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CARB forms expert work group on ILUCThe California Air Resources Board has appointed 30 people to an expert workgroup that will meet for the first time Feb. 26. The workgroup will look at, among other things, indirect land use change as included in the state's low carbon fuel standard.READ MORE Georgia Biomass will ship pellets to EuropeOnce operational in early 2011, Georgia Biomass in Waycross, Ga., will have the capacity to produce 750,000 tons of wood pellets per year from local timber sources. The pellets will be shipped from the port in Savannah, Ga., to Europe and used in biomass power plants owned by German utility RWE Innogy, as well as co-fired in coal plants, according to RWE.READ MORE Genetic discovery may increase plant biomassScientists at the University of Manchester have identified two genes that cause plants to grow outward and believe the research could be used to increase the biomass of trees used to produce bioenergy and for other purposes.READ MORE SG Biofuels unveils jatropha cultivarCalifornia-based SG Biofuels has launched JMax 100, a proprietary cultivar of jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala with yields 100 percent greater than existing varieties, according to the company.READ MORE Enerkem secures Waste Management as investorCanadian cellulosic ethanol producer Enerkem Inc. has attracted a new investor-North American waste and environmental services giant Waste Management Inc. Enerkem announced the closing of a new round of financing-CDN $53.8 million (U.S. $50.9 million)-which comes from the company's existing institutional investors Rho Ventures, Braemar Energy Ventures and BDR Capital, as well as first-time investors Waste Management and Cycle Capital.READ MORE Lignol, Novozymes team upVancourver-based Lignol Energy Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding with enzyme giant Novozymes and the two companies have established the framework of a multiyear collaboration agreement to optimize the latest generation of Novozymes' enzymes for use in Lignol's cellulosic biofuel process.READ MORE Dynamotive, BlueLeaf complete two-year biochar trialBiochar technology company Dynamotive Energy Systems Corp. and environmental research company BlueLeaf Inc. have completed the second round of field trials testing various effects of commercial-scale plantings of wood waste-derived biochar.READ MORE |
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