Biofuel Energy Corp. has announced that it has reduced staffing at its 110 MMgy Fairmont, Minn., ethanol facility, resulting in the elimination of approximately 40 full-time positions. The plant was idled in September 2012.
Drax Group plc has released preliminary financial results for 2012, noting that its biomass transformation is well underway. According to company's report, its first unit will be converted to biomass in April, with a second unit converted in 2014.
ElectraTherm distributor GB Consulting and biogas plant constructor EnviTec commissioned an ElectraTherm Green Machine to generate additional power and increase energy efficiency on site, and the machine has accrued more than 2,800 hours.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada has awarded $61.8 million in funding to 23 clean energy projects through its SD Tech Fund. Two of the projects focus on the production of bio-coal.
The U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently published experimental statistics on the quantity of land used to grow bioenergy feedstocks in the U.K..
Agricultural biogas plant project developer Bio Alians recently published a paper on the Polish ag biogas market, which indicates there is significant room for growth in the sector, compared to other biogas substrates.
Comparing last year's corn yields to the trend yielded an interesting map of the drought of 2012. "The U.S. dodged a bullet with the 2012 drought," wrote University of Illinois ag economist Gary Schnitkey in the FarmDocDaily.
The U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently published experimental statistics on biofuel crops. U.K. farmers planted an estimated 1.939 million hectares of wheat in 2010, with 75 hectares used for ethanol production.
A termite's own biology with help from microorganisms called protists, are keys to the insect's digestion of woody material, according to a Purdue University scientist.
A termite's own biology with help from microorganisms called protists, are keys to the insect's digestion of woody material, according to a Purdue University scientist.
When storms, disease or old age down trees and limbs in city parks, the wood waste will now be sold to Recast Energy Louisville LLC and turned into energy that helps power Louisville companies and organizations, instead of going to the landfill.
Nominations are now open for 2013 International Biomass Conference & Expo Bioenergy Awards. The awards will be presented during the opening general session at the sixth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo in April.
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project has released a report highlighting the potential to combine bioenergy production with carbon capture and storage techniques to enable carbon-negative energy production.
The European Commission is officially imposing an $83.03 per metric ton tariff on U.S. ethanol entering the European Union. The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy intend to challenge the policy in every manner possible.
The California Energy Commission awarded more than $4.4 million to Blue Line Transfer and Sacramento Municipal Utility District biogas projects. Biogas produced at each project will be upgraded for use as transportation fuel.
Stanford University's Global Climate and Energy Project has released a report highlighting the potential to combine bioenergy production with carbon capture and storage techniques to enable carbon-negative energy production.
Sorghum developer Chromatin Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement with Pacific Ethanol Inc. to supply the California ethanol producer with locally-grown grain sorghum, with an eventual goal of 30,000 acres.
BioNitrogen Corp. has announced that it has received approval from the Florida governor to issue up to $175 million of tax exempt bonds. The bond offering is slated for completion in early 2013.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects has released its Energy Infrastructure Update for January 2013, showing that six new biomass power units were brought online in January with a combined capacity of 6 MW.
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The Algae Biomass Organization has announced that the 2013 Annual Algae Biomass Summit will take place Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 at the Hilton Orlando in Florida. Proposals and abstracts for speaking and poster opportunities are currently being accepted.
MIT chemical engineers and biologists have devised a way to dramatically boost isobutanol production in yeast, which naturally make it in small amounts. They engineered yeast so that isobutanol synthesis takes place entirely within mitochondria.
Pending legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to limit the ability of the U.S. EPA to increase the cellulosic biofuel requirements its sets each year under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
MIT chemical engineers and biologists have devised a way to dramatically boost isobutanol production in yeast, which naturally make it in small amounts. They engineered yeast so that isobutanol synthesis takes place entirely within mitochondria.
Pending legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to limit the ability of the U.S. EPA to increase the cellulosic biofuel requirements its sets each year under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
The Canadian government has announced investments in two projects that will benefit the biofuel and biorefining industries, including one to expand the use of beets as feedstock, and one to install pilot-scale short path distillation equipment.
After the successful start-up phase of the biogas plant in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India, in mid-December 2012, a grand openingtook place on Jan. 26, 2013. The facility is now also officially connected to the national power grid.
Cottonwood Falls, Kan.-based Green Dot Holdings LLC has acquired the bioplastics division of Atchison, Kan.-based MGP Ingredients Inc. The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility, certain equipment, and the Terratek line of bioplastics.
The American Petroleum Institute is once again misleading Congress and the general public about the renewable fuel standard (RFS); this time, as it pertains to a January 2012 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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