Wood pellet boilers are now classified as a conventional, primary heating source, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and consequently will now qualify for Federal Housing Authority Funding.
The National Algae Association opened a new Testing Center, part of its algae production incubator program to assist new algae startup companies test commercial photobioreactors, harvesters and extraction systems before entering the algae industry.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed legislation that amends state law to include algaculture, meaning the farming of algae, in the law governing agriculture, including those addressing county and township zoning, and current agriculture use valuation.
Accelerating Innovation
March 05, 2012
Ethanol industry lauded, challenged in Orlando
Ethanol industry responds to LCFS legal filing
By Growth Energy/RFA
March 05, 2012
A coalition of national ethanol groups, along with California and Midwest farming groups, filed a brief urging the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a court-ordered injunction on the California Air Resource Board's low-carbon fuel standard.
Hitting the blend wall
March 05, 2012
Gasoline consumption in the U.S. is down. The double edge sword is that while the ethanol industry trumpets the need to replace foreign oil imports by using renewable fuels, if overall gasoline consumption goes down, so does ethanol blending.
Feeding the Chemical Market
March 05, 2012
Ethanol serves as not only a liquid transportation fuel but also as a feedstock for biobased chemical production
LCFS in Limbo
March 05, 2012
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been brought to a halt, at least temporarily. How will it affect ethanol producers?
Dollars and Sense
March 05, 2012
Analyses vary, but ethanol's economic benefits are clear
Hot Discovery
March 05, 2012
A microorganism found in hot springs displays cellulosic ethanol potential
Small-scale Step Forward
March 05, 2012
Allard inks distributorship deal with Synenergy
Join the Club
March 05, 2012
Butamax signs up first early adopter to produce butanol
Business Briefs
By Ethanol Producer Magazine Staff
March 05, 2012
People, Partnerships & Deals
FDA Has No Jurisdiction Here—Or Does It?
By Sarah Brew and Steve Toeniskoetter
March 05, 2012
What's in a Tax?
March 05, 2012
UNICA, RFA spar over Brazilian goods and services tax
Elevance Renewable Sciences and French chemical firm Arkema formed a partnership to develop and produce renewable specialty polymers, combining Arkema's production expertise in biobased specialty polymers with Elevance's high-performance ingredients.
The Joint BioEnergy Institute has spun out its first company, Lygos, to commercialize designer microorganisms that metabolize sugar and can produce a wide variety of molecules. The technology repurposes proteins used for years to make antibiotics.
The Algal Biomass Organization awarded Sens. Udall and Crapo, Secretary Vilsack and the Navy's Tom Hicks with its annual Algae Industry Leadership Awards. The organization also released results from its industry survey, which show 2012 to be strong.
The Andersons Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the 55 MMgy Amaizing Energy Denison LLC plant in Denison, Iowa, along with an adjacent 2.7 million bushel grain terminal. The sale is expected to be complete in the second quarter.
With ethanol plants slowing production or even idling in response to tight margins and oversupply, a SDSU economics adjunct professor is advising cattle feeders to consider changing their seasonal habits and lock in price or physical supply.
The Forest Guild has released its report, “Forest Biomass Retention and Harvesting Guidelines for the Southeast,� identifying how expanding markets for forest bioenergy can enhance forests, while meeting the social and economic needs of society.
In the Wake of a Destructive Fire
March 02, 2012
This week, an enormous wood pellet-fired power plant in the U.K., possibly the largest in the world, suffered a major fire, and won't be back at full capacity until late July.
Sapphire Energy Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with Earthrise Nutritionals LLC, a company that has produced spirulina and spirulina-based products for more than 25 years. Spirulina is also known as blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria.
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