Agrivida, Inc. and Syngenta Ventures will collaborate to develop advanced crop technology that will provide low - cost sugars from
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Not exact matches
«Incentives
for permanent no till and especially permission to harvest CRP
biomass for cellulosic biofuel would help to blunt the climate impact of future CRP conversion,» states the study's abstract, published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The amount of
biomass available from corn and food crops is very small;
for biofuels to have a large impact, we must harness energy from nonedible plants, also known as
cellulosic biomass — wood and wood waste, agricultural waste, and energy crops.
A team of investigators at the University of Wisconsin — Madison and Michigan State University have created a process
for making the work environment less toxic - literally -
for the organisms that do the heavy lifting in the increasingly important field of bio-products derived from
cellulosic biomass.
Western
Biomass Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Sugars Corporation (previously KL Energy) reported the major milestone of claiming the first
cellulosic ethanol tax credits under the RFS2
for a 20,069 gallon batch of
cellulosic ethanol produced from bagasse (sugar cane waste) in April 2012.
Edeniq, Inc. developed a low - cost, low carbon intensity technology
for the conversion of
cellulosic biomass (plant material) to ethanol.
I have previously weighed in on the current status of
cellulosic ethanol technology, as well as the amount of
biomass required
for implementation.
They see small - scale
cellulosic refineries located near switchgrass grown on empty fields, beside pulp paper mill plants, or linked to municipal landfills, producing ethanol and using leftover
biomass for co-generation of heat.
This regulatory action establishes the 2013 annual percentage standards
for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) program
for cellulosic biofuel,
biomass - based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel.
The agreement calls
for support of the «rapidly growing wind energy, corn ethanol and biodiesel industries,» and
for recognition of the «potential
for robust
cellulosic biomass and solar industries.»
EPA established the volume requirements and associated percentage standards that apply under the RFS2 program in calendar year 2013
for cellulosic biofuel,
biomass - based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel.
(Sec. 1514) Directs the EPA Administrator to: (1) establish an Advanced Biofuel Technologies Program to demonstrate advanced technologies
for the production of alternative transportation fuels; (2) give priority to projects that enhance the geographical diversity of alternative fuels production and utilize feedstocks that represent 10 % or less of domestic ethanol or biodiesel fuel production during the previous fiscal year; and (3) fund demonstration projects to develop conversion technologies
for producing
cellulosic biomass ethanol, and
for coproducing value - added bioproducts (such as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides) resulting from biodiesel fuel production.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will spend $ 250 million to establish and operate two new Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of
cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels from
biomass, including biodiesel, biofuels
for aviation, and biologically based hydrogen and other fuels from sunlight.
The team is studying a bacterium, or bioprocessing microbe, that can break down
cellulosic biomass into sugars
for fermenting into ethanol.
BlueFire Renewables, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BFRE), a company focused on changing the world's transportation fuel paradigm through the production of renewable fuels from non-food
cellulosic wastes, announced that it has finalized and signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract
for its planned
cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, MS.. The facility will be engineered and built by Wanzek Construction, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MasTec, Inc. (NYSE: MTZ),
for a fixed price of $ 296 million which includes an approximately $ 100 million
biomass power plant as part of the facility.
For example, starch from corn grown in the midwest has traditionally been the source of some of the ethanol used as a fuel additive in the U.S.. Another option for the conversion of cellulosic biomass, such as hemp stalks, to ethanol is their hydrolysis to sugar, followed by fermentation and removal of the produced ethanol by distillati
For example, starch from corn grown in the midwest has traditionally been the source of some of the ethanol used as a fuel additive in the U.S.. Another option
for the conversion of cellulosic biomass, such as hemp stalks, to ethanol is their hydrolysis to sugar, followed by fermentation and removal of the produced ethanol by distillati
for the conversion of
cellulosic biomass, such as hemp stalks, to ethanol is their hydrolysis to sugar, followed by fermentation and removal of the produced ethanol by distillation.
Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: biological, thermochemical, or thermocatalytic routes
for the conversion of lignocellulosic
biomass to advanced biofuels beyond
cellulosic ethanol; microbial fuel cells
for direct production of electricity from renewable carbon sources; hydrogen production from autotrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms; hydrocarbons and lipids from phototrophic or heterotrophic microorganisms.
Also — guess where lots of
biomass for cellulosic ethanol comes from in addition to switchgrass?