In Canada, there are concerns the incoming Ontario government will scrap green energy programs in the Green Ontario scheme including the newly announced $6.7-million Modern Wood Heating Pilots in rural areas dominated by First Nation communities. Critics say the new conservative government are showing they don’t believe in climate change by dumping the array of […]
In Pennsylvania, a new ASTM International test method will help determine the carbonyl content of thermochemically derived bio-oils. Carbonyls contribute to instability during storage and processing of bio-oils. Bio-oils with high carbonyl content may require stabilization prior to upgrading. In addition, knowing the level of carbonyl content can help track and predict how a bio-oil […]
In the Ukraine, Philip Morris’ tobacco factory in Kharkiv will switch its 3.8MW boiler to biomass from gas, a $2.4 million investment, will lead to $15 million in cost savings annually in addition to the greenhouse gas emissions reduction resulting from the switch. The new boiler should be online by autumn and will produce 6 […]
In Washington state, efforts to create an environmentally friendly catalyst that will lower the cost and increase the efficiency in producing bio-based jet fuels has netted Washington State University researchers a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Researchers aim to develop a catalyst from forestry and agricultural […]
In Belgium. EU ambassadors endorsed the provisional agreement reached by the Bulgarian Presidency on the revision of the renewable energy directive. Negotiators of the Bulgarian Presidency reached a deal with the European Parliament at the fifth trilogue meeting, in the early morning of 14 June. The endorsement means that the Council has approved the deal. […]
The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances. For now, we’re going to be tracking these on a weekly basis to keep pace with the changes. Here are the top innovations for the week […]
What are the roles of renewables, bioenergy and bioelectricity today? What are the challenges of balancing the grid with large shares of variable generation. What are the opportunities for bioenergy in balancing the grid. This, and the opportunities thereby to increase market demand for renewables in 2030 meeting Paris Agreement (and future) climate targets, these […]
In Colorado, Gevo announced that it has adopted Royal DSM’s new eBOOST™ yeast at its production facility in Luverne, MN for the enhanced production of ethanol. eBOOST™ offers improved yields and enhanced profitability. “We were pleased to have worked with Royal DSM to trial its eBOOST™ solution as part of its commercialization phase. We liked the results we […]
In Brazil, elections in October are overhanging concerns about whether the next president will return to manipulating fuel prices to keep them lower, and in turn pull the rug out from under the domestic ethanol industry that is finally on an even playing field with gasoline after price capping stopped. Local courts recently ruled that […]
In Australia, a vehicle emissions expert says the government hasn’t gone far enough to make E10 sufficiently cheaper than premium fuel to compensate for the lower energy content supplied by the ethanol. Instead of making fuel cheaper for drivers, she claims drivers are forced to go for more expensive premium fuel by default. In New […]
