In Colorado, GEVO has raised $22.6MM in an offering aimed at funding a re-ramp of the company’s Luverne project. While the company indicates the offering provided the working capital to continue the re-ramp, if spending is not reduced from Q3, additional funding would be needed by mid-year 2014 to complete the project. Additionally, as the […]
In Iowa, POET’s Emmetsburg commercial cellulosic bioethanol plant remains on-schedule for startup in the first part of 2014. Construction progress to date includes a completed biomass receiving and grinding building, completed saccharification, fermentation tanks, and processing areas, as well as the completed cooling tower and underground utilities. Project LIBERTY will produce up to 20 mgy […]
In Denmark, Novozymes will increase its focus on Pakistan in the coming year after working in the country for 13 years. At a reception to mark the 13 years of cooperation, Tina Fano, VP of Business Operations, indicated that “Pakistan with its large and diversified industries can develop new value-adding products and mark its positive […]
In New York, the City Council passed legislation requiring commercial food scraps from the largest food service establishments to be recycled. The legislation comes as a part of New York City’s effort to divert more waste away from landfills, and could divert thousands of tons of food scraps. The “Commercial Organic Waste” policy follows suit […]
In Spain, researchers have developed a biochar blend to help improve the quality of soil and crop yields, which could be useful for the cultivation of biofuel feedstocks. The Spanish project has demonstrated encouraging results, as the biochar they have developed enhances the soil quality, moisture retention, and pH qualities. This type of blend would […]
In Switzerland, a recent study shows that farmers can help protect grassland biodiversity by varying management intensity over time, despite trends in research demonstrating intensification of agricultural land use threatening biodiversity. The study compiled an index of “multidiversity,” which measures total ecosystem biodiversity. The index showed that overall biodiversity declined, particularly with rarer species, with […]
In Iowa, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Jacobs submitted critical commentary to the EPA regarding the RFS rollbacks, claiming that he is “deeply concerned that the proposal… will negatively impact jobs and economic growth in my home state of Iowa as well as other states.” The Republican candidate’s remarks fall in line with the majority of […]
In Illinois, GTL Resources (owner of Illinois River Energy) has signed a partnership with Quality Technology International to collaborate on a new hybrid fractionation technology for corn, dubbed “NextGen Frac.” The technology stands to save large amounts of money as it solves the serious starch loss and co-product purity problems of current standalone dry fractionation […]
In the UN, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has released their newsletter, which highlights the organization’s new Working Group on Capacity Building’s efforts to expand capacity of sustainable wood energy development. Additionally, the partnership has tested their GBEP sustainability indicators and will continue to improve upon them according to the results of a commissioned report […]
In Thailand, the amount of ethanol produced from cassava is expected to double to 3 million tonnes in 2014. The Ministry of Commerce will allocate over USD$300m to manage an income plan for next season. “If the new government chooses not to implement the income guarantee plan next year, ethanol producers could still purchase fresh […]
