Woody Crops
Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions is funding six new bioindustrial projects through its Bioindustrial Research and Innovation Program 2012-13. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Michigan State University has planted six plots of poplar trees as part of a drive to generate renewable power. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using products derived from plants and trees. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Ballard Power Systems has sold a 175 kilowatt ClearGen distributed generation fuel cell system to the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of Humboldt County, California. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Forests biomass is thought to play a role in reducing the effects of global climate change and new research is using satellites to count & monitor the biomass. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The United States Department of Energy has committed $14.3 million to explore the genetic mechanisms of acid metabolism and drought tolerance in biofuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The journal Industrial Biotechnology has collected a series of articles detailing current research into biomass characterization technology. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
University of Georgia researchers have discovered a gene that is important in making cell walls in woody biomass that make them resistant to biofuel conversion. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Economists predict that the drought that North America is facing will have ramifications at the supermarket for years. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA has committed $2 million to UGA researchers to speed up biofuel development. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The U.S. Forest Service has announced an award of $4 million for wood-to-energy projects and $1.7 million for a nanocellulose lab. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
President Barack Obama has named three agricultural scientists as winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Covington, Tennessee has reached an agreement with PHG Energy to convert waste to energy using its downdraft biomass gasification technology. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A University of Missouri team is determining methods to reclaim developed flood plain land, keep the waterways free of pollutants and develop a biomass crop. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new report shows there’s a business opportunity for developing a biomass industry in Ontario by using miscanthus, switchgrass, sorghum and tall prairie grass. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Ontario's Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program's Two-Year Review Report was released today, recommending a 20 per cent drop in FIT-based pricing for solar, and a 15 per cent reduction for wind-generated power. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A California company, Viridia, has secured financing in Mississippi to begin building sugar processing plants to create biofuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
BioNitrogen Corp. has announced that their top executive will participate as a keynote speaker at the Biomass Transformation Conference near Paris, France. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Novozymes unveiled its latest innovation, Novozymes Cellic CTec3 to help move advanced biofuel production closer to commercialization. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA will release the first supply and production estimates of 2012 for various crops, but Reuters has established an estimation based on the current market. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!