Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based Firebox Energy Systems Ltd. has announced plans to build a 30-megawatt (MW) biomass power plant on the designated lands of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation Reserve #133 near Glenevis, Alberta.
A researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey who is pursuing a biofuels project has been recognized with a highly prestigious award. Research Ecologist Sasha Reed recently received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
The creation of a biobased economy depends on cultivating a steady supply of renewable feedstock, developing infrastructure at farm scale all the way to factory scale, building biorefineries, and developing distribution channels of products.
Through a developmental agreement, Dow Electrical & Telecommunications, formerly Dow Wire & Cable, will work with Solazyme Inc. to develop algal oils for use in biobased Dielectric Insulating Fluids. The market for DIF is estimated at $2 billion.
Giveaways at the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit
October 18, 2011
Four algae experts will now have something to show for their work involving an algae harvesting centrifuge system. Each expert who worked with or supported the Evodos centrifugal system, will get their own free Evodos system.
Citing “serious concerns� with the U.S. EPA's decision on E15, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., introduced legislation in the House requiring an independent scientific of E15 use in vehicle, marine and small engines.
The Northern Virginia Power Cooperative has received a $90 million loan from the USDA Rural Utilities Service to help build a biomass power plant near South Boston in southern Virginia.
A study conducted by the Combined Heat and Power Partnership, a voluntary program initiated by the U.S. EPA, found potential for increased combined heat and power systems at U.S. wastewater treatment facilities.
The U.S. EPA has announced it will propose revisions to its Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials rule, following a strong push from industries, including biomass, concerned with its current constraints.
Global engineering company Chemtex made announcements Oct. 13 about two separate cellulosic ethanol projects--one under construction in northern Italy and the second planned in Brazil.
The Illinois EPA has filed a request with the state attorney general asking for a judicial order that would require Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. to conduct an investigation of environmental impacts associated with an Oct. 7 train derailment.
Moving its way through Congress, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act has received bipartisan approval in the House, leaving Senate approval the last step in passage of legislation that would grant the EPA time to improve the flawed boiler MACT rules.
Biomass Power Map Sneak Peek
By Rona Johnson
October 14, 2011
The 2012 U.S. Biomass Power Map is complete and the most positive development compared with the previous map is the increase in the number of plants that are currently under construction, which rose from six to 15.
Just when the prospects for a biomass district heating plant planned for downtown Vancouver, Wash., were looking glum, it turns out there is hope for the project after all.
Virent has announced the release of analytical test results for its biobased jet fuel, which was produced with technical collaborator Shell. The testing was completed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
The biomass industry is a new frontier for the team at the Gemstone Group, a renewable energy investment banking firm, and according to Gary Kleiman, founder, his team is looking for opportunities to partner and help people with their projects.
Experts explain feedstock supply chain intricacies
October 13, 2011
Ask J.D. Lindberg, principal and CFO for Resource Recycling Systems Inc., about the intricacies of feedstock supply contracting, and he would most likely tell you that 'glass time is money.'
The Vancouver, Wash., city council has voted to place a six-month moratorium on a project to build a central heating biomass plant in downtown Vancouver, that would have replaced 11 fossil fuel boilers.
Iberdrola Renewables has announced that its 26.8-megawatt (MW) biomass power project at Collins Pine Co.'s Fremont sawmill in Lakeview, Ore., will be put on hold indefinitely, due to lack of a power purchase agreement.
Thailand's largest chemical producer, PTT Chemical Public Co. Ltd. is investing $150 million in NatureWorks. Once regulatory approval for the investment is granted, PTT Chemical will hold a 50-percent equity share in NatureWorks.
Ford is expanding its program to track suppliers' carbon footprints and, in a separate news item, researching use of coconut husks as plastic reinforcement.
Industry leaders discussed how waste plastics and algae are viable feedstock for the production of green fuels, chemicals and products at BBI International's Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show in Pittsburgh this week.
The biomass industry is a new frontier for the team at the Gemstone Group, a renewable energy investment banking firm, and according to Gary Kleiman, founder, his team is looking for opportunities to partner and help people with their projects.
Experts explain feedstock supply chain intricacies
October 13, 2011
J.D. Lindberg, principal and CFO for Resource Recycling Systems Inc., spoke about the intricacies of feedstock supply contracting during the 2011 Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
Mannheim, Germany-based specialty chemical company Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH has been presented with the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Global New Product Innovation Award in the Bioplastic Additives Market for its BioAdimide product.
Legislators introduce Farm Bill
October 12, 2011
Two Indiana legislators have introduced Farm Bill legislation that would target $40 billion in cuts to the USDA's budget and make several alterations to the programs included under the current Farm Bill's energy title.
WASDE: New crop acres down, yield unchanged, beginning stocks up
October 12, 2011
As expected, the USDA raised its feed grain stocks projections in the World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report issued Oct. 12 as higher beginning stocks more than offset lower forecast production.
Researchers from the University of Florida have found a way for tree breeders to create a new pine variety in about six years—less than half than the more than 13 years it takes without the genetic technique.
A newly formed group -- the Coalition for E85 -- is battling an E85 price increase at the end of the year, when the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit is likely to expire. In its place, the coalition is lobbying for a 50 cent per gallon tax credit.
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