Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's short list of possible energy secretaries includes Tea Party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the House energy committee chairman who gained infamy for his apology to BP's CEO Tony Hayward in 2010.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's short list of possible energy secretaries includes Tea Party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, former House energy committee chairman.
BP announced Oct. 25 it is cancelling plans to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Highlands County, Florida, and refocusing its U.S. biofuels strategy on research and development.
For some, it's all too easy to lose sight of the significant contributions made by ethanol's corn coproducts used as feed ingredients, RFA's Geoff Cooper told attendees of the 2012 Export Exchange, held in Minneapolis Oct. 22 to 24.
As part of a campaign to highlight key developments across the entire bioenergy industry, the World Bioenergy Association has released a fact sheet focused on small-scale biomass heating.
A new era in the wood pellets industry is about to begin thanks to three pellet fuel producers in the U.S. that will begin a standards program designed to verify quality.
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels has contracted for a key technology/process component in breaking down cellulose to produced advanced biofuel.
A new report from the National Research Council has found that sustainable, algae-based biofuel production needs to improve.
Aemetis Inc., an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office titled “Hydrolytic Enzyme Mixtures For Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Polysaccharides."
The 2012 Export Exchange drew more than 200 international attendees from more than 30 countries. The event, put on by RFA and U.S. Grains Council, ran Oct. 22 to Oct. 24 in in Minneapolis.
A First for Thermal
October 24, 2012
New Hampshire's landmark renewable portfolio standard legislation grants full credit to renewable thermal, allowing pellet and wood chip projects to capitalize on heat they generate.
Waiting for Standards
October 24, 2012
Pellet standards designed to certify quality are almost here in North America. Will the new system be worth the wait?
The Algae Biomass Organization has responded to a report on algae-based biofuel sustainability, applauding the report's conclusion that current concerns are not a barrier to industry growth.
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels has contracted for a key technology/process component in breaking down cellulose to produced advanced biofuel. The contract is with International Technology Group Andritz, through its U.S. subsidiary Andritz Inc.
Uncle Neal's Phillips 66 in Lexington, Neb., is the first retailer in the state to offer E15. A grand opening promotion will be announced soon.
Pellet Plants and the Pareto Principle
By Yuri Chocholko
October 24, 2012
Properly balancing time spent on the design, engineering and individual processes of a large-scale wood pellet plant can help avoid downtime and increase plant performance.
The U.S. Grains Council on Oct. 23 said it was pleased about the official approval of the Syngenta corn variety MIR 162 Agrisure Vipterra in the European Union, opening the way for exports of DDGS.
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