Gevo Inc. recently announced that it has completed production of cellulosic renewable jet fuel that is specified for commercial flights. Alaska Airlines is expected to fly the first commercial flight using fuel within the next few months.
France-based Deinove recently released financial results for the first half of 2016, announcing plans to shelve its advanced biofuel business and refocus its efforts on antibiotics and carotenoids in nutrition and cosmetics.
Gevo Inc. recently announced that it has completed production of cellulosic renewable jet fuel that is specified for commercial flights. Alaska Airlines is expected to fly the first commercial flight using fuel within the next few months.
Located in the thinly populated, heavily forested North Maine Woods, Ashland, Maine, is home to Northeast Pellets' mill, which can now ramp up production for the heating season fortified with a new contract with the University of Maine at Fort Kent.
Platte Valley Distillers in Nebraska has developed a patented process that produces distillers grain cubes and pellets without the use of binders or additives. The products are easier to transport than bulk distillers grains.
France-based Deinove recently released financial results for the first half of 2016, announcing plans to shelve its advanced biofuel business and refocus its efforts on antibiotics and carotenoids in nutrition and cosmetics.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office has established the Agile BioFoundry, a new consortium of nine Energy Department national laboratories working to standardize and streamline the entire biomanufacturing pipeline.
A partnership consisting of AkzoNobel, Van Gansewinkel, Air Liquide, AVR, Enerkem and Port of Rotterdam recently announced that it is looking to build a waste-to-chemicals plant in the Netherlands to produce methanol.
Logistec Corp. has announced the opening of its newly built bulk warehouses in Brunswick, Georgia. The update included an overhaul of the bulk load-out system, construction of a new ship loader, and significant upgrades to the conveyor system.
The Biogenic CO2 Coalition has launched a grassroots campaign to urge the U.S. EPA to remove its regulatory roadblock to the development of the emerging bioeconomy. The coalition has also sent letters to 2016 presidential candidates.
The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce that Director of Regulatory Affairs Kelly Davis has been reappointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.
BASF and Avantium recently announced the formation of a joint venture for the production and marketing of renewable furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and polyethylenefuranoate, a new polymer based on the chemical building block FDCA.
Six Poet biorefineries in Ohio and Indiana are installing a new energy generation system using combined-heat-and-power (CHP). These systems will reduce reliance on the electrical energy grid and recover waste energy for additional use in the plant.
The Biogenic CO2 Coalition has launched a grassroots campaign to urge the U.S. EPA to remove its regulatory roadblock to the development of the emerging bioeconomy. The coalition has also sent letters to 2016 presidential candidates.
One of the biggest biomass-fueled combined-heat-and-power (CHP) stations in the world is located in Denmark's second largest city, Aarhus. The Studstrup Power Station began to use wood pellets instead of coal as fuel on Oct. 10.
Searching for stations offering 15 percent ethanol blends—and prices—just got a lot easier. The website E85prices.com, managed by the Renewable Fuels Association, now includes E15 in its services.
Alabama Power has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy sources. Certain biomass facilities are among those eligible to apply. Projects must range in size from 5 MWac and 80 MWac and be located in the state of Alabama.
The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service recently released the October edition of its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report, noting total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 511 million bushels in August.
A set of newly published studies evaluated nearly 40 years of data on the impacts of biomass utilization on soil, tree, and plant recovery and found minimal impact using certain forest harvesting techniques.
Graanul Invest's Imavere and Ebavere Estonia-based pellet plants are moving toward Sustainable Biomass Partnership certification. The first evaluation audits to be carried out by NEPCon Estonia are expected to take place in December.
In late September, China Everbright International Ltd. announced it commenced construction of 14 projects during the third quarter of this year, including six biomass projects and five waste-to-energy projects.
Verdezyne Inc. and Aceto Corp. recently announced an agreement for sales and distribution of Verdezyne's BIOLON DDDA (biobased dodecanedioic acid). BIOLON DDDA will be produced by Verdezyne and will be distributed in the U.S. by Aceto.
The U.S. Grains Council recently launched an interactive online map showing the value of U.S. grain exports to farmers and the economies of each U.S. state. The new tool is available at www.grains.org/tradevaluemap.
New Biomass Energy recently announced that it has acquired the majority interest in the Mississippi torrefaction plant and plans to continue the production of torrefied biomass. Initial production will be supplied to Portland General Electric.
A variety of fuel retailers are participating in promotions benefiting cancer research during the month of October by donating a portion of each sale of E15 to organizations fighting breast cancer.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently installed a recirculating regenerating riser reactor (R-Cubed) in its pilot-scale Thermochemical Process Development Unit, allowing for catalytic upgrading of biomass pyrolysis vapors.
The U.K. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy published Energy Trends, Energy Prices publications, covering new data for the second quarter of 2016. Bioenergy and waste production saw the largest percentage change on a year earlier.
On Oct. 6, Bliss Baker, the president of the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, celebrated the passage of the Paris Agreement reached at COP21. The agreement will enter into force Nov. 4 and become binding on the 197 parties to the convention.
The European renewable ethanol association ePURE is speaking out on EU energy policy, stressing European Commission should apply its own latest available science on biofuels if the EU renewable energy policy is to be a success.
Anellotech has received an equity investment of $1.5 million from a new, confidential strategic investor. The new investor joins existing announced partners, Axens, IFP Energies nouvelles, Johnson Matthey, Suntory and Toyota Tsusho.
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