The last and biggest hurdle to building the BlueFire Renewables cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Miss., is obtaining the necessary debt financing. The company is still actively working to complete the 19 MMgy project.
Denmark-based Dong Energy has released its 2012 financial results, along with a business strategy through 2020. Notably, the company intends to increase the share of biomass from Danish power stations through the end of the decade.
In support of the ethanol industry and targeting emergency responders everywhere, the Renewable Fuels Association partnered with Pinnacle Engineering, Inc., in authoring "Fuel Ethanol: Guideline for Release Prevention and Impact Mitigation."
Corn imports are up and exports down, supporting higher expected feed and residual disappearance, according to the March 8 World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimate report.
The Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Team at Iowa State University has received a National Science Foundation planning grant to develop a center at that will focus on bioplastics and biocomposites.
Reps. Ron Kind, D-Wis., and John Lewis, D-Ga., have introduced a bill that would provide qualifying biogas technologies with a 30 percent investment tax credit.
ICM Inc. has announced that IGPC Ethanol Inc. of Ontario, Canada has purchased its patent-pending Selective Milling Technology, which includes a license for operation of this latest ICM platform technology.
Recent heavy snowfalls were most welcome across the Corn Belt. And, while the eastern Corn Belt states of Ohio, Indiana and southern Illinois are now officially out of the drought, much of the western Corn Belt is still in various levels of drought.
Biomass Power Louisiana, a subsidiary of Biomass Secure Power Inc., secured a six-month option to lease a site where it is proposing to build a new pellet plant. The plant is a four-phase project set to be completed over several years.
Anaergia Inc. has announced that the biogas upgrading facility at Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana is now operational. Anaergia designed, built and now operates the facility that converts biogas from cow manure into transportation fuel.
Gevo Inc. has announced financial results for the final quarter of 2012. The company reported revenue of $1.9 for the three months ended Dec. 31, a decrease compared to the $14.2 million reported during the same period of 2011.
The government of Brazil has published an official notice to increase the mandatory blend level of anhydrous ethanol from to 25 percent, effective May 1. The current blend level is set at 20 percent.
Local and state officials joined officials from the Millinocket Regional Hospital in late February to take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the commission of their wood pellet-powered steam boiler.
Ballard Power Systems has announced the sale of a 175 kW ClearGen distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, Calif. The fuel cell system will be integrated with a biomass gasifier.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has published a white paper outlining eight issues it has identified as being central to the biofuels industry in 2013, including fuel mandates, cellulosic biofuel production, blending economics and politics.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has signed legislation into law that could make biomass power a more attractive option for utilities within the state by them to, under certain conditions, recover some costs associated with the purchase of biomass power.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has published a white paper outlining eight issues it has identified as being central to the biofuels industry in 2013, including fuel mandates, cellulosic biofuel production, blending economics and politics.
NASA researchers have begun a series of flights using the agency's DC-8 flying laboratory to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitude.
Stoel Rives LLP has published a white paper that provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. EPA's proposed rules for a voluntary renewable identification number (RIN) integrity program.
Legislation is working its way through the Minnesota state House of Representatives and Senate that would open the door for E15, biobutanol and other biofuels. The underlining objective is to displace 30 percent petroleum by 2025.
Stoel Rives LLP has published a white paper that provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. EPA's proposed rules for a voluntary renewable identification number (RIN) integrity program.
Australian algae company Plentex Ltd. has released its financial results for the first half of its fiscal year. Chairman Peter Streader noted that the company is focused on producing a portfolio of products from both macroalgae and microalgae.
Interest in the Beta Renewables SpA commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant undergoing commissioning in Crescentino, Italy, has been high, attracting nearly 10 tour groups per week.
The continual attacks on E15 get frustrating and tiring for those of us that recognize the positives of the fuel.
With the recent promulgation of the Boiler MACT regulations, biomass power generators will be obliged to meet additional emission limitations.
President Obama has nominated Gina McCarthy as U.S. EPA administrator. McCarthy currently serves as assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. If confirmed, she would replace former Administrator Lisa Jackson.
The RFA has packed 40 facts about ethanol into a video that ought to be shared with your Congressional delegation.
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