The U.S.'s potential for CHP from biogas has attracted a European technology manufacturer.
Biomass in the Bluegrass State
By Anna Austin
June 22, 2011
Group of 50 Kentuckians embarked on three-day biomass tour.
NAFO intervenes in Tailoring Rule lawsuit.
Development of large-scale biomass gasification in the U.S. is in between demonstration and commercial scale, but a few companies are overcoming the challenges to make large-scale projects happen.
The nation's two largest waste-to-energy companies discuss how they have reduced emissions and increased efficiencies.
A 2009 NREL assessment of biomass combustion and gasification technologies may not have spurred rapid commercial development, but it has encouraged state investment in demonstration projects.
India's biomass gasification sector is growing by leaps and bounds, seemingly at all levels, and it's raising hope for the establishment of electricity in rural villages.
Wood-to-energy from sustainably managed forests can provide net-zero carbon emission or even positive carbon sequestration if the woody biomass stock is not depleted or grows over time.
The art of communicating with an angel investor is something Will Kusler, CEO of Ntractive and a member of the Dakota Renewable Energy Fund, says that few can master, but all should try.
Starting in July, Kior Inc. will officially have access to the perspective and insight of a former U.S. Secretary of State. The biocrude developer that plans to open a commercial facility in Columbus, Miss., will bring on Condoleezza Rice.
With a meeting of G20 Agricultural ministers set for June 22 in Paris, the Renewable Fuels Association, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance and ePURE are urging leaders to look at all the facts.
EPA proposes 2012 RFS volumes, accepting comments
By U.S. EPA
June 21, 2011
The U.S. EPA today proposed the 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency's renewable fuel standard program. EPA continues to support greater use of renewable fuels every year.
EPA cuts 2012 cellulosic biofuel target
June 21, 2011
For the third year in a row, the U.S. EPA is proposing to slash the expected volume of cellulosic biofuels to be produced in the coming year.
Toronto Zoo to host biogas plant
By Anna Austin
June 21, 2011
The Toronto Zoo will soon become the first zoo in North America to host a biogas plant. ZooShare Biogas, a nonprofit, renewable energy cooperative, will fully fund, design, develop, construct and operate a 500-kilowatt scalable biogas plant.
PetroAlgae Inc. and its operating company PA LLC recently announced the finalization of a Master Framework and Initial License Agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resources for the Republic of Suriname.
What are angel investors searching for in the cleantech sector? I listened to three unique answers to that question during a panel titled, "Angel Investors and Energy," at the Cleantech Workshop and Action Summit.
The U.S. EPA has issued proposed 2012 volume requirements for all four categories of the RFS2 program, as well as 2013 volume requirements for biomass-based diesel.
Jordan first to import US DDGS in the Middle East
By U.S. Grains Council
June 20, 2011
Historically, distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) has been an unknown product throughout Jordan and the Middle East. However, two years of marketing efforts by U.S. grain farmers have raised the positive profile of U.S. DDGS in the region.
No doubt the buzz at FEW next week will be “What will life be like after VEETC?� There's no longer any doubt that VEETC will be gone, it's just a matter of when.
A decision on a special use permit to build an anaerobic digester at an ethanol plant near Pixley, Calif., was tabled at a Tulare County Planning Commission meeting after area residents and California Dairies Inc. aired their concerns.
BTEC webinar to focus on project finance models
By Anna Austin
June 20, 2011
BTEC will host a free educational webinar at 2 p.m. ET on June 29 to provide developers with some insight into how to make biomass projects financeable and increase their success.
We Energies, Domtar biomass plant will be built
By Anna Austin
June 20, 2011
We Energies' 50-megawatt, woody biomass-fired cogeneration plant proposed in Rothschild, Wis., will be built after all, as project partner Domtar Corp. has agreed to the revised financial conditions as required by the Public Service Commission.
Incorporating new technologies into existing facilities can be a path to new revenue streams
A roadmap to successful biorefining project development
How Brazil's milestone can reinvigorate America's quest for energy freedom
Amyris Inc. and agribusiness giant Wilmar International Ltd. intend to develop and commercialize a family of surfactants derived from Amryis' biobased farnesene, Biofene, for use in a range of consumer and industrial products.
DDGS workshop impresses Canadian buyers
By U.S. Grains Council
June 17, 2011
The U.S. Grains Council's seminar on using DDGS in feedlot cattle rations drew an exceptionally large audience and "fantastic feedback," according to Neil Campbell, the USGC's Canadian representative.
A long-proposed municipal solid waste (MSW)-to-ethanol project in Lake County, Ind., has locked in the financing needed to construct the facility and is expected to undergo construction in July.
House votes to defund BCAP, fate lies with Senate
By Anna Austin
June 17, 2011
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program is in jeopardy as the House voted to defund it, now its fate will be decided by the Senate.
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