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Canada, Renewables and the Courtroom Wallah

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Take some process heat and steam and CO2 from an ethanol plant — add a greenhouse, then stir and bake — what do you get?   A whole bunch of healthy food, and fuel, and

March 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Great Big Things from Tiny Lil’ Algae: 10 Algae Trends for 2013

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  22 projects around the world show the multi-faceted promise of algae.  Concrete, polyurethane, bioplastics, cosmetics and, oh, fuels — so many big things to make from algae, it’s become a big deal. ...While fuels remain the

February 21, 2013 Read Full Article

New Initiative Equips Farmers to Combat Climate Change and Increase Food Security

(BusinessWire) Radio Lifeline, a non-profit based in the US, announces the launch of the Black Earth Project, a new initiative designed to help farmers mitigate the growing effects of climate change. Radio Lifeline’s partner in this project is re:char, a leading developer of small-scale biochar

February 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Lignol Makes Progress in Cellulosic Ethanol, Lignin Development

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Lignol Innovations Ltd. has landed a commercial supply agreement with a European producer of sustainable thermoplastics. The subsidiary of Lignol Energy Corp. has delivered samples of its trademarked HP-LTM lignin for evaluation and

February 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Texas Researcher Looks into Biodiesel Production from Lignin

by Holly Jessen  (Biodiesel Magazine)  A two-year research project aims to crack the lignin question by engineering a microbe to break down the byproduct into a lipid, or fat, and then into biodiesel. The research has the potential to make

January 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Direvo Scales up BluZy-D, BluZy-P Enzyme Trials with ISU

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Germany-based enzyme developer Direvo Industrial Biotechnology GmbH has announced the successful scale-up of its BluZy-D and BluZy-P enzymes. Lab-scale and pilot-scale trials to test the effects of the technology on ethanol production were completed

December 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Evolving Ethanol to Meet Challenges

by Emily Bruns (Ashton Gasette)  In an effort to evolve with the constant changes and challenges within a $50 billion industry, Rochelle’s Illinois River Energy ethanol plant began producing and industrial corn oil on Nov. 27. This corn oil byproduct, which

December 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Makers Get Creative With Corn

by Owen Fletcher (The Wall Street Journal)  ...U.S. ethanol producers are finding creative ways to earn more money as demand for their flagship product stagnates. These companies are using corn not only to make ethanol but also ingredients for products

December 27, 2012 Read Full Article

DDGS Nutrient Profiles Showing Greater Variability

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A recent distillers grains nutrient survey shows some change from a similar one done 10 years ago, although perhaps not as much as might be expected, given the number of ethanol plants removing corn

December 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Advanced Ethanol Council Releases Snapshot of Cellulosic Ethanol Production around the World

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Advanced Ethanol Council this morning released a report giving a snapshot of cellulosic ethanol producers in the U.S. and around the world. A look at facilities owned by companies such as Abengoa Bioenergy, Enerkem, INEOS Bio

December 19, 2012 Read Full Article

USDA Grants Support Sustainable Bioenergy Production

(US Department of Agriculture)    Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Vilsack highlighted the

December 17, 2012 Read Full Article

By-Products: The Key to Ethanol’s Struggles

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest/S4CO2)  ...An entirely new use of the by-products that can deliver returns directly to the plants is required in order to offset the losses and sustain the ethanol plants. ...CO2 from ethanol plants are regarded as high

December 12, 2012 Read Full Article

3 Uses for Biomass No One Ever Saw Coming

by Jim Lane (Biobased Digest)  Biomass in cancer drugs, perfumes, baby-safe cleaners, cosmetics and more. “I can tell you one thing,” Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson reflected with the Digest not too long ago. “When Harrison and I were first developing the

December 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Low-Cost Cellulosic Sugars, Ho! EdeniQ to Build demo Plant in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biobased Digest)  California’s cellulosic gearhead gurus head from the San Joaquin Valley to Sao Paulo, in search of big, aggregated loads of sugarcane bagasse. In California, Edeniq announced that it has begun engineering and construction of a bagasse

December 11, 2012 Read Full Article

Industry Improves as Indicators Stabilize, Diversification Expands

by Paula Emberland (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Christianson & Associates PLLP)  Multiple revenue streams lessen impact of ethanol prices ...First, and perhaps most importantly, more plants are producing different types of coproducts, and they’re making more money from those coproducts, both in real

November 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Algae Producers Look to Market By-Product of Biodiesel

by John Davis (DomesticFuel.com)  Just as ethanol producers have been able to market the co-product dried distillers grains (DDGs) as livestock feed, those folks producing algae for biodiesel want to find more uses for what’s leftover once you get the

November 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Climatic Conditions Make Abu Dhabi Ideal for Commercial Production of Biofuels from Algae

(United Arab Emirates/AMEInfo.com)  Abu Dhabi's abundant sunshine and climate make it a near-ideal location for growing algae for commercial production of biofuels. Such unique geographic and climatic conditions further enhance the opportunity for the Emirate to become a leading developer

November 01, 2012 Read Full Article

Cattle, Corn Contribute to Ethanol Bonanza

by Art Hovey (Lincoln Journal Star)  The economic bounce that comes from the combination of corn and cattle in Nebraska "is unmatched any other place in the country," agricultural economist Bruce Johnson told the Nebraska Ethanol Board on Tuesday. And the

October 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Reflections on Developments in the Biorefinery Industry: 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference

by Stefaniya Becking* (Advanced Biofuels USA)  The 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery conference held in Helsinki, Finland (October 23-25, 2012) brought together over 300 people from around 30 countries. The organizers successfully achieved the goal of having a stimulating event with

