(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
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Back TO HOMEDGs 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
KiOR Breaks Ground, and Draws Customers, for Columbus Biofuels Plant
by Garthia Elena Burnett (Commercial Dispatch) FedEx is the latest company to sign an offtake agreement with Kior, a biofuels plant slated to begin production in Columbus in 2012. FedEx plans to use oil produced from biomass, mainly wood chips,
May 16, 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
New Extraction Aid from Ashland Inc. Increases Corn Oil Yield from Ethanol Production
(Yahoo!News/PRWEB) Ashland Hercules Water Technologies is launching a new corn oil extraction aid that can triple corn oil production at ethanol manufacturing facilities. PTV M-5309 corn oil extraction aid, is easily introduced into the process, requires no additional capital expenditure
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
Ontario Government Selects Rentech’s New Renewable Jet Fuel Project for Long-Term Supply of Biomass from Crown Forests
(Rentech) Province of Ontario selects Rentech’s newly-announced Olympiad Project in the Township of White River for proposed supply of up to 1.1 million cubic metres/year of wood fibre to produce renewable RenJet®, a certified low-carbon jet fuel Up to C$200 million funding
May 06, 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
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
Cellana's Kona Demonstration Facility and Patented Algae Production Process Showing Promising Results
(Cellana) Company Is Leveraging Technology Investments to Date of Over $100 Million; Company Is Focused on Government Programs and New Corporate Partnerships; Plan for Maui Commercial Algae Facility on Track for 2014 Cellana LLC is positioned to be the first algae
May 04, 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
Amyris's First Commercial Production Facility Complete and Operational
(Amyris) Amyris, Inc., announced the completion of the first industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene™, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. The production facility is located in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil at a facility owned by Biomin do Brasil Nutricão Animal Ltda., a
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Cabiao, Candaba Set to Grow Sweet Sorghum for Food, Fuel
by Tonette Orejas (Business.Inquirer.net) Test farming of sweet sorghum in the last six years showed crop production in the Philippines to be 50 percent higher than in India, increasing the crop’s potential as a source of food, fodder and fuel
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Biofuel Research Could Lead to New Source of Ingredients
(ManufacturingChemist.com) Researchers at Glyndwr University looking at the commercial potential of high-sugar perennial rye-grass as feedstock for the production of bio-ethanol and other chemicals will also consider the fibre’s potential for pharmaceutical applications. High-sugar perennial rye-grass has the potential to
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
MHI Establishes Technology to Produce Biofuel Locally at Low Cost from Rice and Barley Straws
(JapanCorp.net) Project to Make Efficient Use of Soft Cellulose Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has successfully established technology to produce ethanol for automobile fuel, satisfying the standards of the Japanese Automotive Standards Organization (JASO), from lignocellulose (soft cellulose) such as rice
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference: the Analyst View
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Piper Jaffray’s Mike Cox and Mike Ritzenthaler, and Raymond James’ Pavel Molchanov, publish notes on the progress of advanced biofuels following their meetings and presentations at the Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference. Cox/Ritzenthaler: Does the Path to
April 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Cobalt Technologies, American Process to Build First Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery
(SustainableBusiness.com) Biobutanol company Cobalt Technologies and American Process Inc. (API), a developer of lignocellulosic sugar production technologies, announced an agreement to build the world's first industrial-scale cellulosic biorefinery to produce biobutanol. Additionally, the companies agreed to jointly market a GreenPower+TMBiobutanol solution
April 22, 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
Ethanol's Overlooked Source of Food Supply
by Gavin Maguire (Commodities Now/Reuters) Ethanol producers often get much of the blame for driving the price of corn to its current multi-year high levels due to that industry's strong usage of corn to make fuel. But critics overlook the
April 12, 2011 Read Full Article
BARD and ABS to Develop Algae Facility in Georgia
(Algae Industry Magazine) ARD Holding Inc. and Algae Bioenergy Solutions LLC (ABS) have announced a Joint Venture to develop an algae production facility in Augusta, Georgia. Projections are for the site to accommodate a ten million gallon—expandable to 100 million
April 12, 2011 Read Full Article
