Time to Assess Biomass Project Funding Options
By Emily Chad and Todd Taylor
January 05, 2012
Defining Biomass
January 05, 2012
ACORE presents its unified, simplified biomass definition to Congress.
Green Gizmo
By Anna Austin
January 05, 2012
Telescopic tree trimmer is designed to reach inaccessible biomass.
Landfill Gas on the Rise
By Anna Austin
January 05, 2012
Landfill gas-to-energy plants open in Georgia and Virginia.
1603 Packed a Punch
By Anna Austin
January 05, 2012
After three years of aiding renewable energy projects, the 1603 program is set to expire.
Positioned for Pellets
January 05, 2012
With port and rail expansions under development, Maine is on the cusp of entering the wood pellet export market.
The Power of Punctilious Planning
By Anna Austin
January 05, 2012
Biomass power projects are not immune to failure, but with strong partnerships and careful planning, they can be successful.
Germany-based market research institute Ceresana Research recently announced it expects significant growth to characterize the bioplastics industry over the next few years, particularly within the emerging South American and Asia-Pacific markets.
Sweetwater uses a patent-pending process technology that efficiently breaks down a variety cellulosic biomass, such as agricultural and wood residues, within a contained, water-based solution to produce concentrated C5 and C6 sugar streams.
Rematix Inc. employs a patented two-step supercritical fluid hydrolysis technology platform, trademarked the Plantrose process, that can efficiently extract and solubilize C5 and C6 sugars from a variety of nonfood-based lignocellulosic biomass.
A research project underway in collaboration with BioTork, Rivertop Solutions and the USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center has successfully demonstrated a method to turn Hawaiian papaya waste into renewable oil for conversion to biofuels.
Making the obvious case for biorefining, once again.
Three of the patents cover the production of various liquid fuels and chemicals related to its recently announced partnership with Coca-Cola and its ongoing partnership with Royal Dutch Shell. The other two involve the registered BioForming process.
Lakewood, Colo.-based ZeaChem Inc. has achieved a significant milestone by completing on schedule and under budget the construction and installation of the core process technology for its 250,000 gallon integrated biorefinery in Boardman, Ore.
DuPont and California-based feedstock development company NexSteppe have entered into a collaboration to develop new sweet and high-biomass sorghum hybrids in Brazil and the U.S., for use in the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries.
ZeaChem completes core construction at demo plant
January 04, 2012
Construction of ZeaChem Inc.'s Boardman, Ore., demonstration-scale project's core has been successfully completed and the company said it is beginning biochemical production operations as scheduled.
Georgia ethanol plant emerges from bankruptcy
January 04, 2012
A reorganization plan allowing Southwest Georgia Ethanol LLC to emerge from Chapter 11 was approved in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The ethanol plant, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of First United Ethanol LLC, filed for bankruptcy on Feb. 2.
LanzaTech buys Range Fuels site
January 04, 2012
New Zealand-based technology developer LanzaTech became the new owner of the former Range Fuels Inc. cellulosic biofuels plant in Soperton, Ga., on Jan. 3, paying just $5.1 million for the site during a foreclosure sale.
BDI-BioEnergy International recently announced a $4.45 million plant for a waste disposal corporation in Marl, France, and has developed a new separation technology to be used there.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany is leading a project that will focus on converting biomass into engine fuels and chemicals, as well as heat and electricity.
A new biofuel initiative in the EU is set to kick off on the first of the year. The project, referred to as BioBoost, aims to convert residual biomass into intermediates, such as biocrude, for the production of drop-in biobased fuels and chemicals.
New Zealand-based technology developer LanzaTech became the new owner of the former Range Fuels Inc. cellulosic biofuels plant in Soperton, Ga., on Jan. 3, paying just $5.1 million for the site during a foreclosure sale held in Soperton.
Chromatin Inc., a developer of energy crop feedstock solutions, announced Jan. 4 the award of a $5.7 million contract under the PETRO (Plants Engineered to Replace Oil) program of the U.S. DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Adapting to low-corn oil DDGS in the marketplace
January 03, 2012
Oh corn oil, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
The Port of Chesapeake in Virginia has officially entered the biomass shipping business. On Dec. 31, Enviva LP sent 28,000 metric tons of wood pellets to one of Enviva's European utility customers aboard the MV Daishin Maru.
Pellet Exports Already Showing Growth in New Year
January 03, 2012
Just days into this New Year, the pellet export industry is already seeing growth, solidifying the certainty of a prosperous 2012.
On Dec. 29, Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a ruling preventing the California Air Resources Board from enforcing the state's low carbon fuels standard (LCFS) during pending litigation.
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