Chemtex International Inc. received a conditional USDA loan guarantee to build a 20 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in eastern North Carolina's Sampson County. The plant, named Project Alpha, plans to use energy grasses as feedstock.
Chemtex International Inc. received a conditional USDA loan guarantee to build a 20 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in eastern North Carolina's Sampson County. The plant, named Project Alpha, plans to use energy grasses as feedstock.
NCGA study to assess GHG impact of ethanol more accurately
By National Corn Growers Association
August 22, 2012
The National Corn Growers Association has supported a study that will be released this fall, reporting that supplementing cattle feed with corn stover actually decreases the amount of greenhouse gases created during corn ethanol production.
Neste Oil and forest products company Stora Enso are abandoning plans to build a renewable diesel plant. The two companies had applied for funding under the E.U.'s NER 300 program, but the project was not selected for an award.
Food waste generated from Starbucks stores in Hong Kong might hold the key for a new biobased chemical-from-waste production process method. The enzymatic hydrolysis step converts the bakery waste into simple sugars, which are fermented.
In order to illustrate advanced modeling techniques for identifying and quantifying risks associated with wood pellet manufacturing projects, FutureMetrics Inc. released an overview of a risk analysis authored by company President William Strauss.
E15 Sold at Second Retail Station in Kansas
By Renewable Fuels Association
August 21, 2012
The sale of E15 fuel has expanded to Ottawa, Kan., at the Zarco 66 station located at 2518 east Logan. This is the second retail gas station to offer E15 in the United States. A grand opening promotion will be announced soon.
EPA opens comment period on RFS waivers
August 21, 2012
The U.S. EPA is requesting public comments on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) waiver requests that were filed by Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe and North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue in mid-August. The comment period will be open for 30 days.
Powered by GE gas engine technology, a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Germany's Bitburger Brauerei brewery has surpassed 50,000 hours of successful operation. The facility uses a Jenbacher J312 gas engine to convert biogas into power.
Boeing Inc. and the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China have officially opened the Boeing-COMAC Aviation Energy Conservation and Emissions Reductions Technology Center in Beijing, China to collaborate on the growth of commercial aviation fuel.
Poet LLC and Agrivida Inc., a feedstock and feedstock processing company, announced an agreement Aug. 21, with the goal of significantly reducing the capital and operating costs of commercial cellulosic ethanol production plants.
KiOR Inc. and Dynamic Fuels LLC are working to put advanced and cellulosic RINs into the marketplace. The two companies were recently granted additional biofuels registrations by the U.S. EPA for their respective fuel outputs.
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. Presently, acrylic acid is produced by the oxidation of propylene derived from the refining of crude oil.
More than two years after the process began, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has published its final regulation pertaining to the eligibility of woody biomass energy for its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) Class I regulations.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. is holding an event on August 23 to celebrate the five-year anniversary of its Shenandoah, Iowa plant. The event aims to thank the Shenandoah community for the five years of support it has offered to the plant.
Writing the biofuels story
August 20, 2012
Writing is a craft and an art. Fast Company's website recently ran a story that demonstrates both, written by Daniel Grushkin on a company in the advanced biofuels sector – Amyris.
Ryan Hunt could tell you about catfish farming practices, waste remediation needs at large carpet manufacturing facilities, and, why venture capitalists or angel investors need to know about both.
Drought sparks intense fight over RFS waiver
August 17, 2012
Many are calling it the worst drought in 50 years, and there's no doubt the ethanol industry is feeling the pinch. Talk of a possible RFS waiver request became a reality in mid-August, when the U.S. EPA was officially petitioned.
Western New York Energy selects ICM Selective Milling Technology
By ICM Inc.
August 17, 2012
ICM Inc. is pleased to announce that Western New York Energy LLC has purchased its Selective Milling Technology which includes the license fee, equipment and installation of ICM's platform technology.
The ethanol industry responded swiftly and positively to the fact that legal challenges of the U.S. EPA's partial waiver approval of E15 were rejected. The opinion was issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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