Dyadic expands license agreement with Abengoa
By Dyadic International Inc.
May 01, 2012
Dyadic International Inc. announced that Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay Dyadic $5.5 million for an expansion of its rights under the nonexclusive license agreement the parties entered into in February 2009.
Butamax, a leading global biobutanol technology development company, announced that two additional ethanol producers have joined its Early Adopters Group and have signed letters of intent to this effect. The EAG was founded in December last year.
Through the Nova Scotia CleanTech Open, SABRTEch Inc. has been awarded $100,000 in cash, a $200,000 negotiable seed investment, mentoring services and in-kind business building services through the program. The company will add three staff members.
Purchase of Denison, Iowa, ethanol plant finalized
By The Andersons Inc.
May 01, 2012
The Andersons Inc. announced it has completed the purchase of an ethanol facility in Denison, Iowa, now known as The Andersons Denison Ethanol LLC.
Mass. Deals a Blow to Biomass
May 01, 2012
Nine months past its deadline, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources finally released its proposed final regulations last week for woody biomass to qualify under the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
New York State's largest on-farm biogas power project drew state and local officials May 1 for its official grand opening. The facility produces 1.4 MW of power, enough for nearly 1,000 homes.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted motions to allow several biofuel organizations to intervene and address issues that'll be raised during the lawsuit filed against the U.S. EPA by the API regarding 2012 RFS2 volume requirements.
The U.S. DOE recently announced selections for three consortia that will make up the $125 million U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center. The consortia will bring together U.S., Indian experts from labs, academia and industry.
Cole Gustafson was killed April 28 in a farm accident on his family's farm in Minnesota. He was an NDSU professor who was working with Green Vision Group on a project to build multiple 20 MMgy dedicated energy beet-to-ethanol plants in North Dakota.
BPA comments on Mass. regulations
May 01, 2012
Bob Cleaves, president and CEO of the Biomass Power Association, said the BPA is extremely disappointed with the recently released Massachusetts regulations, which dictate parameters for the qualification of biomass under the state's RPS.
Less a month after inking a deal with Fagen Inc. to serve as the EPC firm for butanol production facilities, two more ethanol plants have joined butanol technology developer Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC's Early Adopters Group.
Off the coast of Singapore, the Jurong Island woody biomass steam production plant can generate roughly 22 tons of process steam per hour.
DOE funds biomass cookstove research
April 30, 2012
The U.S. DOE has announced up to $2.5 million in funding available this year for applied research to advance clean biomass cookstove technologies for use in developing countries.
Despite interest from "key potential investors," Enerkem Inc. won't proceed with an IPO, but the company, with the support of its current investors and partners, is still planning to move forward with several MSW-to-biofuels commercial projects.
Deadlines are looming for the Fuel Ethanol Workshop. The first is for award nominations, due today, and we're also looking for scholarship applications by May 7. Both can be done online by following the links at www.fuelethanolworkshop.com.
Novozymes announced two international projects, a partnership with Chinese Shengquan Group to produce cellulosic ethanol for solvents and biochemicals and its participation in a consortium developing a cellulosic ethanol plant in Maabjerg, Denmark.
White House gathering reaffirms Obama's support for advanced biofuels
The race is on to commercialize low-cost, high-quality sugars from nonfood sources
Purac positioned to become premier global supplier of biobased lactide monomers
You may be guilty and not even know it
Biobased nylon fiber may soon be found in clothes you're wearing
University researcher designs efficient, sustainable biorefinery systems
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has released its months-overdue proposed final regulations for the qualification of woody biomass under the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS).
A new model developed by University of Illinois researchers can help increase biomass supply chain efficiencies
Repurposing tobacco for biofuels
Biomass Brings Jobs to UK
April 27, 2012
A new report out of the U.K. this week estimates job creation in the country's bioenergy sector to exceed 50,000 by 2020.
The Senate Agriculture Committee marked up the 2012 Farm Bill on April 26 and approved a new version by a vote of 16 to 5 that includes an amendment to restore funding for the Farm Bill energy title programs.
The Senate Agricultural Committee passed legislation April 26 that could restore funding to the Biomass Crop Assistance Program and the Rural Energy for America Program.
UMass Amherst researchers improve output from catalytic pyrolysis process
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