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New Energy-Rich Sorghum Offers Ethanol without the Corn

by Marc Gunther (The Guardian)  California startup NexSteppe presents a new brand of sorghum, bred for optimal energy production, designed as a greener alternative to corn for ethanol fuels and biomass boilers As scientists around the world research biomass feedstocks —

August 13, 2014 Read Full Article

CRFA Member First to Bring E85 Ethanol to Western Canada

(Canadian Renewable Fuels Association/Marketwired)  Arcade Station Opens as First and Only Gas Station in Western Canada to sell E85 Ethanol Fuel The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) congratulates Arcade Station, Western Canada's only gas station selling E85 Ethanol fuel, on its

August 12, 2014 Read Full Article

Why Business Leaders Support a Price on Carbon

(The World Bank)  The companies we turn to every day for electricity, transportation, consumer goods, and even electronics face risks from climate change. Most need reliable water for production processes and products. Extreme weather and temperatures can hurt their productivity

August 11, 2014 Read Full Article

Canada’s SDTC Accepting Statements of Interest for Future Grant Round

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Canada, Sustainable Development Technology Canada announced that it is accepting Statements of Interest from August 27th to October 15th, 2014. SDTC invests in late-stage development and pre-commercial demonstration of clean technologies by Canadian companies

August 04, 2014 Read Full Article

GTL Joint Venture

(Velocys plc)  Velocys plc (VLS.L), the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that it has entered a joint venture (JV) with Waste Management, NRG Energy (NRG), and Ventech Engineers International (Ventech) to develop gas-to-liquids (GTL)

August 04, 2014 Read Full Article

New Council of International Biotech Associations Formed

(Biotechnology Industry Organization)  An international confederation of biotechnology trade associations announced today the ratification of bylaws creating the International Council of Biotechnology Associations (ICBA), with the expressed purpose of advocating for public policies that support the growth of the innovative

July 22, 2014 Read Full Article

Mascoma Confirms Strategy Shift, Outlines Plans for Technology

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ... Larry Klein and the Sierra Club sued Frontier and the DOE after the DOE issued a finding of “no significant impact” and granted a Frontier funding application which pledged about $100 million, or about

July 22, 2014 Read Full Article

Pond Biofuels Launches Bioreactor Pilot project at St Marys Cement Plant

(Global Cement)  Pond Biofuels has set up a bioreactor pilot plant at St Marys cement plant in St Marys, Ontario. The raw smokestack gas from the cement plant is recycled to grow algae in a third-generation 25,000L bioreactor at the

July 21, 2014 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Trial to Clear the Air

(PRWire)  The City of Canada Bay is committed to reducing our local impact on the environment and is leading the way with a biodiesel trial says Mayor Angelo Tsirekas. “Biodiesel, a renewable and clean burning fuel made from vegetable oils or

July 21, 2014 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol Deemed Good Fit in Idaho

(Capital Press)   IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — As the first commercial cellulosic ethanol plants open in the U.S. this year, energy experts say Idaho is well positioned to follow the leaders with a small facility that would convert barley and wheat

July 09, 2014 Read Full Article

Pond Biofuels: Algae Eats Cement Plant Pollution

by David Dodge and Duncan Kinney (Beacon News) Algae is a pretty important organism. It’s used in food, fertilizer and sewage treatment. Oh, and algae can also eat raw industrial smokestack emissions for breakfast to create pond biofuels. Steve Martin was so

July 09, 2014 Read Full Article

Hemp: The Feedstock that Dare Not Speak its Name

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... We first started tracking hemp back in 2009, when a 43-acre biomass trial launched in California that features hemp as a feedstock. The notoriety of hemp’s cousin, marijuana, has created both passionate supporters and opponents

July 07, 2014 Read Full Article

Ottawa Biofuel Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Expand Production

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest)  In Canada, Ottawa Biofuel has launched a $50,000 crowdfunding campaign through IndieGoGo to fund expansion. Specifcally, the company is looking to make the transportation, storage, and processing cleaner and more efficient and improve on-site safety, including

July 03, 2014 Read Full Article

Pass the Mustard: Why Carinata Is Taking Root as Biofuel

by Don Konantz (Calyx Bio-Ventures/Renewable Energy World)    Navigant Research forecasts that the “global biofuels production will reach 61 billion gallons by 2023, replacing nearly 6 percent of global transportation fuel production from fossil sources and generating $70 billion in new

July 02, 2014 Read Full Article

MLI Report: Canadian Biofuels Support Programs a Dismal Failure

Money to Burn: Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Canada's Strategy for Vehicle Biofuels by Douglas Auld and Ross McKitrick (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) Authors find that supporting biofuels costs at least three times the value of environmental benefits – if they even reduce greenhouse

July 01, 2014 Read Full Article

Ethanol Producer Looks Inward For Feedstock

by Avia Collinder (The Jamaica Gleaner) Discussions are under way between energy and sugar interests for local sugar estates to set aside about one million tonnes of cane annually for the production of wet ethanol. But at least one company in the agro-processing

July 01, 2014 Read Full Article

RNG: The Next Renewable Vehicle Fuel

By Stephanie Thorson  (Canadian Biogas Association /Biomass Magazine) Renewable natural gas (RNG) is a little-known fuel that has enormous potential to economically reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation, a sector that has high emissions. In the same way that ethanol is blended

June 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Enerkem’s Family Affair

by Tim Portz (Biomass Magazine) Enerkem President and CEO Vincent Chornet and his team have driven Enerkem along a commercialization pathway for the past 10 years. As Enerkem’s first commercial-scale deployment in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, enters its commissioning phase, its technology

June 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Making the Case for a Domestic Bioeconomy