POET Corn Oil to Supply up to 60 Million Gallons Biodiesel Production Annually
by POET (Renewable Energy World) "Voilà™" corn oil separated using POET centrifuge technology Planned expansion of corn oil production to all of POET's ethanol plants will produce enough raw material for up to 60 million gallons of biodiesel. POET is now selling Voilà™
April 08, 2011 Read Full Article
Senate Hearing Examines Oil Price Spikes, Role of Biofuels
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) During a U.S. Senate committee hearing on March 30, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said that focusing on advanced biofuels for homegrown energy is in the best interest of the United States. “I think that
March 31, 2011 Read Full Article
Dakota Spirit AgEnergy Biorefinery Evolves into Hybrid Concept Based on Study Results
(Dakota Spirit AgEnergy) Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, a proposed cellulosic biorefinery near Spiritwood, N.D., has evolved from a 20 million gallon per year (MGY) cellulosic ethanol plant into a 58 MGY “hybrid” ethanol plant comprised of a 50 MGY dry mill ethanol
March 30, 2011 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: USDA's Dr. Rick Barrows
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) ...Fishmeal is a major source of protein and oil in the fish diet, and is also used heavily in pet foods, as well as for swine and poultry feed. Looking to address the
March 28, 2011 Read Full Article
ABO Member Spotlight: Tim Burns, Chief Executive Officer, BioProcess Algae
(Algal Biomass Organization February 25 Newsletter) ...We are designing, manufacturing and operating systems that enable controlled, economical cultivation of algal biomass using attached growth technology. We are currently beginning the second phase of a project that utilizes waste products - including
March 25, 2011 Read Full Article
Companies to Produce Edible Ethanol Co-Product
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...Prairie Gold (PGI) of Bloomington, and GTL Resources USA of Itasca, Illinois have agreed to collaborate on the construction of a zein protein production plant. Zein is a high valued co-product that can be produced from
March 23, 2011 Read Full Article
National Agricultural Statistics Service Seeks Public Input on Distillers By-products Survey
(US Department of Agriculture) The Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is seeking stakeholder input as it develops its survey focused on the use of distiller’s grains and by-products. The Distillers’ By-products Survey will gather information from livestock producers
March 16, 2011 Read Full Article
Solazyme Files $100M IPO
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...(C)an the company make oil fast enough to meet the demand and capture all the opportunities? ...“Our proprietary technology transforms a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value oils. Our renewable products can replace or
March 15, 2011 Read Full Article
OARDC Helps Mansfield Company Produce 'Green' Polyurethane Foam, Jobs
(Ohio State University Extension) Waste is a terrible thing to waste. That’s the mantra guiding an OhioState University researcher and a bioenergy entrepreneur in the development of a brand-new, renewable source of polyurethane foam that’s expected to create up to 30 jobs in Mansfield, Ohio,
March 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Solazyme, Dow Ink 80 Million Gallon Renewable Oil Order from Algal Platform
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Solazyme announced today the execution of both a joint development agreement and a letter of intent with Dow Chemical, to use Solazyme’s algal oils in next generation, bio-based dielectric insulating fluids key to
March 10, 2011 Read Full Article
New Economic Study Affirms that Livestock Producers Benefit from Biodiesel
(National Biodiesel Board) Thanks to biodiesel, soybean oil and meal economics favor the livestock industry concludes a study released today. In addition without America’s advanced biofuel in the marketplace higher soybean meal prices could have cost the livestock industry $4.8 billion
March 09, 2011 Read Full Article
China's Top Feed Firm Asks Govt to Stop Probe on U.S. DDGS
by Niu Shuping and Li Ran (Reuters) China's largest animal feed producer, New Hope Group, called on the government to stop its anti-dumping investigation against exports of U.S. DDGS, a by-product of corn-based ethanol used to substitute corn by feed
March 07, 2011 Read Full Article
New Owner Has Big Plans for Former Ethanol Plant
(Chron/AP) A Houston company that has assumed ownership of a former ethanol plant in southern Idaho intends to develop and diversify the site for production of natural gas, alternative fuels and a key product used in beverages and personal care
March 01, 2011 Read Full Article
India’s Alcohol Wars: Once an Afterthought, Ethanol Now Has too Many Suitors
by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia) ...The reality, however, is that Indian ethanol plants increasingly are co-located with distilleries, using their waste as feedstock, and as a result competition between the liquor and ethanol industries is decreasing. Where the competition
February 04, 2011 Read Full Article
