The U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive will launch up to two months later than planned, following concerns from the European Commission regarding the tariff level for large biomass technologies.
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council held a community ceremony in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Oct. 3 to announce the development of a 36-megawatt biomass power facility on the site of its pellet plant outside of town.
On Nov. 3, the world's first biomass exchange will be launched from Rotterdam, Netherlands, by Energy Exchange APX-ENDEX (Amsterdam Power Exchange-European Energy Derivatives Exchange), in cooperation with the Port of Rotterdam.
OriginOil Inc. has identified a new process that increases the efficiency of algae extraction without the use of hazardous solvents.It harnesses a substance that occurs naturally in algae cells and improves its trademarked SSE system by 15 percent.
The Original Game-Changer
October 04, 2011
If I've learned anything during my time covering the algae industry, it would be this: Don't forget to remember.
Feedstocks present and future
October 03, 2011
The corn market is crazy. I don't know how anybody whose livelihood depends upon corn prices can possibly have any hair left.
The Wood Pellet Association of Canada and the Quebec Wood Export Bureau's Wood Pellet Group announced on Sept. 29 that they are joining forces to support and develop wood pellet exports in Eastern Canada.
Where They Are Now
October 03, 2011
Why some algae companies thrive and some don't survive
People, Partnerships & Deals
The French government wants you there
Options are available for building the algae industry out
Growing nutrition demand leads straight to the source of omega-3s
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers transform animal wastes and algae into biocrude
A new Netherlands research park aims to overcome obstacles to commercial-scale algae production
The Making of a Super Plant
October 03, 2011
Is a lifetime of research and an established algae company enough?
South Dakota State University researchers develop an algae production system for use in space … and on Earth
Lignin biojet project wins DARPA funding
September 30, 2011
A researcher has been selected to receive a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award to support the development of a technology to produce jet fuel from lignin from cellulosic ethanol production or the pulp and paper industry.
BTEC, RPG Receive Grant to Promote Biomass Heating and Cooling
By Rona Johnson
September 30, 2011
The BTEC and the Resource Professional Group were awarded a $70,000 grant to promote energy cost savings and environmental improvement of commercial buildings by teaching architects and biomass appliance manufacturers about wood energy.
Cutting-edge bioenergy projects earn ARPA-E funding
September 30, 2011
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $36 million to PETRO-based projects, but the awards have little to do with fossil-based oil. The projects awarded all fit under the Plants Engineered To Replace Oil category.
A research team at Texas A&M University has been studying the internal clocks of sorghum hybrids, and they may have found the key to a sorghum hybrid that can accumulate roughly three times the amount of biomass.
The production of advanced biofuels was one of many renewable energy topics addressed by speakers at the recent annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
U.S. DOE finalized a $132.4 million loan guarantee in financial support for Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas LLC's proposed 23 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant to be located in Hugoton, Kan.
Advanced biofuels company, Gevo Inc., announced it has been awarded $5 million to develop biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. It also said it had been awarded a contract to supply jet fuel to the U.S. Air Force.
Mixed picture for DDGS exports
By U.S. Grains Council
September 29, 2011
January-to-June DDGS exports saw a 16 percent increase in sales to Southeast Asia, despite a 11 percent loss in total export sales, reported USGS. A major factor is the drop in Chinese purchasing, well below the same time period last year.
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