(Canadian Biomass Magazine)  Strong export markets for Canadian pellets, ethanol and biodiesel continue to drive the national bioeconomy forward despite slow development on the domestic front. An executive panel at the International Bioenergy Conference & Exhibition in Prince George all agreed that

June 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Developers of the First Cellulosic Plants Share Updates at FEW

by  Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ... A week before the FEW, Enerkem Inc. celebrated the inauguration of its 10 MMgy facility in Edmonton, Alberta. Commissioning is nearly completed, reported Tim Cesarek, senior vice president of business development. The thermochemical process

June 12, 2014 Read Full Article

Report Provides Global Overview of Bioenergy, Biofuel Development

by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine)  A new report published by Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) provides a global overview of advances in renewable energy development, including development related to bioenergy, ethanol and other types of biofuels. The

June 06, 2014 Read Full Article

Waste-to-Biofuel Facility Opens

by (Biofuels International) ...Enerkem has officially inaugurated its first full-scale municipal waste-to-biofuels and chemicals facility in Edmonton, Alberta. The facility will have a production capacity of up to 38 million litres per year and is expected to generate net economic spending

June 06, 2014 Read Full Article

Poplars Designed for Deconstruction: A Major Boon to Biofuels

(University of Wisconsin-Madison/Biomass Magazine)  What began 20 years ago as an innovation to improve paper industry processes and dairy forage digestibility may now open the door to a much more energy- and cost-efficient way to convert biomass into fuel. ... Poplar trees,

June 02, 2014 Read Full Article

New Joint Ventures Aim to Establish Hemp-Ethanol Pilot Plant

by Holly Jessen (Biomass Magazine) Edmonton, Alberta-based Syngar Technologies Inc. has announced two separate joint venture projects that will, together, help make hemp-to-cellulosic ethanol a step closer to reality. Syngar Technologies, which was featured in a March 2012, article in Ethanol Producer Magazine has licensed

May 22, 2014 Read Full Article

NASA and DLR Research Biofuel-Powered Flights

(Biofuels International)  The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and the Canadian National Research Council (NRC) are researching the use of biofuels in their flights by undertaking a joint testing project under the

May 22, 2014 Read Full Article

Biobased Delta Teams up with Bioindustrial Innovation Canada

(Biorizon)  South-western Netherlands-based Biobased Delta Foundation has agreed to work closely with the Canadian sustainable chemistry alliance Bioindustrial Innovation Canada. Together they aim to accelerate the international commercialization of advanced new technologies. Biorizon is one of the flagships of the

May 19, 2014 Read Full Article

Media Advisory: Waterloo and Bordeaux to Launch Canada’s First Bachelor of Bio-based Chemistry Program at Conference

by (University of Waterloo) Media are invited to attend as researchers from Waterloo and Bordeaux gather to create a bio-chemistry program that will support research into sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. The University of Waterloo and Université de Bordeaux also begin a longer

May 16, 2014 Read Full Article

$2M Supports Soybean Research

(Lab Canada)  A University of Guelph scientist using genetics to improve Ontario’s most valuable crop has received nearly $2 million in government and industry support. Prof. Istvan Rajcan, Department of Plant Agriculture, was recently awarded a Collaborative Research and Development Grant

May 15, 2014 Read Full Article

Hot Intel! Rockin’ Slides from the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Pennsylvania, the 11th World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, produced by BIO, opened today with a flurry of announcements and presentations. Here are hot slides ... and links to presentations.  READ MORE

May 14, 2014 Read Full Article

New Joint Ventures Aim to Establish Hemp-Ethanol Pilot Plant

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Edmonton, Alberta-based Syngar Technologies Inc. has announced two separate joint venture projects that will, together, help make hemp-to-cellulosic ethanol a step closer to reality. ... In late April the company formed Cellunol Inc. with ANW Inc.,

May 12, 2014 Read Full Article

New Ontario Biodiesel Mandate Falls Short, Troubles Producers

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) The government of Ontario, Canada, issued its new biodiesel mandate regulations for the province April 1, and some biodiesel stakeholders, including members of the Ontario Biodiesel Producers Association, are frustrated and concerned with how the government

May 06, 2014 Read Full Article

Canadian Biodiesel Exports Put Mandate into Question

by Sean Pratt (The Western Producer)  Hardly any of Canada’s biodiesel mandate is being filled by domestically produced product.
  “Last year we exported 100 percent of our production and then imported the equivalent to meet our mandate,” said Scott Thurlow,

April 29, 2014 Read Full Article

Canada Issues New Tank Car Requirements for Ethanol, Crude Oil

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Canadian government has announced a plan improve rail safety. It includes a requirement to phase out certain railcars used to carry ethanol and crude oil over a three year period. Some DOT-111 railcars

April 28, 2014 Read Full Article

New Horizons

By Bob Dinneen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Renewable Fuels Association is working to expand ethanol export markets, says Bob Dinneen, president and CEO, Renewable Fuels Association. For example, the group has led trips abroad to connect U.S. ethanol producers with new

April 25, 2014 Read Full Article

Ontario Changes Biodiesel Requirements

(Canadian Biomass) The Government of Ontario has released new rules for the use of biodiesel in the province's fuel supply. New rules, which went into effect April 1, are being phased in over three years. By 2017, the amount of biofuel blended

April 18, 2014 Read Full Article

Pass the Mustard; Why Carinata Is Taking Root as Biofuel

by Don Konantz (Calyx Bio-Ventures/R&D Magazine)  ... The “Holy Grail” of non-food feedstocks has arrived with a proprietary non-food energy feedstock crop called carinata which yields oil that is being refined into fuel that meet the specifications of petroleum-based fuels and work

April 17, 2014 Read Full Article

Canada: Biofuels Digest’s Spring 2014 5-Minute Guide – CCEMC Grand Challenge Hands $500K Seed Grants to 24

