Ineos announced this month that its joint-venture project, Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the USDA loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Vero Beach, Fla.
Is it too early to include algae in the billion-ton update, or is there something more nefarious going on?
Sustainable Development Technology Canada issued its annual call for applications under the $500 million NextGen Biofuels Fund created by the government to support the establishment of innovative demonstration-scale biorefining facilities.
USDA researchers say they have developed a cost-effective method of determining the ethanol potential of energy grasses that could be used to evaluate the feedstock at the ethanol plant's loading dock using near-infrared sensing.
EPA's electronic tool for reporting GHG emissions, dubbed e-GRRT, is ready for use. Any stationary source emitting more than 25,000 tons per year of CO2 equivalent is required to report its emissions data, which includes most ethanol producers.
The U.S. DOE has announced a team of researchers in its BioEnergy Science Center have pinpointed the gene that controls ethanol production capacity in a microorganism.
Pennsylvania-based fuel dealer AMERIgreen Energy Inc. is hosting its Energy Independence Convoy on Aug. 25 where elected representatives and officials and representatives of businesses will show their commitment to using domestically produced fuels.
After reports that Cate Street Capital's proposed wood-fueled Berlin Station in Berlin, N.H., was dead in the water, a new agreement established this week could bring plans to build the 75 megawatt facility back to life.
Rolling out commercialization of its demonstrated biomass feedstock-flexible gasifier, ICM Inc. will pair the system with Eisenmann Corp.'s wet electrostatic precipitation emission abatement technology.
The company has formed several partnerships or JVs with the likes of Novamont, Tate & Lyle, Mitsubishi Corp, M&G and even Waste Management. Today, Genomatica officially announced that it has filed a registration statement with the SEC for its IPO.
Bionol Clearfield LLC recently came out on top in an arbitration case with Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. The 110 MMgy facility was awarded $47 million in damages incurred to-date and more than $180 million in future damages.
Despite a decline in its paper product sector, Wisconsin holds the reins to an industry that shows enormous potential for cofiring with fossil fuels: pellets made from industrial paper waste.
Cofiring torrefied biomass with coal seems like a great way to reduce emissions, but is it economical?
Biomass Power & Thermal investigates potential technical and safety issues involved in storing and handling biomass at cofired power plants.
While cofiring woody biomass with coal is more common on a testing scale than commercial, most issues related to co-combustion within the boiler can be alleviated with proper fuel sizing and blending.
Strong tax incentives, a highly trained workforce, ample forestry materials and government investment in research and development make Ontario a great location for biomass power development.
A technique based on carbon dating will soon be used in the U.K. to determine the proportion of energy from waste that is renewable.
The U.K. Renewable Energy Association on Aug. 23 launched its Back Biomass campaign, aimed at ensuring suitable levels of government support for biomass power and combined heat and power.
A U.K. white paper and accompanying energy roadmap put emphasis on biomass potential.
Study: Biomass technologies plus carbon capture/storage have global potential for negative CO2 emissions.
The first application of Pyrogenesis's plasma gasifier is operating for the U.S. Air Force in Florida.
A new online tool calculates the benefits of the U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive.
PFI is working diligently on its third-party fuel certification standards.
Biomass is not a silver bullet but it plays a key energy role.
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