Novozymes expands R&D capability in Brazil
November 28, 2011
Novozymes launched additional R&D laboratories and customer solutions facilities in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, increasing its Brazilian workforce by 10 percent as the company takes advantage of the country's expanding biofuels market.
Norwegian wood ethanol makes its way to country's cars
November 28, 2011
Statoil Fuel & Retail, Scandinavia's top fuel retailer, and timber firm/cellulosic ethanol producer Borregaard have signed an agreement to introduce Norwegian timber-based ethanol to drivers in Norway for the first time ever.
One-fifth of the world's energy demands could be met with biomass without damaging food production, according to a new report released by the U.K. Energy Research Centre.
After a delay in implementation and a reduction to large biomass power tariff levels, the U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive is open for applications as of Nov. 28.
Working closely with the Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Nevada Economic Development Council, Thesis Chemistry has selected a 40-acre site within the West Industrial Park of Nevada, Iowa, for a proposed biorefinery center.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC commented on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's reexamination decisions regarding two of the company's foundational patents. Previously, Butamax filed suit against Gevo for infringement of the '188 and '889 patents.
U.K. Biomass Project Development Continues to Pick up
By Rona Johnson
November 25, 2011
While we in the U.S. are looking to Congress and waiting to see what's going to be cut out of the budget, biomass project developers are busy in the U.K.
Isobutanol blend performs well in marine tests
November 23, 2011
An isobutanol gasoline blend, provided by Gevo Inc., tested well as an alternative marine fuel according the report released Nov. 18 by two boating organizations.
A multi-million Certified Emissions Reduction financing agreement was announced Nov. 23 between Bank of America Merrill Lynch and a project to produce ethanol for clean cooking stoves in Africa.
Research reduces toxins, improves distillers grains
November 23, 2011
Virginia Tech and USDA researchers developed strategy that reduces barley toxins sometimes present in distillers grains used for animal feed. The strategy modifies the ethanol fermentation process and focuses on deoxynivalenol (DON).
Studies evaluate impact of nutrients in DDGS manure
November 23, 2011
As distillers grains becomes an ever more popular component of cattle diets in feedlots throughout North America, the need to explore the after-effects of that product also become more important.
The super committee's failure and what it means for an extenders package.
The 12-member super committee declared defeat just days ahead of its deadline to deliver a 10-year debt reduction plan to Congress, effectively killing a tentative 2012 Farm Bill proposal put together largely in secret.
Searching for a way to get around lignin and produce cost-efficient advanced, researchers introduced a maize gene into switchgrass. The result was a 250 percent increase in the amount of starch and easier extraction of fermentable sugars.
Enzyme study shows DDGS dewatering applications
November 22, 2011
A one-month plant trial showed a commercial enzyme could help extract water from distillers grains, saving natural gas, electricity and water used in the ethanol process, though more work needs to be done,
Report offers advanced biofuels primer to investors
November 22, 2011
Financial services company Raymond James published an industry brief in early November discussing the status and potential of the second-generation biofuels industry. The report is a follow up to a similar analysis published by the company in April.
University of Georgia researchers developed new yeast that produces higher volume of ethanol from pine with results published on Nov. 10 in the online journal Biotechnology for Biofuels.
Biomass thermal has great potential in the Midwest, and stakeholders representing various industries across the board are collaborating to gain a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
After an ongoing battle between the city and its project developers, a biomass district heating plant planned for downtown Vancouver, Wash., has been officially cancelled.
Through the Model Neighborhood Project, as many as 40 homeowners in Berlin, N.H., will receive subsidies to switch from heating oil systems to advanced wood pellet boilers in the next two years.
A large greenhouse in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Chateauguay, Quebec, unveiled on Nov. 18 its new biomass heating system, complete with a 2-kilometer (1.24-mile) hot water distribution network for its 6.5 hectares (16 acres).
Georgia has a lot to offer biomass-to-energy projects
Manufacturers emphasize pellet potential in the Southeast.
Department of Defense has lofty renewable energy goals.
Biomass conference panel features experienced biomass power developers.
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