Biomass Week - February 17, 2017

Ace Ethanol to install D3MAX cellulosic ethanol pilot plant Stanley, Wisconsin-based ACE Ethanol will host a pilot-scale plant from D3MAX as part of the planned commercialization of the technology. Installation will be complete by mid-March. Start-up and testing will progress over the next two months. READ MORE SHARE
Drax reports good operational year, discusses future in biomass Drax Group has released its preliminary results for 2016. Via webcast, CEO Dorothy Thompson discussed challenges and successes over the past year, as well as some of the company’s future goals for biomass conversions and wood pellet production. READ MORE SHARE
	PFI qualifies 20th pellet producer to standards program Fiber Energy Products and Forest Energy Corp. each had a wood pellet manufacturing plant qualify for the Pellet Fuels Institute Standards Program, bringing the total number of qualified facilities to 20. READ MORE SHARE
EnviTech Biogas commissioning two New York dairy digesters Global digester developer EnviTech Biogas is in the processing of commissioning its third and fourth digesters at New York dairy farms. READ MORE SHARE
Alabama company buys closed Maine biomass power plant Alabama company 42 Railroad Ave LLC has purchased shuttered biomass power plant Sherman Power Station in Stacyville, Maine, and plans to restart the facility as early as June. READ MORE SHARE
Alberta awards $60 million to 31 bioenergy companies Through its Bioenergy Producer Program, the government of Alberta has awarded $60 million to 31 different companies that have built or are in the process of constructing in-province bioenergy projects READ MORE SHARE
Cascades plans $11 million biomass boiler upgrade at Quebec plant Cascades Inc., a global packaging and tissue products company, is revamping existing biomass boilers at its Cascades Containerboard Packaging–Cabano plant in Quebec, Canada. READ MORE SHARE
HCS Holdings signs 5-year isooctane offtake LOI with Gevo The LOI contemplates a two-phase offtake agreement. In Phase 1, HCS will purchase isooctane produced at Gevo's demo plant in Texas. In Phase 2, HCS will purchase 300,000 to 400,000 gallons a year from Gevo's planned large-scale hydrocarbons plant. READ MORE SHARE
Illinois senator introduces legislation to boost in-state biotech Illinois Senate Bill 1656 provides incentives to Illinois businesses to produce and sell new renewable products made from biomass and other renewable sources. READ MORE SHARE
Jungbunzlauer, Green Biologics partner on biobased plasticizers Green Biologics entered an exclusive collaboration with Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH for supply of n-butanol from Green Biologics' Little Falls, Minnesota, production facility. Jungbunzlauer will produce tributyl citrate and acetyl tributyl citrate. READ MORE SHARE
PHYCO2, MSU make wastewater reusable through pure algae growth During Phase 4 of the multiyear trial with Michigan State University, the research of sequestering CO2 for algae growth has shown that PHYCO2's algae photobioreactor can be utilized to treat wastewater through algae growth and cultivation. READ MORE SHARE