A new corn hybrid available for planting in 2011 shows a 5 percent yield advantage in drought trials. DuPont announced Jan. 5 that it would offer limited amounts of the new generation corn.
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.
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, according to representatives of universities in the Northeast.
Waste to energy: Emissions no longer an issue
January 11, 2011
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),
Using waste heat to produce electricity
By Anna Austin
January 11, 2011
Capturing waste heat to produce electricity can be made simple by the Green Machine, an organic rankine cycle technology by ElectraTherm Inc. Co. CEO John Fox described the process and its benefits to attendees of the biomass conference in Seattle.
Feedstock Flexibility a key to project success
By Anna Austin
January 11, 2011
Fluidized bed technology supplier Energy Products of Idaho first entered the biomass industry in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, when the forest products industry in that area was booming.
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.
Global science-based products and services company DuPont says it will pay nearly $6 billion to acquire enzyme and specialty food ingredient manufacturer Danisco. The purchase is expected to close in the second quarter.
Nine U.S. Senators oppose E15, send letter to EPA
January 10, 2011
Nine U.S. senators are asking the U.S. EPA to reconsider its decision to approve E15 for use in vehicles 2007 and newer. A letter was sent to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Jan. 6.
Notes from Down Under
January 10, 2011
Australia and New Zealand are on my radar this week. I received an interesting email from an online reader from New Zealand, plus Mike Bryan's column this month is about Australia.
GPRE signs purchase agreement for Otter Tail Ag Enterprises
By Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.
January 10, 2011
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Otter Tail Ag Enterprises LLC to acquire its 55 MMgy capacity dry-mill ethanol plant near Fergus Falls, Minn.
Seattle Steam Powers Downtown Buildings
January 10, 2011
Weaving their way through a maze of piping, knobs and gauges, tour participants at the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show saw firsthand how steam is produced and distributed to more than 200 downtown Seattle buildings at Seattle Steam.
Kimberly-Clark hosts biomass CHP plant tour
January 10, 2011
Paper product and pulp manufacturer Kimberly-Clark opened the doors at its Everett, Wash., mill to allow more than 60 guests attending the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show a first-hand account of the operations of its biomass CHP plant.
Qualco Energy biogas project is paying off
By Bryan Sims
January 10, 2011
Located in 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. The project uses manure from local dairy farms and other waste feedstocks.
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.
Velasco leaves UNICA for Amyris
By UNICA
January 07, 2011
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) announced today that Joel Velasco, the organization's Washington, DC-based chief representative for North America, is leaving the position he has held since 2007, to join Amyris Inc.
Following a warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages is unsafe, makers of alcoholic energy drinks have pulled their products from retail shelves. Many of those drinks will become fuel ethanol.
See You in Seattle
By Rona Johnson
January 07, 2011
In case you haven't seen it on our website or read about in Biomass Power & Thermal, BBI International is holding a regional biomass event in Seattle Jan. 10-12.
Flint Hills to acquire final Hawkeye plants
January 06, 2011
Hawkeye Renewables LLC has agreed to sell its ethanol plants in Iowa Falls and Fairbank, Iowa, to Flint Hills Resources Renewables LLC, an affiliate of Koch Industries Inc. and petroleum refiner Flint Hills Resources LLC.
American Biofuels Now forms in Florida
By Bryan Sims
January 06, 2011
A newly-formed coalition, American Biofuels Now, has been formed in Florida with the mission to educate policymakers, media and consumers about the economic and environmental benefits of biofuels.
Fulcrum announces second MSW feedstock supply agreement
By Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc.
January 06, 2011
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. announced that it has entered into a 15-year feedstock supply agreement with Waste Management of Nevada for the delivery of post-sorted municipal solid waste (MSW) to Fulcrum's Sierra BioFuels Plant.
The U.S. Grains Council is preparing for an industry-wide response to China's anti-dumping investigation of U.S. distiller's dried grains with and without solubles.
Fulcrum announces second MSW feedstock supply agreement
By Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc.
January 06, 2011
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. announced that it has entered into a 15-year feedstock supply agreement with Waste Management of Nevada for the delivery of post-sorted municipal solid waste (MSW) to Fulcrum's Sierra BioFuels Plant.
Wisconsin college installs biogas CHP plant
January 06, 2011
In roughly six months, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will host a unique biogas cogeneration plant that will provide its campus with heat and power. The 370 kilowatt-hour facility will utilize about 8,000 tons of yard and food waste annually.
Gene discovery could create denser biomass
By Luke Geiver
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."
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.
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