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US Renewable Energy Industry Needs the Heat in Biomass external link

Sun, Jan 24 |  from RenewableEnergyAccess.com
The U.S. biomass thermal industry is poised to offer significant carbon and financial savings for consumers. Biomass for thermal energy is up to 90% efficient; in contrast, using biomass for the production of electricity is up to 40% efficient, and producing transportation fuels from bi...

 
 

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E. coli to Help Brew Biodiesel external link

“The fact that our microbes can produce a diesel fuel directly from biomass with no additional chemical modifications is exciting and important,” says Jay Keasling, the Chief Executive Officer for JBEI, and a leading scientific authority on synthetic biology. “Given that the costs of...
Fri, Jan 29 |  from Domestic Fuel

 

Biomass Co-firing Increase for CEZ external link

National utility for the Czech Republic ?EZ Group reports that it produced more than 327 GWh of electricity from biomass during 2009 through co-firing.
Wed, Jan 27 |  from RenewableEnergyAccess.com

 

Biomass gasification in district heating systems - The effect of economic energy policies external link

Author(s): Wetterlund, E. , Söderström, M. Publication year: 2010 Journal / Book title: Applied Energy Access all results for your search in Scopus
Tue, Jan 26 |  from scopus.com

 

Tar destruction and coke formation during rapid pyrolysis and gasification of biomass in a drop-tube furnace external link

Author(s): Zhang, Y. , Kajitani, S. , Ashizawa, M. , Oki, Y. Publication year: 2010 Journal / Book title: Fuel Access all results for your search in Scopus
Tue, Jan 26 |  from scopus.com

 

Rentech & ClearFuels Bio-Refinery Awarded US $23M from DOE external link

Rentech Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. on Monday announced today that their project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Technology Center (RETC) in Denver, Colorado has been awarded a conditional US $22.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The gasi...
Mon, Jan 25 |  from RenewableEnergyAccess.com

 

Podcast: Biodiesel Maker Contends Study Proves Algae’s Worth external link

A recent study that contends algae-based biodiesel is no more environmentally friendly than conventional row-crop feedstocks has generated some controversy, as well as quite a few comments. And even the algal-biofuel industry seems to be split on the issue.
Mon, Jan 25 |  from Domestic Fuel

 

Potential approaches to improve gasification of high water content biomass rich in cellulose in dual fluidized bed external link

Author(s): Dong, L. , Xu, G. , Suda, T. , Murakami, T. Publication year: 2010 Journal / Book title: Fuel Processing Technology Access all results for your search in Scopus
Sat, Jan 23 |  from scopus.com

 

Technological barriers of biomass gasification external link

Author(s): Simone, M. , Guerrazzi, E. , Biagini, E. , Nicolella, C. , Tognotti, L. Publication year: 2009 Journal / Book title: International Journal of Heat and Technology Access all results for your search in Scopus
Sat, Jan 23 |  from scopus.com

 

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State shirking environmental impact review

Opinion: Biofuels vs. Biomass Electricity

Podcast: Promoting Freedom at AG CONNECT Expo

How To: T-CO Biodiesel Seminar now on DVD!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

“Green Coal” to Debut at UK Biomass Conference

Podcast: Southeast Poised to be Leader in Energy Crops

Sustainable Energy Fund Launches New Program to Acquire $20 million in Environmental Attributes

Opinion: Rothes renewable energy project receives planning permission

Scientists to examine biomass proposal

PowerPellets Touted as “Coal from the Farm”

Opinion: Xcel looks to make Ashland plant Midwest's largest biomass producer

Podcast: Biomass Baler From AGCO

Dynamotive Upgrades BioOil from Multiple Biomass Sources to a Uniform Hydrocarbon Product

Other Voices: The generation of biomass power

Podcast: Biomass Thermal Heats Up

Innovative Biomass Energy Project to Begin Regulatory Review ...

Ceres National Switchgrass Field Trials Show Average 2008 Biomass Yields 50% Higher Than Federal Projected Yields for 2022

United States Remains Hotbed of Biomass Activity

Podcast: Biomass on the bay

Diesel Brewing to Manufacture Cellulosic Biobutanol from Biomass and Manure With Thermochemical Process

Cover crops and composting can offset carbon loss from corn stover ethanol production

Podcast: March 27, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - It's Alive! How Living Organisms are Helping Create a Renewable Energy Future

Idaho National Lab Developing Highly Carbon-Efficient Biomass-to-Liquids Process Combining High Temperature Steam Electrolysis and Biomass Gasification

Fraunhofer researchers make bioplastic from liquid wood

Podcast: March 27, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - It's Alive! How Living Organisms are Helping Create a Renewable Energy Future

