Chromatin Inc. will host a meeting on Feb. 5 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Modesto, Calif., to introduce production opportunities for grain sorghum in California. The grower meeting will provide details on the Chromatin 2013 Grain Sorghum Program.
Several Japanese entities have announced the formation of a joint venture company focused on biomass power development. The new company, Green Power Corp., will aim to begin operation of a 5 MW wood-fired power plant in 2015.
Praj Industries has announced major order gain for an ethanol plant from Riopaila Castilla SA for a 400,000 liter-per-day plant that will be located at La Paila in the Valle del Cauca region of Columbia.
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council has announced its newly elected executive officers for the 2013 board of directors. The election marks the departure of Charlie Niebling, New England Wood Pellet's general manager, as BTEC Chairman.
The D.C. Circuit court has issued a narrow, but mixed decision, striking down the 2012 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), but affirming the 2012 volume standard for advanced biofuels.
The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) data for all 12 months of 2012. RINs are used by obligated parties to meet volume requirements of the renewable fuels standard (RFS). No cellulosic RINs were generated in December.
The D.C. Circuit court has issued a narrow, but mixed decision, striking down the 2012 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), but affirming the 2012 volume standard for advanced biofuels.
Independent foundation Det Norske Veritas has published a position paper that investigates methods to reduce the CO2 emissions associated with marine shipping. The analysis found that biofuels are currently the most attractive option.
A research team in England has discovered that differences in the ease with which sugars can be extracted from willow can be explained by differences in their wood composition in response to conditions that induce growth stress.
Poet Biorefining-Macon will temporarily suspend plant operations effective Feb. 1 due primarily to a lack of available local corn. All of the plant's 44 team members will remain employed at their current hours.
Windy conditions make willow a better feedstock
By Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
January 25, 2013
A research team in England has discovered that differences in the ease with which sugars can be extracted from willow can be explained by differences in their wood composition in response to conditions that induce growth stress.
On Jan. 23, Guardian Energy Heron Lake LLC announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the ethanol production assets of Heron Lake BioEnergy LLC, a 50 MMgy ethanol plant located in Heron Lake, Minn.
EPA publishes 2012 RIN data
January 25, 2013
The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) data for all 12 months of 2012. RINs are used by obligated parties to meet volume requirements of the renewable fuels standard (RFS). No cellulosic RINs were generated in December.
Applied Research Associates Inc. and Blue Sun Energy Inc. are partnering to develop a demonstration-scale facility to scale-up a Biofuels Isoconversion Process (BIC) system using technology developed by ARA and Chevron Lummus Global.
Hurst Boiler is part of an award-winning installation at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Park. The American Council of Engineering Companies named the project as the 2013 winner of the Grand Place Award in the Energy Production category.
Poet LLC announced that 25 of its network of 27 biorefineries have installed its patent-pending corn oil technology, bringing its total capacity to approximately 250,000 tons per year, enough to produce 68 million gallons of biodiesel annually.
USDA scientists and university cooperators have developed a biodegradable plastic, made of sugar beet pulp and a biodegradable polymer, that could be used in disposable food containers. The plastic, called a thermoplastic, becomes soft when heated.
Metso will supply a biomass-fired heating plant for district heat production to Savon Voima Oyj in Leppavirta in Finland. The plant will go on stream in late 2013. The value of the order is approximately EUR 9 million.
Solegear Bioplastics Inc., a developer of award-winning bioplastic technologies, is pleased to confirm that it has received a strategic investment from Best Buy Capital, the investment arm of Best Buy Co. Inc.
The Energy and Utilities Alliance has launched the Biomass Heating Group. The group, led by the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council and the Industrial and Commercial Energy Association, will be mutually beneficial to its members and the government.
U.K.-based Estover Energy Ltd. has been granted planning permission for two biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants. One facility is planned for development in Cramlington, England; the other will be located near Aberdeen, Scotland.
The Renewable Fuels Association and the Renewable Fuels Foundation are excited to announce Wade Hunt of Sterling, Neb., is this year's recipient of a scholarship to attend the 18th Annual National Ethanol Conference: Driving Forward.
Novozymes has appointed a new president and CEO and released its financial results for 2012. On Jan. 21, the company announced its board of directors has appointed Peder Holk Nielsen president and CEO, effective April 1.
Novozymes has appointed a new president and CEO and released its financial results for 2012. On Jan. 21, the company announced its board of directors has appointed Peder Holk Nielsen president and CEO, effective April 1.
The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy have responded to the European Commissions recent proposal to impose duties on ethanol imported from the United States, equivalent to 62.3 Euro per metric ton.
An idled ethanol plant in Nebraska has been purchased by a North Dakota-based company that intends to turn around and find a new buyer and operator for the facility, according to the plant's president and general manager.
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