A 140-megawatt biomass gasification plant in Vaasa, Finland, will be the largest of its kind in the world, providing heat for its small host community, as well as power for the grid.
Virent Energy Systems Inc. recently announced it has successfully converted plant sugars into paraxylene. When combined with existing PET technology, the PX molecule allows manufacturers to offer customers 100 percent biobased PET and packaging.
If early fuel property tests are any indication of future success for the Energy & Environmental Research Center's (EERC) work on a combined coal and biomass feedstock-based fuel, the future looks pretty good.
Vinod Khosla believes that renewable energy ventures like LS9 or Amyris are worth the risk. Along with several members from the oil majors, he spoke about renewable fuels and the promise of the future during a recent ethanol summit.
Getting from housewife to DG nerd
June 07, 2011
If you'd told me a few years ago I'd be writing about DGs I'd have said, D-what?
Sullivan County School District to get biomass system
By Northeastern Area State & Private Forestry
June 07, 2011
The Sullivan County (Pa.) School District is installing a new biomass district energy system that will supply heating and hot water for the elementary school, high school and new administrative offices.
The House Appropriations Committee didn't break from the vote of the Ag Appropriations Subcommittee to eliminate 2012 funding for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, but new developments are stirring hope for the Rural Energy for America Program.
Independence Bio-Products has been issued a patent for its open pond algae production system. The patent includes methods and systems for growing algae in water and drying with heat sources, and the use of covers as a heat alternative.
Evolution of the Market
By Robert Wisner
June 06, 2011
As the availability of DDGS has grown, its pricing relationships with corn and soybean meal have changed
Defeating Dust
June 06, 2011
Regulators' review of air quality could be a game changer for ethanol plants
Cattle+Ethanol=A Good Match
June 06, 2011
Cattlemen in the U.S. and Canada demonstrate feedlots and ethanol production are ideal companion enterprises
New Technologies Promise Improved Sustainability
By Kurt A. Rosentrater, Ph.D
June 06, 2011
Customized Coproducts Needed as Industry Matures
By Joseph Riley
June 06, 2011
Corn oil extraction creates DDGs variability and new opportunities
Is Color the Only or Best Indicator of DDGS Quality?
By Jerry Shurson
June 06, 2011
Research indicates color correlates with nutritional components and physical characteristics
Multiple Factors Limit DDGS, Even with Attractive Economics
By Harold Tilstra
June 06, 2011
Inclusion rates could be higher in swine, if some common issues were overcome
Making the Most of DDGS
June 06, 2011
Researchers coax more products and income streams from distillers grains
What's notable about Solazyme, is that last week they raised $227 million in its public stock offering, netting more than anticipated by industry analysts.
Private financial support for technology acceleration continues to be important, and certain technologies are becoming clear favorites for investors, according to a recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis.
Following an intensive nationwide evaluation, GrowGreen Power Inc. has chosen Piedmont in central North Carolina as the location for its 50-acre greenhouse and 46.3-megawatt (MW) cogeneration plant.
Synergy Dairy LLC in northwestern New York will partner with Florida-based technology developer CH4 Biogas LLC to develop a mixed-waste anaerobic digestion system at Synergy's dairy in the western New York town of Covington.
OpenAlgae, a Houston-based algae developer formed in 2008 with help from the University of Texas, hasn't been "blowing its own horn" for the past few years, according to CEO Hoyt Thomas. That is until now.
BTEC to host webinar on EU biomass policies and U.S. implications
By Biomass Thermal Energy Council
June 03, 2011
The BTEC is hosting a free webinar, "Brits, Brussels, and Biomass: The European Path Towards Renewable Heating," on June 15 at 12 p.m. ET. Participants will hear from three panelists about their countries' paths toward renewable heating.
Sparks Fly Over Biomass in New Hampshire
By Rona Johnson
June 03, 2011
The situation in New Hampshire over a biomass power project in Berlin has pitted the developers against the existing biomass plants, and is now involving the industries and people who could potentially build the new plant.
Laidlaw Energy Group has executed a final purchase and sales agreement to acquire a 14-megawatt biomass power plant in Susanville, Calif. Laidlaw will invest about $20 million in a 12-month refurbishment to upgrade the equipment and hire a new crew.
South Louisiana Ethanol LLC, which has been sitting idle for years, will be sold at bankruptcy auction.
Inhofe makes his move on the RFS
June 02, 2011
Holding true to promises made earlier in the year, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., introduced legislation on May 26 aimed at allowing individual states to opt out of the corn ethanol portion of the renewable fuel standard.
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