ePURE has announced that while it supports the objectives of Europe's Energy Union, the commission should swiftly introduce stronger measures to support Europe's climate ambitions, particularly in transport.
Asian markets have become a regular conversation among the wood pellet industry participants. Rebiere says although difficult to predict, Asia will overtake Europe in consumption of biomass.
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee is scheduled for Nov. 18-19. The event will be held in Emeryville, California.
Sen Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., recently introduced legislation that aims to provide tax credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities.
Pacific Ag recently completed its largest harvest of wheat straw on record. Working closely with more than 200 growers across seven states, the company harvested more than 100,000 acres of wheat straw for use in end-markets.
The U.S. Senate has voted in favor of two resolutions that aim to block the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan. While the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to address its versions of the resolutions soon, President Obama plans to veto the measures.
On Nov. 17, Viridis Energy Inc. released financial results for its nine months and third quarter ended Sept. 30, reporting a profitable quarter at Scotia Atlantic Biomass and progress on the Okanagan pellet mill improvement project.
The Renewable Fuels Association has unveiled a redesigned version of its fuel market website E85prices.com. The revamped crowdsourcing site integrates mobile device compatibility so that users can access E85prices.com no matter where they are.
The 2016 season is just around the corner and it will almost certainly be a wild season of swings, misses and hits, punctuated by walks, runs and hopefully a few homers, writes Mike Bryan. This column appears in the December issue of EPM.
Pacific Ag recently completed its largest harvest of wheat straw on record. Working closely with more than 200 growers across seven states, the company harvested more than 100,000 acres of wheat straw for use in end-markets.
Sen Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., recently introduced legislation that aims to provide tax credits for the production of renewable chemicals and investments in renewable chemical production facilities.
Toyota has announced its Georgetown, Kentucky, manufacturing plant will begin generating electricity from methane, a byproduct of trash decomposition at the nearby Central Kentucky Landfill, on Nov. 23.
Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., and LA Sanitation recently announced the start of construction of a 25-MW biogas-fueled cogeneration plant, which will supply steam and electricity to LA Sanitation's Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant.
Five bioenergy projects in two states were among the 258 businesses nationwide receiving a total of nearly $34 million from the USDA Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grant program. Since 2009, USDA has awarded $154 million under the program.
Earnings Calls Paint a Picture
November 17, 2015
A pair of quarterly earnings calls offer the Pellet Mill Magazine team an opportunity to learn some otherwise rare insight.
Bob Dinneen presents his annual in and out list in a column that appears in the December issue of EPM.
U.S. Water, an Allete company, has announced the acquisition of A and W Technologies. The purchase agreement for $9 million dollar was signed by both parties Nov. 17. A and W Technologies is located in Georgia and serves the Southeastern U.S.
Researchers at the University of New Haven and Yale University have discovered a high-quality catalytic process for converting biomass model compounds, which can be used to convert biomass into value-added chemicals, such as biofuels.
Five bioenergy projects in two states were among the 258 businesses nationwide receiving a total of nearly $34 million from the USDA Rural Development Value-Added Producer Grant program. The grants were announced last week.
Kingdom BioFuel prepares to open a first-of-its-kind wood pellet mill in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The 12,000-ton-per-year wood pellet mill will provide local residents with an eco-friendly heating product throughout the coming winter.
Green Cow Power is now converting off-farm organic wastes and dairy manure into energy with two DVO Inc. Two-Stage Mixed Plug Flow digesters. Located in Goshen, Indiana, it is the largest waste-to-energy facility in Elkhart County.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released the November edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, predicting ethanol production will average more than 950,000 barrels per day this year and in 2016.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's Short-Term Energy Outlook for November predicts total renewables used in the electric power sector will decrease by 2 percent this year. Power production from woody biomass is expected to increase in 2016.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy recently joined company leadership at Lavalley Middleton Building Supply in Middleton and biomass stakeholders to discuss the federal initiative to reduce carbon emissions.
Researchers at the University of New Haven and Yale University have discovered a high-quality catalytic process for converting biomass model compounds, which can be used to convert biomass into value-added chemicals, such as biofuels.
OPG releases third quarter results, reporting increased earnings from its contracted generation portfolio segment due to the new hydroelectric units on the Lower Mattagami River and the conversion to biomass fuel at Atikokan and Thunder Bay.
Vietnamese producers are gobbling up market share in emerging Asian markets. Offering the world's lowest prices, market observers wonder how long it can continue.
U.S. EPA Acting Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe has published a blog that addresses the potential role of biomass in the Clean Power Plan, and announced that the EPA will hold a workshop on the topic early next year.
A consortium led by biogas expert Ener-G Systems is investing GBP 11 million ($16.72 million) in five landfill gas generation plants in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the largest landfill gas-to-power project to be developed in the country.
In support of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) the American Coalition for Ethanol is promoting the success stories of two of its members in Washington, D.C., in Morning Consult's daily energy brief and the Nov. 18 edition of The Washington Post.
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