The DOE's updated billion-ton study details potential for biomass production nationwide and examines the ability to produce enough biomass without impacting production of other farm and forest products to make 85 billion gallons of biofuel a year.
The EIA has released its short-term energy outlook for the U.S., stating that the recent findings and assumptions expressed in the outlook "do not fully reflect recent economic and financial developments that point towards a weaker economic outlook."
One year after starting a research effort to compare six different drop-in biofuels technology pathways for near-term promise and deployment probability, the NABC announced two of the six pathways have been chosen for further funding and research.
USDA, DOE fund further energy crop research
August 12, 2011
The USDA and U.S. DOE will jointly fund 10 research projects focused on improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of various energy crops for biofuel production.
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission has approved a request from the CME Group to increase the daily trading limit on corn by 10 cents per bushel beginning Aug. 22.
Japan Considers Converting Disaster Debris into Biomass Power
By Rona Johnson
August 12, 2011
The massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan has left the country with 25 million tons of debris (about 70 percent of it wood) just from homes, according to Japan's Forestry Agency, which is proposing to build five biomass power plants.
Solazyme has officially signed a framework agreement to form a joint-venture with Bunge Global Innovation to design and build a facility to produce renewable oils in time for the 2013 sugarcane harvest. Both will contribute to financing the project.
Sen. Tom Udall announced that he and Sen. Mike Crapo will introduce bipartisan legislation to help level the playing field for advanced biofuels, such as those derived from algae, by reforming the RFS2 to make it more technology neutral.
A hearing has been set for Aug. 22 in a patent litigation case. GreenShift Corp. will face its defendants and counterclaimants in the consolidated case in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Indiana.
The remaining weeks in August will have a big impact on actual yield numbers for the 2011 corn crop. Supply was tight in 2010 as well and lowered yields this year will mean the industry won't be able to begin rebuilding inventories.
Two advanced biofuels companies working toward commercial-scale production of biobutanol or isobutanol will battle it out in the courts. Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC announced Aug. 9 it was filing a second patent infringement case against Gevo Inc.
Members of the ethanol and petroleum industries voiced their concerns over the U.S. EPA's proposed renewable fuel standard volumes for 2012 during a public hearing.
As expected, the USDA dropped its corn production forecast in the Aug. 11 World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates Report, dropping its yield 5.7 bushels to 153.0 bushels per acre.
U.S. Army creates task force for large-scale renewable projects
By U.S. Army
August 11, 2011
Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh announced the establishment of the Energy Initiatives Office Task Force at the GovEnergy Conference in Cincinnati.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack visited a waste-to-energy bioprocessing facility under construction in Florida on Aug. 11 to announce that the USDA and U.S. DOE have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 million to spur research into biofuel and bioenergy crops.
Butamax Advanced Biofuels has expanded its intellectual property with the award of a new patent addressing foundational methods in making biobutanol. The company is also continuing to pursue legal action against Gevo in a second lawsuit.
After six years, an update to the much-referenced Billion-Ton Study is here.
BC Hydro, British Columbia, Canada's largest electric utility, has selected four biomass projects as part of its self-prescribed clean energy initiative called the Bioenergy Call to Power.
The 'Community Roadmap to Renewable Woody Biomass Energy: A Step-by-Step Decision-Making Tool for New Hampshire Communities' was developed to help communities determine whether woody biomass technology makes sense at a facility or district level.
California-based algae oil extraction technology developer OriginOil Inc. has developed a real-time control network to supervise continuous algae harvesting operations at large-scale algae production sites. The network is codenamed "Green Stick."
The Senate Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee recently listened to alternative aviation fuels experts on the state of biobased jet fuel. It was mentioned that biojet is being held back by feedstock constraints among other things.
Biorefining Magazine speaks with Mark Riedy, partner for Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, about how the credit downgrade might affect biorefining projects, particularly those that are receiving bond financing under the 9003 program.
Study finds beef, dairy farm profits rose since RFS expansion
By National Corn Growers Association
August 09, 2011
Economic conditions have improved for beef and dairy farmers since the implementation of the expanded renewable fuel standard in 2007, according to a new study by Texas A&M University and Doane Advisory Services.
One World Clean Energy partners with Jernigan Commodities
By One World Clean Energy
August 09, 2011
One World Clean Energy Inc. announced the addition of a new global strategic partner: Jernigan Commodities. Based in Australia, Jernigan Commodities is a global provider of food security and price risk management services.
DOE updates Billion Ton Study
August 09, 2011
The U.S. DOE has released an update to its 2005 Billion Ton Study, adding pricing estimates and supply curves for various feedstocks, a county-by-county inventory of primary feedstocks, and in-depth sustainability modeling.
Harkin, Herseth Sandlin to speak at ACE conference
By American Coalition for Ethanol
August 09, 2011
Congressional ethanol supporters will give an insiders' view of ethanol's standing in Washington at the American Coalition for Ethanol's national conference being held Aug. 22-24 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
The EurObserv'ER has published its annual Biofuels Barometer, which measures progress made by the industry in the past year. Results show an increase in biofuel use in the E.U. over the past 12 months.
The Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. is becoming an integral area for the woody biomass industry worldwide. Enviva LP is capitalizing on the North Carolina's support for biomass to plan a second wood pellet facility, this time in Northampton County.
An Alberta, Canada, power plant slated for operation in 2013 will use AD to create 3 megawatts of power for sale to the grid, but will also use a unique technology to denature infectious proteins in its raw meat processing byproduct feedstock.
A follow-up report to the Billion-Ton Study has found consistency with the original in terms of magnitude of resource potential under the same assumptions. But the follow up finds differences in specific feedstock availability.
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