October 29, 2012 Read Full Article

Evonik Produces BioMTBE with Material Refined from Crude Glycerin

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) While petroleum-based methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) has largely been replaced with ethanol as a gasoline additive in the U.S. due to environmental concerns of groundwater contamination, Evonik recently announced it has been producing commercial volumes

October 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Canadian Producer Changes Name to Reflect Marketplace Success

(Milligan Biofuels/Biodiesel Magazine)   The recently announced name change from Milligan Biotech to Milligan Biofuels reflects the company’s progression from tech-leading to market-leading in the Canadian biofuels industry. Milligan Biofuels is now a major supplier of biodiesel as well as a manufacturer of

October 23, 2012 Read Full Article

US Grains Council Releases New, Expanded Edition of DDGS Handbook

(Pork Network)  To update current and potential customers on advances in research and end-users' experience in feeding distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) has released the third edition of A Guide to Distiller's Dried Grains with

October 16, 2012 Read Full Article

'An Ohio State Story': Lab Idea Yields 60 Local Jobs, New Green Industry

(Ohio State University)  Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee liked what he saw at the Mansfield, Ohio, factory: a syrupy mixture made from crop and biodiesel-processing wastes being turned into polyurethane foam. But he was more fascinated by the story of how

October 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Going for the Fiber

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Quad County Corn Processors is working toward production of both grain-based and cellulosic ethanol from the same feedstock. Travis Brotherson, plant engineer at the 30 MMgy ethanol plant in Galva, Iowa, wasn’t even thinking about

October 14, 2012 Read Full Article

FAO Publishes Book on Biofuels Co-Products Use in Animal Feeds

(American Association of Swine Veterinarians)  The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization recently published a book entitled Biofuel co-products as livestock feed - Opportunities and challenges. AASV member Dr Harold Tilstra co-authored Chapter 3; ”Impact of United States biofuels co-products on

September 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Biobased Products and Algae

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...For all the excitement about fuels — biobased products may be even a hotter trend for the renewables sector’s hottest feedstock. One of the big trends this week? The biobased product side of algae – all

September 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuel Waste Product Recycled for Electricity

(Science Daily)  A by-product of biofuel manufacture can power microbial fuel cells to generate electricity cheaply and efficiently, according to scientists presenting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn Conference. The work could help develop self-powered devices that

September 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Super-cali-thali-terpa-butyl-peta What? The Hockey-Stickin’, Flash-Mobbin’ Growth in Biobased Intermediates

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  The new trend in biofuels is not a biofuel at all – it’s an (usually unpronounceable) intermediate that can be refined into an array of fuels, chemicals, flavors, fragrances, and construction or packaging materials. ...  Amyris,

September 06, 2012 Read Full Article

The Top 10 Advanced Biofuels and Biorefining Companies in Asia

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...While the economic growth in China has been drawing virtually all the headlines in recent years, the “Tiger” economies of Southeast and South Asia have been fast-growing for a long time, and with resources including

September 04, 2012 Read Full Article

Iowa Aims for Next-Gen Biofuels Leadership: 18 Hot Projects

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In our investigations in Iowa this week, we noted 6 trends worth carefully watching, which take us from opportunities with existing feedstocks to exotic newcomers like algae. Our thesis now is essentially unchanged from 2010, when

August 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Alltech Installs Ethanol Distillation Tower

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Alltech has installed a 60-foot ethanol distillation tower at its production facility in Springfield, Ky. The plant produces natural animal health and nutrition products. The company invested $4 million dollars in new yeast-production technology, a core

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Researchers Feed Pigs, Chickens High-Protein Fungus Grown on Ethanol Leftovers

(PhysOrg)  In separate feeding trials, nursery pigs and chickens have eaten high-protein fungi that Hans van Leeuwen and other Iowa State University researchers have produced in a pilot plant that converts ethanol leftovers into food-grade fungi. The production process also

August 15, 2012 Read Full Article

JOil Sees Transformation of the Economics of Jatropha with Biomass Fuel Cake and Animal Feed Meal Production

(JOil) JOil (S) Pte. Ltd., a scientific bioenergy crop developer of a new generation of Jatropha, sees the potential to double the product revenue per hectare from Jatropha plantations with biomass fuel cakes and animal feed meal. This can lead to a viable “Jatropha

August 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Multiple Coproducts Needed to Establish Cellulosic Ethanol Industry

by Arthur Kollaras, Paul Koutouridis, Mary Biddy and James D. McMillan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Feed yeast, green coal contribute to bottom line ...History shows that once an industry is established, significant technological improvements quickly evolve. But in the meantime, how does

July 25, 2012 Read Full Article

How Cellulosic is Rising from Corn: Investing in Cellulosic Production Could Improve Profit Gargins at Corn Ethanol Plants

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The once futuristic vision of integrating traditional and second-generation ethanol facilities appears more attainable as various companies emerge with technology improvements that will allow corn ethanol producers to add cellulosic ethanol streams without taking

July 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Testing for Traces

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Studies examine antibiotics in DDGS, whether it contributes to antibiotic resistance in animals Are the antibiotic residues found in distillers grains biologically active? And, if they are, could antibiotic use in distillers grains production contribute to

July 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Brazil Builds Algae-Based Biofuel Plant

(Herald Sun)  The world's first industrial plant producing biofuels from seaweed will be built in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco in late 2013, the official in charge of the project says. The factory to be set up by Austrian firm

July 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Algae.Tec Plans Opening Ceremony for Shoalhaven One Facility

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  Algae.Tec Ltd. is holding a VIP official commissioning of its Shoalhaven One showcase algae production facility in Bomaderry, New South Wales, Australia, on Aug. 2. Shoalhaven One is a series of enclosed algae photobioreactors (PBRs) co-located

