USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's announcement 21 states will receive a total of $100 million in matching grants through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership was applauded by the ethanol industry.
AGCO is well-equipped to aid the first U.S. cellulosic ethanol plants in devising efficient and effective feedstock supply chain models. This article is titled "From Blueprint to Baler" in the October issue of EPM.
As producers close up the books on 2015, they need to carefully consider several key issues, writes Donna Funk of K-Coe Isom. This column is titled "Playing it smart at year-end" in the October issue of EPM.
Earlier this year, Orgaworld Surrey Ltd. began construction on a biofuels processing facility to convert kitchen and yard waste from the city of Surrey, British Columbia, into renewable natural gas to fuel the city's waste-collection trucks.
USDA lowers projected national average corn yield to 167.5 bushels, lowering projected new crop and raising season-average farmgate corn prices by 10 cents.
Under a previously announced partnership, GE's Distributed Power business, Western Energy Systems, has will supply technology to Phoenix Energy's biomass gasification plant in North Fork, California.
DENCO II, an ethanol plant in Morris, Minnesota, has received grant money it will use to improve the facility's energy efficiency.
On this day, I'm working on the November issue of Biomass Magazine, which has a semi-befitting them: U.S. Military Bioenergy Production & Use
We have accomplished too much, and the future is too bright for the U.S. to abdicate its leadership on renewable fuels now, writes Bliss Baker of GRFA. This column appears in the October issue of EPM.
The final rule implementing FSMA reforms food safety laws, shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it. The rule introduces new rules for feed manufacturers, including the ethanol industry's coproducts.
The USDA announced that 21 states will receive grants to add infrastructure needed to supply more renewable fuel to America's drivers. The grants will support an estimated 5,000 pumps at over 1,400 fueling stations across the country.
A new technology for converting forestry waste into renewable natural gas will be demonstrated for the first time ever Sept. 14 in Auburn, California
There's no question biofuels and a strong RFS are important to the future of the Cornhusker State. This article appears in the October issue of EPM.
This month, the U.S. Department of Energy issued a report showing threats to tribal energy infrastructure are expected to increase, and also announced a $6 million grant opportunity to establish clean energy projects on tribal lands.
The U.S. fuel ethanol industry has dismissed the American Petroleum Institute's latest diatribe on the Renewable Fuel Standard, saying the API's assertions are false and an effort to restrict American consumers' fuel choice.
Ener-Core Inc. has received a purchase order from the Advanced Power & Energy Program of the University of California, Irvine, for the installation of Ener-Core's 250-kilowatt Powerstation EC250 at the closed Santiago Canyon Landfill.
Enerkem raises $150 million, Canadian dollars, in both debt and private placements from investors, announcing the initiation of biomethanol production.
For the first time ever, the German biodiesel quality management association AGQM will carry out a round robin test for pharmaceutical glycerol.
EPA names Valero Renewables, Albert City, Iowa, as an efficient producer, bringing the total to 41. Efficient producer status allows plants to generate RINs above the volumes grandfathered in under the RFS rule.
NEPCon, a Danish non-profit offering forest certification services, becomes the first certification body to earn full approval from the Sustainable Biomass Partnership to complete SBP audits for producers of woody biomass inputs.
Direvo announces results of extended commercial trial at a U.S. ethanol plant showing new enzyme blend increases oil recovery by over 20 percent.
Pat Bowe is appointed CEO of The Andersons, beginning in November, succeeding founder's grandson, Mike Anderson. Bowe served as corporate vice president of Cargill, leading the food ingredients and systems segment.
Enerkem Inc. has raised C$152.6 million and has initiated the production of biomethanol from nonrecyclable household garbage at the Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada.
The United Kingdom Department of Transport has awarded government funds to Celtic Renewables, Advanced Plasma Power and Nova Pangea to turn waste products into fuel, an example of the U.K.'s commitment to innovative transport technology.
Three UK companies get 11 million pounds in grant funding to advance waste-to-biofuels projects.
A five-year $40 million study, led by the U of Washington is laying the foundation for a Pacific Northwest industry converting poplar into fuels and chemicals. ZeaChem is one of 10 partners in the research.
On Sept. 7, FutureMetrics provided a new dashboard analyzing and calculating industrial wood pellet demand for U.S. power plants under various cofiring scenarios.
Groves of poplar trees could one day fuel our vehicles and be the source of chemicals that we use in our daily lives.
U.S. ethanol exports recovered in July 2015, rising nearly 30 percent from the previous month to 77.2 million gallons, according to a Renewable Fuels Association analysis of the most recently available government data.
Yokogawa America do Sul has received an order from AREVA Renewables Brazil, a subsidiary of the French firm AREVA SA, to deliver a control system for a biomass power plant that will be the largest facility of its type in Brazil.
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