A new project is underway for Continental Biomass Industries Inc. to design and build three flail debarking and chipping systems for Rentech's Canadian wood pellet facilities scheduled for installation in the spring of 2014.
KIOR Inc. recently hosted a conference call to provide an operational update on its Columbus, Miss., facility and outline its plans for 2014. The call focused on the company's plan to increase the performance and operational output of the plant.
Genera Energy Inc. is showcasing some of the most cutting-edge, effective and innovative commercial harvesting techniques available in the biomass industry as it begins its latest harvest of biomass energy crops.
The 2014 Consolidated Appropriations agreement to be considered by Congress today leaves Farm Bill energy programs with no discretionary funding for the year, highlighting the need for Congress to prioritize consideration of the 5-year Farm Bill.
The 2014 Consolidated Appropriations agreement to be considered by Congress today leaves Farm Bill energy programs with no discretionary funding for the year, highlighting the need for Congress to prioritize consideration of the 5-year Farm Bill.
Genera Energy Inc. is showcasing some of the most cutting-edge, effective and innovative commercial harvesting techniques available in the biomass industry as it begins its latest harvest of biomass energy crops.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based convenience store operator MAPCO Express Inc. has announced it will begin offering E15 to customers. According to the company, E15 will be included in new build and select mega store locations beginning in 2014.
The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce David Whikehart, director of product supply and optimization at Marathon Petroleum Co., as the keynote speaker at the 19th annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, Fla.
United Ethanol LLC has temporarily ceased ethanol production at its 48 MMgy plant in Milton, Wis., following a fire that broke out in a grain drying tower on Jan. 12. It is currently unclear how many days the plant will remain idle.
The American Coalition for Ethanol has announced the sixth annual Washington, D.C., fly-in will be held March 25-26. The event, known as the "Biofuels Beltway March," provides ethanol supporters an opportunity to meet with government representatives.
More than a year and a half after it filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Myriant Corp. has announced it does not intend to pursue a public offering at this time.
Boeing has identified green diesel, a renewable fuel used in ground transportation, as a significant new source of sustainable aviation biofuel that emits at least 50 percent less carbon dioxide than fossil fuel over its lifecycle.
Georgia Power has announced that it will not convert Unit 3 at its 155-megawatt (MW) coal-fired Plant Mitchell near Albana, Ga., to biomass, contrary to plans approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission in 2009.
Germany-based CropEnergies AG has released financial results for the first three quarters of its current fiscal year, reporting a 5 percent increase in the production of ethanol. Production for the nine-month period reached 626,000 cubic meters.
Enviva LP's 500,000 metric ton-per-year pellet plant in Southampton County, Va., resumed production less than two days after a fire broke out in the facility's pellet processing system. The fire began in the early morning hours of Jan. 8.
Rothamsted Research scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative, have discovered a gene that contributes to the coppicing response of willows.
Rothamsted Research scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative, have discovered a gene that contributes to the coppicing response of willows.
For all the media melodrama displayed at this time last year when the USDA released its tally on the drought-suppressed 2012 corn crop, there's been predictably little ado over last week's news that the 2013 crop is the largest on record.
Aphios Corp. has announced that it was granted U.S. Patent No. 8,540,847 entitled "Methods and Apparatus for Processing Cellulosic Biomass," for its Aosic enabling technology platform, which utilizes "SuperFluids," such as carbon dioxide.
A group of cooperatively organized ethanol producers have joined forces to purchase a third ethanol plant for the group, this time in Hankinson, N.D. Guardian Hankison LLC purchased the plant from Murphy USA Inc.'s subsidiary in December.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has published the January issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which provides its first 2015 forecasts for wood biomass and waste biomass energy production.
The USDA has released its January WASDE report, announcing that 2013 was a record crop year with a harvest of 13.93 billion bushels. The average yield was 159 bushels per acre. The forecast for corn use for ethanol was increased to 5 billion bushels.
Murphy-Brown of Missouri and Roeslein Alternative Energy have announced joint plans to develop a $100 million renewable biogas project in northern Missouri to produce energy for regional distribution.
Aphios Corp. has announced that it was granted U.S. Patent No. 8,540,847 entitled "Methods and Apparatus for Processing Cellulosic Biomass," for its Aosic enabling technology platform, which utilizes "SuperFluids," such as carbon dioxide.
With the harvest complete and actual numbers replacing estimates, the USDA increased the harvested acres for corn by 436,000 acres and lowered the yield to 158.8 bushels per acre, reducing the figure for total production to 13.9 billion bushels.
Air Products, one of the leading suppliers of liquid carbon dioxide in the United States, has announced the signing of a long-term agreement for the production of liquid CO2 with Big River Resources Boyceville LLC in Boyceville, Wis.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack have issued a letter asking the House Appropriations Committee to provide funding to support the Defense Production Act biofuel efforts.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the January issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, slightly increasing its forecast for 2014 ethanol production to an average of 913,000 barrels per day.
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