ICM Inc. has announced the availability of a commercial-scale biomass gasification system that can be used as a cogeneration unit or to completely eliminate fossil fuel intake at various facilities, including ethanol plants.
Backed by GreenField Ethanol, Novozymes and others, the newly launched, Ontario-based G2BioChem plans to begin construction on a cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant in July and reach start up a year later.
Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., imagines a world where consumers could drive up to the pump in a standardized vehicle and choose - be it biofuels, methanol, coal-to-liquid fuel or gasoline, depending on the best price.
The Iowa legislature has passed a bill that will expand incentive opportunities for state retailers who sell increased biofuels blends, including a specific incentive for the sale of E15.
The USDA and U.S. DOE announced May 5 that they are jointly providing $47 million to eight early stage research and development (R&D) projects focused on the production of biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products.
The markets are down. Will it last? It is a relief to see the pressure taken off the upward trend in all those markets. The hot corn market was breathing far too much life into critic's comments.The other news of the week: VEETC reform is introduced.
Gasoline prices must be reduced, which means both domestic drilling for oil and developing cost-effective alternatives to oil, said Rep. Ed Whitfield, chairman of the subcommittee on energy and power.
Purpose-grown energy crops show great potential in both the bioenergy and biorefining industries. Those leading the research and development of miscanthus and Giant King Grass were featured speakers at the International Biomass Conference & Expo.
Attendees at the 2011 International Biomass Conference had the opportunity to learn about the benefits of working with the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. to serve markets abroad. The Ex-Im Bank is a government agency that finances exports.
A panel at the International Biomass Conference & Expo, Examining Biomass Inventories, Prices and Production Systems, featured several presentations on mapping tools to help streamline the identification of available biomass supplies.
The farming community is an integral part of the biorefining and biomass heat and power industries. However, it's contribution to the growth of the industry can, at times, be overshadowed by the massive amount of attention paid to R&D and scale-up.
Experts at the 2011 International Biomass Conference & Expo in St. Louis May 3 discuss supply chain issues and logistics for corn stover as feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production. Included on the panel was Larry Johnson and Scott Weishar.
A Senate bill introduced May 4 would extend VEETC through 2013 at decreasing amounts, after which it would convert to a variable tax rate until 2016. It also would fund alternative fuel pumps and extend the tariff at decreasing amounts.
Shimkus introduces bill to create open fuel standard
By Office of Rep. John Shimkus
May 04, 2011
Congressmen John Shimkus R-Ill., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., and Steve Israel, D-N.Y., today introduced the Open Fuel Standard Act (HR 1687), which is intended to bring fuel competition to the pump.
The California State Assembly Committee on Transportation voted 6-3 on May 2 to defeat a bill that would have repealed the state's ethanol producer incentive program (CEPIP) and made corn ethanol projects ineligible for state funding.
Researchers in Thailand use UC Riverside waste-to-biofuel method
By University of California-Riverside
May 03, 2011
The University of California-Riverside and a national laboratory in Thailand signed an agreement May 2 that will lead to researchers in Thailand installing a UC-Riverside process that converts biomass and agricultural wastes into fuel.
Easy Energy Systems Inc., a manufacturer of modular ethanol production systems, is expanding operations at its facilities in Welcome, Minn., and Emmetsburg, Iowa, and is establishing executive offices and western sales offices in Arizona.
EPM will again be publishing a supplement magazine on DDGS, this time twice yearly.
The Load Toad is designed to evenly distribute distillers grains throughout a rail car, eliminating hand shoveling and increasing the amount of product that can be packed into each car by up to 5 percent, or 5,000 tons.
European ethanol, ag sectors unite in criticizing ILUC modeling
By ePURE
May 03, 2011
At a jointly hosted conference on May 3 in Brussels, the European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE) and European farmers body Copa-Cogeca joined forces to criticize European Commission plans to introduce an ILUC factor for biofuels.
Ethanol production has reduced wholesale gas prices by 25 cents per gallon on average over the past decade, Iowa and Wisconsin economists find, and last year, ethanol reduced gas prices by an average of 89 cents per gallon
As promised, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has brought back his proposal to eliminate the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit, stating that the program is “bad economic policy, bad energy policy and bad environmental policy.�
Rather than new construction, the existing ethanol industry has moved to other activities, such as projects to optimize existing production or capital restructuring, which could include mergers or acquisitions.
Some ethanol critics go over the top. And maybe, just maybe, the mainstream media is catching on. After all, the story I'm about to comment on was released last week, and hasn't become headline fodder yet.
Fort Dodge, Iowa, may be nearly 150 miles away from Blair, Neb., but Agriculture giant Cargill Inc. might hope the two areas are close in some ways. The company hopes a shuttered Fort Dodge wet mill can replicate its biorefinery campus in Blair.
Air Liquide USA LLC wants to build a carbon dioxide recovery plant next to the 110 MMgy ethanol plant in Clearfield, Pa., to produce beverage grade, liquid CO2.
A collaborative research project in South Dakota, Michigan and North Dakota is working on a process that would pre-treat and densify biomass feedstocks to make it easier to transport the material to production facilities.
A company looking to build an anaerobic digester has its eye on a site near Kawartha Ethanol Inc. in Havelock, Ontario. Kawartha Biogas will produce about 9.8 megawatts of power from ethanol byproducts and other waste.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released the full version of its Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) report on April 26. The report addresses a wide variety of energy markets and industries, including those related to biofuels.
Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. CEO Todd Becker said tight margins will create a “summer of discontent� for ethanol producers, but he expects that to change later in the year as margins improve, crop yields rebound and world production increases.
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