Viaspace reports independent test results of Giant King Grass evaluation
A Potential Indicator
March 18, 2011
Hiring practices reveal a lot about the industry
A less risky Chinese JV may be as simple as one, two, three, four
Accelerating catalyst development to advance biorefining process technology
Turmoil in the Middle East, rising fuel prices—the time to act is now
Kior Inc., the Texas-based bio-crude developer, has made an important step to secure the company's future by signing an off-take agreement with Alabama-based Hunt Refining Co.
A new photosynthetic bacteria-based process for biobutanol production now belongs to Phytonix. The North Carolina company developed the process with the help of the Angrstrom Laboratories at Uppsala University in Sweden...
AE Keyes secures funding, to restart California ethanol plant
By AE Biofuels
March 17, 2011
AE Biofuels announces its wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary, AE Advanced Fuels Keyes Inc., closed on $3.5 million financing with Third Eye Capital Corp.. The funds will be used to restart and operate a 55 MMgy ethanol plant in Keyes, Calif.
EPA issues extension to greenhouse gas reporting deadline
By U.S. EPA
March 17, 2011
The EPA issued the final rule that extends the deadline for reporting 2010 data under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program to Sept. 30.
Despite the fact that Americans expect gas prices to rise this year, fewer cite gas prices as a top economic concern than in 2008, when they reached similar levels, according to two Gallup polls released March 10.
BTEC webinar helps illuminate MACT rules
March 17, 2011
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council held a webinar March 17 to summarize the Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules, discuss studies surrounding emissions from forest and agriculture residues used for energy, and address control technologies.
California-based Teichert Aggregates is eyeing its existing Marysville, Calif., site for a new biomass power plant that could consume forest, agricultural and urban wood wastes to produce up to 20 megawatts of electricity.
During a five-day event in Singapore, representatives from 23 countries convened to discuss all things biofuels. The Keystone Symposium on Biofuels brought together academia and policy makers from the the U.S., China, Europe and Asia.
While BioAmber may be better known for the successful commercialization of biobased succinic acid, its first biochemical, the company now plans to add biobased adipic acid to its product portfolio through a new licensing agreement with Celexion.
In advance of publishing, here is a preview of the staff-written feature articles in the April 2011 issue of Biorefining Magazine.
A report issued by research and advisory firm Clean Edge Inc. demonstrates that the clean energy market continued to grow and expand in 2010, including the global biofuels industry. Ethanol and biodiesel wholesale value reached $56.4 billion in 2010.
How long-term feedstock and off-take agreements are negotiated, and the role they play in project development
USDA's BioPreferred voluntary labeling program provides consumers with a clear way to distinguish biobased products from those derived from petroleum
Groundbreaking Impact
March 17, 2011
Ineos Bio has begun construction on a commercial-scale biorefinery. What does it mean for the industry?
The fate of Fulcrum BioEnergy's waste-to-ethanol project, as well as 30 other renewable energy projects, hangs in the balance as Congress considers cutting off funds to the U.S. DOE's loan guarantee program in an attempt to reduce the federal budget.
The American Petroleum Institute, along with nine food and livestock groups, filed a lawsuit with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on March 11, challenging the U.S. EPA's expanded approval for E15 use in vehicle models 2001 through 2006.
Nearly 500 gathered to celebrate the reopening of the ethanol plant at Cloverdale, Ind., under Poet LLC management. Poet purchased the 90 MMgy bankrupt plant last summer, investing $30 million in improvements over the past eight months.
Following through on its promise made in January, the U.S. EPA has officially released its proposal to defer for three years the Tailoring Rule permitting requirements for carbon dioxide emissions from biogenic sources, including biomass.
NRG Energy biomass conversion project acquires permits
By Anna Austin
March 15, 2011
NRG Energy Inc.'s proposed biomass conversion of its Montville Generating Station in Uncasville, Conn., has all of the necessary permits and is ready to begin construction as soon as it has signed a power purchase agreement.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on March 14 that USDA is seeking applications to increase the production and use of renewable energy sources. Funding is available from three USDA Rural Development renewable energy programs.
A team of researchers affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, led by UCLA's James Liao, has successfully converted cellulose into isobutanol using a genetically engineered microbe developed at the U.S. DOE's BioEnergy Science Center.
Following a statement on the natural disaster that overtook Japan, the president recently addressed the reality that the U.S. controls only 2 percent of the world's oil, but consumes more than a quarter of global oil consumption.
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