Biofuels News

RSS

Navy, USDA and DOE Awards to Assist Drop-in Advanced Biofuel Companies

Advanced biofuels can help make our armed forces more energy secure and building new biorefineries will create good jobs across the country. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked the Obama administration for announcing joint Navy, USDA and DOE awards to assist drop-in advanced biofuel companies and congratulated the companies receiving the awards.

22 Sep 2014

Red Rock Biofuels to Construct BTL Plant in Oregon Incorporating Velocys Fischer-Tropsch Technology

Velocys, the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce that its customer, Red Rock Biofuels, has been awarded a $70 million grant to construct a biomass-to-liquids (BTL) plant in Oregon incorporating Velocys Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology.

22 Sep 2014

Xinwei to Purchase and Develop 19MW of DG Solar Power Projects in Shouguang Province

SPI Solar, a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Co., Ltd., has signed an agreement to purchase and develop approximately 19 megawatts of distributed generation solar power projects in Shouguang, Shandong Province, China via the acquisition of a special purpose vehicle that owns the rights to such projects.

19 Sep 2014

Pioneering Research on Producing Liquid Fuels from Biorenewable Sources

After graduating from Northern Kentucky University with bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and accounting, Allen Morris decided to pursue graduate studies at the University of Wyoming for two primary reasons: the Rocky Mountain lifestyle, and an attractive stipend from UW’s School of Energy Resources (SER).

18 Sep 2014

Largest Biomass-Fuelled Power Plant in North America Opens

Ontario, Canada is now home to North America's largest power plant fuelled completely by biomass. The Atikokan Generating Station conversion is complete and the station is now generating electricity and helping meet local power needs in northwestern Ontario.

15 Sep 2014

Purdue-based startup manufactures high-value fragrance chemicals, improves biofuel production

A Purdue University innovator is commercializing technology that creates high-value, renewable chemicals used in the flavor and fragrance industry from wood lignin and that could make biofuel production more efficient.

12 Sep 2014

POET-DSM Celebrates Grand Opening of Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC, a joint venture of Royal DSM and POET, LLC, today proved its revolutionary technology that converts agricultural residue into renewable fuel at the Grand Opening of its first commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa.

5 Sep 2014

EPA Approves Inclusion of Oberon DME Biogas-Based Fuel under Renewable Fuel Standard

Oberon Fuels has received EPA approval for inclusion of its biogas-based dimethyl ether (DME) fuel under the Renewable Fuel Standard.

5 Sep 2014

Earth Can Produce Much More Land-Plant Biomass than Previously Estimated

A new analysis suggests the planet can produce much more land-plant biomass – the total material in leaves, stems, roots, fruits, grains and other terrestrial plant parts – than previously thought.

28 Aug 2014

Cornell Study Investigates Genetics to Improve Plant Feedstocks for Production of Bioenergy

An upcoming genetics investigation into the symbiotic association between soil fungi and feedstock plants for bioenergy production could lead to more efficient uptake of nutrients, which would help limit the need for expensive and polluting fertilizers.

22 Aug 2014