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.
After several months of exploring options, the board of directors of Western Wisconsin Energy LLC has elected to sell the Boyceville, Wis., plant. Rather than an auction, the company is seeking a facilitated or negotiated sale.
Oregon-based torrefaction plant developer HM3 Energy Inc. said USDA has notified the company that its National Institute of Food and Agriculture Small Business Innovative Research phase 2 grant proposal has been accepted.
Following an event-free 30-day appeal window on its air permit, Rentech Inc. now has the final and nonappealable permit in place for its $255 million 55-megawatt biomass power plant proposed for Port St. Joe, Fla.
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.
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.
In corn, higher projected beginning stocks for the new marketing year starting in September and higher estimates for corn production are boosting USDA's projections for 2011-'12 feed grain supplies.
There are approximately 67,000 pork producers in the U.S. and the vast majority of them are incorporating distillers grains into their feed diets, but some are concerned that there isn't as much product available as estimates claim.
A biomass power plant proposed near Makeni, Sierra Leone in Africa, would provide electricity for an ethanol refinery, as well as about 20 percent of the country's national grid. The project is expected to be in operation by 2013.
A webinar co-hosted by the Alliance for Green Heat and the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, will address barriers to growing the use of wood or pellet heat, and how federal and state governments can prepare for an increase in residential wood heat.
Further expanding its global portfolio, equipment provider Metso Corp. will supply a combined-heat-and-power (CHP) system to a Fortum Power operation in Latvia, and another in Finland. The plants are scheduled to commence operation in 2013.
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development has awarded $4.2 million in grants and loans to 10 alternative energy projects in six counties, four of which are biomass and biogas projects.
A yet-to-be-released report by nonprofit group Alliance for Green Heat shows that wood heating in America dominates the residential renewable energy market, even with virtually no government subsidies to support it.
EdeniQ Inc., which is developing technology to add cellulosic ethanol production capabilities to existing corn-to-ethanol facilities announced it has reached a deal with IKA Works Inc. to advance EdeniQ's front-end biomass conversion technology.
Show some outrage
July 11, 2011
On occasion, a particularly apt headline draws readers to our web news stories. One headline from our FEW coverage not only drew the readers, but the article attracted several comments that our regular readers may have missed.
University of Western Ontario scientists have discovered that exposing microalgae to static magnetic fields could be viable route for optimizing the growth rate and lipid production of microalgae.
OPX Biotechnologies Inc. raised $36.5 million in a Series C round of private equity financing to accelerate the development and commercialization of its first target product offering, a biobased alternative to acrylic acid, BioAcrylic.
If I'm starting to run dry on inspiration or story ideas the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo is a perfect place to recharge in a big way. Just as long as I have time for a good long nap when I get back home.
The witness list for a House hearing, “Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall: Examining the Science on E15,� was stacked heavily on the anti-ethanol side and included representatives of the poultry industry, the petroleum industry and small engine groups.
Quaiattini steps down from Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
By Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
July 08, 2011
After nine successful years – the last four at the helm of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, Gordon Quaiattini announced he would be stepping down as association president to pursue new public policy challenges.
Embarking on a Novel Power Source
By Rona Johnson
July 08, 2011
Did you know that city officials in Gilbert, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, are considering using dog poop collected from a park to produce power? It's true, according to an Associated Press story.
The American Biogas Council will host a webinar on July 12 at 1 p.m. ET, where industry experts will address state and federal policies that impact anaerobic digestion facilities.
Delving into termite guts to find the best cellulases or lignocellulases to efficiently convert cellulose and hemicelluloses, even lignin, into advanced biofuels isn't a new concept, but researchers at Purdue say they've made a recent breakthrough.
The second year of DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC's corn stover collection program is under way in Iowa as the company prepares for a groundbreaking later this year at Nevada, Iowa, adjacent to Lincolnway Energy.
The U.S. DOE has finally made its first conditional commitment for a loan guarantee for cellulosic ethanol. Poet's Project Liberty received a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee to for its 25 MMgy corn cob-to-ethanol facility.
The newest evolution in ethanol tax credit reform efforts is a compromise between three senators that would end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and tariff as of July 31 while extending other ethanol-related tax credits.
Though it's not exactly one for the win column, ethanol industry supporters are pleased with portions of a compromise that salvages certain ethanol-related tax credits crafted by Sens. John Thune, Amy Klobuchar, and Dianne Feinstein.
EPA finalizes Tailoring Rule biomass deferment
By Anna Austin
July 07, 2011
The U.S. EPA has ruled that it will maintain its proposal to defer biomass from the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule for three years while the agency further studies the science and policy of regulating biomass energy.
The NEBTWG is encouraging members of the biomass industry to submit their thoughts on the economic and environmental benefits of biomass energy in Vermont, so that biomass will be included in the state's Comprehensive Energy Plan.
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