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.
A milk powder producer from Uruguay has engaged Weltc Biopower for the construction of a 3 MW biogas plant. In the first development stage, Weltec will set up an 800 kW plant. The full output of 3 MW is to be installed by 2015.
Russell Biomass, a biomass power project under development in Russell, Mass., has been cancelled.
An interdisciplinary team of 11 scientists from seven European countries and the U.S. recently published a paper reviewing the breadth of discussions regarding food versus fuel and indirect land-use change.
BP announced today it is cancelling plans to build a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Highlands County, Fla., and refocusing its U.S. biofuels strategy on research and development as well as licensing its industry–leading biofuels technol
Drax, the U.K.'s largest power station, is planning to raise 180 million euros through a new share placing to support its transformation into a predominantly biomass-fueled power generator, the company announced.
Woodland Biofuels Inc. has begun commissioning its new demonstration cellulosic ethanol facility in Sarnia, Ontario.
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?
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