PHOTO: Lisa Gibson
September 11, 2019
BY Lisa Gibson
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Emvolon Inc., an MIT-spinout commercializing technology that converts methane-rich waste gases into high-value liquid fuels, on Oct. 27 announced its Series A funding round, with participation from MassVentures, VX Ventures, andWagner Carbon.
As biochar production scales up, maintenance is becoming less about fixing what breaks and more about designing plants, feedstocks and operating practices to withstand thousands of continuous production hours.
U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 960,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in July, according to the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 1 million tons during the month.
The Landfill Group, in partnership with LS Power, has commenced operation of a project collecting and upgrading landfill gas into pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Pine Grove Landfill in Columbus, Georgia.
The USDA and NASA on Oct. 24 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will strengthen USDA’s data quality and help ensure that American farmers and ranchers benefit from and have access to cutting-edge technologies.