The Huckabay Ridge anaerobic digestion facility in Stephenville, Texas, is scheduled to be offered for sale at auction on Nov. 21. EM Biogas LLC has engaged Maas Companies Inc. to manage the sale.
Waste fuels are a major source of fuel for U.S. manufacturers, accounting for 29 percent of fuel in 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Agriculture waste, mill residue and wood waste accounted for 33 percent of that amount.
Bushels being binned in the corn harvest now well underway are forecast to hit a record 13.989 billion bushels, up 146 million bushels higher than the last report. Total corn supplies are also projected to hit a record.
Green Gas has acquired Lime Energy's 2.8 megawatt (MW) landfill-gas-to-energy project located in Charlotte County, Fla., through the acquisition of Lime Energy's subsidiary, GES-Port Charlotte LLC, which owns the project.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has released updated energy trend statistics, showing that 1.55 million metric tons of oil equivalent fuel was used by the bioenergy sector to produce electricity during the second quarter of 2013.
Massachusetts is enticing residents, businesses and public agencies to reduce emissions and heating and cooling costs by making $32 million available to seven programs that will fund renewable heating and cooling projects.
Researchers have developed a new butanol process that promises to convert 94 percent of the available carbon in biomass, including carbon dioxide, for a greenhouse gas reduction of more than 100 percent at a cost of less than $2 per gallon.
Gevo Inc. has released its third quarter financial results, reporting progress with isobutanol production at its Luverne, Minn., plant and with its paraxylene demonstration facility and biobased jet fuel process.
Three Rivers Energy LLC, a newly restarted ethanol plant in ethanol plant in Coshocton, Ohio, is the latest to sign a commercial agreement to use Syngenta's Enogen corn. The plant was started up by Lakeview Energy LLC.
Gevo Inc. has released its third quarter financial results, reporting progress with isobutanol production at its Luverne, Minn., plant and with its paraxylene demonstration facility and biobased jet fuel process.
Researchers have developed a new butanol process that promises to convert 94 percent of the available carbon in biomass, including carbon dioxide, for a greenhouse gas reduction of more than 100 percent at a cost of less than $2 per gallon.
A new paper from two Iowa State University economists concludes that an American Petroleum Institute study predicting higher fuel prices as the result of increased renewable fuel standard (RFS) ethanol mandates is flawed.
USDA funds research to convert beetle-killed trees to bioenergy
By USDA
November 06, 2013
The USDA has awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic, industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as bioenergy feedstock.
The National Research Council of Canada has launched its Industrial Biomaterials program. The new $55 million, five-year initiative is designed to help create more fuel-efficient vehicles and greener construction materials.
A teleconference hosted by Fuels America on Nov. 6 explored the likely impacts of the U.S. EPA's leaked draft proposal for the 2014 renewable fuel standard volume obligations. Speakers said the proposal would chill investment in advanced biofuels.
The USDA has awarded nearly $10 million to a consortium of academic, industry and government organizations led by Colorado State University and their partners to research using insect-killed trees in the Rockies as bioenergy feedstock.
Cargill has begun operating its corn wet mill ethanol plant in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Cargill purchased the idled facility from Tate & Lyle in 2011. When completed, the Fort Dodge bio-refinery campus will also produce other biobased products.
The Minnesota Corn Growers Association recently announced the creation of a new, interactive map that pulls together data that was previously tracked but not pulled together in one easy to digest format.
A teleconference hosted by Fuels America on Nov. 6 explored the likely impacts of the U.S. EPA's leaked draft proposal for the 2014 renewable fuel standard volume obligations. Speakers said the proposal would chill investment in advanced biofuels.
Ener-G has launched an outsourced anaerobic digestion (AD) service that includes the design, installation and operation of the renewable energy facilities for a variety of industrial processors. The service is financed by Ener-G.
RFA, Growth Energy, BIO ask to intervene in RFS legal challenge
By Renewable Fuels Association, Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Growth Energy
November 05, 2013
The Renewable Fuels Association, Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Growth Energy filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals to intervene in support of the RFS 2013 final rule.
In the last week, three letters have been sent to the ag committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, urging support for the Farm Bill's energy title programs. The letters have been issued by both federal lawmakers and trade groups.
RFA, Growth Energy, BIO ask to intervene in RFS legal challenge
By Renewable Fuels Association, Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Growth Energy
November 05, 2013
The Renewable Fuels Association, Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Growth Energy filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to intervene in support of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) 2013 final rule.
Finland-based Helsingin Energia recently announced a collaboration with the Finnish Environmental Institute and Tampere University of Technology to evaluate the environmental impacts cofiring wood pellets at its coal-fired Salmisaari power plant.
In the last week, three letters have been sent to the ag committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, urging support for the Farm Bill's energy title programs. The letters have been issued by both federal lawmakers and trade groups.
On Nov. 5, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire two 110 MMgy ethanol plants of BioFuel Energy Corp. from an entity composed of its lender group.
GS Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., has chosen Metso to supply automation for the Dangjin 4 Biomass Power Plant, currently under construction in Dangjin City, about 70 kilometers southwest of Seoul in South Korea.
University of Illinois ag economist Scott Irwin has analyzed the current pricing of D6 renewable fuel renewable identification numbers (RINs) in a recently FarmDoc Daily post, calling the dynamics of D6 ethanol RIN pricing “quite interesting."
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