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Alberta’s Grand Challenge on carbon — Liquid Light, Enerkem among 24 winners picking up $500,000 seed grants in first round.   Next round will result in up to five $3M grants in 2018, and $10M to

April 17, 2014 Read Full Article

10 Bellwether Biofuels & Biobased Projects for 2014

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Advanced biofuels – are plans turning into reality? Are development plans realistic? When these 10 projects open for business (or not) in 2014, you’ll know for sure. ...Well, the picture is incomplete. Plants like the Valero Darling renewable

April 15, 2014 Read Full Article

Oil And Gas Sector Biggest Producer Of Greenhouse Gases In Canada

by Will Campbell (The Canadian Press/Huffington Post)  An environmental analyst says the rise of oil and gas production as Canada's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions adds further weight to calls for the federal government to bring in long-promised regulations

April 15, 2014 Read Full Article

NASA Signs Agreement with German, Canadian Partners to Test Alternative Fuels

(National Aeronautics and Space Administration/PRNewsWire)   NASA has signed separate agreements with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to conduct a series of joint flight tests to study the atmospheric effects of emissions from jet engines burning alternative

April 10, 2014 Read Full Article

First Functional 'Designer' Chromosome in Yeast Is Synthesized

(NYU Langone Medical Center/Biomass Magazine)   An international team of scientists led by Jef Boeke, director of NYU Langone Medical Center’s Institute for Systems Genetics, has synthesized the first functional chromosome in yeast, an important step in the emerging field of synthetic biology,

April 04, 2014 Read Full Article

SDTC Looking for Canada’s Next Cleantech Innovators

(Sustainable Development Technology Canada) On behalf of the Government of Canada, SDTC is looking for the next wave of innovative cleantech entrepreneurs.  The SD Tech Fund™ is open for applications from February 19th to April 16th, 2014. SDTC supports technologies that address

March 25, 2014 Read Full Article

Ottawa Lends Biofuel Firm $500,000

by Bill Power (Chronicle Herald Business)  Queens County’s CelluFuel already has Nova Scotia aid for $4m project using wood fibre The CelluFuel Inc. demonstration biofuel project in Brooklyn, Queens County, received a $500,000 loan from the federal government Wednesday. “The plant is designed, the

March 25, 2014 Read Full Article

Waste Management, Velocys, NRG, Ventech Form Renewables, Natgas-to-Fuels JV

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  First plant go/no-go expected in 2014; target: Oklahoma.  Future expansion in North America, UK, China. In Oklahoma, Velocys, Waste Management, NRG Energy, and Ventech Engineers International announced a joint venture to develop gas-to-liquids plants in the

March 25, 2014 Read Full Article

100% Drop-In Aviation Fuels Are Closer, as Blue Sun Demo Plant Goes 24/7 in Missouri

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... This week, Blue Sun Energy, ARA, and Chevron Lummus Global achieved a key development milestone with their 100 barrel/day (4,200 gallon/per day) demonstration-scale Biofuels ISOCONVERSION facility in St. Joseph, Mo. Less than a year after

March 25, 2014 Read Full Article

Carbon Market Lessons and Global Policy Outlook

by Richard G. Newell, William A. Pizer, Daniel Raimi (Science Magazine)  Prices in the European Union's (EU) Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) spent 2013 at historic lows. Elected officials have promised to repeal the Australian carbon market. Yet five new regional carbon

March 21, 2014 Read Full Article

Push Continues for Greater Scrutiny on Petroleum Coke in Detroit and Beyond

by David Muller (MLive.com)  U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D - Bloomfield Hills, joined a counterpart in Illinois on Wednesday to call on the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the best methods for storing and transporting petroleum coke, as well as

March 21, 2014 Read Full Article

Lignin’s Big Leap

by Tom Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   Still seeking commercial-scale opportunities, Lignol continues to collaborate with companies that are eager to buy high-purity lignin in bulk. Is this abundant byproduct of pulp and paper milling and biorefining poised for new and

March 18, 2014 Read Full Article

CRIBE, GreenField Partner to Test Demonstration Technology

(Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy is partnering with GreenField Specialty Alcohols to test and develop a technology that, if successful, will lead to significant economic and

March 17, 2014 Read Full Article

This St. Patrick’s Day,Choose a Truly “Green” Beer

(National Biodiesel Board)  Before you lift that green beer on St. Patrick’s Day, why not select one that comes from a “green” brewery? Many breweries throughout the U.S. and Canada have robust sustainability initiatives that include using biodiesel. One example is a

March 14, 2014 Read Full Article

Suez Environnement to Operate Recycling Facility for Edmonton

by Will Wade (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  Suez Environnement Co. (SEV), the water and solid-waste company part-owned by GDF Suez, agreed to a five-year, 54 million-euro ($75-million) contract to operate a recycling center in Canada. Under the contract with the city of Edmonton,

March 13, 2014 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Exports Hit 25-Month High; Brazil is Top Customer

by Ann Lewis (Renewable Fuels Association)  U.S. ethanol shipments in January rocketed to 86.2 million gallons (mg), marking the highest monthly export volume since December 2011, according to government data released last week. Exports were up a third from December

March 11, 2014 Read Full Article

Methes Energies Starts Manufacturing Process of One Denami 600 for Aruba Client

(Methes Energies/MarketWire)   Methes Energies International Ltd. (NASDAQ: MEIL), a renewable energy company that offers an array of products and services to biodiesel fuel producers, today announced it has received a deposit from Antilla Energy VBA (formally known as BioFuel Aruba)

March 11, 2014 Read Full Article

Ensyn and Memorial Hospital Sign RFO™ Biofuel Supply Agreement

(Ensyn Fuels/MarketWired)  Ensyn Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ensyn Corporation ("Ensyn"), has signed a contract with Memorial Hospital of North Conway, New Hampshire ("Memorial") for the supply of RFO™, Ensyn's advanced cellulosic biofuel. Ensyn's RFO, produced from forest residues, will

