About 150 industry members, government officials, company stakeholders and plant personnel gathered at Edeniq Inc.'s headquarters in Visalia, Calif., on June 26 to celebrate the official launch of its pilot-scale corn to cellulosic migration plant.
About 150 industry members, government officials, company stakeholders and plant personnel gathered at Edeniq Inc.'s headquarters in Visalia, Calif., on June 26 to celebrate the official launch of its pilot-scale corn to cellulosic migration plant.
A long-idle ethanol plant in Coshocton, Ohio, may have a chance at new life again after bondholders initiated the foreclosure process. Once complete, the 60 MMgy ethanol plant could be sold to new owners.
I recently came across a report by GlobalData discussing India's extreme dependence on coal, and how the Indian government's move to try to rectify a shortage in the country won't work in short term.
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The primary objective of the event is to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development.
Out of 430 REAP awards announced by the USDA June 25, four were for blender pumps or flex fuel pumps. In all, projects in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and South Dakota received a total of $112,214 in funding out of more than $6.9 million distributed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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