Clariant, Mercedes-Benz and Haltermann Carless recently performed a 12 month fleet test using a 20 percent cellulosic ethanol blend in Mercedes-Benz series vehicles. The results of the testing program were positive.
Blog: RFP seeks microdistilleries for clean-burning cooking ethanol
February 06, 2017
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service has released the February edition of its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report, noting corn use for fuel alcohol reached 477 million bushels in December.
Pankaj Lal, associate professor of Earth and Environmental Studies and associate director of the PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies at Montclair State University, has been recognized for his biofuel research.
Ameresco and the city of Phoenix broke ground Feb. 2 on a biogas energy project at the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant. The event was open to the public and featured a variety of speakers, including city leaders and Ameresco representatives.
The Renewable Fuels Association and Transcaer are hosting four free ethanol safety webinars this year for ethanol emergency response teams. The first webinar will be held on Feb. 7, followed by webinars on April 11, June 14 and Aug. 2.
In January, the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office released a new strategic plan that serves as a blueprint on how it will tackle the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in building a sustainable bioeconomy in the U.S.
In January, the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office released a new strategic plan that serves as a blueprint on how it will tackle the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in building a sustainable bioeconomy in the U.S.
Syracuse University researchers have developed a new medium to culture and harvest microalgae. The medium, Tris-Acetate-Phosphate-Pluronic or TAPP, can transition from solution to a gel through relatively small variations in temperature.
A new study shows Nova Scotia has strong potential to develop an innovative biorefinery that produces an alternative fuel from renewable sources of fiber. The liquid biofuel could be used to heat homes and power marine vessels.
On Jan. 31, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced two bills that aim to alter the renewable fuel standard (RFS). One focuses on mid-level ethanol blends, while the other focuses on cellulosic biofuels.
On Jan. 31, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced two bills that aim to alter the renewable fuel standard (RFS). One focuses on mid-level ethanol blends, while the other focuses on cellulosic biofuels.
Clean Cooking Madagascar, and NGO based in Antananarivo, Madagascar, is seeking proposals for an ethanol micro distillery for its national Ethanol Stove Program in Madagascar. CMM plans to create a market for 100,000 ethanol cookstoves.
During the Nebraska Ethanol Board meeting Jan. 24, board members elected new executive committee officers for 2017. Members of the Nebraska Ethanol Board are appointed by the governor to serve four year terms.
This winter, a biomass boiler arrived at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's energy farm, which upon its estimated completion next month, will combust miscanthus to heat a research greenhouse used to grow a variety of biofuel crops.
The expert panel convened by Taurus Energy has concluded that the genetic modifications made to create the XyloFerm strains do not alter the safety assessment or risk profile of distillers grains produced using non-modified, wild type yeast.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Energy Projects has released its Energy Infrastructure Update with data for the full year 2016, reporting the U.S. added 197 MW of biomass capacity last year.
An ATR 72-600 of the Swedish carrier BRA (former Braathens Regional) took off from Stockholm-Bromma Feb. 1 to Umeå fueled at 45 percent with fossil-free used cooking oil, marking the first biofuel-powered flight of an ATR aircraft.
The Renewable Fuels Association and the Renewable Fuels Foundation have announced Daehwan Kim and David Orrego as winners of student scholarships that will send them to RFA's 22nd annual National Ethanol Conference.
Southern California Gas Co. and CR&R Environmental recently broke ground on construction of an 8-inch pipeline that will bring carbon-neutral renewable natural gas into the SoCalGas distribution system for the first time.
The U.S. ethanol industry set another new record for production the week ending Jan. 27, with production averaging 1.061 million barrels per day. The industry set new records three out of four weeks in January.
Valero Energy Corp. has released financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016, reporting the company's ethanol segment achieved $126 million in operating income for the quarter, compared to a loss of $13 million for the same period of 2015.
Heating the Midwest has announced it will colocate its 6th annual 2017 conference and expo with the 2017 International Biomass Conference & Expo, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The HTM event will be held April 10.
Syngenta recently announced a donation of $340,000 to the Prime the Pump Fund to help make higher ethanol blends more widely available and help grow demand for American ethanol.
Edeniq Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Co. recently announced that the U.S. EPA has approved Little Sioux Corn Processors' registration of its 150 million gallon per year Marcus, Iowa, ethanol plant for cellulosic ethanol production.
Triogen B.V. recently launched its latest generation Organic Rankine Cycle technology, the “e-box 170� with a rated electric capacity of 170 kW. The new model can be installed with gas and diesel engines as well as biomass burners.
The biogas sector has built itself a wide base. Now, it's time for the industry to build upon these successes, share them broadly with the investment community, find and win new industry champions, and go vertical.
RNG companies have disclosed that more than 25 new projects are set to come online by the end of 2017, and already another 15 planned RNG transportation projects slated to come online by 2020
The American Wood Council recently released its second Industry Progress Report, detailing the wood products manufacturing industry's performance across a number of environment, energy and safety measures.
To unravel how intricate waste biomass converts to biofuels, a Cornell professor studied Clostridium acetobutylicum to decipher its metabolism. Understanding the bacterium's sugar-processing complexities may lead to improved biofuel yields.
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