Study Concludes Afforestation of Degraded Areas Could Provide Sufficient Biomass for Global Energy Supply; BTL for Transportation Fuels

Nexterra Energy to supply biomass gasification system to Kruger Products paper mill in New Westminster BC

Podcast: Wisconsin playing a major role in bio-economy

Study: Miscanthus More Than Twice as Productive as Switchgrass for Energy Crop

Beaker Hill: Boston GreenFest 2008, Alternative Energy Stories

Podcast: Winter & Double Crops Increase Biofuels Opportunities

Podcast: Update On UF Renewable Fuels Center

Mining the soil: Biomass, the unsustainable energy source - The People's Voice

Soybean Genome Shows Ways to Improve Biodiesel

Podcast: Homegrown renewable energy?

Replacing Coal with Biomass

Researchers Turning Sugar Beets into Biofuels

Podcast: Jock Gill - Part 1: Residential Alternatives to Fossil Fuel

Optimizing Bio-oil Produced Via Biomass Fast Pyrolysis with FCC Catalysts

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review - companiesandmarkets.com adds new report

Podcast: Biomass map tracks forests and carbon in Africa

Cyclone Power Technologies and RTI Team to Advance and Commercialize Mobile Biomass-to-Power System

Perennial biomass crops build soil carbon

Podcast: QQ-300607-03- Biomass

Algal Fuels Consortium (AFC) Wins $2.724M Australian Development Grant; Commercial Partner Sancon Has Rights for Commercialization in China

Chemrec Launches BioDME Project, Production Expected in 2010

Energy Outlook Projects Slower Energy Use

Podcast: Accelerating Drive Toward Higher Blends

Drax Group has £2bn plan for biomass power stations

Podcast: Doyle signs climate change commitment

Iowa State Researchers Developing New Thermochemical System for Ethanol Production from Biomass

Cellulosic Ethanol Joins Corn Ethanol as Cost-Effective, Environmentally Viable Way to Fuel a Vehicle

NSP eyes biomass energy

Podcast: April 3, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - How Photovoltaics Can Copy Photosynthesis; Interviews from World Sustainable Energy Day

New Life Cycle Study Concludes That Biomass for Ethanol Is Not the Most Advantageous Energy and Emissions Use of the Feedstock

Oxford Catalysts in $5.9M Fischer-Tropsch Demonstration and Commercialization Agreement; Focus on Biomass- and Waste-to-Liquids Applications

Biomass power plan splits stakeholders

Podcast: April 3, 2008 - Inside Renewable Energy - How Photovoltaics Can Copy Photosynthesis; Interviews from World Sustainable Energy Day

Biomass questions

Hearing set on biomass proposals

Linde and Waste Management Commission Worlds Largest Landfill to Liquefied Natural Gas Facility

Cellulosic Ethanol Power Plant for Kansas

Cyclone Power Successfully Completes First Stage of RTI EATR Project

Hearing scheduled on environmental impact of wood-burning power plant proposals

ZeaChem Raises $34M for Indirect Ethanol Process Biorefinery

Danforth Center Receives $44 Mil for Biofuels Research

Integro Earthfuels plans first torrefaction plant in the U.S.

Cereplast to Transform Algae into Bioplastics

Vattenfall and Aalborg University Partner with SCF Technologies on Near Supercritical Bio-oil Process

Climate change experts lose faith in renewable technology

QuantumSphere Awarded Research Grant to Turn Algae into Biofuels

NETL Report Concludes CTL Plus Carbon Capture Results in Fuel with 5-12% Less Lifecycle GHG Than Petroleum Diesel; Modest Biomass Additions Lower GHG Further

Grants Announced for Bioenergy Centers

Norske Skog/Xynergo and CHOREN to Cooperate on Biomass-to-Liquids in Norway

EU-Funded Project Targets Sustainable Production of Ethyl Levulinate from Biomass as Diesel Miscibile Biofuel

Mattoon panel members skeptical of biomass project cost estimates

NSF Awards $40M in 20 Grants for Research on Natural Systems, Including 8 Projects for Obtaining Hydrocarbons from Plants and Microorganisms

The Copenhagen That Matters

New Process Combines Ionic Liquids and Solid Catalysts for Mild Pre-Treatment of Biomass

Texas Company Targeting Sorghum for Cellulosic Ethanol

New rhizome root harvester to be unveiled at U of I bioenergy symposium - EurekAlert

Syntec Biofuel Changing Name to Synthenol to Reflect Use of Natural Gas and Coal Feedstocks

Feed-In Tariff 2.0 - New York Times

Researchers Demonstrate Potential for Co-Production of Hydrogen from Cellulosic Ethanol Byproducts Via Gasification in Supercritical Water

Laidlaw Files for Permit for 70-MW Biomass Plant

The study of fluidization fast pyrolysis of straw based on the biomass entrained flow gasification

Biomass project concerns Patrick

Singapores A*Star Awards S$27.5M In Research Grants for Technologies for Sustainable Development

Russell Biomass LLC to provide proof of easement to town officials for ...

