BBI International announces Northeast biomass conference tours
By Rona Johnson
August 09, 2011
BBI International has announced the tour sites for the Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show, being held Oct. 11-13 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The tour sites are all engaged in leveraging biomass streams for energy production.
The Renewable Energy Finance Tracking Initiative questionnaire was first released in December 2009 by NREL. The current version aims to "collect and share quantitative data on renewable energy financing terms and to assess barriers" that exist.
If it works out like city officials from Morris, Minn., and DENCO II LLC hope it might, using city storm water could save water and energy as well as helping the plant and city comply with increasingly stringent water-discharge rules.
Pacific Ethanol Inc.'s second quarter results show record-breaking improvement. Net sales were at $214.6 million — an all-time high for the company and a 180 percent increase when compared to the same time period in 2010.
Kudos for countering inaccuracies
August 08, 2011
Kudos to the Kankakee County (Illinois) Farm Bureau president Keith Mussman who wrote an article for his local newspaper, the Daily Journal, countering another opinion article that contained several inaccuracies about ethanol.
Working on a new project site in Green Bay, Wis., Oneida Seven Generations Corp. is still experiencing small local opposition similar to what it encountered at its first proposed site in Ashwaubenon, Wis.
Taylor Biomass Energy was not only recognized as environmentally sustainable, but it also satisfied Greenopia's rigorous rating system to receive that distinction.
Washington's Clark County has hit a road bump in its plan to build a biomass district combined-heat-and-power plant in downtown Vancouver. The city has declared that the site zoning prohibits such facilities, but the county is undeterred.
The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands recently published a thesis on pyrolysis research written by ERC researcher Paul de Wild. The paper, titled "Biomass Pyrolysis for Chemicals," compares a variety of pyrolysis techniques.
Viral Genetics Inc. hosted recently hosted a conference call to update investors and other interested parties on the progress the company has made. This included information on its VG Energy subsidiary, which is working in the algae biofuels sector.
Breakthrough in Saudi subsidy list opens door for US DDGS imports
By U.S. Grains Council
August 05, 2011
Saudi Arabia has added distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and corn gluten feed to its import feed ingredient subsidy list, creating a strong incentive for sales.
In an earnings report released Aug. 3, The Anderson's ethanol and grain segment showed particularly strong performance over the past three months, ending the quarter with a record operating income of $45.3 million.
Time for Congress to Focus on Clean Energy Jobs
By Rona Johnson
August 05, 2011
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has said that Senate Democrats are going to pursue clean energy jobs when they return from their August recess, according to an article in The Hill. I sincerely hope that this is the case.
The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute recently published a report, titled "Biobased Products: Focus on Bioplastics, Minnesota's Opportunity & Challenge," that outlines the potential role of biobased products in the Minnesota economy.
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.
Florida researchers developed a technique to measure ethanol isotopes and discovered that the ethanol found in urban air and vehicle exhaust has a distinct isotopic signature.
During an in-depth standards symposium at the PFI Annual Conference, Chris Wiberg of Twin Ports Testing and co-chair of the PFI Standards Committee, walked pellet manufacturers through the development of a quality assurance/quality control program.
Though final handshakes and signatures have yet to be made, Pellet Fuels Institute has announced it intends to select the American Lumber Standard Committee as the accreditation body for the third-party pellet quality standard verification program.
Pfizer started a green journey initiative to commit itself to a more sustainable future. In July, Pfizer unveiled a biomass boiler at its Sanford, N.C., site, taking the company to the next level in reducing its environmental impact.
The North American Wood Fiber Review reports that in coming years, it is likely that demand for pellets will increase not only in Europe, but also in Asia and North America, which will generate new opportunities for pellet producers.
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Purac, a subsidiary of global bakery ingredients supplier CSM, and chemical company BASF are leaning toward taking their two-year joint development agreement further with the possible formation of a joint venture to produce biobased succinic acid.
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc. is currently in the process of restarting its 45 MMgy ethanol plant located in Aurora, Neb., is working to bring another to full capacity and wants to restart an idled plant it purchased in 2010.
Ethanol organizations prepare for E15 rollout with a free label offer from RFA and station kits being planned by Growth Energy for those receiving USDA REAP grants.
The coupling of biomass technologies with carbon capture and storage yields negative carbon dioxide emissions and the global potential is enormous, according to a study recently released by Ecofys and IEA Greenhouse Gas.
EIA report undercounts fossil fuel and nuclear energy subsidies
By Union of Concerned Scientists
August 03, 2011
The EIA's latest report on federal energy subsidies underreported direct and indirect federal subsidies to the nuclear and fossil fuel industries, creating an inflated view of the subsidies that benefit renewable energy and efficiency programs.
LST Energy has patented a solution to the practical difficulties of burning hay for heat. The company has developed a pellet-burning furnace that eliminates the clinkers found in previously marketed biomass burners when hay is used as a fuel.
After nearly five years of research and development, the work of Pacific Renewable Fuels and Chemicals, and Red Lion Bio-Energy, has turned into a new biorefining company: SynTerra Energy. Its technology produces renewable diesel and biochemicals.
Feinstein says ethanol credit reform at an impasse
August 02, 2011
The good news is Congress has finally reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling. The bad news for ethanol producers is that it failed to include the ethanol tax credit repeal compromise brought forth in July.
Bioproducts was one of the bright spots in Archer Daniel Midland Co.'s fourth quarter report, released Aug. 2. Profit was up by $88 million to $109 million thanks, in part, to higher ethanol prices, the company said.
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