All Entries Tagged With: "cellulosic ethanol"
Inbicon opens 1.4 Mgy demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant in Denmark
In Denmark, Prince Joachim inaugurated the 1.4 Mgy, demonstration-scale Inbicon cellulosic ethanol plant in Kalundborg, which is utilizing wheat straw as its initial feedstock. The plant is the largest cellulosic ethanol facility in Europe, and second globally only to the KL Energy project in Upton, WY.
Inbicon and its parent company DONG Energy, the state oil, [...]
Tennessee legislature committee OKs $11 million for Genera project, ending communications flap
In Tennessee, the state legislature’s Fiscal Review Committee voted 11-1 to approve $11 million for the demonstration cellulosic ethanol project by state university spin-off Genera and Dupont. The project is constructing a plant in Vonore that will ultimately utilize switchgrass as a feedstock.
The Digest reported previously on a flap between the Governor and the legislature, [...]
Bioenergy Profits Principles: Obtaining Vital Information, and cellulosic ethanol
What is it I was Looking For?: PROFITS Principle, Obtaining Vital Information – Part II
Over the next few weeks, Dr. Rosalie Lober, highlights (from her newly released book, Run Your Business like a Fortune 100: 7 Principles for Boosting PROFITS), proven principles to running your business more effectively and illustrates best practices of currently successful [...]
BlueFire Ethanol proceeds to Stage Two of DOE Loan guarantee process
In California, the Department of Energy has determined that BlueFire Ethanol has met the requirements of Part One of the loan guarantee application process, and have invited the company to proceed onto Part Two of the process for financing the company’s commercial cellulosic biofuels plant planned for Lancaster, CA.
BlueFire is raising $56 million, which would [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The pathway that I think is likely to be the winner is enzymatic hydrolysis.”
Former Vice President Al Gore: “The pathway that I think is likely to be the winner is enzymatic hydrolysis, which essentially uses engineered enzymes to break down the cellulose, the lignin, into fermentable compounds that would then yield many more liters per hectare than any of the first-generation ethanol options,” Gore tells me. “I think [...]
Closing down $24 billion biofuels tax credit loophole: a good idea (here’s why)
In Washington, the Health Care Bill passed the US House of Representatives and included — as part of a 42-page “manager’s amendment”, a provision striking a biofuel tax credit used by pulp and paper firms that could have been worth up to $24 billion. According to a report in FOX News, “That’s desperately needed revenue [...]
KL Energy becomes first advanced biofuels producer to win approval under Biomass Crop Assistance Program
In Wyoming, KL Energy announced that its Western Biomass Energy cellulosic ethanol plant, which commenced commercial production in March 2007 in near Upton, has become the first facility in Wyoming to win approval as a Biofuels Crop Assistance Program facility from the Farm Service Agency. According to the Nov 4 BCAP list, KL is also [...]
BlueFire Ethanol receives $3.8 million reimbursement from DOE; proceeding with Fulton, MS development
In California, in a “Benjamins for biofuels update,” BlueFire Ethanol Fuels has received $3.8 million reimbursement from the Department of Energy – in the form of a reimbursement – funds that will allow the company to proceed with a shift of its demonstration-level project to Fulton, Mississippi. BlueFire was originally awarded a $40 million grant [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “I thought you might be interested in a more current aerial of our Soperton Plant.”
Patrick Wright of Range Fuels: “I thought you might be interested in a more current aerial of our Soperton Plant to give you a better visual sense of where we stand on construction efforts on the first phase. I also wanted to pass on that we’re on schedule to begin production of cellulosic biofuels from [...]
POET stages Project LIBERTY Field Day, showcasing 16 companies in advanced biofuels; video of Scotland cellulosic ethanol plant available
In South Dakota, at POET’s Project LIBERTY Field Day, 16 companies showcased equipment to help make the process of harvesting corn cobs and residue quick, easy and profitable. At the same time, officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy talked with area farmers about money to help procure equipment and matching [...]
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