July 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Novozymes Partners for Waste-to-Ethanol Project in China

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Novozymes and China’s Shengquan Group have signed a final agreement to work together on producing cellulosic ethanol from a waste product of Shengquan’s current production process. Novozymes is supplying the necessary enzymes and Shenquan

June 25, 2012 Read Full Article

'Hydrogen Is Tomorrow's Biofuel' Say Scientists

(University of Birmingham)  Researchers from the University of Birmingham are creating clean hydrogen from food waste paving the way for a bioenergy alternative for the future. Currently, Brazil is the world’s most intensive user of bioethanol as an alternative to gasoline for

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Antibiotic Residues in DDGS Pose Little Risk

(Pork Network)  With recent increased attention by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the use of antibiotics in livestock production, industry experts are turning their attention to potential non-farm sources of antibiotic residues. Could distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Texas AgriLife Feeding Algae to Steers

by Blair Fannin (Texas AgriLife Research/Algae Industry Magazine)  Texas AgriLife Research scientist, Dr. Tryon Wickersham, and graduate student, Merritt Drewery, have been conducting feeding trials of algae leftover products (after oil extraction, in powdered form) on Angus steers. Two of

May 30, 2012 Read Full Article

The Wilmington Express: The 10-Minute Guide to Dupont and Advanced Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... (T)he company’s metrics in cellulosic biofuels are starting to look compelling. Not only is commercialization a lot less than five years away – a massive breakout in capacity building looks feasible within that time

May 29, 2012 Read Full Article

Energy Beets: Who Will Leap First?

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  North American sugar-to-ethanol strategy differs from Brazil’s, Europe’s ...North Dakota-based Green Vision Group is resolutely moving forward with a plan to build multiple 20 MMgy dedicated energy beet plants in the state. ...More than 3,000 miles

April 16, 2012 Read Full Article

EBI Network and Pennycress Energy to Explore Alternative Energy Source

(City of Galesburg)  Pennycress Energy and the EBI Network are promoting Pennycress as a renewable, alternative energy fuel crop for the Galesburg/West Central Illinois Region. The project, generating interest among growers, will identify possible investors and explore a press mill

April 13, 2012 Read Full Article

ADM Funds Distillers Grains Research in China

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Archer Daniels Midland Co. is expanding its research activities related to the use of distillers grains and corn stover to replace corn in cattle diets, recently announcing a two-year research project to be conducted

March 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Forage, Corn Feed Alternative for Cattle May Come from Biodiesel Industry

by Kay Ledbetter   (PhysOrg.com)  Crude glycerin, a byproduct of biodiesel production, could be an economical ingredient in cattle diets, according to studies by Texas AgriLife Research and West Texas A&M University personnel. Dr. Jim MacDonald, AgriLife Research beef cattle nutritionist in Amarillo, said

March 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Feeding the Chemical Market

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Ethanol serves as not only a liquid transportation fuel but also as a feedstock for biobased chemical production Although ethanol is generally associated with the transportation fuel market, it is in no way limited to

March 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Removing Fiber from DDGS Results in Superior Product for Swine

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Removing fiber from dried distillers grains with solubles using the elusieve process results in an enhanced product with greater nutritional value for growing and finishing pigs, according to a study conducted by researchers at

February 28, 2012 Read Full Article

Construction of Five-Acre Algae Farm Begins at Ethanol Plant

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  BioProcess Algae LLC and Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced Feb. 1 that they have begun constructing a five acre algae production facility in southwest Iowa at the site of Green Plains’ 65 MMgy

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Scots Whisky Biofuel Team Launch Start-Up

(Edinburgh Napier University)  A NEW company has been launched to commercialise a process for producing biofuel made from whisky by-products. Celtic Renewables Ltd, a spin-out from Edinburgh Napier University’s Biofuel Research Centre, will initially focus on Scotland’s £4 billion malt whisky industry

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Building a World Market from Scratch

by Alvaro Cordero  (Ethanol Producer Magazine/U.S. Grains Council)  From a barely recognized feed alternative 10 years ago, distillers dried grains with solubles continues to gain recognition and markets. DDGS is now widely recognized internationally, where its use continues to evolve. Forty-four

January 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Rolling into the Forage Market

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Cattlemen are increasingly turning to value-added distillers grains products from SweetPro Feeds ...Using the coproduct from ethanol production as a medium for vitamins, minerals, yeast and enzymes provides benefits that traditional molasses licks don’t. ...First, molasses

January 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Plastics Cozy Up to Distillers Grains

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Can a Nebraska company process wet distillers grains into a biobased resin to replace conventional petroleum-based resins? Laurel BioComposite LLC says yes. ...The pilot plant started up the end of November and the trademarked BioRes

January 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Mixing it Up: Combining Stover with Distillers Grains for Cattle Feed

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Corn stover has been used in small amounts as cattle feed for more than 100 years. Separately, distillers grains has grown in popularity as a cattle feed over the past few decades as ethanol

January 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Researcher Sees DDGS as Potential Savior of U.S. Shrimp Industry

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...(Addison) Lawrence, a project leader and scientist in charge at Texas AgriLife Research Mariculture Laboratory at Port Aransas, Texas, explains that two things have hit the U.S. domestic shrimp industry hard. No. 1 is

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Golden Possibilities: Corn Oil Forges a Link between Ethanol and Biodiesel Production

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Ethanol producers are adding corn oil extraction to their technology arsenal in increasing numbers, providing an ideal opportunity for the ethanol and biodiesel industries to cooperate or even co-locate. On the cooperation side, the

