Archive for November, 2009
North Carolina Biomass Trader debuts: state-sponsored website for trading, marketing biomass
In North Carolina, the News Observer profiled the launch of N.C. Biomass Trader, a website developed by the state government to track, trade and highlight available biomass. According to the News Observer report, biomass available includes ” 14 tons of wood dust, available every two weeks, a weekly supply of 6,000 gallons of cooking oil, [...]
The Last Word on Biomass: “Not everything that’s physically available is economically feasible or environmentally sustainable.”
Dennis Becker, University of Minnesota: “A lot of folks believe there’s a significant amount of woody biomass that can be used for renewable energy. In reality, not everything that’s physically available is economically feasible or environmentally sustainable.”
50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy – subscribers vote this week
All this week, subscribers are casting their ballots for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy.
Balloting will be open to the registered subscribers of the Biofuels Digest, Geothermal Digest and Biomass Digest e-newsletters, through Monday November 23rd at 5pm EST.
To download your free copy of the Selectors Data Book for Digest subscribers – including 230 pages [...]
renewaFUEL proposes 150,000 ton biofuel cubes project in Michigan
In Michigan, renewaFUEL announced a plan to produce 150,000 tons a year of high-energy, low-emission biofuel cubes at Telkite Technology Park – the former Sawyer Air Force Base – near Marquette.
The company, which will utilize woods and agricultural feedstocks, said that it expects to commence production by mid-2010.
Green Energy Live targets $154 billion livestock industry for manure feedstock for power gen
In Michigan, Green Energy Live said that it is focusing on the $154 billion livestock industry for its manure-to-electricity conversion technology. The company said that there are 2.2 million poultry farms and 1.1 million livestock ranches in the US — all candidates for the company’s gasification technology that converts wastes to methane and then into [...]
Fagen lands EPC contract for largest US biomass boiler project, 100 MW Nacogdoches plant in Texas
In Texas, Fagen announced an agreement to supply engineering, procurement, and construction services to Southern Power for the Nacogdoches Generating Facility. The Nacogdoches Generating Facility is the largest single boiler biomass project in the United States. The 100 MW proposed project will be the largest biomass boiler project in the US. Fagen, Inc. has constructed [...]
Dow, DuPont partner for soy productivity
In New York, Dow AgroSciences announced a partnership with DuPont, which will focus on production of herbicide-friendly. Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences will license its soybean herbicide trait technology to Pioneer Hi-Bred. In return, Pioneer will license its Optimum GAT trait for soybeans to Dow.
Other terms of the deal were not announced – although Dow [...]
First UK mixed waste biomass project, 80 MW, gets green light from gov’t
In the UK, the Minister of Energy and Climate Change gave the go-ahead for an 80MW biomass power plant in the UK – the first in the island nation to process mixed landfill waste. The Peterborough project will provide renewable power for 60,000 homes, saving 600,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.
The project utilizes anaerobic [...]
Bigger Indian tariff causes windfall of biomass to power projects
In India, “the tariff for biomass power procurement was increased to Rs 4.50 per unit from Rs 3.15 by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission,” according to the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, which said that $173 million in projects have now been proposed following the increase in the tariff. TEDA said that the state [...]
Bio-based Energy Analysis Group says “properly constructed” cap and trade is good for ag, biomass
In Tennessee, the University of Tennessee’s Bio-based Energy Analysis Group has released a stoidy concluding that a “properly constructed” cap-and-trade system would have positive net impacts for the agriculture industry, by encouraging energy crops, no-till farming, methane capture, improved fertilizer application, and planting of grasses and trees on marginal land. The study concluded that — [...]
