UPM is to start field tests in October of its novel wood-based diesel fuel in urban buses together with Helsinki Region Transport and the VTT Technical Research Centre. The field tests are also supported by St1, Volvo and Transdev Finland.
Poet is installing fitness equipment at its plants. The corporate office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has a state-of-the-art fitness center and Poet officials wanted employees at its 28 plants also to have ready access to fitness equipment.
Green Plains Inc.today announced that it has acquired an ethanol production facility in Hopewell, Virginia, from Future Fuels LLP. It will increase the company's annual production capacity to nearly 1.1 billion gallons per year.
Two things jumped out at me, this morning, when I went through my emails. Both were feel-good stories showing positive things happening in the ethanol industry. Not bad for a Monday morning.
Novozymes net profit grew by 11 percent in the first three quarters of 2015, according to a company report. Free cash flow before acquisitions was 2.022 billion Danish krone ($2.9 billion), Novozymes said.
Unprocessed feed grain exports accounted for less than 15 percent of U.S. production, but adding grain equivalents for value-added products, such as ethanol, DDGS and meat, raises that to 26 percent.
The European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) recently released its annual statistical report, providing an outlook on European bioenergy for 2015, with a comprehensive overview of the latest market trends in bioheat, bioelectricty and biofuel sectors.
The American Biogas Council is in its fifth year of existence. The council has grown and expanded over the these years, making inroads in supportive public policies and biogas and digestate market development.
Tropical Power has chosen Kenya to house Africa's first-ever anaerobic digester, and is focusing on the country for additional projects.
The amount of risk in supply variation a biorefinery is willing to accept will depend on its fundamental business strategy, and the amount of premium they are willing to pay to reduce risks associated with biomass supply variation
Switchgrass research projects awarded grant money
October 23, 2015
Researchers have received grants from the U.S. DOE and National Science Foundation to study switchgrass. The study will analyze how switchgrass, through natural genetic mechanisms, adapts to its local environment in two separate but related studies.
The U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 23. In response, many lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, including a coalition of 24 states.
Astec Industries Inc. has released its Q3 2015 financial results, reporting increases in gross profits, a decrease in net sales and also providing an update on the company's wood pellet plant business.
Already battling low fossil fuel prices—in some states, fuel oil is now cheaper than wood pellets—the projected El Niño winter is not welcome news.
Novozymes net profit grew by 11 percent in the first three quarters of 2015, according to a company report. Free cash flow before acquisitions was $2.022 billion ($2.9 billion), Novozymes said.
Researchers have received grants from the U.S. DOE and National Science Foundation to study switchgrass.
The U.S. Department of Defense has yet to purchase alternative fuels beyond testing and demonstration purposes, but intentions remain.
Oct. 21 marked the third annual National Bioenergy Day. This year's participation increased 30 percent over last year, with more than 60 organizations demonstrating their involvement with bioenergy.
Wood heat is keeping the Vermont Army National Guard warm during the winter.
The Renewable Fuel Association has written the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality a letter expressing displeasure with the state's proposed amendments for its Oregon Clean Fuels Program.
Trade groups at odds over US biodiesel tax credit structure
By Ron Kotrba
October 22, 2015
As the legislative year winds down, Congress is expected to take up the tax extenders package soon. The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) has taken a stance opposing restructuring the $1 per gallon biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credit.
The November issue of EPM is now online. Tom Bryan writes in his editor's note about several maintenance-related stories, which appear in that issue.
U.S. EPA data on RINs generation through September shows D3 cellulosic biofuels RINs generation tapered off slightly for the month of September, after a steady climb seen each month throughout the year.
A new survey shows that, once informed about the RFS, 79 percent of Republican and 90 percent of Democrat caucus-goers from Iowa think the RFS is good for the nation. America's Renewable Future and DuPont jointly released the results Oct. 21.
SG Preston has struck an agreement with IHI E&C, a Houston-based EPC contractor and subsidiary of Japan-based IHI Corp., for a multi-facility program to include development and construction of at least five renewable diesel plants.
Biomass thermal energy is too often treated by Congress as the underappreciated offspring of alternative energy. This may soon change, as the House Biomass Caucus has recently been rechartered.
Oct. 21 third marked the third annual National Bioenergy Day, which was celebrated across the U.S. and in Canada with many dozens of events.
The sale of German utility Eon's Belgium 556-MW Langerlo coal-fired power plant to wood pellet producer German Pellets is expected to close this year. Eon has signed a share sale and purchase agreement with German Pellets.
Last week, Carbon Connect released the report “Policy for Heat: Transforming the System," which is part two of the Future Heat Series, a series of two independent inquiries considering both the supply and demand of heat in U.K. buildings.
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