The Nebraska Forest Service has funding available for institutions interested in determining whether they are good candidates for converting from fossil fuels to biomass-based heating and cooling systems.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council and the Alliance for Green Heat co-hosted a webinar July 19 on the future of wood and pellet heat in the U.S., where presenters identified barriers to its growth and ways to overcome them.
Codexis wants to be ready when the demand for cellulosic biofuels truly ramps up. The company scaled up production of its cellulase enzymes at a contract fermentation and synthesis production facility in Mexico City, where the CodeXporter is at work.
BIO sent a letter to Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar and John Thune, thanking them for supportive, stable policies for advanced biofuels included in the announced deal on the repeal of VEETC, but it noted small changes are still necessary.
A team of students at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute has been awarded first place in the 2011 Renewable Energy Challenge Competition with its algae biofuel project. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Argonne lab sponsored the competition.
Enzymes and mud
July 18, 2011
Ethanol producers are very familiar with enzymes. And, being based in rural communities, they are also no doubt very familiar with muddy roads. I was fascinated by a story that talked about an enzyme product that solidifies spongy soils.
Wolverine Power Corp.'s proposed 600-megawatt (MW) power plant planned for Rogers City, Mich., has received its final air permit from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
It's a one-step catalytic (not Fischer-Tropsch) process that's capable of converting MSW and syngas into liquid hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals. The technology evolved from collaborative research by MSU's SERC and chemical engineering department.
The combined $175 million in investment funds will enable Sundrop to expand its operations and begin construction next year of a commercial demonstration facility to produce 40 MMgy of cellulosic gasoline, with production expected for 2014.
The companies are joining Clariant's market knowledge and formulation development capabilities with Elevance's unique renewable products and patented process technology in order to commercialize renewable additives for plastics.
The Wayne County Airport Authority is the operator of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport and the Willow Run Airport, each using more than 1 million gallons of fuel daily in planes and ground equipment. On 1,700 acres, the authority plans to grow fuel.
Ionic liquids may be more efficient in treating biomass than dilute acids or bases used in the pulp and paper industry, but they can reduce cellulases' ability to produce sugars after pretreatment by interfering with enzymes that treat polypeptides.
China delegation spends time understanding US DDGS sector
By U.S. Grains Council
July 15, 2011
To gain a more thorough understanding of the production and use of U.S. distiller's dried grains with solubles, the U.S. Grains Council organized a mission from China to visit the United States.
An Energy Biosciences Institute study concludes that growing dedicated energy grasses on some corn acres could reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and transition the U.S. Midwest from being a net source of GHG emissions to a net sink.
Though there are programs and policies in place to help support the developing U.S. biogas industry, the playing field for biogas and other renewables is not level, according to the ABC, which held a webinar to address this issue and others.
Denmark Biomass Plant Design Rocks
By Rona Johnson
July 15, 2011
Amagerforbraending, a Copenhagen-based waste management company, is building what will be one of the largest waste-to-energy plants in Northern Europe, and the design is turning heads everywhere.
Amyris Inc., a renewable chemicals and fuels company, is the newest member of the Diesel Technology Forum, a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of the latest clean diesel technologies in the United States.
For the first time, the USDA predicts that more corn will be used for ethanol production than for feed - suggesting that 5 billion bushels of the 2010 - '11 corn crop will be used for feed while 5.05 billion bushels are destined for ethanol plants.
As the only commercial-scale ethanol plant in Pennsylvania, Bionol Clearfield LLC attracted a lot of media attention when it went into hot idle in early June.
California-based Viaspace Inc. has reported that SGS North America Inc.'s Mineral Service Division has completed testing of its Giant King Grass pellets.
The BTEC applauded the formation of the Congressional Biomass Caucus. Led by Rep. Charlie Bass, R-N.H., and Peter Welch, D-VT., this coalition will seek to support the development of biomass and elevate the renewable resource's profile in Congress.
San Francisco-based synthetic biology technology developer LS9 Inc. deepened its presence in Brazil when it entered into a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing firm.
The link between increased insecticide use and landscape simplification has now been documented by a team of researchers from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. The team has released a study it completed using publicly available data.
Botryococcus braunii, an ancient strain of algae that researchers say is responsible for creating oil and coal shale deposits, may not grow fast enough for advanced biofuels consideration, but its genetic blueprints still have high value.
For those who don't recognize how big the biorefining industry will be in just a few short years, here are some items to consider.
Biocatalyst development firm Codexis Inc. says it has begun the scale-up manufacturing of a prototype cellulase enzyme used to produce cellulosic biofuels and biochemicals at a fermentation and synthesis facility in Mexico.
President Barack Obama addressed the need to expedite the development of new, more efficient second-generation biofuel technologies during a recent town hall meeting held via Twitter. The event was hosted by Twitter's Jack Dorsey.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar urged the petroleum industry to embrace the same reduction in tax credits and subsidies that the ethanol industry has agreed to as part of a compromise hammered out last week.
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar urged the petroleum industry to embrace the same reduction in tax credits and subsidies that the ethanol industry has agreed to as part of a compromise hammered out last week.
Biofuels companies deliver message to Capitol Hill
By The Advanced Biofuels Association
July 13, 2011
Executives of the nation's top advanced biofuels companies met on Capitol Hill today for the summer board of directors meeting of the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA). The meeting was held in the Capitol complex.
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