March 07, 2014 Read Full Article

The Hunt for Hydrogen and Hydro-Riches

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... “You will never have enough affordable hydrogen.”   Perhaps that is the attractor in the news from little-known Solarvest Bioenergy, when they announced  third party confirmation of their bio-hydrogen expression system following the successful completion of a six

March 07, 2014 Read Full Article

Sale of Ethanol Plant's Waste Heat Will Eliminate Smokestack

by Peter Epp (QMI Agency/Chatham Daily News) It might not happen this year, but plans are in place for GreenField Ethanol's smokestack at its Bloomfield Road production facility to be removed once the energy company starts piping its waste heat across

February 27, 2014 Read Full Article

New Policy Paper Discusses Future of the Biochar Industry

(University of Northern British Columbia)  Biochar, a renewable charcoal-like product derived from burning organic matter in a high-temperature oxygen-limited kiln, could be a substitute for the coal and some of the natural gas burned in British Columbia, according to a

February 24, 2014 Read Full Article

Ethanol Tariff Induces Debate at NEC

by Tom Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  It is rare that a conference panel needs to be truly moderated, but the rabble-rousing conversation that ensued between international ethanol industry representatives at the National Ethanol Conference kept Bliss Baker busy Tuesday morning.

February 19, 2014 Read Full Article

Iogen Announces New Drop-In Cellulosic Biofuel

(Iogen)  Iogen Corporation today announced it has developed and patented a new method to make drop-in cellulosic biofuels from biogas using existing refinery assets and production operations. The company estimates there is refining capacity in place to incorporate 5-6 billion gallons per year

February 12, 2014 Read Full Article

Neil Young Responds to PMO's Defence of Oilsands

by Trinh Theresa Do  (CBC News)   Singer takes aim at government spokesman's suggestion that even rock stars rely on the oil industry When it comes to Canada's oilsands, Neil Young isn't keen to let the Prime Minister's Office have the last

January 15, 2014 Read Full Article

Local Company Uses Biofuel for Transport

(Nelson Star)  For the first time since the horse and carriage, BC organic fruit is again being delivered without fossil fuels. Kootenay foodies and entrepreneurs Paul and Clare Kelly of Winlaw are helping shoppers at organic grocers ‘green up’ their produce

January 14, 2014 Read Full Article

The Digest's Bioeconomy Achievement Awards for 2013-14

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Beta Renewables, Abengoa, Enerkem, Proterro among the winners for Project of the Year — as residues and waste are keys to the big wins.  For Fuel of the Year, Renewable Chemical of the Year, Product

January 03, 2014 Read Full Article

Biofuels Mandates Around the World: 2014

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Florida, the Digest today releases its annual review of biofuels mandates and targets around the world, looking at the state of biofuels mandates in 62 countries. The bulk of mandates continue to come from the

January 02, 2014 Read Full Article

ICM, IGPC Ethanol Sign Letter of Intent

(ICM/Ethanol Producer Magazine) ICM Inc. has announced that IGPC Ethanol Inc. of Ontario, Canada, has signed a letter of intent to be the first Canadian adopter of ICM’s Generation 1.5 technology. Today’s milestone announcement will enable IGPC Ethanol to produce corn

December 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Senate Hearing Addresses 2014 RFS Proposal

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works held a hearing Dec. 11 on the U.S. EPA’s proposed rule to set 2014 volume requirements under the renewable fuel standard (RFS). The hearing, titled

December 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Makers Looking for Export Boost

(St. Louis Post Dispatch/Omaha.com)  U.S. ethanol makers will be looking to boost exports of the fuel if the federal government, as expected, scales back the amount mandated for use in the domestic market. With low corn prices, thanks to a record

December 11, 2013 Read Full Article

LanzaTech, Earth Energy, PGF Biofuels, Elevance Make Bioeconomy Waves with Announces

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... (I)t has been an incredibly strong week for innovation, with key announcements that advance the narrative at LanzaTech, Elevance, Earth Energy renewables (e.g. “the technology that once pwoered Terrabon, and PGF Biofuels (the first

December 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Sarnia Group Sees Ethanol Gold in Corn Stalk

by John Phair (Petroliatopic.com)  The ethanol industry has a strong presence in Southwestern Ontario, converting corn into fuel at plants in Chatham and in Sarnia's Chemical Valley. But now a Sarnia-based organization is proposing that the stalk from the corn

December 05, 2013 Read Full Article

The Password Is….Bagasse: Raizen, Iogen Get Going on Cellulosic Ethanol at Industrial Scale

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... In Brazil, Raizen has started construction on a 10 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol plant using Iogen Energy technology. The $100 million project, located adjacent to Raízen’s Costa Pinto sugar cane mill in Piracicaba,

December 03, 2013 Read Full Article

PGF Biofuels Ltd. Is Awarded Canada’s First Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Certification for Resonance Carinata

(Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials)  PGF Biofuels Ltd. (“PGF Biofuels”), in conjunction with Paterson Grain, and the RSB Services Foundation are pleased to announce that PGF Biofuels has received Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (“RSB”) certification for Resonance® carinata. PGF Biofuels is the first

December 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Is Shrub Willow a Viable Biomass Feedstock for the US?

by Bruce Dorminey (Renewable Energy World)  Shrub willow — the short rotation crop that kept the world in wicker baskets for centuries — is gradually finding new life as a cold-resistant biomass, particularly in upstate New York where it’s augmenting traditional

November 21, 2013 Read Full Article

How to Apply: Biological Greenhouse Gas Management Call For Expressions Of Interest EOI

(Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation )  Submission due: February 21, 2014 The CCEMC is now inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for innovative projects that will reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, or enhance carbon sequestration, through the use of biological

