A unique partnership is turning cow waste from farms into renewable energy. La Crosse, Wisconsin-based Gundersen Health System and Dane County are partnering with three Dane County farm families on the GL Dairy Biogas Project.
The final panel at USIPA's Exporting Pellets conference featured producers frustrated but resigned to the fact that they will have to continue efforts to prove that their industry is sustainable.
The USDA has awarded a $91 million loan guarantee to Cool Planet Energy Systems to help finance the company's advanced biofuel facility, which is under development in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Viridis Energy announces supply agreement with Canadian producer
By Viridis Energy Inc.
October 03, 2014
Viridis Energy Inc. has announced that its subsidiary has secured an additional 45,000 metric tons of wood pellets per year over the next two years from a western Canadian manufacturer to augment the company's current production capacity.
The USDA has awarded a $91 million loan guarantee to Cool Planet Energy Systems to help finance the company's advanced biofuel facility, which is under development in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
The market is still feeling the effects of one of the coldest stretches in the last 30 years. That's mainly in the form of a reduced storage inventory that has staged a solid but incomplete recovery thanks to record production and static demand.
With a simple mutation, yeast can grow in higher than normal temperatures. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology indicate the findings may result in ethanol being more effectively manufactured.
Gov. Jay Inslee recently visited the Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy at Centralia Community College where he announced a $20,000 grant to support efforts to transform woody biomass into fuel-grade heating oil and charcoal.
Anaergia Inc. has demonstrated its active presence in the biogas space with three recent announcements, including the start-up of a anaerobic digestion system in California and agreements for proposed projects in Illinois and Arizona.
Andritz Inc. and SST Wireless Inc. announced that the companies are collaborating to produce a customized version of SST's wireless heat sensor technology for deployment on Andritz's wood pelletizers as an OEM option.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced a record 464 million liters of liquid biofuels were consumed by the country's transportation sector during the second quarter.
Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. has announced the first closing of its Series A financing round, expected to total $8 million through 2014. The funding round was led by Cycle Capital Management and included participation of BDC Venture Capital.
Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., recently sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, requesting the USDA conduct an economic analysis of the rail service challenges facing agricultural shippers.
In the span of one week, Velocys plc won a patent case, announced that it has raised GBP 52 ($85 million) million through an oversubscribed equity placing, and was awarded a $70 million construction grant from Red Rock Biofuels.
The fourth annual Exporting Pellets Conference, hosted and produced the U.S. Industrial Pellet Association, opened with a blend of reported progress and urged caution.
A new poll shows that most British Columbians support BC's renewable and low carbon fuels regulation that requires transportation fuels to contain renewable content (5 percent in gasoline) and 10 percent carbon content by 2020.
New energy statistics released by the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change indicate that bioenergy generated increased 8.8 percent in the second quarter when compared to the same period of 2013.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, New Hampshire, to celebrate the commissioning of a new heating system that utilizes Ensyn Corp.'s renewable liquid fuel, known as RFO.
Republic Services Inc. has announced its latest landfill gas-to-energy projects involving its Forward and Vasco Road Landfills, both located in the Bay Area of California.
The corn and soy complex continues its downward spiral as yield and production potential continues to escalate. This may not be positive news for the grain or soy producer, however, all aspects of the end-user are reaping the initial benefits.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, chairman and vice chairman of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition, have sent a letter urging the Obama Administration to amend the 2014 renewable fuels standard proposal.
August's news about China and domestic transportation logistics worked to depress DDGS prices in September, writes Sean Broderick. Still, increased demand in Mexico and in the domestic hog and poultry diets has had a positive impact.
Cellulosic ethanol production could contribute up to 9 million cellulosic D3 renewable identification numbers (RINs) in 2014, while biogas could contribute another 67.5 million D3 RINs, suggests a new white paper from Genscape.
Cellulosic ethanol production could contribute up to 9 million cellulosic D3 renewable identification numbers (RINs) in 2014, while biogas could contribute another 67.5 million D3 RINs, suggests a new white paper from Genscape.
Greenpoint Energy Partners LLC is developing an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility near the wastewater treatment plant and transfer facility in Ansonia, Connecticut. The project aims to convert food waste to energy.
September saw a near freefall in ethanol futures as prices declined 62 cents per gallon and additional price pressure is likely still to come. Front month October ethanol futures fell from $2.20 at the end of August to $1.58 in late September.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., recently introduced legislation that aims to alter the Section 45 tax credit for renewable energy produced from certain open-loop biomass and trash facilities.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, chairman and vice chairman of the Governors' Biofuels Coalition, have sent a letter urging the Obama Administration to amend the 2014 renewable fuels standard proposal.
The Renewable Fuels Association recently elected new leadership at its annual meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. The Board selected Randall Doyal, general manager and CEO of Al-Corn Clean Fuel, as the next chairman of the board of directors.
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