Forest Service and Vermont have teamed up to conduct preliminary feasibility studies for small-scale biomass energy systems at 10 public buildings across the state.
According to analysis by Wood Resources International, more than 2 million tons of wood pellets were shipped in 2011, a 300 percent increase from 2008. Shipments have increased every quarter for four years.
Ontario will benefit from greater use of purpose-grown biomass, according to a study released by the Western University Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton campus.
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