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Tax and Tariff Changes Likely to Affect DDGS Value

by Steve Meyer  (National Hog Farmer)  ... In a recent newsletter, Rob Musser of NutriQuest, Mason City, IA, (www.nutriquest.biz) lays out the economic proposition for ethanol plants removing corn oil from DDGs. First, corn oil is worth about four times

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuel Company Stumbles onto Cosmetics Discovery

by David Louie (ABC Local)   Solazyme, a company that focuses on biofuels, recently made an interesting cosmetics discovery. Algae is turning out to be a very versatile product. Solazyme can turn it into jet fuel. And now, algae can help aging

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Gevo and Land O'Lakes Purina Feed Sign Off-Take and Marketing Agreement

(Market Watch/Gevo)   Plans Include Working with Land O'Lakes Purina Feed's Renowned Research Center to Explore Opportunities to Upgrade Value-Added Applications in Animal Feed Products Gevo, Inc., a renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels company, today (January 10, 2011) announced it had signed

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

ACT Completes 20kW Crude Glycerol Burner, Using Biodiesel By-Product

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In North Carolina, Applied Combustion Technologies announced the completion of a DOE grant to build and test a prototype crude glycerol burner. The 20 kW burner utilizes a novel spray atomization, high swirl burner approach in

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Taking Bio-Based Products to the Next Level: MGP Ingredients, Inc. teams up with Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy, Universities

(MGP Ingredients)  MGP Ingredients, Inc. (MGP), an expert in wheat- and corn-based ingredients, is teaming up with the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy (KABB) and four Kansas universities to develop new technologies and products that use bio-based raw materials. Through

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

University of Manchester Team Solves Glycerol Problem

(MenMedia)  ...Dr Constantinos Theodoropoulos and Prof Colin Webb from the University's School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science decided to tackle the issue of a worldwide glut of glycerol. Growing global demand for biodiesel means markets cannot absorb the increase in

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

The Magic Word is…Adipic. Looking at Verdezyne and Its Bull Markets

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But think nylon, the wonder material. Friend of low-cost carpet, your latest pair of Jimmy Choo sneakers, or mass-market, ready-to-wear fashion sold at everyday low prices. Adipic is a major precursor. You want green nylon? (Hint:

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Another Blue Chip Partnership: Bioplastics Alliance With Coca-Cola

by Pavel Molchanov, Cory J. Garcia, Stacey Hudson (Raymond James)  Our industry brief from June 10, “Bio-Based Plastics: In Coke-Pepsi War's New Front, Gen2 Biofuels Set to Benefit,” introduced the bioplastics opportunity as it relates to Gen2 biofuel developers. Today came the

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Metso to Deliver the First Commercial LignoBoost Plant to Domtar in North America

(Metso)  Metso will supply the world’s first commercial installation of LignoBoost technology to Domtar in North America. The equipment will be intergrated with the Plymouth North Carolina pulp mill. The LignoBoost process separates and collects lignin from pulping liquor. This

December 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Area Plant Makes Bio-Resins for Plastics

by Dave Dreeszen  (Sioux City Journal)  A northeast Nebraska start-up company has produced its first batches of an ag-based material that holds great promise for the global plastics industry. Laurel BioComposite LLC recently opened a pilot plant that makes so-called "Bio-Res"

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Research Reduces Toxins, Improves Distillers Grains

by Matt Soberg (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Virginia Tech and USDA researchers developed strategy that reduces barley toxins sometimes present in distillers grains used for animal feed. The strategy modifies the ethanol fermentation process and focuses on deoxynivalenol (DON), the most

November 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Studies Evaluate Impact of Nutrients in DDGS Manure

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Canada’s Beef Cattle Research Council has funded several multi-year studies examining how the nutrients in distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) impact manure and found that the increased phosphorous and nitrogen levels will require

November 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Zimbabwe: Zesa Dithers Over Ethanol Plant

(AllAfrica.com)  ...GreenFuel partnered Government in a US$600 million ethanol production project in Chisumbanje, currently with the capacity to produce 18MW, using bio-waste for ethanol manufacture. But there is no infrastructure to carry electricity from the ethanol plant onto the Zesa grid

November 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Carbon Dioxide Applications – A Key to Ethanol Project Developments

by Sam A. Rushing (Biofuels Digest)  ...All ethanol ventures should take a fresh look at CO2 as a great opportunity for future revenue developments, probably as a primary reason, would be for CO2 recovery and marketing. The second reason, of

November 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Cheap ethanol assets a thing of the past – Green Plains

(Argus)  The days of snapping up undervalued ethanol plants for expansion are over, Green Plains Renewable Energy's chief executive told investors on its most recent conference call. Plants with the right equipment and good locations could no longer be bought up

November 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Validation: USDA Report Confirms Value of Distillers Grains

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A recent USDA report echoes what ethanol producers have said for years: distillers grains are a valuable addition to the nation’s feed supply and can be used to reduce any impact of increased corn

November 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Nebraska Corn Completes Ethanol Co-Product Research Initiative

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  A three-year initiative by Nebraska corn growers to fund research into feeding the ethanol co-product distillers grains to cattle has resulted in some new breakthroughs. The initiative created a beef cattle advisory committee to work with University

November 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Distillers Grains Offer Viable Feed Option for Young Dairy Heifers

by Jennifer Stewart  (Purdue Newsroom)  Dairy producers looking for a high-quality heifer feed that often costs less than traditional corn and soybean feed grains should consider distillers grains, says a Purdue Extension dairy nutrition specialist. Distillers grains, a co-product of ethanol

November 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Edwardsville Ethanol Center Gets a Boost

by Terry Hillig (STLToday.com)  The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center has added $3.5 million in advanced corn fractionation technology, provided by Cereal Process Technologies LLC of Overland Park, Kan., with support from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Located on

