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Nixon named chairman of Governors' Biofuels Coalition

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By Gov. Jay Nixon's office

January 12, 2016

Policy Business 

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will serve as the 2016 chairman of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will serve as vice-chair. The 33-state bipartisan organization was founded more than 20 years ago.

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StormFisher Environmental Ltd. has acquired the London Energy Garden, an anaerobic digester that turns organic waste from southwestern Ontario into clean, renewable energy and natural fertilizers, from Harvest Ontario Partners Ltd.

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BBI International announced the agenda for the technical sessions of the 9th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, North America's largest and fastest growing biomass conference, taking place April 11-14 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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BBI International announced the agenda for the technical sessions of the 9th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo, North America's largest and fastest growing biomass conference, taking place April 11-14 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Vilsack to speak at Iowa renewable fuels event

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By Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

January 12, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and former Iowa Governor, Tom Vilsack will provide a unique perspective on the USDA's commitment to renewable fuels at the 10th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit on Jan. 19 in Altoona, Iowa.

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Soft corn markets should be strengthened some by USDA lowering its national average yield by 0.9 bushels to 168.4 bushels per acres. That brings the USDA estimates for 2015-'16 corn production down by 53 million bushels.

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On Jan. 8, RWE Supply and Trading announced it has sold the Lynemouth Power Ltd., the operator of the U.K.-based Lynemouth Power Station, to EP UK Investments Ltd. (EP UK), a subsidiary of Czech utility company Energeticky a prumyslovy holding (EPH).

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On Jan. 8, seven agricultural and biofuel groups filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the U.S. EPA's final rule setting 2014-'16 obligations under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).

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Global Bioenergies and LanzaTech announce the signature of a new collaboration agreement to broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies' Isobutene process and the product-portfolio of LanzaTech's carbon capture technology.

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On Jan. 7, Entsorga West Virginia held a groundbreaking ceremony near Martinsburg for its first resource recovery facility utilizing mechanical biological treatment in the U.S. The process will convert waste into an EPA-recognized engineered fuel.

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Global Bioenergies and LanzaTech announce the signature of a new collaboration agreement to broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies' Isobutene process and the product-portfolio of LanzaTech's carbon capture technology.

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For the last two years, I've been writing one blog a week, with a few breaks for maternity leave, vacation and other reasons. Today I decided to reflect back on what I've gotten out of the experience.

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Last year automakers sold a record 17.47 million vehicles in the United States, with a majority explicitly approved by the manufacturer to use E15, according to statistics from Autodata and an analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association.

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Covanta Energy Corp. has announced that it will soon close two of its U.S. wood-fired biomass power plants. The plants are located in West Enfield and Jonesboro, Maine. Each facility has a nameplate capacity of 24.5 MW.

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Using its extensive experience and expertise in the delivery of gas, electricity and water infrastructure across Britain, Fulcrum is entering the renewables sector to provide pipelines which connect biogas plants to the U.K. gas distribution network.

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On Jan. 8, seven agricultural and biofuel groups filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the U.S. EPA's final rule setting 2014-'16 obligations under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).

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With a Jan. 31 deadline approaching, the California Air Resources Board released an FAQ to answer frequently asked questions about the changes to the state's Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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While anaerobic digestion (AD) operators have always recognized that aninclusion of consistent, dedicated crop biomass feedstock can optimize production performance, many are now considering using perennial energy grasses to replace food crops.

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On Jan. 4, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service published the January edition of its Grain Crushing and Coproducts Production report, showing total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 484.5 million bushels in November.

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California's biomass industry is experiencing tough times, and we've been following it for quite some time.

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Solenis LLC, through its Brazilian subsidiary, recently completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of Quimatec Produtos Químicos Ltda, a Brazilian manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the sugar and ethanol processing industry.

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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory have released a study estimating value of emissions reductions associated with state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policies.

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SCS Engineers was hired by the Orlando Utilities Commission to expand its existing landfill gas (LFG) treatment and compression facility located at the Orange County Landfill. Expanding the LFG facility will double the nominal inlet flow capacity.

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Net profits in the first half of 2015 held up surprisingly well, writes University of Illinois economist Scott Irwin, and, at 10 cents per gallon, were more than twice the average net profit of 4 cents per gallon from 2007-'12.

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Reverdia has signed a non-assert agreement concerning its Biosuccinium technology with BioAmber Inc. Both companies are involved in the production and commercialization of biobased succinic acid using their own proprietary yeast-based technologies.

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The U.S. Air Force has opened a public comment period on its draft environmental assessment for the proposed Red Rock Biofuels LLC biorefinery. The facility is expected to produce 14 MMgy of biofuel from woody biomass using a Fischer-Tropsch process.

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Green Plains Partners LP recently announced that it has acquired the storage and transportation assets of the Hopewell, Virginia, and Hereford, Texas, ethanol production facilities from Green Plains Inc. for $62.5 million.

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Veolia acquires Boomeco assets

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By Veolia ES (UK) Ltd.

January 07, 2016

Veolia ES (UK) Ltd. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Boomeco Ltd., a waste wood processor and producer of refuse derived fuel (RDF). Based in Bristol, the Boomeco site produces both wood chips and RDF.

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California sugarcane ethanol pathway certified by CARB

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By California Ethanol & Power LLC

January 07, 2016

California Ethanol & Power LLC (CE+P) recently announced the certification of the carbon intensity (CI) pathway for its anticipated sugarcane and sweet sorghum ethanol by the California's Air Resources Board.

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In mid-December, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who is seeking the democratic presidential nomination, introduced legislation that aims to enact long-term extensions of several clean energy tax credits that benefit the bioenergy and biofuel sectors.

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