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25 January 2012
Mendel Biotechnology Inc. (MBI) and BP Biofuels will conduct a four-year demonstration field trial of Mendel's PowerCan Miscanthus to evaluate it as a feedstock for biofuel production at BP's demonstration plant in Jennings, Louisiana, USA.
16 March 2012
Officials from the US Department of Energy (DoE) and Ameresco Inc have marked the start-up of a US$795 million biomass cogeneration facility at the Savannah River Site (SRC) in South Carolina, USA.
14 March 2012
Washington's state legislature has approved two bills intended to improve the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), according to US law firm Stoel Rives.
13 March 2012
Argonne National Laboratory has received a Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Award for a technology improving the processing of biomass feedstocks into biofuels and chemicals.
05 March 2012
US President Obama has announced a US$14 million funding opportunity for developing transportation fuels from algae.
05 March 2012
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) will develop alternative liquid fuels, including biofuel, for US military applications under a US$906,000 contract from the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc (CCAT).
29 February 2012
Ameresco Inc and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) have entered into an agreement for a wastewater biogas to energy facility in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
23 February 2012
ZeaChem Inc has been selected for a US$232.5 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program, for its first commercial-scale cellulosic biorefinery.
27 January 2012
Ameresco Inc has received a Final Acceptance Certificate from the United States Department of Energy (DoE) Savannah River Operations Office for the completion of construction of the DoE Savannah River Site (SRS) 20 MW Biomass Cogeneration Facility (BCF).
30 December 2011
US Congresswoman Linda Sánchez has announced the American Microturbine Manufacturing and Clean Energy Deployment Act (H.R. 3394), giving producers of microturbine technology the same tax credits other renewable and fuel cell technologies receive.
17 November 2011
The US Department of Agriculture has announced a loan guarantee for Sapphire Energy Inc's US$135 million algae biofuel project in Columbus, NM, USA.
11 November 2011
ZeaChem Inc has raised US$19 million in Series C financing to advance commercial production of its biorefinery solutions.
27 October 2011
Abengoa Bioenergy Biomass of Kansas LLC (ABBK) has been awarded a US$132.4 million loan guarantee form the US Department of Energy (DoE) for the development of a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, USA.
05 October 2011
Phycal Inc will supply 100,000-150,000 gallons of algae biofuel to Hawaiian Electric for testing at the Kahe Generating Station, Hawaii, USA.
04 October 2011
US biodiesel production in the first half of 2011 has already surpassed the total for 2010, spurred by Congress' reinstatement of the biofuel tax incentive.
25 August 2011
The US Departments of Agriculture, Energy and the Navy will invest up to US$510 million over the next three years in partnership with the private sector to produce drop-in aviation and marine biofuels for military and commercial transportation.
24 August 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Energy (DoE) have awarded 10 grants totalling US$12.2 million to spur research into the cost efficiency of growing biofuels and bioenergy crops.
23 August 2011
A 4.8 MW waste-to-energy project has opened at Veolia Environment North America's Wisconsin Hickory Meadows Landfill.
22 August 2011
Investment in renewable fuel start-ups with flexible feedstock or diverse end products reached an all-time high of US$698 million in 2010, according to Lux Research.
19 August 2011