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There are two main strategies to meet President Obama's goal of reducing the nation's dependence on foreign oil by one third within the next 10 years, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told members of Growth Energy on Sept. 21.
It is clear that political sentiment has changed significantly over the past few years, and the biofuels arena has not been immune. Three industry leaders discussed this during the International Biorefining Conference & Trade Show in Houston.
More than 1.3 million miles into using E15 in its three major national racing series, NASCAR is still singing the praises of ethanol.
Through the efforts of the Economic Development Corporation of Erie County, worldwide exports of biomass through the Great Lakes could become a reality for northwest Pennsylvania.
Having served for a few months as the Pellet Fuels Institute's acting executive director, Jennifer Hedrick has now been appointed as the organization's executive director.
The EPA Regulatory Relief Act, legislation that would allow the U.S. EPA to improve its flawed Maximum Achievable Control Technology rules, has been approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Valero Renewable Fuels Co. plans to install an ICM-patent pending, next-generation Advanced Oil System corn oil extraction system at four of its ethanol plants in the Midwest by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
Gold Eagle Co., producer and distributor of automobile aftermarket fluids and additives, has released a 48-page white paper outlining the petroleum refining process, gasoline standards and the effects of ethanol-blended gasoline on engine components.
HCL CleanTech will use $100 million worth of incentives provided by the state of Mississippi to build roughly $1 billion worth of renewable sugar facilities.
The countdown to commissioning can officially begin for Abengoa Bioenergy's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. On Sept. 20, the company announced it has received the air permit for the 23 MMgy multi-feedstock facility.
A UCS report displays the tremendous potential for bioenergy development in the Midwest.
The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County, Fla., plans to build a $670 million waste-to-energy facility.
U.S. companies plan to develop biopowered computer data centers to reap the benefits of local supply and competitive power pricing.
New EPA document does little to clear up concerns about MACT”s “solid waste” definition.
Taylor Biomass Energy satisfies Greenopia's rigorous review to distinguish it as a sustainable business.
Following disappointing trial crop yields, NRG Energy shelves its biomass project.
A forester and biomass supplier attempts to quash misinformation about Florida's biomass availability.
PurposeEnergy is eyeing the brewery industry for its novel AD cogen system.
CMRA and NSWMA have crafted standards for grading C&D wood so it can be utilized in combustion systems.
Utilization of municipal solid waste sorting technologies could speed up the development of anaerobic digestion in the U.S.
The Missoula City-County Health Department has denied an appeal from biomass opponents of the University of Montana's biomass gasifier, but more appeals are still possible and in fact expected.
New Jersey is already a top-ranked state in on-site utilization of biogas produced by wastewater treatment plants, but ongoing research could help craft incentives to push it even higher.
Two U.S. lawmakers create the first Congressional Biomass Caucus to put the industry on the front burner of energy policy.
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