Joule Unlimited has announced it has partnered with auto manufacturer Audi AG to accelerate the commercialization of its biofuels for introduction into the respective ethanol and diesel markets. The company also commissioned its demonstration plant.
The Ontario Ministry of Energy recently announced that Ontario Power Generation's Atikokan Generating Station has burned its last piece of coal, and that conversion to biomass power is now underway. The facility is expected to be operational in 2014.
The International Experience Program at Washington University in St. Louis takes students to another country during the summer to study energy and environmental technology and policy. This year's trip to Brazil focused on biofuels.
A team of researchers that has been working on getting fuel-grade oil out of algae may be within four years of a near-commercial-scale production level. The team has received a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to help hasten the process.
Paris-based Deinove recently announced that its research and development team, in cooperation with partners in its Deinol program, successfully isolated and optimized a strain of Deinococcus bacteria to produce ethanol from wheat-based feedstock.
After a three and a half year effort, the U.S. Grains Council, in cooperation with USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service in Algeria, has successfully influenced the removal of the value added tax (VAT) and custom tax on all feed imports in Algeria.
Nexterra Systems Corp., the University of British Columbia and GE recently celebrated the successful completion of an energy-from-renewable-waste combined-heat-and-power system located at UBC's Vancouver campus.
Clovis, N.M could soon be home to a new biomass power plant. The Clovis City Commission recently approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the City of Clovis and Vancouver, British Columbia-based Small Scale Power LLC.
For years, National Sorghum Producers have advocated for increasing the use of grain sorghum, or milo, as an ethanol feedstock. Lately, the idea seems to be gaining steam, due to drought conditions and other factors.
Putting the water-use-efficient and turbo-charged photosynthesis from plants such as agave into woody biomass plants such as poplar can hedge against predicted long-term increases in temperatures and reduced precipitation.
The deadline for the National Corn Growers Association "Ethanol Rocks" video contest is fast approaching. The competition is open to all active high school and college students and invites applicants to produce a video promoting the use of ethanol.
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Applied Research Associates and Chevron Lummus Global are partnering with the National Research Council of Canada, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. to evaluate CLG and ARA's 100 percent drop-in ReadiJet fuel.
The Swedish SP Fire Technology is publishing a new handbook, "Fires in silos," presenting a method of tackling silo fires. The handbook has been published in Swedish, with an English version to be available shortly.
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reopening the EU co-financed Biomass Processing Challenge Fund, which can contribute up to 40 percent of the cost of an eligible project, up to a $515,000 per project.
The Algae Biomass Organization announced that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will deliver the keynote address at the 6th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, when the event convenes in Denver on Sept. 24. A panel discussion by industry leaders will follow.
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman declared September as Renewable Fuels Awareness month in Nebraska during a visit to Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island. The proclamation was coordinated through the Nebraska Corn Board and Nebraska Soybean Board.
Kedco plc announced that its plant in Newry, Northern Ireland, which will produce a total of 4 MW, has commenced the exportation of power to the grid from its biomass plant. Electricity produced by the facility is being sold to Bord Gais Eireann.
Sept. 15 marks the expiration date for the U.S. EPA's summer volatility restriction for gasolines. The EPA's E15 approval included a summer vapor pressure restriction to 9 psi, creating the need for a specialty blendstock unavailable in many areas.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change recently opened a consultation on its proposed changes to the biomass sustainability criteria set under the Renewables Obligation and proposed measures to ensure affordability and value.
The Agriculture Energy Coalition (AgEC) today called on Congress to pass a five-year Farm Bill with mandatory funding for a strong Energy Title, while a rally held by Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., called for a timely passage of a long-term Farm Bill.
The USDA dropped its estimate for the national average corn yield by 0.6 bushels to 122.8 bushels per acre on Aug. 12, a figure on the higher side of some trade estimates that projected yields dropping below 120 bushels per acre.
Researchers at two Australia universities have identified a number of sites in Western Australia that are suitable for producing algae on a commercial scale for conversion into biofuels using geographical information systems technology.
Envirotherm GmbH, an Allied Technologies company, and ZeroPoint Clean Tech Inc., the world's leading biomass gasification technology company, have announced they will join forces to build turn-key, biomass power plants.
The U.S. DOE has selected the Arizona State University-led Algae Testbed Public-Private Partnership (ATP3) for a $15 million award for its Advancements in Sustainable Algal Production opportunity to support an an algae national testbed.
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