Sentences with phrase «cellulosic energy»

Oklahoma Bioenergy Center (OBC), a state - initiative championed by Gov. Brad Henry, secured land to enable the planting of more than 1,100 acres of production - scale demonstration fields for cellulosic energy crops, such as switch grass and sorghum to contribute to the United States» bioenergy effort.

Not exact matches

The U.S. government wants to help, and on Thursday, announced loan guarantee commitments totaling $ 571 million for cellulosic ethanol startup Coskata, waste - to - energy company Enerkem and Diamond Green Diesel, a joint venture from oil giant Valero and Darling International.

Chemists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are closing in on cheap ways to make cellulosic ethanol, a form of ethanol derived from agricultural waste rather than food crops like soybeans or corn.

This year's proposed cellulosic target — based entirely on the projected output of the three new cellulosic plants — is 17 million gallons, far short of the 1 billion gallons per year that Congress envisioned the industry would be producing by now when it passed the Energy Independence and Security Act in in 2007.

The cellulosic ethanol process we developed was unique because it did not require multiple processing steps and the use of expensive laboratory - modified enzymes, the ethanol bioprocessing system uses significantly less water and energy in ethanol production resulting in larger yields per ton of biomass.

Cellulosic biofuel could reduce our reliance on foreign petroleum without the problems associated with ethanol from corn — if we can figure out how to extract its energy economically

The U.S. Department of Energy has provided more than $ 1 billion in federal funds to support research to develop cellulosic biofuels, including ethanol made from corn stover.

The 2009 M.I.T. Energy Conference included solar, small wind, cellulosic biofuels and, oh my... better batteries, fuel cells, nukes and algae!

Could cellulosic biofuels — or liquid energy derived from grasses and wood — become a green fuel of the future, providing an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs?

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.

«Cost competitive, energy responsible cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass or from forestry waste like sawdust and wood chips requires a more complex refining process but it's worth the investment,» Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at the Range Fuels facility groundbreaking in Novenergy responsible cellulosic ethanol made from switchgrass or from forestry waste like sawdust and wood chips requires a more complex refining process but it's worth the investment,» Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at the Range Fuels facility groundbreaking in NovEnergy Secretary Samuel Bodman said at the Range Fuels facility groundbreaking in November.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is partially funding the construction of six such cellulosic biorefineries, estimated to cost a total of $ 1.2 billion.

Future technologies that need R&D: high - efficiency photovoltaics (say, 50 % conversion)(as well as lowering the cost of PV), energy storage systems for intermittent sources like solar and wind (hydrogen storage, other methods), advances in biofuel technology (for example, hydrogen production from algae, cellulosic ethanol, etc..)

In their quest to make cellulosic biofuel a viable energy option, many researchers are looking to marginal lands - those unsuitable for growing food - as potential real estate for bioenergy crops.

In a rational world, they would all compete, along with nuclear, geothermal and cellulosic ethanol, on a level playing field and the winner would be the consumer, who would enjoy abundant, cheap energy.

Corn grain ethanol is not a solution due to low net energy gain, GHG emissions, environmental degradation (e.g., water pollution and soil loss), and food supply issues) and cellulosic ethanol doesn't look favorable due to energy density issues and GHG emissions.

Since 2010, under the requirements of the bipartisan Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the EPA has been required to include a standard for cellulosic ethanol.

Worthy research objectives include improved fuel cells, solar power, light - emitting diodes for lighting, intelligent buildings, carbon sequestration, advanced nuclear power, superconducting transmission lines, cellulosic biofuels, geothermal power, batteries and other energy storage technologies, super-efficient vehicles, and smart electricity grids.

One million gallons of cellulosic ethanol has the same energy content as half a million gallons of crude oil.

The study also found that both BTL - RC - CCS (biomass - to - liquids, with recycling of unconverted syngas to maximize FTL output and CCS) and cellulosic ethanol with CCS (EtOH - CCS) have negative GHGI emission values that can be exploited to offset GHG missions from difficult to decarbonize energy sources such as transportation fuels derived from crude oil.

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.

Tennessee has the potential to produce billions of gallons of cellulosic ethanol by using 4.5 million acres of land identified by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as ideal for energy crop cultivation.

It will require several breakthroughs, none of which are certain to occur, before cellulosic ethanol contributes to our energy requirements.

That's what they told Vinod Khosla & the Department of Energy with the Range Fuels project in Georgia... «they have enough trees in southern Georgia to be the Saudi Arabia of cellulosic ethanol - it's just a matter of capital formation & doing it».

An analysis by the American Solar Energy Society indicates that burning cellulosic crops to directly generate electricity is much more efficient than converting them to ethanol.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that only 20,000 gallons of ethanol was produced from non-food, «cellulosic» sources in 2012.