November 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Ontario Plant to Recycle Beverages into Ethanol, Other Products

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Energentium Inc. is finalizing tests before entering into full production in a few weeks at its new 15 MMly (4 MMgy) plant in Brantford, Ontario, to recycle waste beer and soft drinks into

November 01, 2013 Read Full Article

HLPE Refuses to Release Sources of Funding for Report: GRFA

(Global Renewable Fuels Alliance)  As the Committee on World Food Security’s (CFS) annual Plenary gets underway in Rome, the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) is demanding the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) withdraw their

October 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol - Global Production, Major Trends, Regulations, and Key Country Analysis to 2020

(GlobalBioBusiness.com)  “Cellulosic Ethanol - Global Production, Major Trends, Regulations, and Key Country Analysis to 2020” is the latest report from industry analysis specialist GlobalData, offering comprehensive information on the global cellulosic ethanol market. The report provides a clear understanding and

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Hand Up vs. Hand Out: New Government Programs Target Biofuels for Support in US, Canada

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...As most know, the US Government in the past few days re-opened for business, and there’s an attractive USDA Loan Guarantee program recently unveiled that aspiring bioeconomy projects definitely will want to take a look

October 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Commissioning a First-of-a-Kind Plant Takes Time

by Tom Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Retka Schill visited the Ineos Bio facility in person in August. She returned from Florida with new insight about how large chemical companies define and carry out plant commissioning. She informs us that the

October 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Enerkem and GreenField, Partners in VANERCO, Announce up to $39.8 Million in Repayable Contribution from the Canadian Government

(PR NewsWire/Yahoo!Finance/VANERCO)  Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver today confirmed SDTC's financial contribution in VANERCO, the joint venture partnership formed by Enerkem (www.enerkem.com and GreenField www.gfsa.com) to build and operate a cellulosic ethanol facility integrated with GreenField's existing ethanol plant in Varennes, Quebec. 

September 27, 2013 Read Full Article

IEA Task 40: Biomass Provides 10 Percent of Global Energy Use

by Susanne Retka Schill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A new report from the International Energy Agency takes a global overview of biomass use in the industrial and transport sectors, identifying leading countries and the top 15 production companies in each sector.

September 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Report: Bioenergy Deployment Consortium Fall Symposium

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Canada, the Biofuels Development Consortium held their 2013 Fall Symposium a little early this year in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada on August 27–28, its first meeting outside the U.S. Sarnia is known for their petroleum industry

September 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Are Lower Fat DDGs Still Economical?

by Barb Glen (Western Producer)  Lower fat content in corn-based dried distillers grains imported by Canadian livestock feeders has caught many by surprise. Feed suppliers and feedlot operators who use the ethanol production byproduct have become accustomed to DDG fat content

September 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Marine Biofuel Plant Planned for Development in Denmark

by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine)  The Denmark-based Port of Frederikshavn, Canadian biofuel company Steeper Energy, and Denmark-based Aalborg University have announced a partnership to develop a biofuel plant in Denmark that will produce sulphur-free, drop-in marine fuel from wood feedstock. ... Roughly

September 13, 2013 Read Full Article

Celebvocate: Neil Young for Ethanol, Farm Bill

by Reliable Source (The Washinton Post) ...Event: National Farmers Union rally promoting passage of a five-year farm bill and touting the renewable fuel standard.   Venue: Capitol Hill’s Lower Senate Park.   ...What he wants: Fuel standards mandating an increased amount

September 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Report: Strong Potential for Biofuel Industry in Atlantic Canada

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Atlantic Council for Bioenergy Co-operative, in partnership with BioAtlantech New Brunswick, has released a report demonstrating a strong business case for the development of a biofuels industry in the Atlantic region of Canada.

September 09, 2013 Read Full Article

A Business Case for a Cornstalks to Bioprocessing Venture

(Ontario Federation of Agriculture/Farming Sources)  A value chain consortium presented their final report to local corn producers on a business case for sustaining a commercially viable cellulosic sugar plant in southwestern Ontario to support the future production of green chemicals. The

September 05, 2013 Read Full Article

R.C. Costello, Zeton Sign MOU to Offer Scale-up Services

(R.C. Costello & Associates Inc./Ethanol Producer Magazine)  R.C. Costello & Associates Inc. and Zeton Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding last month. Costello has extensive front-end engineering, process modeling and design experience; and Zeton has specific know-how in the scale

September 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Terreno Looks to Dominican Biofuels with MoU

(Biofuels International)  Canadian mining exploration and development business Terreno Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase biofuels concern Dominican Renewables. The deal is said to be worth around $2.5 million (€1.8 million) and would make Dominican a wholly-owned subsidiary

August 30, 2013 Read Full Article

SDTC Looking for Canada's Next Cleantech Innovators

(MarketWired/Sustainable Development Technology Canada)  Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is looking for the next wave of innovative cleantech entrepreneurs. Its SD Tech Fund™ is open for applications from August 28th to October 16th, 2013. "Cleantech is the key to bringing together economic

August 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Report: Southwest Ontario Can Support Biomass-to-Sugar Plant

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Ontario Federation of Agriculture recently announced that a value chain consortium has presented a final report to local corn producers, showing that it is commercially viable to establish a cellulosic sugar plant in

August 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Canadian Scientists Unravel Camelina Biofuel Genome

(UPI)  Saskatchewan scientists have sequenced the camelina sativa genome. Saskatchewan scientists say they have sequenced the camelina sativa genome, an important step in the development of sustainable biofuels. The genome sequencing discovery was announced by scientists from Saskatchewan firm Genome Prairie, the

