In Missouri, DuPont and Monsanto have announced that they have agreed on a settlement regarding their patent infringement lawsuits pending in the U.S. District Court in St. Louis, and that they will be dismissing the suits. Upon dismissal, the two companies will have no litigation against each other. The terms of the settlement are not […]
In Sweden, the board of the Holmen Group has greenlighted investments totaling EUR 60 million in Iggesund’s mills in Iggesund, Sweden and Workington, England. At Iggesund the investments will eliminate bottlenecks in pulp production so it can be increased from the current 370,000 tonnes to 420,000 tonnes. The target for the board mill is to […]
In Washington, MPM Technologies subsidiary Carbon Cycle Power signed a lease agreement with an affiliate of Spokane Valley manufacturer Wheeler Industries to house the demonstration unit of CCP’s waste-to-value solution. The process is a patent-pending technology that processes biomass such as lumber mill waste and municipal solid waste for the cogeneration of heat and power. […]
In California, OriginOil will launch a subsidiary in Hong Kong and grant it a master license for business in China. In turn, the subsidiary is expected to license regional joint ventures for frack and waste water treatment. A research and a manufacturing center are also planned. The company is prospectively looking at developing a relationship […]
In Georgia, Randy Dowdy has set the world record for corn yield with an average of 503 bushels per acre using DEKALB corn seed genetics. Dowdy achieved the record as part of the 2014 National Corn Growers Association’s (NCGA) 50th Annual National Corn Yield Contest. The Georgia growing season started off with challenging weather conditions. […]
In Colorado, the US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has announced its first successful alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) supersonic flight, fueled by Gevo’s renewable isobutanol. his is the first aviation test program to comprehensively test and evaluate the performance of a 50/50 ATJ blend in supersonic (above Mach 1) afterburner operations – a critical test to […]
In New Hampshire, Energy Capital Partners has closed on its acquisition of Wheelabrator Technologies for $1.94 billion. Wheelabrator, acquired from Waste Management, has 15 waste-to-electricity facilities that produce 768 MW per year. A new energy-from-waste facility is under construction in the U.K. and is scheduled to begin operations in 2015. They also recover metals from […]
In Washington, the University of Minnesota recently released a report entitled “Life Cycle Air Quality Impacts Of Conventional And Alternative Light-Duty Transportation In the United States,” which contains significant flaws in regards to their analysis of ethanol. Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy, released a statement regarding the report, railing it as “misleading, inaccurate” and […]
In Oregon, the global advanced biofuels market is predicted to reach $23.9 billion by 2020, according to a new report from Allied Market Research. According to the predictions, biodiesel currently garners the largest market share; however, the latest and the most commercially viable Cellulosic ethanol would surpass Biodiesel and eventually lead the market by 2020. […]
In California, the Bioenergy Association of California has applauded the California Public Utilities Commission for its decision to launch a 250 megawatt feed-in-tariff program for small-scale bioenergy projects. The decision will assist in renewable electricity generation as a complement to wind and solar power, helping California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, and […]