Feeding Glycerin to Swine Can Be Done
(Prairie Farmer) Researchers recommend feeding glycerin up to 15%. Glycerin did not have an effect on meat quality. An increased interest in biofuel production and a growing need to find cost-effective livestock feedstuff alternatives has led University of Illinois researchers to
January 26, 2011 Read Full Article
Nebraska's 'Golden Triangle' Attracts Cattle
(Nebraska Farmer) The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and the Nebraska Corn Board have jointlyreleased a video that shows the opportunities available for feeding cattle in Nebraska. ..."We have talked about Nebraska's Golden Triangle of corn, livestock and ethanol. As the third
January 24, 2011 Read Full Article
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces BioPreferred Final Rule
(USDA) BioPreferredSM Program Designates Eight New Biobased Product Categories; More than 600 additional biobased products now eligible for preferred Federal purchasing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the designation of eight additional biobased product categories which are eligible for Federal procurement preference. With
January 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Canadian Biodiesel Plant to Make Fuel from Flax
by Susan Taylor (Reuters) A tiny Canadian startup company that is preparing to open a biodiesel plant in Toronto this spring says it will produce clean fuel, animal feed and human food all from the modest flax seed. Privately held Energy
January 18, 2011 Read Full Article
EU Wants Answers over German Animal Feed Dioxin Scandal
by Gregg Benzow (Deutsche Welle) ...The poisonous chemical dioxin was discovered in eggs and poultry last week and is believed to have stemmed from animal feed contaminated with industrial fats. ...The German feed manufacturer Harles & Jentzsch in Schleswig-Holstein said on Tuesday
January 07, 2011 Read Full Article
China Starts Anti-Dumping Investigation Into U.S. Distiller Grain Imports
(Bloomberg) China, the world’s biggest grains user, has started an anti-dumping investigation into U.S. shipments of dried distillers’ grains, an animal feed ingredient, adding to tensions in ongoing trade disputes. The government will probe for unfair trade practices on products imported in
December 30, 2010 Read Full Article
Feed Ops Could Help Commercialize Algae
by Luke Geiver (Biodiesel Magazine) Confined Animal Feeding Operations and algal biomass may have a unique link that could help move algae-to-energy developments closer to commercialization. Why? According to Thomas Byrne, president and CEO of Byrne & Company LLP, a
December 29, 2010 Read Full Article
Coffee-Based Fuel Set to Burgeon in Ontario
by Joan Delaney (The Epoch Times) Biodiesel made from waste coffee grounds and flax oil solves the ‘food for fuel’ dilemma, says manufacturer. Spotting a thin layer of oil around the edges of a cold cup of coffee was what led Mano
December 21, 2010 Read Full Article
The Charge of the Capital Light Brigade
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...But a new generation of companies has come along with new ideas about how to develop scale in a world of empty wallets. You might have heard of them as Amyris, Solazyme, LS9, Gevo, Joule
December 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Beyond the Valley of Death, the Sunny Lands of Tractionville
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...ZeaChem CEO Jim Imbler and Elevance’s Andy Shafer gave updates on their progress towards commercialization. Elevance, of course, has been at it a while longer, and is generally exclusively focused on chemicals, while ZeaChem has some
December 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Novasep and Danisco Announce the First Betaine Industrial Production Process from Bioethanol Side-Stream
(Novasep) Joint project will offer a cost-effective, environmentally friendly process to produce betaine, an animal feed ingredient in short supply Novasep Process, the bioprocess division of Novasep, a leading supplier of manufacturing solutions to the life sciences industry, and Danisco, a world
December 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Spain: Citrotecno to Produce First Litre of Ethanol from Citrus Waste
(FreshPlaza.com) Two years ago Citrotecno took its first steps with the help of a group of businessmen linked to the agriculture and livestock sector in Valencia (Spain). The main objective of the company was to use citrus waste to produce
December 14, 2010 Read Full Article
The Goldilocks Challenge: Getting It ‘Just Right’ at Aurora Algae
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Oak Investment venture partner (and now Aurora chairman) Brian Hinman noted that “Aurora Biofuels has made a significant genetic engineering achievement in doubling the productivity of its proprietary algae, and this round of funding will
December 12, 2010 Read Full Article
A.I.M. Interview: Gregory L. Bafalis, CEO, Aurora Algae
by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine) Since June of this year, Greg Bafalis has been CEO of Aurora Algae, formerly Aurora Biofuels, overseeing the Company’s strategy, operations, and high-level relationships. ...Aurora was founded in 2006 by three gentlemen from U.C. Berkeley.
