The Philippine Department of Energy has granted Xavier University PHP3.3 million ($80,000) to research the possibility of producing cassava ethanol. The project aims to evaluate the potential of several cassava varieties in Northern Mindanao.
Navigating the Valley of Death
October 30, 2012
Project finance veteran Chris Groobey reflects on 15 years in clean energy, the government's role in its growth and the industry's slow climb out of recession.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. is selling 12 of its 15 grain elevators, or about 83 percent of its grain storage capacity and all of its agronomy and retail petroleum operations. Diversification, however, will remain as a strategy for success.
Mapping Out Power Capacity
October 30, 2012
The 2013 Biomass Power Map shows new growth and current trends.
Northern Ireland clean power plant moves from developer to producer
By Staff
October 30, 2012
Neste Oil is expanding both its feedstock portfolio and its biobased product offerings. In October, the company announced the opening of its microbial oil pilot plant, and the commercialization of renewable naphtha, a coproduct of its NExBTL process.
The biogas company BD Agro Renewables, based in Calveslage, Germany, has initiated operation of one of the first biogas plants in Russia. The plant generates 2.4 MW of electricity from agricultural and livestock waste.
Novozymes launched a new enzyme for corn-ethanol production on Oct. 30. Avantec, a trademarked product, allows ethanol producers to increase ethanol yield by about 2.5 percent, said Peder Holk Nielsen, executive vice president of Novozymes.
If Republican candidate Mitt Romney wins the election, there's a good chance Nebraska will once again send a native son to Washington to serve in the president's cabinet. Gov. Dave Heineman is on the shortlist for potential cabinet appointees.
New Brunswick's forest biomass resources have good potential for the cogeneration of heat and power in industrial-sized, forest biomass-fired combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants, according to a new report.
Adding Dollars to Dairy
October 30, 2012
The third-party ownership model offers dairy farmers a low-hassle, profitable manure management technique.
The U.S. DOE has awarded Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory, one of the most advanced cookstove laboratories in the nation, a $1 million grant to build a more efficient biomass cookstove.
If Republican candidate Mitt Romney wins the election, there's a good chance Nebraska will once again send a native son to Washington to serve in the president's cabinet. Gov. Dave Heineman is on the shortlist for potential cabinet appointees.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. has announced financial results for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2012. Net loss attributable to Green Plains for the quarter was $1 million, compared to net income of $12.4 million for the same period of 2011.
Algae's Mile-High Potential on Parade
October 30, 2012
Commercialization and research advancements highlighted at the 6th annual Algae Biomass Summit
Beta Renewables, Novozymes form strategic partnership
By Novozymes
October 29, 2012
Novozymes, a producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables, a cellulosic biofuels company that is part of Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, have announced an agreement to jointly market, demonstrate and guarantee cellulosic biofuel solutions.
The underlying objection
October 29, 2012
Is there something deeper going on in all this anti-ethanol rhetoric? Is there some sort of philosophical underlying problem?
Bunge-Ergon Vicksburg LLC, a 54 MMgy corn-ethanol plant in Vicksburg, Miss., will join the list of temporarily idled ethanol plants at the end of November. The decision to idle the plant is attributed high corn prices that resulted from the drought.
Novozymes, a producer of industrial enzymes, and Beta Renewables, a cellulosic biofuels company that is part of Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi, have announced an agreement to jointly market, demonstrate and guarantee cellulosic biofuel solutions.
Construction is complete at ZeaChem Inc.'s advanced biofuel production facility in Boardman, Ore., and by the end of the year, the company expects to begin producing. The 250,000 gallons per year facility was finished on budget.
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