January 3, 2013
BY Luke Geiver
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The EU Deforestation Regulation will make traceability a market access requirement for wood pellets. For producers, the challenge is not only collecting documents but turning fragmented supply chain data into an audit-ready system.
USDA NIFA on Oct. 7 announced it has awarded $3.2 million in funding to six projects that support research on the social implications of emerging technologies. One of the projects focuses on biomass supply chains.
XCF Global in October released a series of announcements outlining its strategy to scale and integrate operations following its business combination with Southern Energy Renewables and DevvStream, along with the acquisition of a California facility.
Instrumented farm-scale flat-die pellet production, experimental data and machine learning are being combined to make biomass pelleting more predictable across changing feedstocks and operating conditions.
Valero Energy Corp. on Oct. 22 released third-quarter financial results, reporting record-high ethanol production volumes and a profitable three-month period for both its ethanol segment and its renewable diesel joint venture.