August 28, 2013 Read Full Article

4C-Able Future: Biobased Butanol, Butadiene and BDO Are Having a Hot Year

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... It’s been quite a year on the four-carbon platform — also known as C4, 4C, buta-something, Fantastic Four, or what have you. Though two-carbon fuels such as ethanol have long dominated the biofuels market — and

August 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Alberta Has Potential to Be Canada’s Biggest Biofuel Producer

by Dave Cooper (Edmonton Journal)  Alberta could lead the country toward replacing about half its necessary transportation fuel with non-petroleum products, says a global expert on biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts. “We now have ethanol from grain and biodiesel from oilseeds, and

August 20, 2013 Read Full Article

7 Hot Energy Crops for Advanced Biofuels: What’s Happening?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Miscanthus, sorghum, switchgrass, jatropha, camelina, carinata, and arundo. Who’s doing what to bring these crops to scale — and who are the potential big winners? ... Just when you start feeling great about bagasse or stover, you

August 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Green Water: Can the U.S. Navy Win the Eco-Arms Race?

by Ray Mabus (Foreign Policy)  With domestic oil production up, imports declining, and new oil and gas reserves being discovered, some question whether energy remains, or ever was, a security challenge and military vulnerability for the United States. The rise

August 07, 2013 Read Full Article

Ottawa’s Support for Biofuel Industry Cools

by Barry Wilson (The Western Producer)   The federal government is closing the tap to increased support for the biofuel industry after more than $1 billion in support, says agriculture minister Gerry Ritz. “I think the investments made early on have built

July 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Possible to Conserve World's Last Great Forest

(Canadian Biomass)  The Canadian boreal forest is one of the world's great natural treasures. Stretching from the Yukon in the west to Newfoundland and Labrador in the east, this ecologically diverse region contains the largest blocks of intact forest and

July 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Turning Agriculture into Oil, Bio Oil, That Is

(US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service) The process dates to ancient Egypt. Now, it’s being studied here by the USDA as a way to fuel farms.  Pour a few handfuls of chopped- up corn stalks or switchgrass into a hopper.

July 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Fast Swimmers: 10 Algae Technologies, Where Are They in the Race for the Summit?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... The Summer of Algae has passed, but dozens of companies have remained hot in pursuit of a solution for fuels, feed, nutraceuticals, fragrances, flavorings and tailored renewable oils. Their technologies? Closed systems, open-systems, hybrid systems. Hosts

July 23, 2013 Read Full Article

A.I.M. Interview: NAABB’s José Olivares

by David Schwartz  (Algae Industry Magazine)  José Olivares is a busy man. Not only the founder and kingpin of the NAABB 3-year DOE-backed consortium to ring out the potential of algal biofuel production, he also recently served as conference co-chair,

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Canadian Partnership Will Offer LNG, CNG and Propane Autogas Refueling

(NGT News)   Canada-based energy companies Gaz Metro Transport Solutions and La Coop federee are partnering to build public-access alternative fuel stations in eastern Canada. The companies say liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be the priority, along with compressed natural gas (CNG).

July 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Auditor General Questions Effectiveness of Alberta’s Biofuel Incentives

by Darcy Henton (Calgary Herald)  Programs may have increased emissions Alberta handed out $200 million in biofuel incentives that may have actually increased — rather than reduced — greenhouse gas emissions, says the auditor general. Merwan Saher said Alberta Energy failed to

July 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Armies Get Smart on Energy

(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Energy costs are a significant drain on defence budgets. This could impact on the resources available for Allies to acquire and maintain defence capabilities as well as limit their capacity to undertake military operations. Reducing the energy

July 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Seaweed Viable for Biofuels in B.C., Says UVic Scientist

by Edward Hill (VICNEWS.com)  Seaweed – it’s great for sushi, and perhaps even better for biofuels. A study by a University of Victoria mechanical engineering student has shown that large-scale seaweed farms could make environmental sense in B.C. in terms of

July 10, 2013 Read Full Article

First Plants Going In For Ethanol-Linked Greenhouse

by Simon Crouch  (BlackburnNews.com)  A new Chatham-area greenhouse operation expects to harvest their first crop of tomatoes in September. Right now the Truly Green Farms operation is running normally. By the end of next year it will be getting it’s heat from

July 10, 2013 Read Full Article

Bio-Refinery Closer to Reality for Drayton Valley

by Courtney Whalen  (DraytonValleyWesternReview.com)  ...Mascoma Alberta Drayton Valley is in the process of solidifying the necessary financing to bring the bio-refinery, which would produce cellulosic ethanol and related products, to the community’s Bio-Mile. The bio-refinery project is supported by the federal

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Island's First Biofuel Blending Station Opens in Cowichan

by Liz Craig (HQCowichanValley.com)  ... Thursday is the grand-opening of Vancouver Island's first bio-diesel blending station at the CVRD’s Bings Creek Facility. Mohammed Rahim, from Cowichan Energy Alternatives, said the blending station will give people more options of varying the percentage of

July 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Government of Canada Encourages Innovative Biofuel Production in Sarnia

(Digital Journal/FedDev Ontario)  Woodland Biofuels Inc. is receiving a contribution to operate a plant that will produce low-cost biofuel from waste. Patricia Davidson, Member of Parliament for Sarnia-Lambton, announced the funding today on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister

June 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuel Project in Kenya Ignites Land, Environmental Disputes

by Robyn Dixon (Los Angeles Times)  Foreign firms seeking land in Africa for biofuel crops run into opposition from communities and environmental activists despite promising jobs and development. With its leaf-thatched mud huts, bad roads, chronic unemployment, crushing poverty and vast

June 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Ethanol: Scale-Up and Commercialization - Part 2

by David Glass (D Glass Associates)  In the final breakout session of the BIO World Congress on June 19, there was a second panel on scale-up and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. As with the session on the conference’s first day,

