Land for Largest Field of Switchgrass for Bioenergy Acquired
Oklahoma has secured 1,100 acres of land for the world's largest stand of switchgrass devoted to cellulosic ethanol production. Planting will take place within the next 45 days. Switchgrass is a...
View ArticleMay 2008 Digest
Sustainability: The New Frontier of Renewable EnergyTo shift the energy paradigm from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy will require changes that will impact every tier of society and every...
View ArticleNew Planet Energy to assume Florida Ethanol Project
A number of announcements have been made in the within the last month involving two of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) EPAct 932 grant winners.First, on May 8th, Iogen announced that it was not...
View ArticleCA Draft Scoping Plan comment: Challenge the Status Quo
This is one of a series of comments submitted to the California Air Resources Board for their draft version of the California Climate Change Draft Scoping Plan. Other BIOenergy BlogRing comments are...
View ArticleRoadmap for bioenergy & biobased products in the U.S.
At last year's Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioenergy I met Dr. Larry Walker for the first time. I had heard of him because one of his responsibilities is managing the...
View ArticleThe Bridge Builder of biomass conversion
Last night it was my privilege to attend a tribute to a decorated Marine who is an officer, a gentleman, and a war hero. He is also a towering luminary of the Biomass Conversion industry - who just...
View ArticleINEOS Bio to license syngas fermentation technology
INEOS Group Holdings PLC, one of the three largest chemical conglomerates in the world, has announced the July 1, 2008 formation of a new company, INEOS Bio, whose initial focus will be the...
View ArticleBlueFire Ethanol to build in California
BlueFire Ethanol Fuels Inc. received a conditional use permit from the County of Los Angeles, Department of Regional Planning, for the operation of a new biorefinery it will build on a 10 acre lot near...
View ArticleThe Case for Bioenergy
I am frequently asked why we should pursue the production of biofuels and biopower when we could substitute other seemingly simpler and cleaner alternatives - like wind and solar - that don't require...
View ArticlePulp & Paper Industry: The bird's nest of bioenergy?
One prominent feature of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) is its renewable fuel standard that sets the trajectory for satisfying America's newfound thirst for alternative fuels. 36...
View ArticleComments on Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Thomas Friedman has a terrific platform from which to interview energy experts globally, write opinion pieces that are distributed through the New York Times, and participate in the production of cable...
View ArticleCanada's biofuels promise
An article giving an overview of Canada's bioenergy potential has been published on the Renewable Energy World.com website. The author, Douglas Bradley, is president of the Canadian Bioenergy...
View ArticleGalvanizing Congress to move renewable energy forward
On December 5th, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) hosted its annual Phase II meeting in Washington D.C. in the U.S. House of Representatives Cannon Caucus Room. Its theme this year was...
View ArticleThe Impact on Renewable Energy from Obama's Nominations
Who ARE those guys? The bad news is that the economic crisis threatens to suspend deployment of renewable energy facilities. Coupled with the meteoric drop in fossil fuel prices - one of the key...
View ArticlePerspectives on Sustainability Standards for Biofuel Production
This article is a response to a call for comments on Version Zero of the draft Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Biofuels written by the Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels after extensive,...
View ArticleEveryone Hates Ethanol?
It is a sad day when even the Wall Street Journal takes a page from the petroleum industry playbook and chop blocks the only national defense that makes a dent in their monopoly on supplying fuel to...
View ArticleJoin ACORE's Biomass Coordinating Council
The Biomass Coordinating Council of the American Council of Renewable Energy is an ever-present resource and meeting place for biomass professionals - or anyone who wishes to be engaged in the issues...
View ArticleDirty oil's direct land change impact
Photograph by Peter Essick for National Geographic magazine.Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Alberta's oil sands is now a gamble worth billions.So...
View ArticleGiant Miscanthus Field Day Scheduled
REPREVE Renewables of Georgia is planning to prepare for the start of 2011 spring planting with the first annual Freedom Giant Miscanthus Field Day next month. As holder of the exclusive license for...
View ArticleBiodiesel Industries' Navy Project Wins California Grant
Biodiesel Industries, Inc. has picked up a nearly $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program for its at a naval base in...
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