The Oregon Forest Biomass Working Group has issued a forest biomass strategy which includes four key initiatives. Made up of more than 40 stakeholders, the FBWG believes the measures will help expand the state's biomass industry.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. received a $105 million condition loan guarantee from the USDA, putting its planned 10 MMgy Sierra BioFuels Plant closer to fruition. The facility is expected to break ground in early 2013, and take 18 months to complete.
Bacterial Inhibition Without Antibiotics
By Sami Faour
August 07, 2012
A method for controlling infection and maximizing ethanol yields
Fiberight LLC received a key approval from the U.S. EPA and is now working on a $20 million expansion of its demonstration facility in Lawrenceville, Va., to 1 MMgy. The plant is expected to begin operations in approximately two months.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. received a $105 million condition loan guarantee from the USDA, putting its planned 10 MMgy Sierra BioFuels Plant closer to fruition. The facility is expected to break ground in early 2013, and take 18 months to complete.
Fiberight LLC received a key approval from the U.S. EPA and is now working on a $20 million expansion of its demonstration facility in Lawrenceville, Va., to 1 MMgy. The plant is expected to begin operations in approximately two months.
Pennsylvania Grain Processing LLC, a 110 MMgy ethanol plant that sat idle for about a year, has resumed operations. The former Bionol Clearfield facility was purchased at auction last spring after the original owner filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Optimal Yield: A Moving Target
August 06, 2012
A relentless focus on yield requires vigilance and nimble decision making.
Dry expectations
August 06, 2012
The drumbeat to modify the RFS continues and ethanol haters are jumping on the bandwagon. All this talk of waiving ethanol blending requirements because ethanol uses too much corn is having the market effect of driving the price of corn down.
JOBS Act Creates Opportunities
By Gregory Lynch, Porter Martin and Jeff Barrett
August 06, 2012
Ethanol industry touts lower gas prices with new 'open road' ads
By the Renewable Fuels Association
August 06, 2012
Following on the success of its long-running "Right Here, Right Now" ads, the Renewable Fuels Association is debuting a new ad which focuses on ethanol's ability to lower gas prices at the pump and offer consumers relief in a difficult economy.
Pinching Pennies
August 06, 2012
A new yeast product promises to save producers pennies per gallon when pennies count the most.
Bacterial Inhibition Without Antibiotics
By Sami Faour
August 06, 2012
A method for controlling infection and maximizing ethanol yields
Business Briefs
By Ethanol Producer Magazine Staff
August 06, 2012
People, Partnerships & Deals
Tapping into a Heat Recovery Opportunity to Reduce Energy Costs
By Tom Tucker
August 06, 2012
Customized design cost-effectively addresses fouling issues
Ontario Power Generation has signed a contract awarding Aecon Group Inc.'s Industrial Division design and construction work for the Atikokan Generating Station biomass conversion project.
Stop Loss
August 06, 2012
Not all ethanol leaving the fermenters goes to the tank.
Argus launches California LCFS assessment
By Argus Media
August 03, 2012
Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched the first published market price assessment for California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits.
A day after more than 100 representatives sent a letter to the U.S. EPA, urging relief from the renewable fuel standard, two trade associations of the ethanol industry laid out many reasons why a RFS waiver is not needed.
A 500,000 metric ton pellet production facility under construction in Virginia, and the $90 million it will cost to complete the project says a lot about the positive link between economic development and wood pellets.
The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and the Northwest Territories government have invested over $5.7 million to create opportunities for a sustainable woody biomass industry in Canada's Northwest Territories.
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