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Biomass UK calls CCUS action plan “a strong step forward”

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By Erin Krueger

November 28, 2018

Pellets Power UK 

On Nov. 28, the U.K. government released an action plan that aims to enable the development of the nation's first carbon capture, usage and storage project. Biomass U.K., an affiliate of the U.K. REA, has spoken out in support of the action plan.

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Dalhousie University opens biomass energy plant

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By Dalhousie University

November 28, 2018

Dalhousie University's Agricultural Campus has its sights set on being completely carbon neutral—a goal highlighted at the opening of the new biomass energy plant, which celebrated its grand opening Nov. 20.

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A recent trial evaluating the use of Enogen corn enzyme technology with ICM's Selective Milling Technology and Fiber Separation Technology successfully demonstrated that the technologies work well together.

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Green Plains Inc. announced Nov. 28 that it has completed the previously announced stock purchase agreement with Kerry Group to sell the Fleischmann's Vinegar Company, Inc. for $353.9 million in cash.

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On Nov. 28, Rex American Resources Inc. released financial results for its fiscal third quarter, which ended Oct. 31. The company reported a year-over-year increase in net sales and revenue. Rex holds ownership in six ethanol plants.

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The U.S. EPA has issued a proposed rule to amend its 2015 NSPS for residential wood heaters that would provide retailers additional time to sell existing inventories of heaters and forced air furnaces. The agency also issued a related ANPR.

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U.S. Grains Council and USDA officials traveling as part of a USDA Agriculture Trade Mission met with ethanol industry officials in South Korea earlier this month, urging them to reexamine the outlook for the country's fuel ethanol use policy.

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, has released a tax and oversight legislative package that includes extensions for several biofuel-related tax credits, including those for renewable diesel and second-generation biofuels.

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, has released a tax and oversight legislative package that includes extensions for several biofuel-related tax credits, including those for renewable diesel and second-generation biofuels.

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Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods Inc. are forming a joint venture called Align Renewable Natural Gas that will capture methane emissions from hog farms and convert them into clean renewable energy for heat and power applications.

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Mike O'Brien, vice president of market development for Growth Energy, says that with seasonal restrictions on E15 sales potentially being lifted in time for next summer's driving season, interest in selling E15 has increased among gasoline retailers.

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Iowa State University researchers will test a new way of producing biobased chemicals that's backed by 10 years of working in laboratories, partnering with industries and launching startups.

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On Nov. 21, Pöyry announced Baltania OÜ has awarded the company an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract for a torrefied pellet plant under development in Vägari, Estonia.

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The European Commission”s new proposals for reducing the EU”s so-called “protein deficit” have missed a golden opportunity to highlight an important domestic producer of protein: crop-based ethanol production.

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FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: Tariffs in China and Brazil have deeply affected U.S. ethanol exports, but other markets remain, new ones are opening and opportunities still abound for the world's lowest-cost octane.

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Iowa State University researchers will test a new way of producing biobased chemicals that's backed by 10 years of working in laboratories, partnering with industries and launching startups.

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Fresh off a trip to Mexico to tout the benefits of ethanol to retailers, the American Coalition for Ethanol's Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty said interest in ethanol among the country's retailers is piqued.

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The commissioning of an innovative bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot plant at Drax Power Station has started, with the first carbon dioxide expected to be captured in the coming weeks.

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FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: Editor Lisa Gibson previews the magazine, including feature articles about how tariffs are affecting ethanol exports, a look at potential railroad congestion, year-round E15 sales, and more.

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FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: The Oil Industry's sanctimonious attacks on E15 are false.

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FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: Railroad delays in 2014 forced ethanol plants to slow production or find other ways to move their products. Four years later, the situation has improved, but rail traffic is on the rise again.

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FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE: There's movement at last to obtain an RVP waiver for E15, but it might not come in time to make a difference next year.

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The U.S. Department of Energy has announced it is awarding $98 million to support 40 transformative energy technology projects under ARPA-E's latest open funding opportunity. Biofuel-related projects are among those to receive funding.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has spoken out regarding a Nov. 20 Reuters report indicating the U.S. EPA plans to issue a rulemaking in January to “reset� the Renewable Fuel Standard targets, noting the action could further weaken the RFS.

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RFA: Americans give thanks for lower fuel, food prices

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By Renewable Fuels Association

November 21, 2018

Nearly 50 million travelers will take to America's roads this Thanksgiving holiday, and ethanol is helping to lower the price they pay for gasoline. A new survey also shows the cost of Thanksgiving dinner is expected to hit an eight-year low.

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FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE:Brazilian sugarcane ethanol can be a major part of U.S. renewable fuels industry.

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A discussion draft of the 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act was released on Nov. 21. The bill aims to sunset the RFS and enact a national octane specification. Those in the biofuels industry are criticizing the bill for its treatment of the RFS.

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The Canadian government has announced funding to support the development of biomass-based alternative material that could replace traditional nylon used in automobile manufacturing and other industries.

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International technology group Andritz has received an order from Toyo Engineering Corp., Japan, to deliver a PowerFluid Circulating Fluidized Bed boiler with flue gas cleaning system for a new biomass power plant to be built in Kamisu.

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