by Morgan Downing (KAKE) ... VNA Corporation wants to build a biofuel plant north of Wellington. The company plans on harvesting natural gas from wheat stalk. It says it will be new source of revenue for Kansas farmers. "To me, it's a smart move,"
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Back TO HOMEProposals to Turn North Carolina Hog Waste into Biofuel Spur Debate
by Catherine Clabby (NC Health News/Carolina Public Press) Good news about hog waste can be scarce in this swine-rich state. But success at converting swine waste into usable renewable energy seems to be gaining steam. For the first time, this year a bioenergy
July 30, 2018 Read Full Article
Inver Grove Heights Biofuel Plant Still on Track, but Hurdles Remain
by Erin Adler (Star Tribune) Garbage-to-ethanol plant in Inver Grove Heights still needs approvals. -- Plans to create the country’s first garbage-to-ethanol plant in Inver Grove Heights are progressing. Yet hurdles remain for Enerkem, the Canadian company that wants to build the
July 23, 2018 Read Full Article
Fairland Preps for Next Round with Ethanol Company
by John Walker (Shelbyville News) Area residents worried about a proposed ethanol manufacturing plant intend to voice their concerns at an upcoming meeting of the Shelbyville Plan Commission. But first, questions about the project are to be sent to the Shelbyville mayor’s office. POET LLC,
July 12, 2018 Read Full Article
BK Birla Group to Set up Distillery for Rs80 Crore to Revive Its Sugar Business
by Soumonty Kanungo (Live Mint) Jay Shree Tea MD D.P. Maheshwari says the BK Birla Group is looking to process molasses, a by-product from sugar-refining, to produce ethanol -- After several failed attempts to sell its sugar business, the BK Birla Group
May 30, 2018 Read Full Article
PBF to Invest in Ethanol Loading Site in Delaware City
(Delaware Business Now) PBF Logistics LP will invest in ethanol loading infrastructure at the Delaware City refinery marine terminal. An ethanol project at the refinery has been the target of a legal battle by environmental groups. The logistics limited partnership is affiliated with PBF Energy, which
April 20, 2018 Read Full Article
VIDEO: Planning Permission for Celtic Renewables’ Whiskey Waste to Biofuel Plant
(Waste Management World) Celtic Renewables has secured planning permission from Falkirk Council to build a commercial demonstrator plant, which will produce over half a million litres of biofuel each year from whiskey wastes. Scottish biofuel start-up, Celtic Renewables Ltd, has secured planning permission
December 13, 2017 Read Full Article
Judge Reverses Macon Zoning Decision, Says Ethanol Fuel Station Can Be Built
by Linda S. Morris (The Telegraph) A Bibb County judge said the Macon zoning commission “grossly abused their discretion in denying” an application for a permit for a rail terminal and ethanol fuel transfer station in south Macon. Macon Judicial Circuit Court
November 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Chicago! Fulcrum BioEnergy Picks the Midwest Hub for Its Next MSW-to-Jet Fuel Project
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From California we received the news that Chicagoland has been selected as the site of Fulcrum BioEnergy’s second commercial-scale waste-to-fuels biorefinery. We reported last month that the long-awaited financing was completed for Fulcrum Bioenergy’s highly-anticipated first commercial project
November 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Financing Bioeconomy Ventures, Pt. 10 – Regulatory and Community Concerns in Plant Site Selection
by Daniel Lane and Mindy Collier (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) However, while business matters are important when determining a location to build and operate a production facility, it’s important to pay close attention to regulatory and community concerns. While it’s certainly possible
October 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Tacoma Oil Refinery Wants to Produce Renewable Fuels for the First Time
by Candice Ruud (The News Tribune) An oil refinery on Tacoma’s Tideflats is filing for permits to build a renewable energy project that will allow it to eventually produce biodiesel and biojet fuels. U.S. Oil & Refining Co., located on 139 acres
September 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Court Upholds State Environmental Permits for Controversial Fiberight Waste Plant
by Madeline St. Amour (CentralMaine.com) The decision by a Superior Court justice marks the end of the Fiberight project's last legal battle and one of its major hurdles. -- A Maine Superior Court justice on Wednesday affirmed state environmental permits
March 28, 2017 Read Full Article
State Board Dismisses Appeal of Delaware City Refinery's Ethanol Project
by Scott Goss (Delaware Online/The News Journal) An appeal of DNREC's decision to approve the Delaware City Refinery's planned Ethanol Marketing Project failed Monday before it could begin. The Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board voted 5-1 to toss the case, ruling the
February 28, 2017 Read Full Article
DNREC Approves Delaware City Refinery's Ethanol Project
by Scott Goss (The News Journal) PBF Energy won state approval Wednesday to ship unblended ethanol by barge from its Delaware City refinery. DNREC Secretary David Small signed an order affirming the refinery’s proposed $7 million Ethanol Marketing Project is consistent
December 29, 2016 Read Full Article
St1's and SOK's Joint Venture NEB Plans 50-Million-Litre Cellunolix® Bioethanol Plant in Pietarsaari
(Globe Newswire/ St1) Acting on behalf of North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB), St1 has begun the analysis and signed letters of intent with Alholmens Kraft and UPM on a sawdust-based ethanol plant in the Alholma industrial area in Pietarsaari.
