Biomass Week - August 5, 2016

Drax talks operations, supply chain, Brexit in half-year results Drax Group plc had a very good first half of the year operationally, is generating 70 percent of its electricity from renewable resources, has drastically lowered its emissions and the Sustainable Biomass Partnership continues to grow. READ MORE SHARE
Enviva Q2 results highlight long-term offtake pellet contracts Enviva Partners LP announced its second quarter of 2016 financial and operating results, reporting increased income, quarterly distribution and outlook for the remainder of the year, driven by higher contracted wood pellet sales volumes. READ MORE SHARE
	NY Clean Energy Standard to require 50% renewables by 2030 The New York State Public Service Commission recently approved New York’s Clean Energy Standard, which will require 50 percent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable energy sources by 2030. READ MORE SHARE
Court vacates portion of EPA’s MACT rule On July 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an opinion on a lawsuit regarding the U.S. EPA’s Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT rule), vacating certain elements of the rule. READ MORE SHARE
Covanta provides global waste-to-energy project updates Covanta Energy Corp. reported a solid second quarter with improvements in waste pricing and somewhat favorable trends in the waste, energy and metals markets compared to the previous quarter. READ MORE SHARE
Amyris signs record number of collaborations in second quarter On Aug. 4, Amyris Inc. released financial results for the second quarter of 2016, reporting the company signed more collaborations during the three-month period than it had during any previous quarter. READ MORE SHARE
DOE opens funding opportunity to support Co-Optima initiative The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the availability of up to $7 million in project funding to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low emissions engines. READ MORE SHARE
US government releases federal alternative jet fuels R&D strategy The White House recently released the Federal Alternative Jet Fuels Research and Development Strategy, mapping out a unified federal plan to advance R&D and science and technology solutions to support deployment of alternative jet fuels in aviation. READ MORE SHARE
Drax Biomass earns SBP certificates issued by SCS Global Services The first Sustainable Biomass Partnership certificates issued by SCS Global Services were recently presented to Drax Biomass Inc. for its Morehouse BioEnergy and Amite BioEnergy wood pellet manufacturing facilities. READ MORE SHARE
Wheelabrator Kemsley EfW facility achieves financial close Wheelabrator Technologies recently reached financial close on a new 606,000 tons per year energy-from-waste (EfW) facility at Kemsley in Kent, U.K. The 43 MW combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility will provide steam to an adjacent paper mill. READ MORE SHARE
PNNL: Cyanobacteria have allure for biofuel, chemical production Researchers have figured out why Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, a form of cyanobacteria, outpaces the growth of most of its peers. The organism triples in size to accommodate a rapid expansion of the cellular machinery it uses to build proteins. READ MORE SHARE
AEO announces core engineering team for New York AD project American Organic Energy recently announced that it has solidified its core engineering team to construct its anaerobic digester facility on Long Island, New York. The facility will produce vehicle fuel, electricity, compost and clean water. READ MORE SHARE
Researchers demonstrate method to produce hydrogen from biomass A team of U.K. researchers, including experts from Cardiff University’s Cardiff Catalysis Institute, have shown that significant amounts of hydrogen can be unlocked from fescue grass with the help of sunlight and a cheap catalyst. READ MORE SHARE
Black & Veatch takes on South African waste-to-energy project Black & Veatch was selected by MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd, a local renewable energy developer, to provide technical assistance for the country’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant. The energy plant will be located in the Western Cape. READ MORE SHARE
Ductor to supply technology to German biogas plant Ductor Corp. recently announced it will implement its first commercial fermentation technology in Germany this fall for a biogas producer that plans to replace expensive maize silage with inexpensive poultry manure. READ MORE SHARE
Anaergia chosen to operate biogas plant in South Africa Anaergia Inc. recently announced that its South African subsidiary, Anaergia Africa Proprietary Ltd., was chosen by Bio2Watt (Pty) Ltd. to operate a commercial biogas plant in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa. READ MORE SHARE