June 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Nova Scotia Biodiesel Project Plans 100 Percent Export to Germany

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  Biofuel Weiss Inc. is developing a 7 MMgy continuous flow multifeedstock biodiesel production facility in Atlantic Canada, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to Ian Weiss, CEO of Weiss Biofuel, the process technology “is a modern

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Enerkem Starts Drop-In Renewable Fuels R&D

(Enerkem/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Enerkem Inc. announced the launch of a new research project with the government of Canada. The objective of the project is to develop new catalytic processes for the conversion of waste into drop-in biofuels that are fully

May 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Enerkem Starts "Drop-In" Renewable Fuels R&D Project

(Enerkem/PR NewsWire)  Enerkem Inc. (www.enerkem.com), a waste-to-biofuels and renewable chemicals company, announces the launch of a new research project with the Government of Canada. The objective of the project is to develop new catalytic processes for the conversion of waste into

May 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Major Montreal Meet-Up on Aviation Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  In Canada, around 200 delegates from 44 countries are meeting in Montréal today, in a meet-up organized by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), to explore:  the commercialization of aviation biofuels ...  READ MORE

May 13, 2013 Read Full Article

Feds Launch Project to Convert Oilsands Emissions to Biofuels

by Heather Loney (Global News)  The federal government is teaming up with two Canadian companies in a pilot project that would use algae to convert greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands into biofuels. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canadian

May 13, 2013 Read Full Article

G8 under Pressure to Rethink Biofuel Mandates

(EurActiv) Leaders of the EU and their partners in the G8 nations are under mounting pressure to reconsider their support for biofuel targets amid concern that plant oil production competes with food output in poor countries. Britain, which chairs the G8 this

May 09, 2013 Read Full Article

ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative

(Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper)  The Government of Canada is committed to investing in innovative clean energy technologies that create high-quality jobs, generate new economic opportunities and protect the environment. To this end, on May 3, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen

May 08, 2013 Read Full Article

The Promiscuous, the Selective, and Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Promiscuous, because a zillion organisms know how to use photosynthesis, under a zillion set of circumstances, to turn simple and abundant molecular compounds — like carbon dioxide and water — into longer-chain and useful molecules

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Los Alamos National Lab Improves Biomass-to-Fuel Process

(Los Alamos National Laboratory/Biodiesel Magazine)  ...Los Alamos scientists and collaborators from The University of Guelph in Canada published an article in the scientific journal Nature Chemistry this week that could offer a big step on the path to renewable energy. The April journal

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Irreversible Does Not Mean Unavoidable

by H. Damon Matthews, Susan Solomon (Science Magazine) Understanding how decreases in CO2 emissions would affect global temperatures has been hampered in recent years by confusion regarding issues of committed warming and irreversibility. The notion that there will be additional future warming or

April 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Tap, Enhance, Process Stream to Create Value-added Products

by Dil Vashi   (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Solutions 4 CO2)  Stillage, CO2 become valuable inputs in synergistic design Many ethanol producers look for additional revenue streams beyond the core ethanol and distillers grains to extract corn oil and capture CO2. Opportunities exist

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Oxygen for High Altitudes: 17 Biofuels Ventures Raise $434M in Equity

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Despite the sluggish economic recovery and questions over policy stability — biofuels ventures have been busy raising lots of capital.   In the past 6 months, $434 million.   Who got what, where, when and why? ...supplemental oxygen,

April 08, 2013 Read Full Article

BioNitrogen Signs Second Supply Agreement with United Suppliers – Is Urea on the Move?

by Jim Lane (BioBased Digest)  In Florida, BioNitrogen Corp. announced that it has signed a supply agreement with United Suppliers, Inc. for the offtake of urea fertilizer for its planned plants in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. United Suppliers is owned by

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

Growing Forward 2 is Good News for Canadian Biofuels

(Canadian Renewable Fuels Association)  Homegrown renewable fuels drive economic growth in rural Canada and are a key part of our Bio-Economy future The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA) applauds the official launch of the Growing Forward 2 (GF2) policy framework announced

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

SDTC's SD Tech Fund™ Is Accepting Proposals for Funding from February 20th to April 17th, 2013

(Sustainable Development Technology Canada)  Between research and commercialization lie the critical stages of development and demonstration: the points at which technologies leave the laboratory and undergo conclusive real-world testing. Traditionally, development and demonstration have suffered from a financing gap, making them

March 28, 2013 Read Full Article

BioNitrogen to Conduct Feasibility Study for Fertilizer Plant in Alberta, Canada

(BioNitrogen)  BioNitrogen Corporation, a cleantech company that utilizes proprietary technology to build environmentally-friendly plants that convert biomass into urea fertilizer, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Battle River Agri-Ventures Co-op in Killam, Alberta to conduct feasibility

March 27, 2013 Read Full Article

Energy Farms: Is the Time Ripe?

by Peter Brown (Biodiesel Magazine/ Euro Marketing Tools)  Biodiesel, ethanol and livestock production, wind turbines and photovoltaic installments situated in close proximity make energy—and economic—sense The concept is that if alternate forms of energy can be produced that are nonpolluting, renewable, provide

March 23, 2013 Read Full Article

New Committee Working to Ensure Canada’s Renewable Fuels Future

(Canadian Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association has announced a new committee and classification of membership to advance next generation biofuels in Canada. The new committee and its members represent leaders in advanced biofuels with their

March 21, 2013 Read Full Article

International Regulation of Microorganisms for Biofuel or Chemical Production: North and South America and Africa

by David Glass (DGlassAssociates.com)  ... The use of genetically modified microorganisms (GMOs) in manufacturing will likely face a fairly straightforward regulatory process in most countries, because such “contained” uses will generally pose far fewer hypothetical concerns about environmental or public

