What’s the most viable crop in terms of long-term sustainable growth in the United States’ southeast region? It’s pine trees. The area of the country that includes the deep south and its lush agricultural resources can grow pine trees seemingly endlessly. And if the southeast can figure out a way to economically convert pine...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Energy industry executives joined investors and policymakers near Houston, Texas earlier today to take a firsthand look at energy grasses and research developments that are expected to push bioenergy to the forefront of renewable power and transportation fuels. The bioenergy field day, hosted by Ceres, Inc., provides...

A micro ethanol plant in South Dakota is set to go under the hammer next month, in a sealed bid auction. The Genesis Ethanol I facility located in Parker, outside of Sioux Falls, has the capacity to produce two million gallons of ethanol a year from corn feedstocks, and 15,000 tons of distillers grains. The $6 million prototype ...

Shell has become a giant in the sugar business through a $12bn tie-up with Brazil's Cosan, which has added global ambitions to an initial business plan outlined six months ago. The oil group is to place its Brazilian distribution and retail networks, airport refuelling assets and $1.6bn in cash to the joint venture, which will takeover Cosan's...

ABERDEEN, Miss. -- William T. "Tommy" Tacker, who was sentenced to 60 months in prison in July for defrauding the government out of $2.8 million in bioenergy subsidy money for a plant in Mississippi, has appealed his conviction. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that court records show Tacker filed the appeal this week ...

WASHINGTON DC, United States, CMC — Energy ministers from two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will join their counterparts from Central America for a three-day meeting in South Florida. The Organisation of American States (OAS) says it has joined with the United States Department of State and the Brazil government in organising t...

The Natural Resource Conservation Service has awarded the Forest Guild of New Mexico a $147,000, one-year Conservation Innovation Grant to promote innovative logging practices that sustain forests and use biomass to create energy in nine Northeast states, including Massachusetts. The conservation grant is a program of the Natural Resource Cons...

China has recently announced its considerable commitment to promote the production of ethanol from cellulose, despite of not being a world leader in ethanol production – like USA and Brazil. The idea of producing ethanol from cellulose is not new. In fact, companies and governments have spurred re...

Waste treatment technology company Sterecycle has revealed "very exciting" plans to recover energy from the fibre produced by its autoclave process by building a biomass power plant at its Yorkshire facility. And, the company said it was also exploring the potential of developing anaerobic digestion technology at the Rotherham site, ...

State lawmakers will begin debating today whether to authorize $50 million in incentives for a start-up company that hopes to create the next generation of biofuel to replace gasoline. Lawmakers familiar with the project said the company is based in Texas and is expected to eventually open plants in other states. The company plans to start at several locations in Mississippi, each e...

Brazilian oil company Petrobras has teamed up with South Dakota firm KL Energy Corporation to develop cellulosic ethanol from sugarcane residues. Through its US subsidiary Petrobras America, Inc., the company has signed a joint development agreement with KL Energy to help optimize its technology.

Georgia-based American Process Inc. recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Alpena, Mich., location where the company intends to build a demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. The prototype biorefinery, which will be co-located with a Decorative Panels International hardwood plant, will produce 900,000 gallons of undenatured cel...

The California Energy Commission has chosen Biodiesel Industries for providing a project grant towards supporting the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program of California. The grant will be providing funding as well as financial assistance towards developing new, biofuel productio...

A new farm assurance scheme for biofuel crops will give UK arable farmers the edge in Europe’s rapidly growing bioenergy market. The scheme, which will form part of the Red Tractor Assured Combinable Crops and Sugar Beet Scheme, will help growers comply seamlessly with the EU’s new mandatory standards on sustainable biofuels.

With its biofuels business increasingly dominated by giant corporations, Brazil is seeking to extend its biofuels sector to include farmers like Lucas Scariot, who makes around $10,000 per year from selling grain. For the past three years, Scariot has sold soy beans at a premium over market prices to a biofuels company under a government progr...

Even as the government is pushing for biofuel for automobile sector, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today cautioned that it will not work in the land-scarce country plagued by food security issues. "There are many in this country who believe that bio-fuel is a very important option that we shoul...