The USDA has been more optimistic with yield potential than most of the trade. With harvest getting started in Midwest areas less affected by the heavy rains yield outlooks look more promising and the USDA may be justified in the projections.
Aemetis Inc., an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, announced the harvesting of 12- to 15- foot tall biomass sorghum grown in Central California. The company has a multi-year strategy to transition from grain to biomass feedstocks.
This month, the U.S. DOE released its second Quadrennial Technology Review. The report examines the current status of clean energy technologies, identifying clean energy research opportunities for the power sector.
Each year, during the production of the on-site and small-scale issue of Biomass Magazine, a theme we hadn't anticipated emerges.
GE advances energy neutrality for municipal wastewater treatment
By GE
September 28, 2015
With the energy used by water and wastewater treatment plants in the United States accounting for 35 percent of a typical local government's energy budget, GE today formally introduced its new ZeeLung Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor technology.
E85 would make the original RVO achievable, a new report from Babcock and Pouliot at Iowa State's CARD, shows. The economists analyze 3 years of retail data on E85 price and sales to estimate national demand, if E85 is priced right.
Gevo and BCD Chemie commence a relationship to begin the marketing of renewable hydrocarbons into Europe. Gevo will produce isooctene in Texas derived from isobutanol produced at its retrofitted corn ethanol plant in Luverne, Minnesota.
When is the last time you were stranded on the side of the road, wishing you were a member of a motor club? Or, perhaps, you are already a member of a motor club, but that motor club has a habit of bashing ethanol. You need to keep reading.
After years of regulatory uncertainty, in August the U.S. EPA took two actions that could have a big impact on the biomass industry
PhyCO2, MSU develop algae tech to capture power plant CO2
By PhyCO2
September 25, 2015
Michigan State University and PHYCO2 have entered into a partnership to develop algae technologies produced from PHYCO2's revolutionary and patented concept that promotes algae growth and sequesters, or captures, carbon dioxide from power plants.
Ethanol prices are trading at a 14-cent premium to RBOB gasoline prices. Recent premiums are at the highest levels seen since January 2015, and continue to focus on current and future market strength.
Comprised of an American-made engine and boiler vessel, and an Austrian burner and pellet design, Okofen's compact Pellematic Smart_e marks the next evolution in wood pellet energy.
Westervelt Renewable Energy has achieved Sustainable Biomass Partnership certification from NSF Sustainability, a division of global public health organization NSF International.
The DDGS market continues to move back down to the lower end of the spectrum as a percentage of corn. Chinese buying, which moved the market up through the spring and early summer, has been on the sidelines for the past several months.
German Pellets expands production capacity at Urania, Louisiana, plant
September 25, 2015
Three biomass boilers are being shipped to Haines, Alaska, with the potential to heat a variety of buildings throughout town. The boilers are expected to arrive next month and utilize either wood pellets or locally produced wood chips as a feedstock.
A month from today, most of our staff will have arrived in Omaha to make last-minute preparations for the National Advanced Biofuel Conference & Expo, an event that I always look forward to.
Although biogas projects have multiple configurations that present some challenges in resource scale up, the flexible feedstock sources and end-use utilization make them a worthwhile pursuit.
BASF and Genomatica have expanded the scope of their license agreement for the production of 1,4 butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using Genomatica's patented process.
The majority of Nebraskans who responded to a poll are in favor of developing alternative sources of energy. Nearly 60 percent of poll respondents agreed or strongly agreed that more should be done to develop ethanol or biodiesel.
Ethanol D6 RIN prices have stayed relatively stable over the summer while D4 biodiesel RINs prices plummeted, Illinois economists Scott Irwin and Darrel Good point out in their analysis of RINs markets.
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