The rate of growth in global oil consumption is declining as ethanol production increases. Worldwatch Institute and Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, in cooperation with F.O. Licht, recently released separate reports on the subjects.
Financing a bioenergy project in the midst of today's Euro Zone market whirlwind and the continuing saga of another Moody's bank downgrade announcement highlights what has become a confusing, yet simple truth about renewable energy project finance.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC's early adopters group is now made up of 11 ethanol production plants with total capacity of nearly 900 MMgy. Big River Resources LLC, which owns four ethanol plants in three states, officially joined the EAG June 26.
Smurfit Kappa Group plc has announced the startup of a 21.4 MW steam cogeneration plant at its paper mill in Nervion, Spain. According to the company, the cogeneration plant is part of a €20 million ($25 million) biomass energy investment.
The U.S. DOE and Environment Canada released the U.S.-Canada Clean Energy Dialogue Action Plan II on June 21. The plan outlines the next phase of activities the two countries plan to undertake to jointly advance clean energy technologies.
New Hampshire has become the first state to grant full credit to renewable thermal projects under a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) through S.B. 218.
A gasification technology designed by Mechanicsburg, Pa-based Enginuity Energy that converts poultry litter and others wastes into energy may be headed to France after a recent visit by two French agriculture officials to the company's headquarters.
Gevo Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, today announced progress under a collaboration with BioFuel Energy Corp. to explore high-volume production of isobutanol.
The second straw-fired power plant in the U.K. is under development in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, in eastern England. North Midland Construction plc recently announced it has been awarded a $14.9 million contract for work on the 38 MW plant.
An economic analysis of Purdue University's H2Bioil biofuel technology demonstrates that the process could be price competitive when crude oil is priced at approximately $100 per barrel, depending upon the method used to generate hydrogen.
Mike Bryan raised the question in a column of his a few months ago: is there a blue ocean strategy out there for the ethanol industry? I've pondered the question since.
KL Energy extends joint development deal with Petrobras
By KL Energy Corp.
June 25, 2012
KL Energy Corp. today announced it has successfully completed the first phase of the work program under the Joint Development Agreement with Petrobras America Inc. has extended the deal with an eye toward commercialization.
China drops DDGS anti-dumping case
June 22, 2012
Eighteen months after it was initiated, the anti-dumping investigation against U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) exports to China has been terminated.
A new European Biofuels Technology Platform report that addresses the potential to couple carbon capture and storage (CCS) with biofuel and biomass heat and power technologies. The report is titled “Biomass with CO2 Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS)."
A new European Biofuels Technology Platform report that addresses the potential to couple carbon capture and storage (CCS) with biofuel and biomass heat and power technologies. The report is titled “Biomass with CO2 Capture and Storage (Bio-CCS)."
SDSU economist: Distillers grains not following seasonal price pattern due to tight corn supplies, high corn prices and poor ethanol crush margins slowing production. In particular, the corn basis has been unusually strong this year.
Toronto-based nonprofit organization ZooShare Biogas Cooperative Inc. is working to develop a project that would convert zoo manure and other locally-sourced waste biomass materials into renewable electricity and fertilizer.
As the U.S. Senate nears completion on its version of the 2012 Farm Bill, several amendments have been defeated that, if passed, would have damaged the USDA's ability to assist the biofuels industry.
With the help of a $2 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will develop a tool to characterize the performance of a new class of alternative fuels.
North Carolina Natural Energy Inc. has issued a letter of intent to purchase a 40 percent stake in the Construction Management Institute, an investment that will net North Carolina Natural Energy Inc. $984,000 per year for the next three years.
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the 2012 Farm Bill in a 64-35 vote on June 21, opting to retain mandatory funding for energy title programs including the Biomass Crop Assistance Program and the Biorefinery Assistance Program.
Two Nebraska ethanol plants and an Arizona plant have revealed plans to temporarily idle until market conditions improve.
The Senate has finished voting on 73 amendments proposed for the 2012 Farm Bill and passed it on to the House, leaving the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, Rural Energy for America Program and Biorefinery Assistance Program intact.
A district judge has denied Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC's preliminary injunction request against competing butanol technology developer Gevo Inc. Butamax plans to appeal the decision.
Group requests binding biofuels targets in EU beyond 2020
By ePURE
June 20, 2012
EU ministers must continue to promote sustainable energy use in transport and reduce the further dieselization of the European transport sector according to ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association.
Novozymes and China's Shengquan Group have agreed to work together on producing cellulosic ethanol from a waste product of Shengquan's current corncob-to-furfural production process.
The American Council on Renewable Energy has launched a new website designed to address the imbalance in America's debate over clean and renewable energy. The Energy Fact Check website allows visitors to learn the truth about renewable energy
A district judge has denied Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC's preliminary injunction request against competing butanol technology developer Gevo Inc. Butamax plans to appeal the decision.
A community outreach program spearheaded by Weston Solutions, an environmental consulting company, has moved a proposed biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) facility one giant step closer to completion in Springfield, Vermont.
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