Biomass
A new $10 million investment over five years for the Saskatchewan Lean Improvements in Manufacturing program has been announced to help value-added processors. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new federal-private collaboration will be used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When it comes to harvesting a short-rotation woody biomass crop, farmers already have a choice of several proven high-, medium- and low-cost equipment options. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Michigan State University researchers have genetically engineered plants with oily leaves, which could aid in biofuel and animal feed production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Canadian Government is investing over $450,000 in creating new uses for agricultural and seafood waste. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
High-biomass sorghum, developed by Ceres Inc., was planted in the northeastern U.S. in July with Sweetwater Energy Inc. is being considered a success. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
University of Missouri researchers receive $5.4 million to further biofuel production without increasing food prices. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Federal ethanol policy has increased and destabilized corn, soybean and wheat prices to the detriment of food and fuel producers, says a new study. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Soil sustainability work for Project LIBERTY with Iowa State University and the USDA ave shown that there is no reduction in yield over the past four years. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
On July 15-18, 2012, the 3rd Pan American Congress on Plants and Bioenergy will be taking place with scientists from all over the world on renewable fuels. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. announced its improved sweet sorghum hybrids were successfully processed into renewable diesel by Amyris. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
NovaGreen Inc. s poised to become North America’s only producer of inulin in the next 24 months. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Feedstox (a KABB company) and Kelderman Manufacturing are debuting the largest bale picking truck in the world at the International Biomass Conference. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The USDA Farm Service Agency has announced the application period for the next round of Biomass Crop Assistance Program Project Areas. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Once thought of as a waste product, mechanical pulp sludge is being used on both agricultural and forest soils in Alberta as a “super fertilizer." 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!
Ceres, Inc. and the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences have completed the genetic map for Miscanthus, a valued energy crop. 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!
Atlantic BioEnergy Corp. expects to be producing ethanol at its new $6.2 million demonstration plant in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island by the end of January. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Royal Dutch Shell plc is scouting a location in southern Manitoba for potential use as a cellulosic ethanol plant. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!