The U.S. DOE has announced a team of researchers in its BioEnergy Science Center have pinpointed the gene that controls ethanol production capacity in a microorganism.
AMERIgreen plans Energy Independence Convoy
August 24, 2011
Pennsylvania-based fuel dealer AMERIgreen Energy Inc. is hosting its Energy Independence Convoy on Aug. 25 where elected representatives and officials and representatives of businesses will show their commitment to using domestically produced fuels.
After reports that Cate Street Capital's proposed wood-fueled Berlin Station in Berlin, N.H., was dead in the water, a new agreement established this week could bring plans to build the 75 megawatt facility back to life.
Rolling out commercialization of its demonstrated biomass feedstock-flexible gasifier, ICM Inc. will pair the system with Eisenmann Corp.'s wet electrostatic precipitation emission abatement technology.
The company has formed several partnerships or JVs with the likes of Novamont, Tate & Lyle, Mitsubishi Corp, M&G and even Waste Management. Today, Genomatica officially announced that it has filed a registration statement with the SEC for its IPO.
Bionol Clearfield LLC recently came out on top in an arbitration case with Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc. The 110 MMgy facility was awarded $47 million in damages incurred to-date and more than $180 million in future damages.
Despite a decline in its paper product sector, Wisconsin holds the reins to an industry that shows enormous potential for cofiring with fossil fuels: pellets made from industrial paper waste.
Cofiring torrefied biomass with coal seems like a great way to reduce emissions, but is it economical?
Biomass Power & Thermal investigates potential technical and safety issues involved in storing and handling biomass at cofired power plants.
While cofiring woody biomass with coal is more common on a testing scale than commercial, most issues related to co-combustion within the boiler can be alleviated with proper fuel sizing and blending.
Strong tax incentives, a highly trained workforce, ample forestry materials and government investment in research and development make Ontario a great location for biomass power development.
A technique based on carbon dating will soon be used in the U.K. to determine the proportion of energy from waste that is renewable.
The U.K. Renewable Energy Association on Aug. 23 launched its Back Biomass campaign, aimed at ensuring suitable levels of government support for biomass power and combined heat and power.
A U.K. white paper and accompanying energy roadmap put emphasis on biomass potential.
Study: Biomass technologies plus carbon capture/storage have global potential for negative CO2 emissions.
The first application of Pyrogenesis's plasma gasifier is operating for the U.S. Air Force in Florida.
A new online tool calculates the benefits of the U.K.'s Renewable Heat Incentive.
PFI is working diligently on its third-party fuel certification standards.
Biomass is not a silver bullet but it plays a key energy role.
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission is enhancing its rebate program for residential pellet heat, offering a 30 percent system and installation rebate of up to $6,000 on bulk-fed wood pellet central boilers and furnaces.
Growing Digital goes live
August 22, 2011
Seed corn developer Syngenta announced it has a new blog to help farmers, and anyone else for that matter, figure out the social media and begin using this new forum to become agvocates, or just build their networks.
A foreclosure auction is scheduled to be held Aug. 24 for the 60 MMgy Clean Burn Fuels LLC corn-based ethanol plant in Raeford, N.C. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year and later converted the filing to a Chapter 7.
A new study by Lux Research Inc. has found that although investment in alternative fuels remained flat last year, a four-year low at $930 million for startups, funding for feedstock-agnostic and end-product flexible technologies was more common.
Corn and DDGS exports to China will be getting added scrutiny this fall by some buyers. Syngenta has launched an informational campaign, plus filed suit against one of those buyers, regarding its newly released Agrisure Viptera trait.
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