As the cellulosic ethanol industry begins to actively come into commercial-scale production, current tax incentives must remain to support those facilities through the initial few years of production, according to the Advanced Ethanol Council.
Only two and half weeks after announcing plans to construct and operate a straw-fired biomass plant in the U.K., developer Eco2 has announced it will sell the rights to another proposed straw-powered plant.
Repreve Renewables will hold its second annual Giant Miscanthus Field Day Jan. 10-11 at its farm near Soperton, Ga.
For $92 million, Kedco Plc, an Ireland-based gasification and anaerobic digestion technology developer, plans to bring five biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants to the U.K.
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus commits $355 million to the formation of a new investment company called First Green Partners to commercialize early-stage companies that convert renewable carbon, such as biomass, into fuels and chemicals.
Mascoma announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with Valero to develop and operate its 20 MMgy cellulosic ethanol facility in Kinross, Mich. The cost to construct, commission and start-up the plant is estimated at $232 million.
Business Briefs
By Ethanol Producer Magazine Staff
December 12, 2011
People, Partnerships & Deals
Forging Ahead
December 12, 2011
Enterprising retail operators install E85 pumps despite pricing uncertainties
In Motion
December 12, 2011
Researchers investigate enzyme movement to improve ethanol production
Grant goes to purchase advanced harvesting equipment
December 12, 2011
The Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy is using a $4.8 million grant to purchase advanced harvesting equipment. The first piece of equipment purchased was a Stinger Stacker 6500 bale�handling truck.
Good News, Bad News
December 12, 2011
Farmers harvest biomass, delivery on hold
E85 Coalition Ranks Swell
December 12, 2011
SIGMA joins group seeking alternative fuel credit
Under the Microscope
December 12, 2011
EU joins China in investigating U.S. ethanol trade practices
Ethanol-Friendly Manitoba
December 12, 2011
Shell scouts commercial-scale cellulosic opportunities
Good Digestion
December 12, 2011
It's been a bumpy road to full-scale adoption of anaerobic digestion technologies at ethanol plants
Ships Passing in the Night
December 12, 2011
A look back at a year of booming U.S.imports to Brazil and ahead to increased U.S.-Brazil ethanol exchanges
The subsidies worked
December 12, 2011
Ethanol really is a success story in capitalism – a story of entrepreneurs and dreamers who envisioned a way to use abundant supplies of corn and address the need to build a little energy security into the equation.
Pacific Ethanol boosts ownership stake to 34 percent
By Pacific Ethanol
December 12, 2011
Pacific Ethanol Inc. has signed with a group of institutional investors to raise $8 million in a private placement transaction and acquired an additional 7 percent ownership stake in the Pacific Ethanol production facilities.
Reaching the E15 Summit
December 12, 2011
Getting the waiver was easy, compared to the work required to fulfill requirements for E15 implementation
The second annual U.K. Biomass Directory has been released, and it indicates that the country is in line to meet its goal of producing 10 percent of its energy with biomass by 2050.
The Mediterranean island of Malta may soon combine waste biomass sourced from olive production with carbon capture and sequestration technology (CCS), making the country one of the only in the world to operate on a carbon negative energy balance.
The U.K. Committee on Climate Change has released its Bioenergy Review, which finds that without bioenergy the country is not likely to meet its long-term emissions goals.
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