British Columbia cows add energy to the grid</h1> <article> <h1>British Columbia cows add energy to the grid</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:04:06 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Anyone hooked up to the grid in British Columbia can now make good on beef-eating and dairy consumption. The province’s <a href="http://www.cowpowerbc.com/">Cowpower program</a> gives people the option to pay a small premium on their utility bill to help pay off a dairy farmer’s investment into an anaerobic digester - so that heat-trapping methane can be used to make power.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/british-columbia-cows-add-energy-grid" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Biofuel Greenhouse Gas Emissions Labyrinth</h1> <p>Nathanael Baker — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:19:10 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagecaption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Deforestation for oil palm plantation in Riau, Indonesia</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>As governments roll out public policy directing increased biofuel production for all sectors of the transportation industry, serious questions around environmental sustainability still remain.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/biofuel-greenhouse-gas-emissions-labyrinth" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Columbia's Sweet Renewable Energy Push</h1> <p>Shannon Roxborough — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:03:39 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Riopaila Castilla, Columbia's largest sugar producer by market share (20%), recently announced that its board of directors approved a proposal that would allow the company to build a 35-megawatt biomass cogeneration plant at a cost of around $48 million.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/columbias-sweet-renewable-energy-push" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>EPA Could Nix Palm Oil Off the List of "Renewable Fuels"</h1> <p>Nathanael Baker — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:56:17 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagesize"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> large </div> </div> </div> <p>The United States is in the middle of yet another energy debate -- whether or not to allow more diesel to be produced from palm oil in U.S. refineries.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/epa-could-nix-palm-oil-list-renewable-fuels" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Next Generation Biofuels Are Making Solid Progress</h1> <p>John Brian Shannon — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:05:10 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>As many of you know most of the gasoline available in North America today has a biofuel component of between 5 and 10 percent. Newer cars and trucks are E85 compatible, meaning they can operate with up to 85 percent ethanol blended into the gasoline -- which means there is a total growth opportunity of up to 75 percent in the North <a title="United States" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20%28United%20States%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank">American</a> biofuel market.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/next-generation-biofuels-are-making-solid-progress" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Primus Green Energy Receives $12 Million for its Revolutionary Drop-In Bio-Gasoline</h1> <p>Nathanael Baker — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:44:41 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagesize"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> large </div> </div> </div> <p>Completing its latest round of funding, <a href="http://www.primusge.com/">Primus Green Energy, Inc.</a>, a developer of a drop-in renewable gasoline, has received another $12 million from its primary investor, IC Green Energy, Ltd.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/primus-receives-12-million-its-revolutionary-drop-bio-gasoline" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Former Foe Leads U.S. Ethanol Industry to Record Export Year</h1> <p>Nathanael Baker — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>In biofuels circles, especially within the walls of the U.S. ethanol industry, Brazil has long been seen as a competitor for America's corn-based fuel. Industry representatives have gone so far as to label <a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/part-ii-interview-unicas-joel-velasco-ridiculous-claims">Brazil's ethanol industry as a threat</a> to domestic production and U.S. energy independence. In 2011, however, this couldn't be further from the case: data from the U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) shows Brazil actually propelled the <a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/part-ii-interview-unicas-joel-velasco-ridiculous-claims">United States to record ethanol exports </a>last year.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/former-foe-leads-us-ethanol-industry-record-export-year" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Forget Fracking: HyperSolar Teams With UCSB to Develop Renewable Hydrogen and Natural Gas Technology</h1> <p>Joseph Baker — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:35:29 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>HyperSolar, Inc. has reached an <a href="http://feeds.businesswire.com/click.phdo?i=b032521e8ed611ae9dfcdaf44affd24b">agreement</a> with the University of California, Santa Barbara to move the company's technology closer to market viability.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/hypersolar-teams-ucsb-develop-renewable-hydrogen-natural-gas-technology" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>President Obama Addresses Rising Gas Prices, Announces New Funding for Algal BioFuel and Natural Gas Transportation</h1> <p>Joseph Baker — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:21:47 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>As the U.S. federal election begins to heat up and the Republican's close in on choosing a presidential candidate, President Obama and his Administration find themselves under the financial microscope again.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/president-obama-addresses-rising-gas-prices-announces-new-funding-algal-biofuel-and-nat-gas" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>E.ON and Envivia Reach Biomass Supply Deal</h1> <p>Shannon Roxborough — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:14:33 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Germany's <a href="http://www.eon.com/en/">E.ON AG</a>, the world's largest utility by sales, and <a href="http://www.envivabiomass.com">Enviva LP</a>, a leading manufacturer of processed biomass, said in a statement they have signed a multi-year 240,000 metric ton annual wood pellet supply contract starting in 2013. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/biofuels/eon-and-envivia-reach-biomass-supply-deal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>