Biomass Week - February 12, 2016

Supreme Court delays enforcement of Clean Power Plan On Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a request to delay enforcement of the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan until legal challenges are resolved. READ MORE SHARE
AFPM challenges RFS rule, court consolidates 3 RFS challenges On Feb. 10, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the U.S. EPA’s recent renewable fuel standard (RFS) rulemaking. READ MORE SHARE
	Details announced for industry tour at 2016 IBCE BBI International has announced the agenda for the industry tour taking place April 14 at the ninth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo . This tour will provide an in-depth look at the biogas industry in Charlotte, North Carolina. READ MORE SHARE
Army to lease land to Hawaiian Electric for bioenergy project The Army has announced the availability of the record of decision (ROD) to lease land and grant easements on Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield to Hawaii Electric Co. for the development of a 50 MW biofuel-fueled power plant. READ MORE SHARE
Report: Biomass, biogas, waste-to-energy added 224 MW last year Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy have released the fourth annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook, which shows renewable energy comprised 20 percent of the U.S. power fleet last year, reaching 222 GW. READ MORE SHARE
German Pellets files for insolvency On Feb. 11, German Pellets GmbH announced a German court has appointed a provisional insolvency administrator with regard to insolvency proceedings that have been initiated against the assets of the company. READ MORE SHARE
Republic Services releases Q4, full-year financial results On Feb. 11, Republic Services Inc. released financial results for the fourth quarter of 2015, reporting a net income of $172.3 million, or 49 cents per share, compared to $50.3 million, or 14 cents per share, for the comparable period in 2014. READ MORE SHARE
UK research supports AD food-based digestate use as fertilizer WRAP has released results from The Digestate and Compost in Agriculture field experiments, providing an evidence base to support the use of food-based digestate, a product of anaerobic digestion, and composts by growers as renewable fertilizers. READ MORE SHARE
DuPont files to intervene in court review of RFS DuPont filed court documents Feb. 5, asking leave to intervene in support of an Americans for Clean Energy petition filed in January, saying it has “significant and concrete interest” in the case. READ MORE SHARE
Active Energy Group announces launch of AEG CoalSwitch U.K.-based Active Energy Group Plc recently announced the launch of its AEG CoalSwitch division. According to the company, its AEG CoalSwitch technology creates a biomass-based drop-in replacement for coal. READ MORE SHARE
EIA increases short-term forecast for power production from wood The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the February edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting total renewables used in the electric power sector will increase by 8.1 percent this year. READ MORE SHARE
Resolute Forest Products releases fourth quarter results Resolute Forest Products Inc. recently released its fourth quarter financial results, reporting its wood products segment generated an operating loss of $8 million in the quarter, but shipments rose 6 percent due to capacity enhancement initiatives. READ MORE SHARE
NREL discovery could lead to cheaper cellulosic fuels Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the BioEnergy Science Center say better understanding of a bacterium could lead to cheaper production of cellulosic ethanol and other advanced biofuels. READ MORE SHARE
Deinove confirms its carotenoids commercialization potential Deinove, a biotech company developing innovative processes for producing biofuels and biobased chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria as host strains, announces major progress in its carotenoids project. READ MORE SHARE
UPS expands agreement for renewable LNG in Texas UPS has expanded its agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to use up to 500,000 gallon equivalents of renewable liquefied natural gas annually in Texas. UPS stations in Houston and Mesquite will dispense the fuel to about 140 UPS tractors. READ MORE SHARE
DOE: $11.3 million available for flexible biomass fuel technology The Energy Department recently announced up to $11.3 million in funding to develop flexible biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can be modified to produce advanced fuels and/or products based on external factors. READ MORE SHARE
North American pellet exports increased during the third quarter North American overseas pellet exports increased for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter of 2015, rising 15 percent from the previous quarter to reach a new record high of just over 1.6 million tons. READ MORE SHARE
Iowa State engineers develop technology to create renewable nylon Engineers at Iowa State University have found a way to combine a genetically engineered strain of yeast and an electrocatalyst to efficiently convert sugar into a new type of nylon. READ MORE SHARE
Synthetic biopathway turns ag waste into ‘green’ products Researchers at the University of Minnesota have engineered a new synthetic biopathway that can more efficiently and cost-effectively turn agricultural waste into a variety of useful products ranging from spandex to chicken feed. READ MORE SHARE
Researchers ‘explode’ sugar beet cells for faster fermentation The European ERA-NET innovation project ChemBeet is developing a technology that explodes cell walls to create faster and cheaper fermentation. The process uses Betaprocess technology in which vacuum extrusion is used to explode cell walls. READ MORE SHARE
Velocys announces progress with Envia Energy GTL plant Velocys plc has announced ENVIA Energy's EPC contractor, Ventech Engineers, has signed the final contract, covering installation of process modules, related piping and ancillary equipment, for ENVIA's Oklahoma City GTL plant. READ MORE SHARE
UK biogas plant recycles waste heat using Orcan Energy technology Shropshire Energy (U.K.) Ltd. is recycling the waste heat from its biogas plant in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, in order to generate electricity with five ORC units from Orcan Energy, also known as ePacks. READ MORE SHARE
Floreat Group seeds biomass ventures, invests in UK renewables Floreat Group has committed $50 million to the U.K. biomass sector and launched FCM Bioenergy Ltd., trading as Vesta. Vesta is an energy supply company specializing in providing low-cost, long-term green energy contracts using biomass. READ MORE SHARE
Ensyn receives key regulatory approvals from CARB Ensyn Corp. has been granted key regulatory approvals by California’s Air Resources Board related to the application of its Renewable Fuel Oil as a renewable feedstock for refineries in California for the production of renewable gasoline and diesel. READ MORE SHARE
Algae raceway paves path from lab to real-world applications In a twist of geometry, an oval can make a line. The new algae raceway testing facility at Sandia National Laboratories may be oval in shape, but it paves a direct path between laboratory research and solving the demand for clean energy. READ MORE SHARE