Rentech Takes 25% Stake in Biomass Gasification Company

New Buena Vista Biomass Power donates beef to food banks

Researchers Discover Potential Weaknesses in Structure of Lignocellulose; Insight Could Lead to Cost-Effective Strategies for Biomass Conversion

Biomass firm puts plans on public display

Tolero Licenses Biomass Pyrolysis Technology from Univ. of Georgia

Railways cutting carbon footprint

Lignol and Weyerhaeuser to Collaborate on Commercial Development of Cellulose-based Products and Biochemicals

Emera invests in greener energy

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Pond Biofuels Inc., CO2 Remediation and Renewable Fuel Production ... - Earthtimes

Bioenergy II: Scale-up of the milena biomass gasification process

Biomass fury - plant proposal sparks outcry from residents

Diversified Energy Moves Ahead With New Projects for Omnigas and Centia Technologies

Allothermal steam gasification of biomass in cyclic multi-compartment bubbling fluidized-bed gasifier/combustor - New reactor concept

UK Launches £27M Bioenergy Research Center

WHO raises health issues at Copenhagen

Rentech to Supply Up to 1.5M Gallons Per Year of Renewable Synthetic Diesel to Eight Airlines for Ground Service Equipment Operations at Los Angeles International Airport

Credit Where Credit's Due: Understanding the Clean Development Mechanism

EPA studying solar potential in Southern W.Va.

BP and Martek Biosciences Enter a Joint Development Agreement to Deliver Advanced Microbial Biofuels

State energy plan: less is more

Envoy vows to attract UK investments in RP energy sector

Chinese Researchers Show Enhanced Hydrogen Production from Corn Stover by Anaerobic Fermentation

Plans for second biomass power plant set to be rejected.

Biomass & biofuels production: Task force says hurdles are worth the benefits

Ky. plant turns switchgrass into fuel pellets

Study Finds That Forest Fire Prevention Efforts Will Lessen Carbon Sequestration

Improvement of reactivity of carbon iron ore composite with biomass char for blast furnace

EU invests €1 billion into hydrogen R&D - consequences for biomass industry

Expert: China making great progress on renewable energy

Drax announces £2 billion investment in 900MW dedicated biomass

Power generation from coal and biomass based on integrated gasification combined cycle concept with pre-and post-combustion carbon capture methods

Green Energy Resources to Acquire New England Wood Pellet - TransWorldNews

JBEI Researchers Develop Dynamic Visualization Technique to Assess Performance of Ionic Liquid Pretreatments of Biomass

150 MW biomass power plant contract for Thailand

Cover crops and composting can offset carbon loss from corn stover ethanol production

Fraunhofer researchers make bioplastic from liquid wood

Guest column: Iowa utilities lead nation in promoting renewable energy, efficiency

Nexterra Energy to supply biomass gasification system to Kruger Products paper mill in New Westminster BC

Blue Marble Energy and Bionavitas Announce Partnership to Produce Industrial Biochemicals from Microalgae

VGPR, HCEI, VIVK, LUXED, LLEG and VKNG are the Dec. 17th - TransWorldNews

Red Bluff mulls biomass

ArborGen LLC and Clemson University Form Research Cooperative on Woody Biomass for Biofuels

PAUL IBISCH: Learn from Scrooge

Nexterra Receives C$7.7M for Commercialization of Biomass Power System with GE

First Solar opens utility-scale power plant

Are booming bioplastics here to stay?

SB County looking at solar, wind proposals

Researchers Produce Biocrude from Switchgrass with Subcritical Water

Experimental investigation on hydrogen production by biomass gasification in a fluidization bed system with supercritical water

Slum areas major contributors of carbon in city: report

New Biomass Plant for the UK Looks Like a Giant Green Volcano - Inhabitat

Enerkem Forming Research Center with City of Edmonton and AERI

Comet Biorefining Inc. Announces Cellulosic Sugar Technology

Ben Larson: If Done Right, Biomass Energy Could Help Combat Global Warming

Dynamotive Produces Renewable Gasoline and Diesel from Biomass in Three-Stage Process: Pyrolysis, Hydroreforming, Hydrotreating

Researchers Engineer Yeast to Produce Methyl Halides from Biomass; Precursors for Biohydrocarbon Fuels

College biomass plant wins award

UF Identify New Bacterium to Enhance Cellulosic Ethanol Production

British envoy to invite UK power firms to invest in RP

 
 

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