The Plant, a Chicago-based vertical farm and food business incubator, received $1.5 million in state funding for an anaerobic digester that will consume brewery waste.
The land that had been pegged as the site of a 42 MMgy municipal solid waste-to-ethanol plant near Chicago in Lake County, Ind., went on the market this week, the physical “For Sale� sign indicating this project may have reached its end.
One World Clean Energy Inc. has secured its first memorandum of understanding to construct and commission a $115 Integrated Biorefinery in South Africa, where it would produce10 megawatts of electricity, 10 MMgy of ethanol and 10 MMgy biodiesel.
The digester at a vegetable company in Lavigny, Switzerland, has shown an increase in biogas production of about 30 percent in the past six months, with the use of a bioactive solution. It also increased the annual load potential by 50 percent.
Houston-based Accelergy Corp. will provide the Yankuang Group with its trademarked TerraSync terrestrial sequestration system to capture carbon dioxide from the future coal-to-liquid facility in Erdos, an area in China's Inner Mongolia Province.
The Environmental Planning and Assessment Act will give Algae.Tec the go-ahead to build a demonstration facility called Shoalhaven One near the Manildra Group's ethanol facility south of Sydney. The permit is effective immediately.
An algae strain grown by BioProcess Algae LLC at Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.'s 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa, is one step closer to entering the poultry feed market.
Syngenta's enzyme-producing corn variety requires redesigned farm-to-plant system
New blend won't qualify for One Pound Waiver, presenting huge hurdle
The bull's-eye on corn ethanol could fade if the industry steps up and makes corn production and stover harvesting more environmentally friendly
As the ethanol industry matures, potential corrosion issues call for a watchful eye
October 18, 2011
Independent oil producers fight against possible repeal of subsidies
October 18, 2011
Kinder Morgan, CSX, Tampa Port expand ethanol handling in Florida
Great Plains Institute hosts Minneapolis meeting
October 18, 2011
USDA ends REAP year with $3 million for blender pumps
New group focuses on fuel choice in the marketplace
Ag industry needs to present united front, Vilsack says
Many proposed projects in holding pattern
People, Partnerships & Deals
By Kris Bevill, Holly Jessen, Susanne Retka Schill
October 18, 2011
The European Union's Customs Code Committee recently approved a draft regulation to classify E90, any blend of 70 percent ethanol or more and 30 percent gasoline or less, as denatured ethanol.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has proposed an amendment to the ag appropriations act of 2012 that would prevent any funds from being used to support ethanol infrastructure.
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