Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., a market pulp mill in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada, hopes to build a 5.2-megawatt biomass power plant that would use its mill wastewater. The mill produces pulp that is sold to paper mills.
Vineyards LLC is developing a data center campus, Vineyards Data Center Park, which will be powered by a 50-megawatt biomass plant. The use of biomass for energy provides attractive power pricing that should be enticing to potential occupants.
A $5,000 research grant was awarded to undergraduate students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by British Petroleum. The purpose of the grant is for students to learn the engineering properties of biomass.
Fram Renewable Fuels, a wood pellet producer in the U.S., has entered into an agreement with Telfair Forest Products to build a wood pellet manufacturing facility at TFP's Lumber City, Ga., location.
The two companies have formed a joint-venture to build an industrial biorefinery to produce Genomatica's butanediol (BDO) for use in Novamont's bioplastic products.
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.
The U.S. DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy targets the “white space� of existing energy research
The Bio-Academic Entrepreneurs
August 22, 2011
Intellect, experience and business sense make them the industry's dream
Royal DSM is making significant inroads in the biorefining sector, and it shows no signs of slowing down
SDSU researchers evaluate use of biochar as a soil amendment
Vault.com's Top 10 Clean Energy Law Firms
August 22, 2011
Clean technology firms with strong energy practices
Mirel bioplastic selected for a new line of film products
Software Every Bioenergy Firm Needs
August 22, 2011
A synthetic biologist engineers program to test DNA sequences in superbugs
Why Cloud Computing and Biofuels Make Sense
August 22, 2011
The Kbase will reveal relationships between microbes and environments
USDA announces more BCAP project areas, but the program's fate is unclear
Ineos Bio makes progress on nation's first cellulosic biorefinery project
How MSW will be efficiently, economically utilized in the Tar Heel State
NatureWorks to broaden biopolymer portfolio with new Ingeo lactide
Nothing to Waste in Frederica
August 22, 2011
Danish city to test Dong Energy/Inbicon-inspired MSW-to-bioliquid process
The U.S. military still sees benefits in biofuels
People, Partnerships & Deals
What biofuel companies need to know about the FCPA
The U.S. must establish itself now as a center of excellence in biomaterial supply before it's too late
Can America afford to stick around for the second act?
Pennsylvania-based fuel dealer AMERIgreen Energy Inc. is hosting its Energy Independence Convoy on Aug. 25. The event, modeled after the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, aims to raise awareness about our dependence on foreign oil.
Emeryville, Calif.-based Amyris Inc. has signed a multi-year supply agreement for several hundred tons of its renewable squalane with Nikko Chemicals Co. Ltd. for distribution in the Japanese market.
Abengoa gets DOE $133.9 million conditional loan guarantee
By U.S. DOE
August 19, 2011
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million loan guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas LLC to support the development of a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.
Biorefining and Biomass Conferences on the Horizon
By Rona Johnson
August 19, 2011
I just wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of some upcoming BBI International conferences: the International Biorefining Conference & Trade Show and the Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
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