November 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Could Biomass Technology Help Commercialize Biochar?

by Robert Crowe (Renewable Energy World)  ...Research shows biochar improves soil fertility, decreases water pollution and even mitigates heavy metals. The charcoal-like substance has enthusiastic support from researchers and the sustainability movement, but it has been slow to commercialize. “This is a

November 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Clearing the Way for Byproduct Quality

by Bryan Sims (Biodiesel Magazine) Why quality for glycerin is just as important for biodiesel ...With all the stringent quality measures imposed on producers, there is, however, no governing body that imposes or oversees similar quality standards for crude glycerin, the

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Firm’s Next Bet: Algae

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  An emerging green industry aims to develop a new source of fuel to replace oil, but the quick money could be elsewhere. Green slime is growing in ponds next to an ethanol plant here, and Todd

October 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa Development Authority to Weigh Incentives for South Korean Project

by Donnelle Eller (Des Moines Register)  Development authority to weigh help for feed additive firm's Fort Dodge plan Iowa’s new public-private economic development authority begins with a bang today, considering incentives for a $324 million project in Fort Dodge from a South

October 28, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Finds Distillers Grains Offer Greater Feed Value than Corn

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A newly released report from the USDA appears to confirm what the ethanol industry has been claiming for years—distillers grains is a valuable feed source and can significantly reduce any impact of increased corn

October 27, 2011 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae's Protein Achieves Successful Test Results for Human Consumption

(PetroAlgae)  University Studies Underscore Potential to be New, Large-Scale Protein Source PetroAlgae Inc., a global provider of licensed technology that produces micro-crops for renewable protein, feed, and fuel products announced today the completion of the first phases of two studies showing that

October 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Solid Energy/Christchurch City Council Biodiesel Research a success

(Scoop/Christchurch City Council)  A wastewater treatment process that recycles biodiesel glycerol and produces 'green' renewable energy is now underway in Christchurch. The process, which is the result of three years' of testing and research between the Christchurch City Council and Solid

October 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae from Ethanol Plant Shows Promise as Poultry Feed

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  An algae strain grown by BioProcess Algae LLC at Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.’s 65 MMgy ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa, is one step closer to entering the poultry feed market. First-round feed trials recently

October 19, 2011 Read Full Article

The Dawn of the New Algae: Cleaning up and Enriching Biofuels, with Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Iowa algae and corn ethanol project points the way towards optimizing delivery of feed, fuel, carbon reduction. The most complete realizations of that vision at scale, to date, are the POET Liberty Project in Emmetsburg, Iowa;

October 19, 2011 Read Full Article

XTL, the Path to Scale: Accelergy CTO Rocco Fiato

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  A major trend emerging from the conference was a broad agreement on the strong potential for XTL fuels – that is, fuels that combined both fossil and biomass inputs, to provide the opportunities for massive

October 04, 2011 Read Full Article

Wood Climbs from Supporting Role to Center Stage

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ....But as it turns out, trees guard their precious C5 and C6 sugars, those necessary to produce cellulosic ethanol and biochemicals, with a nearly impenetrable system of natural defenses that has yet to

September 28, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Grants Final Approval on POET Cellulosic Ethanol Loan Guarantee

(POET)  POET closes on loan to keep construction on pace for 2013 plant start-up POET today (September 23, 2011)  received final approval for a $105 million loan guarantee issued through the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan programs Office. The loan guarantee

September 26, 2011 Read Full Article

Mascoma’s IPO: The 10-Minute Version

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Intrigued by cellulosic ethanol and a new product called MGT, in Mascoma’s IPO? ...Mascoma Corporation announced that it has filed an S-1 registration statement relating to a proposed $100 million initial public offering. The number of

September 20, 2011 Read Full Article

The A.I.M. Interview: Sandia and DOE's Ron Pate

(Algae Industry Magazine)  A Principal Member of the Technical Staff of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Sandia National Laboratories, serving in the Earth Systems Analysis – Energy, Resources, and Systems Analysis division, Ron Pate has been on M&O Contractor assignment in Washington, DC

September 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa Receives $20 Million for Renewable Energy Research

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Iowa’s research community has been awarded $20 million through the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research with the goal of establishing the state as a leader in renewable energy technology and

September 14, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Scientists Use Commercial Enzyme to Improve Grain Ethanol Production

by Ann Perry (US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service)  A commercial enzyme could reduce overall costs linked with producing ethanol from grain, and also reduce associated emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

September 13, 2011 Read Full Article

A New Nexus: Meat & Dairy, Tissue Culturing, and Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Can biotech and biofuels relieve pressure on water, land, food and fuel by revolutionizing meat production? ...(O)ne sector that fell outside our focus on biofuels – but has important consequences for the production of bio-based products,

September 08, 2011 Read Full Article

EBRD Grants EUR 30 Million Loan to Romanian Oilseed Processing Company

(Business Review)  EBRD is granting a EUR 30 million syndicated financing package to Expur S.A., a local oilseed processing company. Expur crushes rapeseed and sunflower seed, produces crude rapeseed oil, refined edible sunflower oil, as well as rapeseed meal, sunflower

September 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Department of Energy Announces up to $12 Million in Investments to Support Development and Production of Drop-In Biofuels

(US Department of Energy)  In support of the Obama Administration's comprehensive efforts to strengthen U.S. energy security,  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced up to $12 million to fund three small-scale projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, and North Carolina that

September 01, 2011 Read Full Article

Biobased Materials Minnesota’s Opportunity & Challenge

(Agricultural Utilization Research Institute)  As the interest and use of biobased products grows, so do the opportunities and challenges. According to a recent report sponsored by AURI and the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, Minnesota’s fundamental strengths in agriculture,

