Ineos Bio's joint venture, Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with AMEC, to build Ineos Bio's first commercial scale facility.
Smoke or substance?
November 01, 2010
"Has Dupont Danisco produced any cellulosic ethanol yet anywhere?" We've had the same sort of discussions here -- who's blowing smoke and who's for real?
A chemist at the Ontario-based University of Guelph has developed a technique to use red mud as a catalyst to reduce the acid level in bio oil, making it more amenable to use as heating oil or as an input into the refining sector.
A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has won a $50,000 ConocoPhillips Energy Prize to support the development of a carbohydrate-to-biodiesel process.
Thoughts Turn to Biomass Heat as Winter Approaches
By Rona Johnson
October 29, 2010
Gale-force winds, blowing snow, icy road conditions and power outages are not uncommon in North Dakota in October. That doesn't mean we have to like it.
Biomass conference panel to address finance options
By Bryan Sims
October 29, 2010
Finding much-needed capital to build a biomass project can be a daunting task. At the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show, industry experts will explain how leveraging available state and federal tax incentives could help fill that void.
For biomass and biorefinery developers in the Northwest, finding much-needed capital to build a project can be a daunting task. At the Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show Jan.
Port Townsend Paper upgrades boiler to biomass
October 28, 2010
The Washington Department of Ecology has given Port Townsend Paper Corp. in Port Townsend, Wash., the go ahead to upgrade a boiler at its mill to run on waste wood, including some forest biomass. The project will generate 25 megawatts of electricity.
Prop. 23 could curtail California's clean energy industry
By Erin Voegele
October 28, 2010
If passed, California's Proposition 23 would suspend the state's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) until in-state unemployment drops to 5.5 percent or less for a full year, and significantly curtail development of the state's cleantech industries.
A blend of cellulosic ethanol is making its premiere at 100 filling stations in Denmark Oct. 28 thanks to Statoil, DONG Inbicon and Novozymes. The fuel is called Bio95, a mixture of 95 percent gasoline and 5 percent ethanol from wheat straw collected in Denmark, produced by DONG Inbicon with enzyme technology from Novozymes.
The USDA finalized its BioPreferred program Round 6 item designation with the addition of eight new biobased product categories, which will consist of more than 600 individual biobased products.
Bolingbrook, Ill.-based Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. has entered into a joint development agreement with Northfield, Ill.-based Stepan Co. to evaluate and commercialize novel surfactants, antimicrobials and polyurethane polyols.
A proposition up for vote in California could suspend the state's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32) until in-state unemployment drops to 5.5 percent for less for a full year.
Rentech Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. jointly signed a cooperative agreement with the U.S. DOE to draw from the remaining $19.7 million of a $23 million grant, which will be used to facilitate the installation of ClearFuels' biomass gasification system into Rentech's existing product demonstration unit located within its Energy Technology Center in Commerce City, Colo.
Two Wisconsin power plants convert to biomass
October 27, 2010
DTE Energy Services has completed the conversion of a coal-fired power station in Cassville, Wis., to biomass, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has broken ground on the transformation of its Charter Street Heating Plant from coal to biomass.
INEOS secures permits for Florida plant
October 27, 2010
INEOS Bio has secured air and wetlands permits, along with other key documentation, and is on track to complete its Florida-based BioEnergy Center by 2012. The facility will produce 6 megawatts of electricity and 8 million gallons of ethanol a year.
Nexterra biomass gasifier emissions test complete
October 27, 2010
Nexterra Systems Corp. has received the results from a third-party emissions test indicating that Nexterra's biomass gasification facilities produce “best in class� air emissions when compared with conventional biomass combustion technologies.
Conference panel to explore biomass co-firing options
October 27, 2010
Utilities have much to consider when replacing some or all of their base load power generation with biomass. Explore your fuel and boiler system options with industry experts at the Southeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show Nov. 2-4 in Atlanta.
Enzyme developer Verenium has renewed and extended for five years its joint marketing agreement with Alfa Laval, the heat transfer, separation and fluid handling company, for its patented Purifine PLC enzyme.
In the face of petroleum scarcity, increasing oil prices, market volatility and climate change, leaders in government and industry are looking to renewable fuel sources such as algae-based biofuels to reduce expenses and mitigate their acute vulnerability to petroleum supply chains.
Aurora Algae Inc. is in the process of constructing a demonstration-scale facility in northwestern Australia, which is expected to be operational by the end of the year.
AF&PA applauds USDA's BCAP final rule
By AF&PA
October 26, 2010
The USDA's BCAP final rule announced last week by Secretary Tom Vilsack adopted an approach on the critical issue of matching payments designed to minimize distortions to the market for wood fiber that is essential for the forest products industry.
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