Eisenmann's Kyle Goehring discusses qualities of well-developed biogas projects, including location, feedstock logistics and byproducts.
For European ethanol producers, E15 is still a distant dream. In the EU, the struggle is to get from E5 to E10. The legislation to offer E10 has been in place since 2009 but its use, even five years after the legislation came into force, is minimal.
First-generation ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign oil, revitalizes our rural communities, improves our environment and employs nearly 400,000 workers while driving down fuel costs. The next generation will make an even greater impact.
China's Ministry of Agriculture has officially certified the registration of more U.S. ethanol plants to export distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to China. The country is back on top as the top importer of U.S. DDGS.
The Hometown BioEnergy anaerobic digester on the south edge of LeSueur, Minn., is the largest system of its type in the U.S., rated at 8 MW of electrical power from food processing and agricultural waste.
The ability for independent fuel marketers to sell renewable fuels at lower prices while improving profit margins by selling RINs, has given independent fuel marketers something they have never had before: an advantage over Big Oil.
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced today that the state will begin incorporating E15 fuel into its state vehicle fleet. The fuel will be made available at four sites during a test period.
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers reported approval of a International Organization for Standardization project to develop a standard for thermally treated and densified biomass.
Sweetwater Energy and Proterro, two companies using widely different approaches, aim for low-cost sugar that may give today's corn ethanol plants a glide path into advanced ethanol production. They're in different stages, but share similar promise.
Gevo Inc., the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced today that Porta Hnos S.A. has signed a letter of intent to become the exclusive licensee of GIFT(R) in Argentina to produce renewable isobutanol.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority awarded the State University of New York Canton a $163,000 to research the efficiency of automatic-feeding, wood pellet boilers.
Roughly 30 people from Red Lake Falls, Minn., traversed through harsh winter weather on Feb. 27 to attend a public meeting regarding a proposed $300 million, 30-MW biomass energy plant project.
Pellet retailers and consumers in some Northeast and Midwest locations have learned a lesson this heating season, as many have run out of pellets and are facing difficulties securing additional supplies.
The implied probability that the U.S. EPA will reverse the write-down of the RFS found in its proposed 2014 RVO is 80 percent, according to an analysis by University of Illinois economist Scott Irwin.
Learning while producing, KiOR plans to invest another $10 million to maximize production at its commercial-scale cellulosic biofuel plant in Mississippi. The company is building a foundation of operational and R&D experience for long-term success.
Following multiyear feedstock procurement campaigns and vast investments of capital, resources and time, America's first big cellulosic ethanol plants are nearing startup. EPM examines the progress of the Abengoa, Poet-DSM and DuPont facilities.
DONG Energy and Neste Oil have entered into a collaboration to develop a cost-effective technology for producing renewable diesel and aviation fuel from agricultural residues.
"Sales of dried distillers grains provide a significant portion of the total revenue received by ethanol facilities, underpinning the economic feasibility of ethanol fuel production," according to EIA report.
The success of cellulosic ethanol is critical to the success of all renewables. We will continue fighting to keep the renewable fuel standard at the levels Congress intended to maintain market stability and increase investment in next-gen biofuels.
We've had a petroleum fuels mandate for 100 years. It's time to get past the RFS debate and accept the fact that ethanol and biodiesel are just logical steps in the energy transition from where we are today to where we need to be tomorrow
Growth Energy highlighted the fact that March 6 is the five-year anniversary of when the organization filed the Green Jobs Waiver with the U.S. EPA, seeking commercial-use approval for E15.
Advanced Biofuels Association President Michael McAdams discusses his organization's recently submitted formal comments on the U.S. EPA's proposed 2014 Renewable Volume Obligations.
Gevo Inc., the world's only commercial producer of renewable isobutanol, announced March 6 that Porta Hnos S.A., an alcohol company in in Argentina, has signed a letter of intent to become the exclusive licensee of Gevo's isobutanol technology.
DONG Energy and Neste Oil have entered into a collaboration to develop a cost-effective technology for producing renewable diesel and aviation fuel from agricultural residues.
The SEC investigated and recently alleged misconduct by Clean Energy Capital LLC, a Tucson, Ariz.-based investment company with multiple investments in ethanol production companies.
A new process to convert carbon dioxide to chemicals has been unveiled by New Jersey-based Liquid Light Corp. The core technology uses low-energy catalytic electrochemistry to convert CO2 to chemicals, combined with hydrogenation and purification.
2014 will bear witness to the commissioning of some of the first U.S. commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants.
President Obama's Fiscal Year 2015 budget proposal released March 4, calls for extending a tax credit for cellulosic biofuels and puts forward the idea of cutting billions in fossil fuel subsidies.
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