Battle to implement E15 waiver continues
December 11, 2011
Letters for and against an amendment that would prevent the U.S. EPA from using appropriated funds to implement the E15 waiver have recently been sent to leadership of the Appropriations Committees.
Valero agrees to fund Mascoma cellulosic ethanol plant
December 09, 2011
Cellulosic ethanol technology developer Mascoma Corp. has finalized an agreement with petroleum refiner Valero Energy Corp. to finance the construction and start-up of its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol facility in Michigan.
Advancing DDGS adoption in China
By U.S. Grains Council
December 09, 2011
The U.S. Grains Council's latest DDGS promotion in China was a successful pair of workshops in Guangzhou and Qingdao. Despite the anti-dumping investigation, China is still the No. 2 export market for U.S. distillers grains.
More MACT
December 09, 2011
The Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules have been proposed, released, rereleased, revised and reconsidered. And it's getting ridiculous.
The Renewable Fuels Association says free ethanol trade between the U.S. and Brazil cannot be achieved until Brazil addresses its trade distortion measures.
Days Creek School in Douglas County, Ore., sped through a typically months-long process in roughly a week, becoming a biomass user capable of reaping the benefits the county's forest economy can offer.
Thermogen Industries, a technology developer and manufacturer operated by New Hampshire-based investment firm Cate Street Capital Inc., is bringing a microwave-based woody biomass torrefaction technology to Maine.
DTE Biomass Energy has fired up its landfill-gas-to-energy plant at the Smith's Creek Landfill in St. Claire County, Mich.
If a recently introduced piece of energy efficiency legislation sent to Congress by three Senators passes, U.S. homeowners may soon see reduced energy bills.
Canada-based FSI Inc. has devised a novel route for producing biobased aspartic acid from plant sugars rather than oil. Aspartic acid is, together with glutamic acid, classified as an acidic amino acid, and aspartate is pervasive in biosynthesis.
Lux Research projects that by 2015, 3.2 billion gallons of next-gen biofuels will be produced globally.
Foreclosure sale set for Range Fuels site
December 07, 2011
It's now been nearly a year since Range Fuels Inc. closed its doors and plans are in place to liquidate its assets, including a foreclosure sale for the Soperton plant, scheduled to take place on Jan. 3.
PEI joins Coalition for E85
By Petroleum Equipment Institute
December 07, 2011
The Petroleum Equipment Institute has announced it has joined the Coalition for E85, a group of retailers, producers, equipment manufacturers and other supporters of E85 fuel campaigning to protect the investments of 2,500 small businesses.
Codexis introduces CodeXyme cellulase enzyme line
By Codexis
December 07, 2011
Codexis Inc. introduced the CodeXyme Cellulase enzyme product line to convert biomass to sugar, enabling cost effective production of sustainable products.
A coalition of livestock and poultry lobby groups submitted a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee leaders on Dec. 7, requesting a hearing to evaluate the economic impact of the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
For the first time, wood pellets and cord wood have been included in the weekly heating fuel survey produced by the Office of Energy Independence and Security for the State of Maine.
The Pacific West Biomass Conference & Trade Show tour will include the Laguna Wastewater Treatment Plant in Santa Rosa, Calif., as well as the Giacomini dairy digester in Point Reyes, Calif.
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $7.7 million in contracts to eight companies, including UOP, LanzaTech, Virent and Imperium Renewables, to help accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced drop-in aviation fuels.
Algarythm Pty. Ltd., the operating company of Darke Peak Algae Biofuel Commercialization project, and Fishace Pty Ltd., trading as Fishace Ecological Engineering, recently announced the development of a new method to commercially produce algae.
Coproducts an important part of ethanol production
December 06, 2011
I get pretty frustrated when I hear the uninformed refer to distillers grains as a waste product of the ethanol industry.
Highwater CEO: Biobutanol is 'next step in biofuels'
December 06, 2011
Lamberton, Minn.,-based Highwater Ethanol LLC has signed a letter of intent with Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC to potentially retrofit its 50 MMgy corn ethanol plant to produce biobutanol.
Congressman proposes ethanol import tariff extension
December 06, 2011
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., introduced legislation on Dec. 2 that would extend the 54-cent per gallon ethanol import tariff, currently scheduled to expire at the end of this year, through 2014.
Last year's corn crop may have been modestly under-estimated, suggests Iowa State University's Robert Wisner, professor emeritus and analyst with the Ag Marketing Resource Center.
A month after announcing record sales, Pacific Ethanol made two more positive announcements. First, it is back in compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements and it has purchased an additional 7 percent ownership interest in New PE Holdco LLC.
By the end of 2011, Poet LLC expects to produce enough corn oil to supply feedstock for 12 MMgy of biodiesel. The technology is currently being installed at the company's sixth ethanol plant, with more expected in 2012.
Thanks to grant money, students in Arizona and California can earn certificates that will train them to work in the biofuels industry, including ethanol production.
Though biomass heating systems are one of the oldest energy systems in use today, technology has advanced over the years to optimize efficiency, convenience and safety.
In partnership with the U.K.'s Carbon Trust, the Forestry Commission's Biomass Energy Centre has released a new and improved fuel supplier database.
Missoula, Mont.-based Rivertop Renewables was recently awarded a contract from the Montana Department of Transportation to supply 110,000 gallons of biobased corrosion inhibitor for use with liquid deicers on the state's roads this winter.
Sapphire Energy published a scientific paper in Nucleic Acids Research Journal outlining the methodology for the design, construction, modification and cellular introduction of the chloroplast genome from the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
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