August 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Glycos Biotechnologies and Solix BioSystems Achieve Positive Results for the Suitability of Solix’s Algal Oils for the Production of Bio-derived Sustainable Chemicals

(Solix)  Algal Oils Proven as Next Generation Feedstock for Industrial Bacterial Fermentation Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc. (GlycosBio), an international biochemical company commercializing high-value bio-chemicals, and Solix BioSystems, Inc. (Solix), a leading provider of integrated solutions and services that enable large scale cultivation

August 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Oil Palm Residue Could Solve Food vs. Biofuel Debate

by Ismira Lutfia   (Jakarta Globe)  The millions of tons of fibrous residue produced by palm oil plantations across the country could soon become a major source of raw material for renewable fuel. Over the past year, scientists from the Indonesian

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Catching the Sugar Wave

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Not content to let Brazil hog all the glory, three development-stage companies eye sugar-based ethanol feedstocks ...If successful, California Ethanol & Power LLC will be the first ethanol production company bankrolled partially by Brazilian money,

August 23, 2011 Read Full Article

North Dakota State University Researchers Develop Revolutionary Biobased Technology From Crop Materials Produced in North Dakota

(North Dakota State University)  Several crops produced in North Dakota could play a significant role in biobased resins and coatings recently developed by researchers at North Dakota State University. Scientists at NDSU have developed biobased resins that may prove to

August 22, 2011 Read Full Article

Corn for Hydrocarbons

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Add-on technology developed for corn ethanol plants Rather than retrofitting a corn-ethanol plant to produce i-butanol, n-butanol or use other novel fermentation technologies, three companies are collaborating to turn a traditional ethanol plant into a

August 17, 2011 Read Full Article

Biomass 2011: Replace the Whole Barrel, Supply the Whole Market Presentations Posted

(US Department of Energy)  ...More than 600 speakers, moderators, sponsors, exhibitors, and attendees were able to listen to discussions about the ongoing challenges and achievements in the bioenergy industry. Biomass 2011 addressed key issues in important areas, such as feedstock supply, conversion pathways,

August 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Phase Shift: 12 Hot Gas-Based Biofuels Technologies

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...But a new generation of technologies is coming along fast, primarily in advanced biofuels, which is gasifying biomass at the front end along its path towards making fuels, chemicals or other biomaterials – or in

August 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae Oil in China

by Riggs Eckelberry (OriginOil/Algae Industry Magazine)  ecently, Australia’s largest ethanol producer, Manildra, diversified its biofuel portfolio by entering into algae production. In cooperation with Atlanta-based Algae Tec, Manildra will build a demonstration facility near Manildra’s ethanol production plant in Nowra,

August 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Gevo Partners with Petrochem Firm to Build Demo Biorefinery

by Luke Geiver  (Biorefining Magazine)  Gevo Inc. has partnered with a Texas-based petrochemical company to build a demonstration hydrocarbon processing plant in Silsbee, Texas. South Hampton Resources, a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co., will build and operate the 10,000

July 30, 2011 Read Full Article

A Perspective on Algae as Feed for Cows, Sheep, and Goats

by Jonathan Williams (Algae Industry Magazine)  Co-products like animal feeds for cattle can be highly beneficial to the economic feasibility of the algae industry in its early stages and beyond. That was part of the message Dr. Shanna Ivey from

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

The A.I.M. Interview: Martin Sabarsky, Cellana's CEO

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Martin Sabarsky was promoted to President and CEO of Kona, Hawaii-based Cellana in April of 2011. He now has the challenging and, if all goes well, rewarding job of escorting Cellana into

July 25, 2011 Read Full Article

Denmark's Garbage-Turned-Biofuel to Power Homes

(Irish Sun)  'Our goal is to change the management of wastewater and household rubbish from a costly problem into a valuable resource for local energy production,' said Thomas Banke, mayor of Fredericia city on Denmark's Jutland peninsula.  'Rubbish will be

July 21, 2011 Read Full Article

Diversifying The Ethanol Industry With Biodiesel

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  ...A new option for the ethanol industry to diversify is to add a biodiesel plant to the end of its corn oil extraction technology. This idea lends itself one step closer to a true biorefinery. ...(A) 100 million

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

PetroAlgae Feed Meal Confirmed as New Source of High Value Commercial-Scale Feed for Dairy Cattle

(PetroAlgae)  Important New Animal Feed Ingredient for Dairy Cattle Diets According to University of Minnesota Study PetroAlgae Inc., a leading renewable energy company that licenses its commercial micro-crop technology globally, announced today the completion of a major third party study showing that

July 20, 2011 Read Full Article

BioVerde Expands From Biodiesel to Chemicals Derived From Plants

by Stephan Nielsen (Bloomberg)  BioVerde Industria e Comercio de Biocombustiveis SA, a biodiesel company that’s building Brazil’s biggest refinery, is seeking to become the country’s top providers of specialty chemicals produced from renewable sources. The company plans to retrofit a facility

July 18, 2011 Read Full Article

Biojet and UWI Partner in Biofuels

(University of West Indies Cave Hill)  UWI-Cave Hill and BioJet International Initiate Research and Commercial Biofuels Partnership. The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, and BioJet International, Ltd. jointly announce a biosciences research and commercial partnership.  The University

July 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Search Produces Energy from Biodiesel Waste

(Correio do Brasil)  School of Engineering of São Carlos (EESC) of USP, a research proposes the production of energyfrom the gas released in the treatment of glycerol originating from the biodiesel. The residue is rich in impurities, which increases the

