Safety should be considered a core value, not a priority or a separate bullet point, that top management strives to combine with productivity, quality or even profitability.
Renewable Energy Group Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary closed its acquisition of the assets of Syntroleum Corp. The company now owns 50 percent of Dynamic Fuels LLC, and is in the process of acquiring full ownership.
Explosion suppression, spark detection and extinguishing technology help stave off dust explosions at biomass power plants.
Produced by BBI International, the FEW has 500 plus producers from 194 facilities, representing more than 15 billion gallons of ethanol already registered to attend.
A recent report filed with the USDA Global Agricultural Information Network indicates the Flemish power sector may have stopped cofiring wood pellets due to a recent reinterpretation of Flemish law that restricts the approval of Green Certificates.
The European Commission came to a decision June 4 to apply anti-dumping duties on all U.S. ethanol coming to the European Union through Norway, according to ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association.
Enerkem officially celebrated bringing its first commercial-scale waste-to-biofuels plant online in Edmonton, Alberta, on June 4. The facility is currently undergoing commissioning, with that process expected to be complete within days.
Study finds that increased corn yields and more efficient use of corn ethanol coproducts will decrease land needed for ethanol production. Land attributable to ethanol will drop from current 25 percent to as little as 11 percent of U.S. corn acres.
Enerkem officially celebrated bringing its first commercial-scale waste-to-biofuels plant online in Edmonton, Alberta, on June 4. The facility is currently undergoing commissioning, with that process expected to be complete within days.
The Danish Energy Agency has released a report that concludes it is technically possible the country could become fossil fuel independent by 2050, as well as reach the government's goal of fossil fuel independent electricity and heating by 2035.
Leading swine nutritionist, University of Minnesota professor Jerry Shurson, discusses low-oil DDGS and growth performance on pigs.
Organizations with well-thought-out communications strategies fare better in the face of crises.
Bioenergy sorghum may offer more than another energy supply; it may offer a "sink" for greenhouse gases, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study funded by the AgriLife Research Cropping Systems bioenergy program and a USDA grant.
Bioenergy sorghum may offer more than another energy supply; it may offer a "sink" for greenhouse gases, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study funded by the AgriLife Research Cropping Systems bioenergy program and a USDA grant.
Amanda Bilek, government affairs manager at the Great Plains Institute, discusses Minnesota and Sweden's bioenergy cooperation agreement, and how Sweden and the U.S. can learn from one another.
Safety is a joint effort that the supplier, designer and owner of a biogas system should be vested in.
Brian Jennings, executive vice president for the American Coalition for Ethanol, said, "the RFS is the strongest and most successful law ever enacted to reduce dangerous GHG emissions from transportation fuels."
Previewing a week long, whistle-stop tour through the deep South's robust inventory of forests, networking with landowners and UK power generators.
On June 3, France-based Deinove announced a collaboration agreement with Abengoa and a separate research and development agreement with Suez Environnement Group. The company is developing a bacterial platform for biofuel and biochemical production.
The Stobart Group Ltd. recently reported financial results for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28. The company's biomass operations increased supplied tonnage by 41 percent during the year, reaching more than 900,000 metric tons.
On June 3, France-based Deinove announced a collaboration agreement with Abengoa and a separate research and development agreement with Suez Environnement Group. The company is developing a bacterial platform for biofuel and biochemical production.
Viaspace Inc. has announced that Energia Reino Verde, the developer of a proposed 12 MW biomass power plant to be co-located with a Giant King Grass plantation in Nicaragua, has signed a contract to conduct a formal feasibility study on the project.
The Federal Trade Commission has extended the comment period for its proposed rule that would adopt and revise rating, certification and labeling requirements for ethanol-gasoline blends of higher than 10 percent ethanol.
The U.S. EPA published a proposed rule that aims to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants by 30 percent in 2030. The proposal specifically recognizes that biomass fuels can play an important role in reaching that goal.
I have been writing about the former Appomattox Bio Energy ethanol plant in Virginia since 2010, when it was nearing completion. I'm happy to hear that it is finally operating!
Produced by BBI International, the 2014 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo begins June 9th and features more than 140 speakers and four highly informative track sessions.
Margaret McCormick, Algae Biomass Organization chair of board of directors, discusses the “Industrial Algae Measurements, Version 6.0,� a significant update to common standards established by ABO members.
Aventine Renewable Energy Inc., a producer, marketer and end-to-end supplier of ethanol, has announced its first railcar shipment of ethanol produced at its Aurora West facility in Aurora, Nebraska, using sugar-based only feedstock.
Sugar beets as an advanced biofuel feedstock has North Dakota scientists researching outside of the box.
The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for April, reporting that both D3 cellulosic biofuel and D7 cellulosic diesel RINs were generated during the month.
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