Hawaii strives to stabilize its energy prices with renewables
Being first on the scene is beneficial in many markets, but advanced biofuels may not be one of them.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chemical and biological engineer aims to create more sustainable, cost-effective processes for converting biomass into high-energy-density hydrocarbon fuels.
The advanced biofuels and gasification technology developer Sundrop Fuels Inc. has added another energy giant to its list of partners. Through a licensing agreement, Sundrop Fuels will add a methane-to-gasoline process provided by Exxon Mobil Co.
Project area funding is awarded in New York, North Carolina and Arkansas
New LS9 Inc. biorefinery in Florida will produce biodiesel first
Lignin degradation research is hip, and it could cut costs on biomass processing
Since 1997, subarctic forests are thicker and taller than ever before
Federal lawmakers address biomass, biochemicals and biofuels
A team of researchers from the U.S. DOE's BioEnergy Science Center has something to say about the role of thermophilic (heat-loving) bacteria strains and how the strains might help improve the process to break down plant walls to access sugars.
For the first time in history, the USDA, U.S. DOE and Navy will collaborate to make headway on developing the country's advanced drop-in biofuel industry, a strategy that involves over $130 million in new funding opportunities.
A biorefining-focused collaboration between two Denmark universities has created a plan to increase the amount of available biomass in the region through "The Ten-Million-Tonne" vision.
Solazyme Inc., and Bunge Global Innovation LLC have announced they have broken ground on a 100,000 metric ton renewable oil production facility adjacent to Bunge's Moema sugarcane mill in Brazil. The plant is targeted to be operational in late 2013.
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The primary objective of the event is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development.
A new European Biofuels Technology Platform report that addresses the potential to couple carbon capture and storage (CCS) with biofuel and biomass heat and power technologies. The report is titled “Biomass with CO2 Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS)."
North Carolina Natural Energy Inc. has issued a letter of intent to purchase a 40 percent stake in the Construction Management Institute, an investment that will net North Carolina Natural Energy Inc. $984,000 per year for the next three years.
The Senate has finished voting on 73 amendments proposed for the 2012 Farm Bill and passed it on to the House, leaving the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Rural Energy for America Program and Biorefinery Assistance Program intact.
The American Council on Renewable Energy has launched a new website designed to address the imbalance in America's debate over clean and renewable energy. The Energy Fact Check website allows visitors to learn the truth about renewable energy.
By reverse engineering a seed, energy crop developer New Energy Farms says it has developed a unique system for establishing miscanthus that could potentially reduce farmer establishment costs by 50 percent or more.
A new study highlights the important role market forces play in calculating the GHG emissions from woody biomass used for bioenergy applications.
The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has released its 2012 Farm Bill platform, which provides suggestions to improve some federal bioenergy programs, including the Repowering Assistance Program and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
As a result of collaboration between California-based Ceres Inc. and Aberystwyth University in Wales, the first comprehensive genetic map of miscanthus has been published.
A comprehensive forest biomass study indicates that only about one-third of Washington State's commercially available biomass is currently utilized.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has made public an early release version of its 2012 Annual Energy Outlook, predicting biomass and wind electricity to dominate projected increases in U.S. non-hydro renewable electricity generation.
The Forest Guild has released its report, "Forest Biomass Retention and Harvesting Guidelines for the Southeast," identifying how expanding markets for forest bioenergy can enhance forests, while meeting the social and economic needs of society.
More than 400 professionals gather to talk biomass in The City by the Bay
Westar Trade Resource president and CEO, Cindy Thyfault, has some advice for U.S. renewable energy companies looking to enter the global marketplace.
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