In a referendum Tuesday, June 14, citizens of Montpelier, Vt., approved a bond issue for a biomass district heating system to be installed in its downtown district. In an impressive turnout for a special meeting vote, the bond was passed 963-609.
Real Ventures is proposing two 50-megawatt biomass-fired combined-heat-and-power projects in its home country of the U.K. Together, the projects, located in Immingham and on the Isle of Wight, represent an investment of $422 million.
Vilsack makes major BCAP announcements
By Anna Austin
June 15, 2011
While the fate of 2012 funding for USDA's Biomass Crop Assistance Program is still up in the air, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made some major announcements June 15 regarding the program's project area component.
U.S. biomass incentives do little for heating applications, unlike many European countries that extensively use wood for heat or are implementing strategies to increase that use. To point out those programs, the BTEC held a webinar June 15.
While the $5.7 million available to farmers in the counties of Ashtabula, Lake, Geauga and Trumbull might be welcome news to Ohio, the announcement might be more important to the state of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program itself.
EdeniQ Inc. moved one step closer to making cellulosic ethanol a commercial reality when it licensed yeast technology, which can ferment C5 sugars into ethanol, from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Senate votes today on VEETC repeal
June 14, 2011
U.S. Senate members will vote today on legislation that includes an amendment from Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to end the 45-cent-per-gallon Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and 54-cent ethanol import tariff on June 30.
Senate saves VEETC again
June 14, 2011
The U.S. Senate defeated an amendment to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit and the ethanol import tariff by a vote of 40-59 on June 14. Ethanol groups say they will now push for comprehensive energy reform.
Just a week after a enacting a one-for-seven reverse stock split that brought stock prices up over $1, Pacific Ethanol Inc. announced it was increasing the credit facility of its subsidiary.
DTE Energy's coal-to-biomass conversion approved
By Anna Austin
June 14, 2011
DTE Energy has received approval from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District in California to convert a coal-fired power plant to biomass fuel. DTE plans to begin the conversion July 1, and expects to complete work in July 2012.
The Netherlands-based biotech outfit Avantium obtained the necessary capital to advance its novel and proprietary catalytic process to convert natural sugars into furanic building blocks on the basis of its YXY technology.
Brazilian ethanol giant Cosan S.A. and biotech firm Amyris Inc. have partnered to form Novvi S.A., a joint venture entity aimed to launch the worldwide development, production and commercialization of renewable base oils.
Industry on the Move
June 13, 2011
Reviewing a year of restarts and acquisitions
The Poetization of Cloverdale
June 13, 2011
An idled Indiana plant restarts with $30 million in retrofits
The France Factor
June 13, 2011
Brian France, NASCAR's Chairman and CEO, exploded into the collective consciousness of the ethanol industry in 2010—when he announced NASCAR would fuel its race cars with E15.
Global Impact
June 13, 2011
International agencies confirm biofuels' vital role
Gevo on the Move
June 13, 2011
Isobutanol company works to convert ethanol production facilities
Farmers Breathe Sigh of Relief
June 13, 2011
Barley contracts for failed Osage plant will be honored
On the Cusp
June 13, 2011
GreenField launches G2BioChem to build cellulosic demo
Keeping CEPIP
June 13, 2011
California's ethanol producers successfully rally to defend incentives
It's a Bargain
June 13, 2011
Demand for E85 is on the rise, thanks to high gas prices and areas of expanded infrastructure
The Denser the Better
June 13, 2011
Collaborators across three states explore biomass densification
Rising Projections
June 13, 2011
EIA Report: Ethanol could displace 12 percent of gasoline demand by 2035
Show Me the Biomass
June 13, 2011
Co-op receives first USDA approval for a BCAP-dedicated energy crop
Business Briefs
By Ethanol Producer Magazine Staff
June 13, 2011
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