Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center has received a $6.5 million grant from the USDA and the U.S. DOE to test and expand a university-developed technology that can produce biogas from a variety of feedstocks.
Praj Industries Ltd. is developing a 10 million liter (2.64 million gallon) cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in India. Praj's announcement came the same day that the India government announced a new five-year plan for biofuel development.
The oldest ethanol plant in Indiana has temporarily idled. "Our goal is to restart the plant and recall our employees but at this point it's hard to say when that will occur," said Russ Abarr, president of New Energy Corp., a 102 MMgy plant.
Eco-Energy Inc. and Copersucar S.A. have announced the internationalization of their ethanol operations with a joint investment in Eco-Energy to build and expand their integrated biofuel platform, becoming the largest ethanol trader in the world.
Barack Obama has been elected to a second term as president of the U.S., prompting optimistic reactions from biomass and biofuels industries, even with the divided status of Congress remaining unchanged.
The Andersons Inc. has released financial results for the third quarter of 2012. For its ethanol group, The Andersons reported an operating loss, but noted in its filing that service income and income from coproducts, partially offset lower margins.
Members of the ethanol industry are extending their congratulations to President Barack Obama, who will go on to a second term in the White House. The industry plans to continue working with the administration to support the renewable fuel standard.
The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University was recently awarded a grant from the USDA Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program to support research to expand the U.S. biomass home heating market.
Amyris Inc. has released its financial results for the third quarter of 2012. According to the company, it's farnesene facility in Brazil is in the final stages of commissioning. Commercial production is expected to commence in early 2013.
A recent research paper proposes the use of a new method to calculate land use change, referred to as baseline time accounting. The paper was authored by Jesper Kløverpris of Novozymes and Steffen Mueller from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Pacific Ethanol Inc. recently announced it would add corn oil extraction technology to one of its ethanol plants and, separately, that it had secured a new $10 million revolving line of credit from its existing lenders.
A recent research paper proposes the use of a new method to calculate land use change, referred to as baseline time accounting. The paper was authored by Jesper Kloverpris of Novozymes and Steffen Mueller from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
BioAmber Inc. will be the supplier of biobased succinic acid to a Faurecia-Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. partnership for the production of mass-produced biobased plastics for use in automotive interiors.
Abengoa Bioenergy has selected Telvent GIT S.A. to design, manufacture and program a distributive control system for its 25 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant under construction in Hugoton, Kan., another sign that the project is steadily moving forward.
U.K.-based business advisory firm Deloitte LLP has published an analysis that determines the biomass industry could contribute more than the 21 percent renewable energy by 2020 projected by the U.K. government.
With the announcement of new investment from Bunge Global Innovation LLC, Cobalt Technologies' n-butanol development is ready for deployment in Brazil. Bunge's commitment follows an earlier agreement with company in the Solvay group.
New property definitions will change tax treatment of certain repairs
Advanced Ethanol Council Executive Director Brooke Coleman talks controlling the industry's narrative and the delicate challenge of battling ethanol's only customer for market share.
Michigan Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an unprecedented 65 percent of the green slime into biocrude. The process mimics the process in nature that forms fossil crude with marine organisms.
Ethanol Industry executives approach 2013 with optimism and concern.
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