Attitudes Improving
February 03, 2012
I've come across more mainstream news articles lately that are not so blindly anti-biomass. Too often, the loud opinions of opposition groups catch the eyes and ears of reporters more than the business-as-usual demeanor of a developer.
In less than one year, GB Railfreight (GBRF) has turned a train and freight shipping process designed to supply biomass to Drax Power Station, the U.K.'s largest power station, into an award winning business.
Several federal lawmakers addressed the issues of renewable energy and advanced biofuels this week. On Jan. 30, U.S. Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., spoke at the ACS briefing on advanced biofuels. A day later a senate hearing on energy took place.
BioBased Technologies and Palmer International have joined forces to form a strategic alliance that will focus on the development of a new family of biobased polyols derived from cashew nutshell liquid (CNL) for use in rigid foam applications.
The research team led by chemical and biological engineering professor Will Zimmerman developed an inexpensive method to produce microbubbles that float algae cells to the surface of the solution, which makes harvesting easier, cheaper and faster.
Burlington, Ontario-based EcoSynthetix Inc. has secured a $2.1 million funding award from Sustainable Development Technology Canada to support the development and commercialization of its novel biobased EcoMer monomer technology platform.
Scotland-based Edinburgh Napier University's Biofuels Research Centre has spun out a new company, Celtic Renewables Ltd., that focuses on converting waste products derived from whisky production into biobutanol and other biofuels and chemicals.
Dynamic Fuels LLC entered into a strategic marketing alliance and commercial offtake and supply chain management agreements with Mansfield Oil Co. to jointly market Dynamic Fuels' synthetic renewable diesel to the commercial fleet vehicle market.
Senate energy outlook hearing focuses on fossils first
February 02, 2012
Howard Gruenspecht, acting EIA administrator, testified in a Senate energy committee hearing that while domestic crude oil production is expected to grow by more than 20 percent in the next decade, biofuels production will also grow steadily.
Looking for a middle ground where environmentalists and ethanol advocates could meet, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released a paper by Julia Olmstead reflecting on the the debate over indirect land use change.
CRFA says report wrong on connection between ethanol, livestock
By Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
February 02, 2012
Ethanol and grain producers in Canada reacted to a report by the George Morris Centre charging it misinterprets the connection between clean-burning, renewable ethanol and the livestock and meat markets.
BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Renewable Energy formally broke ground Feb. 1 on a five-acre algae production facility in southwest Iowa at the site of Green Plains' 65 MMgy ethanol plant near Shenandoah, and should be complete in the fall.
The long and frustrating wait for ethanol production at the 38 MMgy ethanol plant built in Canton, Ill., appears to finally be coming to an end. Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. announced Jan. 31 that it was resuming work to restart the plant.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported financial results for its second quarter ending Dec. 31 that showed earnings sharply lower than last year's record results. The company reported net earnings for the quarter of $80 million.
Two dairy farm anaerobic digestion projects under development in Sacramento County, Calif., are making progress and may be operational by the end of the year.
The New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning (OEP) is now the second state-affiliated energy information provider in the Northeastern U.S. to include average residential pricing for wood pellets.
After successful trials, BioProcess Algae and Green Plains Renewable Energy announced they are ready to start construction on the five-acre algae production facility in Shenandoah, Iowa.
Think tank seeks expert input for energy subsidy wiki
February 01, 2012
The Institute for Policy Integrity, a non-partisan advocacy organization and policy cost-benefit analysis think tank sponsored by the New York University School of Law, is seeking expert contributors for a wiki regarding energy tax breaks.
The Washington D.C.-based clean energy investment team at Leaf Clean Energy Company believes the 2012 biomass industry has tremendous promise based on a number of factors, and with two biomass power investments, the company is looking for more.
Biofuels and other renewables are expected to be the fastest growing sources of energy globally for the next two decades, according to BP's latest Energy Outlook 2030.
A 44 MMgy ethanol plant in Atkinson, Neb., NEDAK Ethanol LLC, recently completed a capital restructuring deal, raised $10 million in equity and entered into an asset management agreement.
Now in its fourth year, the Northeast Biomass Heating Expo, slated for March 21-23 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has released its 2012 conference program.
The Pellet Fuels Institute's densified biomass fuel standards program may not be fully unveiled for several months, but PFI has completed accreditation of ten auditing agencies and two laboratories.
Toronto-based Pond Biofuels is piloting a unique algae production system at St. Mary's Cement with support of the Ontario government. The system uses LED and solar lighting, and will reduce greenhouse gases by absorbing dirty smokestack emissions.
Looking for FEW presentations
January 30, 2012
The deadline is quickly approaching on Feb. 10 to submit presentation ideas for the International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo. Being held in Minneapolis this year, the FEW is June 4-7, a bit earlier in June than normal.
Canadian ethanol plant will operate 'off grid'
January 30, 2012
A project to build an ethanol plant co-located with anaerobic digesters is in its final phase. Growing Power Hairy Hill L.P., a 40 MMly feed wheat ethanol plant under construction in Canada, will convert manure into power.
A growing number of Michigan businesses, agriculture, health care and labor professionals are working to raise Michigan's current RPS of 10 percent by 2015, and are calling on the public's support of a ballot proposal.
Algae.Tec Ltd. made several important announcements over the past month, and CEO Peter Hatfull says the cumulative impact of these developments means that his company is making the transition from a development-stage company to a commercial entity.
A phase of water exists beyond liquid, solid and gas, says UW Prof. Gerald Pollack. Biomat has applied this theory to its work in developing shipping container-based algae growth systems. "We focus on the water, not the algae," said CEO Miguel Cizin.
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