With the McConchie-Stroud technology platform and a host of deals in the works, Algae.Tec is helping develop algae's future
Bugging the Bugs
March 19, 2012
Researchers are trying to harvest energy from insects to be used to power things like tiny cameras or sensors and communications devices. They could be sent where people dare not tread – tiny places perhaps or into nasty environments.
Areva's Bioenergy Business Unit and its local partner Ensys will construct a 9.9 MW biomass power plant in Supanburi Province in northwest Thailand.
The U.S. EPA issued its approval on March 15 of a Misfueling Mitigation Plan for E15 submitted by the Renewable Fuels Association earlier this month, clearing another hurdle toward allowing the fuel to be sold to consumers.
Drax Moves Forward with Co-Firing
March 16, 2012
While U.K. power giant Drax has canceled its plans for dedicated biomass facilities because it views the government support as insufficient, it does seem to be moving forward with its biomass co-firing promise at Drax Power Station.
Through the Maine Forest Service's Wood-to-Energy Public Building Program, the school and city hall in Gardiner officially cut the ribbon on wood pellet boiler installation projects.
Plenty of uncertainty surrounds implementation of Boiler MACT rules, as Congress attempts to delay them, but emission control developer Tri-Mer Corp. isn't waiting around for the final version.
Growth Energy conference examines E15, NASCAR partnership . . .
The U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change has granted E.ON Climate & Renewables permission to construct a 150 MW biomass power plant at Royal Portbury Dock in the Port of Bristol, North Somerset, England.
Legislation that would have extended several key pieces of biofuel tax policy, while adding algae to the list of feedstocks that qualify for the cellulosic biofuel producer credit, was voted down this week.
Germany-based BASF Venture Capital has led a $13.5 million investment round that raised a total of $18.2 million for San Diego, Calif.-based renewable specialty chemical developer Allylix Inc. Tate & Lyle Ventures and others also participated.
A three-partner anaerobic digestion project near Gooding, Idaho, is the recipient of the Sustainability Award for Outstanding Achievement in Energy.
Virdia embarks on new, improved commercialization trajectory
By Bryan Sims
March 14, 2012
Oxford, N.C.-based cellulosic sugar technology developer and producer Virdia, formerly HCL CleanTech, recently announced several milestones, including a complete branding overhaul, a new CEO and the closing of a $30 million private financing deal.
More than 465 people attended Growth Energy's members-only Executive Leadership Conference held March 8 -11 in Las Vegas. The third annual event had the theme “Fueling A New Frontier,� in recognition of ongoing work to open the marketplace for E15.
A March 13 vote defeated an amendment that would have extended key biofuels tax credits–prompting disappointed reactions from the Renewable Fuels Association, Advanced Ethanol Council and Growth Energy.
Compared to corn, dried distillers grains with solubles has a low and variable digestibility of amino acids, nutrients which swine and poultry need. Researchers recently studied the role of syrup balls in that issue.
International energy and climate consulting company Ecofys has begun a trial renewable energy project that includes the growth of seaweed for use in the production of biofuels, energy and animal feed. The project is located off the island of Texel.
Epichlorohydrin is a feedstock for the production of epoxy resins used in corrosion protection coatings and in the electronics, automotive and aerospace industries. Solvay's new Thai plant can produce 100,000 metric tons of epichlorohydrin per year.
The American Petroleum Institute filed a lawsuit March 9 in the D.C. Circuit Court against the EPA to challenge the “unachievable requirements� of the cellulosic biofuels mandate.
EC publishes regulation classifying ethanol imports to EU
By ePURE
March 13, 2012
From April 3 onwards all imported ethanol/petrol blends that contain 70 percent ethanol blended with 30 percent petrol must be classified by EU customs authorities as denatured ethanol.
Poet-DSM begins building Project Liberty
March 13, 2012
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels LLC held a formal groundbreaking ceremony on March 13 at the site of the 20 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility known as Project Liberty, marking the beginning of full-scale construction of the plant.
A comprehensive forest biomass study indicates that only about one-third of Washington State's commercially available biomass is currently utilized.
Legislation that would have extended the biodiesel and renewable diesel tax incentives through the end of the year was voted down by the U.S. Senate this afternoon. The amendment to the Surface Transportation Bill was sponsored by Sen. Stabenow.
In partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Mountain View, Calif.-based biobased n-butanol technology developer Cobalt Technologies recently completed multiple fermentation runs of its advanced biocatalyst in a 9,000-liter vessel.
Oxford, N.C.-based cellulosic sugar technology developer and producer Virdia, formerly HCL CleanTech, recently announced several milestones, including a complete branding overhaul, a new CEO and the closing of a $30 million private financing deal.
After a 30-month development and construction period, a crowd of approximately 150 stakeholders and employees watched Massachusetts-based Ameresco Inc. and the U.S. DOE cut the ribbon at the Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility.
Biomass energy production facilities that began operating before 1999 are now officially classified as renewable energy producers in the state of Washington.
You know you live in a small town when the fact somebody went viral makes front page news.
No changes to the U.S. corn balance sheet from the previous month were made to the USDA's monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report released Friday morning.
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