November 17, 2016 Read Full Article
Fiberight Breaks Ground on Waste to Biofuel Facility in Face of Legal Battle
(Waste Management World) US waste and recycling firm, Fiberight, has broken ground a new facility waste to biofuel facility in Maine. -- US waste and recycling firm, Fiberight, has broken ground a new facility waste to biofuel facility in Maine. The
November 02, 2016 Read Full Article
Rosemount Mulls Plan to Convert Waste into Ethanol
by Matt M. Johnson (Finance & Commerce) Rosemount officials are looking with both caution and optimism at a Canadian company’s proposal to build a $200 million garbage-to-fuel refinery near the city’s northeast edge. Montreal-based Enerkem is partnering with St. Paul-based garbage
October 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Advanced Biorefinery Proposed for Eastern North Dakota
by Ann Bailey (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A biorefinery proposed to be built in Grand Forks, North Dakota, would transform low-value agricultural byproducts, including sugar beet tailings, wheat straw and potato waste, into biofuel. The North Dakota Ag Products Utilization Commission
August 25, 2016 Read Full Article
PERC Sues Maine DEP over Fiberight Licensing
by Faith DeAmbrose (The Weekly Packet) Owners of the Orrington-based trash-to-energy facility Penobscot Energy Recovery Company have filed suit in Kennebec County Superior Court against the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, seeking to overturn the issuance of licenses for the
August 23, 2016 Read Full Article
Ethanol Faces a Terminal Challenge
by Ann Bailey (Ethanol Producer Magazine) NREL finds more infrastructure is needed for more ethanol and high-octane fuels. -- Changes to existing terminals will need to be made if higher octane fuels are added to the U.S. fuel supply, says Kristi Moriarty,
August 17, 2016 Read Full Article
Fiberight Project Wins State Permits, but Controversy Still Abounds
by Madeline St. Amour (CentralMaine.com) The Department of Environmental Protection issued the permits after finding no 'credible, conflicting technical information' that merited a public hearing. The Department of Environmental Protection has issued the final permits for a first-of-its-kind waste management
July 21, 2016 Read Full Article
Scale-Up of Emerging Biofuel Technologies
by Lorenz Bauer and William Quapp (Biofuels Digest) ... However, attempts to translate these small scale successes into commercial technologies have been less successful. It is easy to blame lower oil and natural gas prices and opposition from special interest
April 12, 2016 Read Full Article
NuStar Seeks to Bring eEthanol through Port
by Brooks Johnson (The Columbian) ... NuStar’s current plan would be to retrofit its existing facilities to store and transfer ethanol, according to its pre-application with the city. That would include increasing rail-unloading capacity from four to 16 railcars and upgrading
January 29, 2016 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Opportunities Abroad
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Several U.S. producers, including Genuine Bio-Fuel, Hero BX and the now-defunct Promethean Biofuels, in addition to Miami-based biodiesel exporter and hopeful technology provider Lagosur, sketch out overviews of international developments. ... “Taxation, regulation, cost of production, market
January 13, 2016 Read Full Article
Zoning Commission Denies Rehearing Request to Allow Fuel Transfer Station in South Bibb County
by Linda S. Morris (The Telegraph) The Macon-Bibb County zoning commission denied a request for the rehearing of an application that would allow a rail terminal and ethanol fuel transfer station. Houston, Texas-based Epic Midstream received approval in November from the
January 13, 2016 Read Full Article
Are We There Yet? A Biofuel Refinery Update
by Tom Ewing (Renewable Energy World) As oil prices plummet, are drop-in aviation biofuel refineries ever going to be built? --- In September 2014, the Department of Energy (DOE), along with the Departments of the Navy and Agriculture, announced a