The article also says that clean energy technologies and fuels that are supposed to replace oil, such as cellulosic ethanol, are not ready for prime time.

Michael Blaylock, Ph.D., vp of systems development at Edenspace Systems, reported on the status of Energy Corn ™, a feedstock designed to lower the cost of producing cellulosic biofuels from corn stover.

For example, we are working with the Renewable Energy Group, Inc. to study the production of biodiesel by fermenting renewable cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste.

«The U.S. and Europe can not produce enough plant feedstocks to meet targets» for biofuel production — even with cellulosic corn — as defined by government mandates, which are largely being driven by a growing demand for energy independence and national security concerns, said Thurmond.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, cellulosic biomass has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 86 percent compared to petroleum - based fuels, if it can be produced on a large - scale basis.

In the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, Congress said that of the 36 billion gallons of biofuel it wants produced by 2022, 15 billion gallons must come from corn - based ethanol and at least 16 billion gallons from cellulosic biofuels.

The National Commission on Energy Policy reported in December that, if fleet mileage in the U.S. rises to 40 mpg — somewhat below the current European Union fleet average for new vehicles of 42 mpg and well below the current Japanese average of 47 mpg - then as switchgrass yields improve modestly to around 10 tons / acre it would take only 30 million acres of land to produce sufficient cellulosic ethanol to fuel half the U.S. passenger fleet.

The Q Microbe ™ is used to make cellulosic ethanol from plant waste and could transform the energy industry by making ethanol more quickly and cost effectively than conventional technologies.

Because so little energy is required to cultivate crops such as switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production, and because electricity can be co-produced using the residues of such cellulosic fuel production, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for celluslosic ethanol when compared to gasoline are greater than 100 per cent.

Also, it will move BlueFire closer to a debt financing agreement with the Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture,» stated Arnold Klann, CEO of BlueFire Renewables, Inc. «This is one of the first cellulosic ethanol contracts of its kind in the United States establishing BlueFire as a clear leader in the industry.»

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.»

The fact is, Congressional mandates have failed to produce cellulosic biofuel and expand the domestic biofuels industry as envisioned, and our new energy realities have made the RFS obsolete.

Congressional mandates have failed to produce cellulosic biofuel and expand the domestic biofuels industry as envisioned, and our new energy realities have made the RFS obsolete

In the next two to five years, the energy - efficient production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass such as wheat and rice straw, hemp, flax, and corn stalks will become commercially viable.

[18:45] Third, to create a market for alternative sources of energy like solar, wind,, I'll require that 25 % of our electricity comes renewable sources by 2025, and that we produce two billion gallons of advanced cellulosic biofuels by 2013.

He «subscribes» to me through google alerts, so if I post an article on energy, he'll get an email and read my article — that's one of the reasons I wrote «Peak Oil and the Preservation of Knowledge», «Peak Soil: Why Cellulosic and other Biofuels are Not Sustainable and a Threat to America's National Security», «The Hydrogen Economy — Energy and Economic Black Hole»,energy, he'll get an email and read my article — that's one of the reasons I wrote «Peak Oil and the Preservation of Knowledge», «Peak Soil: Why Cellulosic and other Biofuels are Not Sustainable and a Threat to America's National Security», «The Hydrogen Economy — Energy and Economic Black Hole»,Energy and Economic Black Hole», etc..

Ending the Energy Stalemate: historic report by bipartisan experts from industry, government, labor, academia, and environmental and consumer groups breaks ground in endorsing plug - in hybrids: grid of options points to PHEVs fueled by cellulosic ethanol or bio-diesel as an optimal solution: see extraordinarily clear Summary Matrix outlining options (view or download 78KB PDF from CalCars) or read pages 70 - 78 in entire report (2.3 MB PDF from NCEP).

And finally on the renewable fuels side, it includes a $ 20 million program to build a cellulosic ethanol facility to create the first pilot - plant (we hope) that will produce ethanol from woody biomass as opposed to corn, and thereby drastically raising the energy balance of the ethanol.

103, no. 30 (25 July 2006), pp. 11,206 — 10; M. R. Schmer et al., «Net Energy of Cellulosic Ethanol from Switchgrass,» Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.

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US Commercial - scale production of cellulosic biofuels reached about 20,000 gallons in late 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

By way of background, in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), Congress mandated that importers, blenders, and refiners sell 36 billion gallons of renewable motor fuel by 2022, with 16 billion gallons classified as cellulosic.

Other factors may reduce demand on forests for energy production, for example, technological problems with liquid cellulosic biofuel production and transportation - related constraints.

The development of economically competitive technology for the production of liquid cellulosic biofuels will cause a major shift in the importance of wood energy.