According to a University of Illinois expert in environmental economics, even after accounting for factors ranging from harvesting to transportation to the U.K., wood pellets still trump coal by a wide margin in carbon emissions savings.
There is a new look to the Redfield Energy ethanol plant, as officials with both Redfield Energy and ICM Inc. unveiled ICM's Fiber Separation Technology in a public ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 19.
The Global Pellet Market Outlook Summit will be held on April 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's a really nice compliment to the largest annual gathering of biomass professionals in the U.S., an event that already has plenty of content dedicated t
Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Agricultural Adaptation Council are fostering innovation in the province's growing agri-based industrial bioproducts sector through the $3 million Agri-Based Industrial Bioproducts R&D Challenge launched Nov. 9.
The table is set for several potential shifts in natural gas market dynamics that could impact end users. Market participants have gotten used to a well-supplied situation and generally low prices but the market is changing over the next 12 months.
The Biomass Power Association has joined with the National Hydropower Association and Energy Recovery Council to send a letter to Congressional leaders, encouraging a long-term extension of the Section 45 Production Tax Credit.
Deinove recently announced that it has produced second generation ethanol with an exceptional performance level in a 300-liter fermenter. The trials were conducted at VTT1, Deinove's long-term partner, using a mixture of glucose and xylose.
Harvest has wrapped up and yield reports have been better than expected. In the USDA's October supply and demand report, the government increased yields to 168 bushels per acre, up from the first new crop yield report in May.
Kansas Ethanol LLC, Lyons, Kansas, and Corn LP, Goldfield, Iowa, have received letters of notification that they have been approved as efficient ethanol producers by the U.S. EPA, bringing the total to 52 corn ethanol plants.
Months have passed since the release of the Clean Power Plan final rules, and states and utilities are busy charting their paths forward.
E.ON has announced plans to close the Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire, U.K, following 46 years of service. The facility, previously coal-fired, was converted to run on biomass in 2012.
NEPCon, NSF International, Westervelt Renewable Energy recognized by Sustainable Biomass Partnership
By Pellet Mill Magazine Staff
November 24, 2015
Drax Group plc released a trading update on Nov. 24, reporting that trading conditions in the markets in which the company operates have remained challenging. Biomass operations, however, are continuing in line with expectations.
On Nov. 25, the U.K. government will announce the contents of its long-awaited Comprehensive Spending Review. This document effectively sets the budgets of many departments and agencies, including the Department for Energy and Climate Change.
Business Briefs
By Pellet Mill Magazine Staff
November 24, 2015
People, Products & Partnerships
Eon to sell coal-fired power plant to German Pellets
By Pellet Mill Magazine Staff
November 24, 2015
There is a lot that world leaders can do to ensure that we can take full advantage of available biomass fuel.
Model Neighborhood Wood Heat Initiative reports great success
By Pellet Mill Magazine Staff
November 24, 2015
Eggborough Power Station to close, biomass not an option
By Pellet Mill Magazine Staff
November 24, 2015
Astec Industries receives $30M pellet plant order
By Pellet Mill Magazine Staff
November 24, 2015
On Nov. 24, the Renewable Fuels Association hosted a press call featuring several experts in the field of biofuel life cycle greenhouse gas analysis and agricultural land use. The speakers addressed the flawed arguments made by ethanol opponents.
Deinove recently announced that it has produced second generation ethanol with an exceptional performance level in a 300-liter fermenter. The trials were conducted at VTT1, Deinove's long-term partner, using a mixture of glucose and xylose.
Early November proved to be a trial for ethanol markets, which eroded 10 cents per gallon through the first two weeks of the month. Ethanol followed strong declines in both corn prices and RBOB gasoline markets during the same time period.
Developers of a proposed barley-to-ethanol plant for Great Falls, Montana, received notice from the U.S. EPA that its pathway has been approved both as a renewable fuel and as a advanced biofuel, as long as it meets specified energy and yield levels.
Two overlapping research projects involving UC Merced professors focused on biomass gasification and biochar could have big implications for the region's economy and effects on renewable energy, water and wildfires.
Genomatica and Braskem announced they have been successfully producing butadiene at lab scale since June 2015, using their direct, biobased process. The companies are jointly developing a commercial process for the on-purpose production of butadiene.
What happens when you unleash a recent college graduate on the topic of biofuels and whether they increase food prices? Keep reading to find out.
There will be additional modifications in the wood pellet industry as ridiculously low oil prices continue. We are fortunate for our system in which stress creates change and then growth.
Fluid Quip Processors LLC has developed a fiber bypass system that will remove solids before ethanol fermentation. The system has already been installed in two U.S. plants, and will be installed in an additional U.S. facility and one in Brazil soon.
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