USDA approves latest round of advanced biofuel payments
September 29, 2011
The USDA approved its latest round of payments to producers of advanced biofuels on Sept. 27, giving the green light for more than $76 million to be distributed to more than 160 producers in 41 states.
Pellets Look Promising
September 29, 2011
The theme for the December issue of Biomass Power & Thermal is 2012 Industry Outlook. All I could think about when developing coverage concepts was the promising outlook I see for 2012 in the wood pellet industry.
With the construction start deadline of the end of this year looming for the Treasury Section 1603 Grants for Specified Energy Property in Lieu of Tax Credits program, the criteria for that specification is still not clear to many applicants.
An 8-megawatt anaerobic digester that would run on a mix of food processing waste including sweet corn silage and potato and bean waste is proposed for the southeast Minnesota town of Le Sueur.
Renmatix has developed a novel biomass conversion technology called the Plantrose process that's capable of breaking down lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars for advanced biofuel and biobased chemical developers.
Morgan Keegan's investment banking managing director lays out items on what your project needs in order to get built.
Open Fuel Standard companion bill introduced in Senate
September 28, 2011
Nearly five months after the Open Fuel Standard Act was first introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Dick Lugar, R-Ind., have introduced a companion bill in the Senate.
Codexis to develop improved yeasts for sugarcane ethanol
September 28, 2011
Technology developer Codexis Inc. signed a joint development agreement with Raizen Energia S.A., Brazil's largest sugar and ethanol producer, to improve cane-based ethanol production using its “directed evolution� biocatalyst technology platform.
ZeaChem gets grant to expand demo plant for jet fuel
September 28, 2011
In Washington, ZeaChem Inc. is part of a coalition led by the University of Washington which received $40 million to develop biogasoline and renewable jet fuel production from hybrid poplar trees.
DP CleanTech will convert a coal-fired power plant in Thailand to run instead on waste wood and eucalyptus bark. The retrofitted combined-heat-and-power plant will provide 20 megawatts of electricity to a nearby bioethanol plant.
Presenters during a Sept. 28 webinar produced by the Biomass Thermal Energy Council and titled "Agricultural and Woody Biomass: Contrasts and Comparisons," provided a thorough review of the potential for using ag biomass for energy in the U.S.
The project, titled "Acrylic and Styrenic Monomers and Polymers from Biomass (ACTION project)," is housed under the Biobased Performance Materials Programme at Wageningen University.
Imperium Renewables and the U.S. DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reported positive results in a joint development for the production of biomass-based drop-in jet fuel in the Pacific Northwest. So far, results are encouraging.
Codexis Inc. and Raizen Energia S.A. have signed a joint development agreement to develop an improved first-gen ethanol process. Both companies aim to expand the collaborative effort to potentially produce biobased chemicals.
As the U.S ethanol industry confronts the reality that the 45-cent-per-gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and 54-cent ethanol import tariff will end Dec. 31, industry representatives are ramping up efforts to extend the tariff beyond 2011.
Court rules on side of Bunge in Syngenta corn case
September 27, 2011
A motion made by Syngenta Corp. for a preliminary injunction against Bunge North America Inc. has been denied in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
After just a few months of production, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.'s biomass cube production facility in Michigan could close its doors, a result of the plant's performance not reaching design capacity and expected production levels.
The Northern Maine Development Commission was awarded a $1.9 million grant to replace or supplement heating oil furnaces in businesses and homes with wood biomass units.
A number of pellet manufacturers are included in a list of companies that will receive payments from the USDA to expand production and availability of both solid and liquid biofuels.
Pew report highlights role of advanced biofuels for U.S. military
September 27, 2011
The 74-page report, titled "From the Barracks to the Battlefield", highlights the linkages between energy, national security, the economy and the environment and details the role of the U.S. armed forces with clean innovation.
Colorado-based algal companies release specialized growth systems
September 27, 2011
A group of Colorado-based biotechnology companies, led by BioVantage Resources Inc., have released a suite of bioreactor and open raceway products to accelerate the commercialization process for algal culture growth.
According to Al Ward, president and COO of Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., the company plans to repurpose a pulp and paper mill for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals derived from black liquor, a strategy explored since 2008.
An algae photobioreactor developed specifically for laboratory research is set to enter commercial production soon. The equipment was originally designed and developed by researchers at Michigan State University.
A researcher at Washington State University has been selected to receive a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award to support the development of a technology to produce biobased jet fuel.
Poet gets final approval on DOE cellulosic ethanol loan guarantee
By Poet LLC
September 26, 2011
Poet LLC received final approval for a $105 million loan guarantee issued through the U.S. DOE's Loan Programs Office. The loan guarantee and financing allows Poet to construct Project Liberty, a 25 MMgy cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
Big names in energy security council
September 26, 2011
A new group with some big names has been formed to raise the profile of the nation's energy security needs. This past week, Robert McFarlane, former national security adviser, and James Woolsey, former CIA director, wrote an op ed piece.
U.S. EcoGen Polk LLC plans to construct and operate a 60-megawatt biomass plant in Fort Meade, Fla., that will use eucalyptus as a feedstock. At a cost of $200 million, developers expect construction to begin on the plant in early 2012.
In an attempt to make New York a national leader in biomass research and development, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is requesting proposals to develop a biomass heating roadmap.
The Algal Biomass Organization today announced a special algae technology Finance Symposium as part of the 5th annual Algae Biomass Summit.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department finalized a $105 million loan guarantee to support the development of one of the nation's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants.
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