Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced a Q1 net loss of $12.7 million -- 39 cents per share. During a conference call April 26, Todd Becker, president and CEO, said although the quarter was very challenging, there were several positives.
Characterization, receiving, conveying and preprocessing feedstock
Neste Oil and Novozymes make headlines this week
ProSelect Gas Treating Inc. has released a carbon capture technology that can capture and repurpose flue gas emissions created in a biomass heating process.
The plan represents a comprehensive approach to harnessing innovations in biological research to address national challenges in health, food, energy and the environment. The National Bioeconomy Blueprint describes five main objectives.
Global RFA applauds IEA report on need for more biofuels
By Global RFA
April 26, 2012
According to the IEA, biofuels for transport are not on track to meet their share of CO2 reduction that is needed to achieve the IEA's goal of an average 2 degrees Celcius rise in global temperature by 2020.
Weltec Biopower has started construction of a biogas plant in France, scheduled for commissioning in October. The plant, nearly 60 miles northwest of Nantes, will use ag and food industry waste.
UK biomass jobs report: 50,000 by 2020
April 26, 2012
By 2020, roughly 50,000 more people in the U.K. could be employed in the biomass industry, according to a new report titled "UK jobs in the bioenergy sectors by 2020."
After having received a respite, fuel distributors, ethanol producers and consumers are back under the thumb of California's controversial LCFS, following a recent appeals court decision to allow CARB to enforce the LCFS while it considers the case.
Chile's largest landfill is expanding its bioenergy capacity, adding six 1.4 MW GE Jenbacher engines to the existing seven.
U.K. renewable energy company Ener-g Natural Power and its sister company Biogas Technology are generating clean electricity from landfill gas in Aguascalientes, Mexico, for use at Nissan's vehicle manufacturing plant.
A 180-degree turnaround happened today in Washington as the Senate ag committee passed an amendment offered by Sens. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Dick Lugar, R-Ind., that would restore $800 million in mandatory funding to the Farm Bill energy title.
Shengquan Group, a Shandong-based company specializing in furan resin and polymers, and global enzyme maker Novozymes announced a partnership enabling Shengquan to start commercial-scale production of cellulosic ethanol for solvents in June 2012.
Several government bioenergy incentives are expiring, but other opportunities remain
A biomass economist and the Savannah River CHP facility win bioenergy awards
Shengquan, Novozymes partner to commercialize cellulosic ethanol
By Novozymes
April 25, 2012
The Chinese Shengquan Group will start commercial production of cellulosic ethanol for solvents and biochemicals in June 2012 utilizing enabling technology from Novozymes.
SDSU research shows distillers grains can comprise up to 20 percent of the diets (on a dry basis) for lactating dairy cows without negatively affecting milk production. Most dairy farmers currently use only about 10 percent in rations.
College students pioneer algae research.
The Governors' Biofuels Coalition has joined forces with the Coalition for E85, pressing lawmakers to extend the 50-cent per gallon alternative fuel tax credit and make E85 eligible for the tax credit.
Even biorefinery-focused programs can offer funding for biomass projects
Keynote speaker Carlton Owen said the traditional hurdles aren't the big ones
A Washington biomass bill is touted as a job-saver, bioenergy booster
Grass Growth
April 25, 2012
Farmers discuss their transition to fuel pellet developers
While 29 states and Washington, D.C., individually work toward their own renewable energy standards, the U.S. considers a national clean energy standard
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