The Advanced Biofuels Association, the Algal Biomass Organization, Airlines for America, BIO and the Natural Farm Bureau Federation issued letters to leaders of congressional subcommittees asking them to support the military's commitment to biofuels.
Washington-based Whitfield Biochar LLC is developing a scalable biomass thermal technology designed to use multiple feedstocks and produce a biochar product for soil fertility improvement.
Venkat Raman, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, will work on computational modeling of photobioreactors for algae-based fuel production. Raman will work to understand interactions inside PBRs.
The 2012 Omnibus Agriculture Policy bill calls for all gasoline blends sold in Minnesota to contain at least 20 percent ethanol by volume or the maximum percent of ethanol by volume allowed by the U.S. EPA by Aug. 30, 2015.
After nearly two years of collaborative research, biotechnology company BioTork LLC and NCERC have developed a yeast strain capable of fermenting the xylose found in ligno-cellulosic biomass in a commercial-scale environment
Hammering the RFS point
May 07, 2012
The effort continues to keep some advanced biofuels incentives in place and to protect the renewable fuels standard. Last week, BP Biofuels, Novozymes and DuPont executives held a joint news conference to keep hammering their point.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has selected Fagen Inc. to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, a 28 MMgy corn stover-fed facility to be located adjacent to Lincolnway Energy LLC in Nevada, Iowa.
USGC leads DDGS recertification effort in Japan
By U.S. Grains Council
May 07, 2012
The U.S. Grains Council is planning to work with Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to register new, low-oil/fat distiller's dried grains with solubles for feed use in Japan.
Algae tech company Heliae announced a capital raise of $15 million in funding from international conglomerate Salim Group's agribusiness company, PT. PP London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Agri Investments Pte. Ltd.
Inventure Renewables and sister company Inventure Int'l have closed a $5 million round of financing with an option to increase funding in a second tranche to a total of $12 million. Lead investor Wilmar Int'l has taken an equity stake in both firms.
Convivium Renewable Energy is a group of 13 professionals in the wind energy consulting business led by professional engineer Terry Meyer, who has experience in more than 100 renewable energy projects. The news follows the addition of solar experts.
The American Petroleum Institute continues to stress the potential for compatibility issues between retail station infrastructure and E15 and says refiners could face RFS non-compliance fines if issues aren't resolved.
An Iowa-based turkey farmer has partnered with the U.S. DOE and the University of North Dakota's EERC to test and further develop a fixed bed, downdraft gasifier intended to produce syngas from poultry litter.
Project in Progress
May 04, 2012
It's great when a city-wide biomass project continually makes progress in development. That's what I'm seeing in Montpelier, Vt., where a biomass district heating system will replace the state government complex's old heating system.
The University of Queensland has announced its researchers have planted 5 hectares of pongamia trees at Hope Vale in northern Queensland. The project aims to create a commercially viable plantation for sustainable regional development and biofuels.
FuturaGene, a genetic research and development firm focused on enhancing the eucalyptus tree, has been granted approval to begin a fourth field trial of its genetically modified eucalyptus tree in Brazil.
Persistently lagging sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil could make it very expensive for obligated parties to meet biofuels volume requirements in the U.S. as early as this year, according to energy consulting firm Hart Energy.
Get in early on Los Angeles' interest in developing algae production demonstrations on Owens Lake far north of the city.
Peru oil producer and refiner, Maple Energy, is now also an ethanol producer, beginning production at its 35 MMgy ethanol plant in April. The $275 million sugarcane-ethanol project includes a 7,000 hectare (11,000 acre) drip-irrigated plantation.
Global consulting and engineering company Poyry PLC recently announced it has been awarded a contract for detail engineering of UPM's proposed biorefinery project in Lappeenranta, Finland. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the contract.
TMO Renewables advances cassava to ethanol with China partners
By TMO Renewables
May 03, 2012
TMO Renewables, a U.K.-based cellulosic biofuels technology provider, announced the company has advanced to demonstration scale on cassava stalk feedstock with major Chinese fuel and food producers.
The district heating project in Montpelier, Vt., has been awarded $1.75 million in grants and loans from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program.
Ag Secretary Vilsack called on petroleum companies to help increase the percentage of ethanol in America's gas tanks to reduce dependence on foreign oil, boost job creation and promote development of renewable energy from farm-produced feedstocks.
Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s third quarter financial results showed net earnings of $399 million, a 31 percent decrease from the same time period last year.
Solazyme and Dow announced they have entered into a contingent offtake agreement in which Dow has agreed to purchase from Solazyme all of its requirements of nonvegetable microbe-based oils for use in dielectric fluid applications through 2015.
Executives from BP Biofuels, Novozymes, and DuPont Industrial Biosciences held a conference call May 1 to reiterate the importance of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) to the developing cellulosic biofuel industry.
Enerkem filed notice to withdraw its registration statement, effectively abandoning plans to pursue an IPO. A few days later, Iogen agreed to a new plan with its owners that will result 150 jobs lost and terminate plans for a biorefinery in Manitoba.
NTE Energy has been awarded a patent for its proprietary biomass technology that it says will allow the simultaneous operation of a biomass energy cycle and a traditional power plant.
Ludgate Environmental Fund Ltd. has invested more than $5 million in U.K. biomass firm Ignis Biomass Ltd., helping to fund the construction of a biomass plant in Wick, Scotland.
An April 30 Shell and Iogen announcement revealed that 150 employees were laid off at Iogen's headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, and a Shell-led proposed project to build a 10 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant in Manitoba has been suspended.
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