July 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuel Maker Claims New Technology Can Create PET Bottles from Waste

by Guy Montague-Jones   (FoodProductionDaily)  The US-based company recently announced that it had created a PET feedstock - paraxylene (PX) - entirely from plant-based sugars using its own catalytic process. The process results in the creation of a PET product, which

July 14, 2011 Read Full Article

12 Synthetic Biology Biofuel & Biochemical Companies to Watch

by Chris de Morsella (Green Economy Post)    A detailed review of 12 U.S. based synthetic biology, biofuel & biochemical companies that are developing third and fourth generation biofuels, bioindustrial & household chemical, and food additive products; using synthetic biology to produce engineered microorganisms

July 13, 2011 Read Full Article

Global Bioenergies is Awarded a New Funding from the French Innovation Agency OSEO to Finance the Industrialization of Its Bio-Isobutene Process

(Global Bioenergies)  One month after its successful IPO,  Global Bioenergies ,  located in the Genopole technology park in  Evry, South of Paris, today announces the receipt of a €475K  funding from the French innovation agency OSEO. The funds will be used to

July 12, 2011 Read Full Article

Biodiesel from Corn Oil: a Growing Force

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  Resurgence in the biodiesel industry and its demand for inedible corn oil extracted from ethanol plants was a topic of great discussion at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo last week in Indianapolis. Several experts

July 06, 2011 Read Full Article

FEW: 'Feed is Food' Cautions Panel

by Ron Kotrba (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Food Safety Modernization Act is changing how ethanol producers do business, and it’s shifting focus on just being fuel producers that incidentally make a feed coproduct, to being fuel—and food—producers. “Feed is food,”

July 05, 2011 Read Full Article

FEW: The Time Has Finally Come for Dry Fractionation

by Ron Kotrba (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...(Pete) Moss, (vice president of marketing for cereal process technologies) says the 15 billion gallon cap on corn ethanol in RFS2 is one reason why fractionation will finally come to the dry mill corn

June 30, 2011 Read Full Article

The Island of Misfit Materials

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Over at Blue Marble, think spent waste grains from the alcoholic beverage distillation process, and spent coffee grounds. Generally, these are materials that pile up in landfills. By contrast, at Blue Marble’s first commercial facility, using

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

It Takes Two to Tango

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  How and why could three announcements from Gevo, Toray, Redfield and the EPA point the way forward for US ethanol, advanced biofuels, and renewable chemicals? ...The key is looking at the EPA ruling. How do you

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Sydney, Australia Home of New Algal Biomass Facility

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Algae.Tec Limited in collaboration with Manildra Group have announced the construction of an algae demonstration facility in Shoalhaven One, in Nowra south of Sydney, Australia. Manildra Group is the country’s largest ethanol producer. Algae.Tec Executive Roger Stroud

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

ADM's Decatur Facility to Produce More Lysine, Threonine

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A plan to produce more lysine and threonine, both amino acids, at Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s plant in Decatur, Ill., won’t mean changes on the ethanol side. “This expansion will not impact ethanol production

June 29, 2011 Read Full Article

New Research Facility Recovers Value from Waste, Lowers Emissions

(City of Edmonton, Enerkem, Alberta Innovates)    Plug-and-play pilot plant and lab to convert waste to biofuels and value-added chemicals Edmonton is now home to one of the world’s most sophisticated waste-to-biofuels research facilities, thanks to a partnership between Alberta Innovates – Energy and

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Xylitol Canada to Expedite Pathway to First Commercial-Scale Plant

(BusinessWire)  Cellulosic ethanol manufacturing process to provide feedstock for production of xylitol Xylitol Canada Inc., a reseller and distributor of xylitol and xylitol products announced that they will leap frog the initial plan for a pilot plant and go directly to

June 27, 2011 Read Full Article

GreenShift Licenses Its Patented Corn Oil Extraction Process to Sunoco

(BusinessWire/GreenShift)  Technology Produces Feedstock for Biodiesel, Second Renewable Fuel from Sunoco's Green E15 Manufacturing Facility in Fulton, New York GreenShift Corporation  announced today (June 24, 2011) that it has licensed its patented technology to Sunoco for extraction of corn oil from

June 24, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowa State Hybrid Lab Combines Technologies to Make Biorenewable Fuels and Products

(Iowa State University)  Laura Jarboe pointed to a collection of test tubes in her Iowa State University laboratory. Some of the tubes looked like they were holding very weak coffee. That meant microorganisms - in this case, Shewanella bacteria - were

June 24, 2011 Read Full Article

DOE Awards $36M to Six Projects for Drop-In fuels, Chemicals

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Virent, Genomatica, HCL Clean Tech among the winners, as DOE fosters replacement of “entire barrel of oil” in latest funding round In Washington, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced up to $36 millionto fund six small-scale

June 13, 2011 Read Full Article

New Technologies Promise Improved Sustainability

by Kurt A. Rosentrater, Ph.D. (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   The fuel ethanol and distillers grains industry ...sustainably meets the growing needs for food, feed, fiber and fuel for our society as well as the rest of the world. ...Two key areas

June 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Making the Most of DDGS

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Researchers coax more products and income streams from distillers grains ...(R)esearchers see a time when distillers grains will be used for more than feed. Diversifying uses for distillers grains can provide multiple revenue streams and

June 09, 2011 Read Full Article

SynGest Taps Honeywell for Renewable Ammonia Project Design

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Iowa, Honeywell has been selected to help SynGest design a proposed first-of-its-kind processing facility that will produce ammonia from biomass. The southwest-Iowa plant will process as much as 400 tons of biomass each day to produce

June 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Khosla Slams Big Oil, Virent Debuts Alternative to Plastic Bottles at the 2011 Ethanol Summit in Brazil

