As a bush pilot years ago, Imperium Renewables CEO John Plaza made the flight between Anchorage and Tokyo countless times. The massive quantities of fuel it took to make these trips motivated him to enter the biofuel industry.
Emissions are no longer an issue when building waste-to-energy facilities today, thanks to technological innovations over the years. Rather, one of the biggest issues today is public perception and/or NIMBYism (not in my back yard).
Peter Goldmark, commissioner of Public Lands for the Washington Department of Natural Resources, didn't conceal his pride while discussing his Forest Biomass Initiative at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show Jan. 11 in Seattle.
On Jan. 12 the U.S. EPA announced a plan to defer greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that result from biomass-fired and biogenic sources for three years.
The handwriting is on the wall for renewable energy, and the message indicates that the clean energy industry is in need of employees with a strong understanding of sustainable energy..
Attendees at the Pacific West Conference & Trade Show in Seattle learned more about how available state and federal tax incentives and grants could prove instrumental in reducing some of the risk involved in project development.
Concerns over available technology in the biorefining industry are a thing of the past and Daniel Burciaga, president and CEO of TRI ThermoChem Recovery International Inc., can attest.
Located Washington’s Tualco Valley, the Qualco Energy Corp. anaerobic digester project in Snohomish County has come a long way since the project was conceived in 2003.
Glycotech Inc. has signed a manufacturing contract agreement with Emeryville, Calif.-based biotech firm Amyris Inc. to provide chemical processing at a plant in Leland, N.C.
Virent Energy Systems Inc. and HCL CleanTech Ltd. have been awarded a $900,000 grant from BIRD (Binational Industrial Research and Development) Energy, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures and the BIRD Foundation.
Marlborough, Mass.-based cellulosic ethanol technology developer Qteros Inc. and India-based engineering and design firm Praj Industries Ltd. have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercialization of cellulosic ethanol production.
BP-funded program creates new yeast strain
January 06, 2011
A team of researchers funded by the Energy Biosciences Institute, a BP-led program, has engineered a new yeast strain that will improve cellulosic fermentation times by almost 40 percent.
Biosuccinic acid and bioproducts producer BioAmber, formerly DNP Green Technology, has partnered with Cargill Inc., resulting in BioAmber having the exclusive worldwide rights to Cargill’s novel fermentation technology platform.
Riverdale Capital Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Nevada-based WSPVA Bio Products International LLC. Riverdale Capital now retains 100 percent ownership of WSPVA, which holds an exclusive license to develop and market PVA film.
Gene discovery could create denser biomass
January 06, 2011
A new gene discovery made by a team of plant research scientists at The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation “clearly looks like a way of essentially producing more biomass and giving a greater source of fermentable sugar per acre."
This week, Ineos Bio and its joint venture partner, New Planet Energy, announced it received a “conditional commitment for a $75 million loan guarantee from the USDA's 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program.�
Chemical engineer Nasib Qureshi at the Agricultural Research Service’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Ill., has been leading a research team that says barley straw could be a viable feedstock for biobutanol.
Brazilian ethanol giant forms JV with Amyris
January 04, 2011
The Brazilian-based sugarcane ethanol producer, Cosan, has agreed to work with renewable products producer Amyris Inc. to commercialize Amyris' farnesene.
A research team at Texas AgriLife Research, a division of the Texas A&M University System, is developing an optical-electronic sensor to aid in commercial-scale algae production.
New Lake Providence facility will be the world's largest of its kind, creating nearly 200 jobs and $80 million in capital investment.
Winnsboro, S.C.-based Montana Biopolymers Inc. has received support and approval by the South Carolina Department of Commerce to move forward with its plans to build a biopolymer manufacturing facility in Fairfield County.
Researchers at Montana State University discovered a natural fungus capable of producing eucalyptol, also called cineole, a rare compound previously only known to be found in eucalyptus bark.
Hunt Global Resources Inc. and Carbon Green Inc. launched an exclusive research and development project to jointly produce a diesel substitute for a variety of industrial applications.
Agrisys announces plan for algae refinery
December 30, 2010
After several years of algae-based research including work in cultivation and electromagnetic energy technology, Agrisys, a Florida-based algae developer, has plans to break ground on a new algae refinery near Orlando.
El Segundo, Calif.-based Cereplast Inc. has secured $5 million in growth capital from Horizon Technology Finance Corp. to support the company’s growth and expansion.
Dutch center testing pyrolysis of wheat straw
December 30, 2010
The Energy Center of the Netherlands has entered the biorefining sector. Located on the coast of the North Sea, ECN acts as an R&D facility for sustainable energy projects ranging from solar to biomass.
There have been several announcements in the past couple of weeks regarding biorefining companies securing funding.
Biofuels projects awarded time on U.S. DOE's most powerful supercomputers
NMSU embarks on extensive algae initiative funded by the U.S. military
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