Azul Brazilian Airlines, in partnership with Amyris Inc., Embraer and GE made a demonstration flight June 19 using an innovative, renewable jet fuel produced from Brazilian sugarcane in a Embraer E195 jet, which flew over the site of Rio+20 event.
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.
Montreal-based La Coop federee has signed an ownership agreement with advanced biomass company Prairie Bio Energy Inc. Under the agreement, LCF assumes 50 percent ownership over the intellectual property held by the PBE Group.
The nearly $10 million awarded by USDA's Farm Service Agency to energy crop projects on June 13 will be the only funding distributed through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program this year. It's unclear whether Congress will reauthorize the program.
The U.S. House Committee on Agriculture is not expected to begin marking up its version of the 2012 Farm Bill until July, but some members of the House have already begun expressing their support for retaining Energy Title funding.
By reverse engineering a seed, energy crop developer New Energy Farms says it has developed a unique system for establishing miscanthus that could potentially reduce farmer establishment costs by 50 percent or more.
The U.S. EPA has recognized Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. with a 2012 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award under the small business category for the production of high-performing green specialty chemicals at advantageous costs.
The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corp. issued its call for proposals to qualify for a total of $40 million in matching funds, with a maximum of $10 million over three years for a single project.
Following the markets
June 18, 2012
I would guess the markets are actually quite extraordinary right now on several fronts, or so it seems to an amateur watcher.
Covanta Energy Inc. has commissioned a new metal recovery system at its 80 MW waste-to-energy plant in Fairfax County, Va., a system that is specially designed to recover very small particles of non-ferrous metal from three-eighths of an inch.
Cargill celebrated the official opening in early June of its new starch-based ethanol plant in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. The facility has the capacity to produce 100 MMgy of wheat-based ethanol.
Myriant Corp. announced today it closed a $25 million private bond placement for the construction of its flagship commercial bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, La. under the SDA B&I Rural Development Loan Guarantee Program.
Four more ethanol producers have joined the Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC early adopters group (EAG)—bringing the total number of ethanol plants that have indicated interest in the company's biobutanol technology to seven.
NEDAK Ethanol temporarily halts production
By NEDAK Ethanol LLC
June 18, 2012
NEDAK Ethanol LLC has temporarily suspended production of ethanol at the approximately 44 MMgy plant it operates in Atkinson, Neb., in order to conduct its regular spring maintenance and to monitor the corn and ethanol markets.
A 20 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant proposed for North Carolina will utilize a feedstock- flexible technology that enables it to take advantage of seasonal crop patterns to reduce feedstock cost.
Opcon, the energy and environmental technology group, has received yet another order for equipment that recycles waste heat, this time within the bioenergy sector in the Czech Republic.
The U.S. EPA delivered its final stamp of approval for E15 on June 15 by approving the first misfueling mitigation plans (MMPs) for individual companies.
Proposed amendments to the Farm Bill would eliminate loan guarantees, defund energy programs and prevent funds from being used for blender pumps.
A father and son team who own and operate PelHeat, a pellet mill development company based in Staffordshire, England, have created a 10-step guide explaining how pellets are produced.
Leaders advanced ethanol, scientific and environmental groups issued a letter to Congressional leaders on June 12, urging them to protect the RFS and extend the cellulosic biofuel tax credit and special depreciation allowance for cellulosic plants.
BioTork LLC announces collaboration with BASF to optimize certain microbial strains for the industrial production of bio-based polymers and green chemicals. The financial terms of the partnership have not been disclosed.
A Brazilian subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. recently received an order for a high-capacity, high-performance biomass-fired boiler from Brazil's largest pulp maker.
A recent analysis completed by Pike Research has found that the costs and logistics associated with sourcing, aggregating and transporting biomass feedstocks will likely continue to inhibit growth in the biopower industry.
The California Energy Commission has selected Clean World Partners LLC to receive a $6 million grant to support a biogas and bioenergy project. The funding will enable the expansion of the company's Sacramento project.
An annual report issued by the United Nation's interagency energy group found that renewable energy consumption and investment in renewables increased in 2010 compared to the previous year.
Massachusetts-based Agrivida Inc. is conducting the first year of USDA-permitted field trials to grow corn that has been engineered to include enzymes in the corn stalk.
California awards $23 million to alternative fuels projects
By California Energy Commission
June 13, 2012
The California Energy Commission approved funding of $23,110,015 for projects that will advance the development of green fuels and the installation of fueling stations. Recipients include EdeniQ Inc and Aemetis Inc.
The USDA's BCAP program is back in action. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that two new project areas will be developed and another existing BCAP project area will be expanded through the help of a $9.6 million funding round.
The New Hampshire legislature recently passed legislation that aims to prohibit the state from participating in any low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) programs without authorization from the legislature.
USDA selects Chemtex for $3.9 million BCAP project
By Chemtex International
June 13, 2012
Chemtex International has been selected to receive approximately $4 million for a Biomass Crop Assistance Program project in North Carolina. The project will support 4,000 acres of miscanthus and switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production.
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