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Brazil, 2,000 industry executives gathered at UNICA’s biennial Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo. Among the highlights, a charged keynote in which celebrated venture capitalist Vinod Khosla accused oil companies of having a double-standard on risk-taking

June 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Earthworm Avoidance of Biochar Can Be Mitigated by Wetting

by Dong Li, William C. Hockaday, Caroline A. Masiello and Pedro J.J. Alvarez (Science Direct)  Biochar has a great potential for enhancing soil fertility and carbon sequestration while enabling beneficial waste disposition. Because of the potential for widespread application, it is essential to proactively assess

June 06, 2011 Read Full Article

UNL Feedlot Research to Look at Ethanol Byproduct

by Matt Luebbe  (The Fence Post)  University of Nebraska researchers plan to conduct a study this summer at the Panhandle Research Feedlot to determine the effects of including a common ethanol plant byproduct, condensed distillers soluble, in beef feedlot diets. What

May 31, 2011 Read Full Article

Improving Ethanol Production Economics

(WOWT.com)  Iowa State University's Hans van Leeuwen has moved his research team's award-winning idea for improving ethanol production from a laboratory to a pilot plant. Now he knows the idea, which produces a new animal feed and cleans water that can be

May 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Talking Tubers—Energy Beets to Ethanol

by Cole Gustafson  (Ethanol Producer Magazine/North Dakota State University)  ...Why beets? The Northern Plains is the nation’s lowest-cost producer of sugar due to a favorable growing climate and cold winters that extend feedstock storage and processing. The energy beet industry

May 19, 2011 Read Full Article

DGs Could End up in Plastics if Biocomposite Facility Is Built

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Distillers grains as a component in plastics? You bet, if two Nebraska companies achieve their goals. It will start by building a manufacturing facility, Laurel BioComposite LLC, in Laurel, Neb. Major investors include Kearney Area

May 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Talking Turkey on Ethanol, Distillers Grains

by Matt Hartwig (Renewable Fuels Association)  ...Here are few of the more questionable claims made to an OPIS reporter by lobbyists for NTF (National Turkey Federation): NTF CLAIM: “You cannot compare feed that comes directly from corn and distiller grains.” NTF CLAIM:

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

Biofuels Project Wins $1 Million Competition

(University of Hawaii)  A two-pronged University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa project to advance the use of biofuels in the Islands has won a $1 million sustainability research competition. The two-year project, led by Michael J. Cooney from UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘i Natural

May 16, 2011 Read Full Article

OriginOil’s French Joint Venture Participates in Large-Scale Algae Projects

(OriginOil)  OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technologyto extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, yesterday announced that Ennesys, its joint venture partner in France, is working with large institutions to develop two

May 13, 2011 Read Full Article

RFA: Ethanol Sector Generated 35 Million Tons of Animal Feed Last Year

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The animal feed created as a byproduct of U.S. ethanol production could supply beef for 50 billion quarter-pound hamburgers every day, the Renewable Fuels Association says in a report. U.S. ethanol producers generated almost 35 million metric tons

May 11, 2011 Read Full Article

Great Plains Renewable Energy Outlines Algae Plans on Q1 Call

(Algae Industry Magazine)  ...Highlights of the discussion included updates on GPRE’s recently announced BioProcess Algae joint venture. Following are some comments by Mr. Becker and his answers to some shareholder questions regarding their algae ventures: ...The technology represents a true intersection

May 09, 2011 Read Full Article

KU Research Team Awarded $5.6 Million to Convert Biomass into Chemicals

(The University of Kansas)  ...A University of Kansas-led research team has received a $5.6 million grant to develop clean technologies to convert biomass into chemicals that could ultimately replace the petroleum-based chemicals currently used in many household items. Bala Subramaniam, director

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA and DOE Award Biomass Research and Development Grants to Reduce America's Reliance on Imported Oil

Projects will help develop sustainable, renewable biofuels in the U.S. As part of the Obama Administration's comprehensive plan to address rising gas prices, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a total of $47 million

May 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Move Over, Soylent Green — Algae Will Soon Be in Everything

by Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company/EIN News)  Remember a few years ago when everyone decided that using algae as a biofuel feedstock would be the best thing ever? Well, progress on that front is moving so slowly that companies have realized that

May 05, 2011 Read Full Article

British Columbia Embracing Pine Beetle Crisis as Source of Green Energy

by andypar (Envirogy)   ...In light of all this, however, it appears British Columbia has found a way to turn their devastating Pine Beetle crisis into a source of Green Energy. ...Biofuel production uses organic materials to produce fuel to be used in transportation

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

The Beginning of the End of the Ethanol Joke

by Paul Studebaker (Sustainable Planet)   ...It’s too soon to talk about grain-based ethanol in the past tense, but maybe not by much. While ethanol has a place as a bio-based octane enhancer and consequently, as a means to extend oil

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

Cobalt Raises $20M in Series D Round; Parsons & Whittemore Joins

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The additional capital will enable Cobalt to build out its new 470,000 gallon per year demonstration plant in Alpena, Michigan, which will be the world’s first cellulosic biorefinery for the production of the industrial chemical

May 03, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA & EPA Tour REG Biodiesel Plant in Newton, IA

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Renewable Energy Group (REG) executives hosted USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson as well as leaders from the ethanol industry at their REG Newton biorefinery to discuss the role of advanced biofuels in

May 02, 2011 Read Full Article

Ethanol Plant Spin-Off Industry Developing in Clearfield Borough

by Aaron T. Evans (Gant Daily)  A spin-off industry from Bionol Clearfield’s ethanol plant is under development in Clearfield Borough. On Thursday night a representative from Air Liquide and a representative from Gannett Fleming Inc. gave a presentation during council’s committees

April 18, 2011 Read Full Article
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