December 22, 2015 Read Full Article
Biofuel Plan a Jobs Bonanza
by John Andersen (Townsville Bulletin) Work on a $564 million biofuel project which is set to create about 650 jobs is expected to start at Pentland in June next year. The project, underpinned by the National Australia Bank and the
November 11, 2015 Read Full Article
Court Appeal of Onida Ethanol Plant Not Slowing Plans as Construction to Start
by Stephen Lee (Capital Journal) An attorney for a handful of Onida residents opposing the siting of a proposed new ethanol plant just outside of Onida argued in court Monday that Sully County leaders improperly gave the plant a special
October 28, 2015 Read Full Article
Environmentalists Win ‘Landmark’ Case against Biofuel Project in Sri Lanka
by Jeremy Hance (Mongabay) Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of environmental groups that had taken on a biofuel company establishing a plantation in the buffer zone of a national park. --- Yala National Park, on the southern
October 17, 2015 Read Full Article
Hippo Valley Eyes Ethanol Fuel Market, Says in Talks with Regulator to Get Producers Licence
(New Zimbabwe) Hippo Valley Estates, a unit of South Africa’s Tongaat Hulett, says it intends to break into the local ethanol fuel market and is engaged with the energy regulator to acquire the relevant licences. In 2013 the government introduced mandatory
September 23, 2015 Read Full Article
Twofold Renewable in Tulare County
by Keith Loria (Biomass Magazine) California’s Calgren Renewable Fuels uses renewable energy generated onsite to power its renewable fuel production process. When the Calgren Ethanol Biodigester officially opened in Tulare County, California, early this year, it represented a major commitment by the
September 23, 2015 Read Full Article
Neighbors Come out in Opposition of Proposed Ethanol Plant near Caldwell
by Torrie Cope (Idaho Press-Tribune) Residents who live in the area of Lower Pleasant Ridge Road fear that a proposed ethanol plant could lower their property values, spoil their views and bring unwanted traffic, noise and odor to the neighborhood.
May 04, 2015 Read Full Article
Power Plant's Waste to Become Fuel
(Yahoo!7Finance) Greenhouse gas emissions from one of Australia's largest coal fired power stations will be used to produce biofuels as its owner attempts to reduce its carbon bill. Biofuel company Algae.Tec has signed a deal to establish a carbon capture and biofuels
July 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Arcata Council Moves Forward on Biodiesel Approval
(Times-Standard) The Arcata City Council voted this week to allow a proposed biodiesel plant on Giuntoli Lane. The council unanimously approved environmental findings, a mitigated negative declaration and a planned development permit. The council continued the hearing for an ordinance that
September 24, 2012 Read Full Article
The Other Big Issue in Scaling Up: Land Use Permission
by Al Maiorino (Public Strategy Group/Algae Industry Magazine) ...Despite the fact that the new plant would generate clean energy, increase the tax revenue and improve the local economy, the community doesn’t seem to understand these benefits. The residents say the
February 13, 2011 Read Full Article
Lawsuit Opposes Permit for Michigan Ethanol Plant
(Bloomberg/AP) Environmentalists sued Michigan regulators Tuesday over an air quality permit issued for a planned refinery in the Upper Peninsula that will produce ethanol fuel from wood chips. The Sierra Club lawsuit contends the Department of Natural Resources and Environment violated federal
December 15, 2010 Read Full Article
Beet Ethanol Plant Survives Legal Challenge in Rapho Township
by Cindy Stauffer (Lancaster Online) Plans for a beet ethanol plant in Rapho Township have survived a court challenge. A Lancaster County Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by four businesses who own land near the site. ... Maibach LLC wants to build a