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Letters: Stoking the Ethanol Debate
by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Houston Chronicle) Letter to Editor ...The Chronicle says natural gas from shale deserves federal subsidies for production, but says ethanol doesn't because it requires too much water to produce. The water needs of fracking and
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Summary of Cellulosic Biofuels Summit Day 2: Taking Biofuels to the Next Level
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Technologies proven at the bench scale and biofuel feedstocks developed or identified are worthless until they come together at a successful biorefinery. Getting there involves a series of choices: new, "greenfield" construction "from scratch" or
November 21, 2010 Read Full Article
GreenShift’s Patented Corn Oil Extraction Process Demonstrates Record Yield: 4 Gallons of Corn Oil for Every 100 Gallons of Ethanol Produced
(BusinessWire) GreenShift Corporation announced that its patented corn oil extraction processes have consistently demonstrated record levels of performance. David Winsness, GreenShift’s Chief Technology Officer, said: “We are proud to announce that one of our licensees, the first to have installed our full patented
November 11, 2010 Read Full Article
OriginOil Achieves Hydrogen Production Comparable to Photovoltaics
(Origin Oil) Research breakthrough points to a highly scalable and renewable source of hydrogen OriginOil, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced that it
November 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Solazyme and Roquette Sign Agreement to Create Global Nutritional Joint Venture
(Solazyme) Joint Venture will accelerate the Commercialization of Revolutionary Microalgae-Based Healthy Food Ingredients and Oils olazyme, Inc. the California-based leader in renewable oil and bioproducts and Roquette Frères, the global starch and starch-derivatives company headquartered in France, today announce that they
November 09, 2010 Read Full Article
PetroAlgae Protein Concentrate Confirmed as Replacement for High Quality Fishmeal in Tilapia Farming by University of Idaho Study
(BusinessWire/PetroAlgae) New Source of Protein Can Replace Menhaden Fishmeal in a Variety of Farmed Fish Species PetroAlgae Inc., a leading renewable energy company that licenses its commercial micro-crop technology globally, announced today that a third party study done by the Aquaculture Research
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
First U.S. Commercial Scale Advanced Biofuels Plant Opens
(Stockhouse) Dynamic Fuels Producing World's Leading Fuels From Non-Food Fats, Greases Operations are underway at the new Dynamic Fuels plant, which is successfully converting animal fats and greases into high quality renewable fuels, officials from Syntroleum Corporation and Tyson Foods, Inc.
November 08, 2010 Read Full Article
Spring Groundbreaking Eyed for Ethanol Plant
by Scott Gilbert (WITF) The Lancaster County developers behind a proposed ethanol plant hope to break ground in about six months. ...The facility will generate ethanol using second generation beets with high sugar content, most of which Wheaton says will be
October 27, 2010 Read Full Article
Swine and Poultry Experts Discuss DDGS Use
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...Dr. Phillip Smith, a nutritionist with Tyson Foods, spoke at the recent Export Exchange event sponsored by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the U.S. Grains Council about the value of DDGS in the poultry sector. “It’s a
October 26, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Producers Value DDGs Exports
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) ...“For every three bushels of corn that comes in, you get a bushel of DDG out, and what we sell that DDG for helps us to create a revenue stream so we can buy more corn,”
October 20, 2010 Read Full Article
Dry Ice to be Manufactured from Ethanol Plant CO2
(The Andersons) Supply Agreement Reached between The Andersons Marathon Ethanol and Continental Carbonic Products, Inc. The Andersons Marathon Ethanol LLC (TAME), a partnership between The Andersons, Inc. and Marathon Petroleum Company LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation, announced October 6,
October 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Cunning Capitalists Go Blazing Into Biofuels
by Hilary Kramer (Forbes) ...One Renaissance man in the thick of the green chemical and biofuel revolution is David Milroy. I knew Australian-born Milroy from his days as the trailblazer in the global telecom and broadband revolution of the mid-
September 27, 2010 Read Full Article
State Assists Laurel Ethanol Startup
by Dave Dreeszen (Sioux City Journal) The state of Nebraska on Thursday awarded a half million dollars in infrastructure funds to assist a northeast Nebraska startup planning to turn an ethanol byproduct into plastics. Laurel BioComposite, a producer of what’s known as
September 21, 2010 Read Full Article
The Impact of Linking Ethanol and Beef Production on Economics, Carbon, and Nutrient Budgets
by C.G. Carlson, D.E. Clay, C. Wright, K.D. Reitsma (South Dakota State University) This publication uses a case-study approach to investigate the impacts of linking corn production, ethanol, and backgrounding calves on economics and soil sustainability. The purpose of the paper is
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
POET Cellulosic Ethanol Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 111 Percent over Gasoline
by POET (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) Biogas production highlighted in lifecycle analysis for Project LIBERTY. Ethanol produced by Project LIBERTY, POET's first planned commercial cellulosic ethanol plant, will reduce carbon emissions by 111 percent over gasoline, an independent lifecycle analysis shows. This means POET’s
June 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Co-products Boost Nutrition in Asian Flatbread
(Innovations Report) South Dakota State University research shows a traditional Asian flatbread called chapathi, or chapati, gets a big boost in protein and fiber when fortified with food-grade distillers grains. SDSU food scientist Padu Krishnan said it is one example of the
June 11, 2010 Read Full Article
Ethanol Co-Product Boosts Nutrition in Asian Flatbread
(PhysOrg.com) South Dakota State University food scientist Padu Krishnan said it is one example of the ways in which distillers dried grains with solubles, or DDGS, can help improve human nutrition worldwide. DDGS is produced as a co-product when processing corn