In Texas, Platts reports that the total corn acreage planted in 2020 will be a key factor in next year’s ethanol market, as farmers look to potentially expand acreage for corn while reducing for soybeans in the face of ongoing trade wars and that the planting window for corn is wider than for beans. The […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, announced its intention to grant to Hunter Farms dba Whispering Green Energy of 684 County Road #2 Hillier, Ontario K0K 2J0, Canada, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application No. 15/882,078, “Low Temperature And Efficient Fractionation Of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Recyclable Organic Solid Acids”, filed on […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that in an effort to reduce carbon emissions from power production, the state-owned utility NTPC will buy 6 million metric tons of pellets produced from agricultural waste to co-fire with coal. Currently it is cofiring pellets at one of its facilities but in 2020 will expand cofiring […]
In Illinois, Brownfield Ag News reports that a University of Illinois researcher says that due to changes in corn processing for ethanol production, the composition of distiller’s dried grains has changed as well, having direct impacts on animal feed, such as cutting the fat content to between 5% and 8%, about half what it was […]
In Zimbabwe, the Herald newspaper reports that the government has asked researchers to identify possible alternative oilseed feedstocks that will allow it to restart the originally jatropha-based biodiesel project on Mt. Hampden. Limited production from soybeans has been done, as well as using jatropha from plantations developed in the early 2000s. Another 6,000 ha has […]
Methane from U.S. landfills can make 7 billion pounds of Mango Materials PHA every year. But the big question is how? Just ask Molly Morse of Mango Materials who shared this presentation about how they take methane emissions, add a microbial process to create PHA biopolymer that can be made into biodegradable products and more […]
Money, money, money – a growing bioeconomy needs lots of it. But with so many challenges like a lack of certainty in government programs or a perceived lack of funds at the company and project levels, what are the solutions? Mark Riedy, Partner at Kilpatrick Townsend shared this illuminating presentation at ABLC NEXT in San […]