March 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Lignol Announces Investment and Technology Collaboration with Territory Biofuels Limited

(Lignol)  Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or "the Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sector, today announced that it has subscribed for convertible notes with a principal value of A$1.18 million ("Notes") issued by Territory

March 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Camelina on the Move: Global Clean Energy Holdings Acquires Sustainable Oils

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings announced that it has acquired Sustainable Oils, a leader in Camelina genetics and production. The acquisition includes 100% ownership interest of Sustainable Oils and the ownership of the key intellectual

March 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Recent Advancements in Various Steps of Ethanol, Butanol, and Isobutanol Productions from Woody Materials

by Pedram Fatehi (Biotechnology Progress)  In this review, the recent advancements and technical challenges associated with the production of ethanol, butanol, and isobutanol via bioconversion routes from celluloses of woody materials are reviewed. Physicochemical processes, e.g. steam explosion, seem to be

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Enerkem: Committed to Pontotoc Ethanol Project

(Associated Press/WJTV.com)   Four years after announcing plans for an ethanol plant in Pontotoc, a Canadian company has yet to begin construction. Enerkem Inc. spokeswoman Annie Pare tells The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/WCsH7v ) the company remains committed to building the

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

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

Ottawa Ending Biofuels Subsidy over Unfulfilled Industry Promises

by Shawn McCarthy (Globe and Mail)  The Conservative government is formally shutting down its controversial biofuels subsidy program, saying companies producing biodiesel have failed to meet ambitious production targets. In a letter sent Thursday, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver rejected calls

February 25, 2013 Read Full Article

US Patent Issued for BDR's Ceramic Membrane Reactor Technology

(BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc./Biodiesel Magazine)   BioDiesel Reactor Technologies Inc. recently announced that U.S. Patent No. 8,366,794 entitled “Apparatus and Method for Biofuel Production” has been issued. The patent covers the commercial application of BDR’s ceramic membrane reactor technology for

February 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Canadian Government Invests in Biofuel Initiatives

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The Canadian government has announced investments in two projects that will benefit the biofuel and biorefining industries. On Feb. 13, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced a $600,000 investment that will help the Alberta Sugar

February 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Harper Government Announces Clean Technology Projects Across Canada

(Sustainable Development Technology Canada) The Honourable Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today was joined by the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, to announce an important investment to support 23 clean technology projects in communities from coast to

February 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Harper Government Helps Find Sweet New Uses for Sugar Beets

(MarketWire/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)  Sugar beet growers are finding new and innovative uses for their crops thanks to support from the Harper Government. Member of Parliament LaVar Payne (Medicine Hat), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced today an

February 14, 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

Brock University and Niagara College Students Provided Educational Opportunities with Welland Biodiesel Company

(Great Lakes Biodiesel/BusinessWire)  World Class Niagara-based Educational Institutions Provide Companies Like Great Lakes Biodiesel with Access to Top Notch R&D Facilities and Highly Trained Job Ready Graduates Great Lakes Biodiesel (GLB) in Welland has partnered with Niagara College’s internship program to

February 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Why Canada Oil-Sands Industry Wants CO2 Tax Harper Hates: Energy

by Jeremy van Loon & Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg)  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has vilified political opponents who support a tax on carbon-dioxide emissions. The oil-sands industry, Canada’s fastest growing CO2 polluter, says he’s out of step. The contradiction of an industry seeking a

February 11, 2013 Read Full Article

Iogen Focusing on Biofuels in Brazil After Selling Enzyme Unit

by Andrew Herndon (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  Iogen Corp., a closely held biotechnology company, is focusing on producing ethanol from sugar cane waste in Brazil after selling its industrial enzyme business to Novozymes A/S (NZYMB), according to Chief Executive Officer Brian Foody. “We’re

February 02, 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

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: Agri Investment Forum June 26, 2013 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Agri Investment Forum encourages early and emerging companies within the farmland, animal, water, and sustainable energy sectors to apply to present. Presenters will also have the opportunity to secure a corporate display table in the foyer on a first come first

January 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Agri Investment Forum June 26, 2013 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Agri Investment Forum is the only program of events in Canada dedicated to showcasing the highest potential emerging and growth stage agri-businesses. The Forum brings together active institutional and private investors with leading edge entrepreneurs and commercialization professionals. The

January 25, 2013 Read Full Article

4 Reasons Why Canada Is Becoming a Biofuels Hotspot

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Strong biofuels flight results, advances in algae, new commitments in venture capital and revived interest from the Canadian Navy.   Biofuels are off to a fast start in 2013 in Canada. Canada’s been known for years

January 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Canada May Try Biofuels in Navy Ships

(CBC News/The Canadian Press) The federal government is soliciting proposals for how it might use biofuels to replace traditional diesel in Royal Canadian Navy vessels — assuming the price is right. "Naval vessels and platforms have traditionally operated by the use of

January 15, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Energy Initiatives to Setup Its First Biodiesel Facility in California

(U.S. Energy Initiatives)  U.S. Enerby Initiatives Corp announced that is has signed a Letter of Intent to form a Joint Venture that will provide the tools, experience and support to build several small scale biodiesel plants in California featuring Methes

January 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Analysis of 100 Percent Biofuel Tested in Flight by NRC Reveals Reduction in Emissions

(National Research Council Canada/Aviation.ca)  Results from the world’s first civil flight powered by 100 percent biofuel released by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) show that the biofuel used in the flight last October is cleaner than and as

January 11, 2013 Read Full Article

Greenhouse to Utilize CO2, Waste Heat from Adjacent Ethanol Plant

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Across the road from Greenfield Ethanol-Chatham, construction on Truly Green greenhouses is ongoing. The innovative project will utilize the waste heat and CO2 from the 195 MMly ethanol plant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada, to

January 07, 2013 Read Full Article
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