Bioenergy News for August 2012

Bioenergy News Archive

AdvanceBio Systems wins Brazil contract for biomass pretreatment research

AdvanceBio Systems LLC has announced that its SuPR2G Laboratory Scale Pretreatment Reactor has been selected by biomass pretreatment research work planned by CTBE, the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory in Campinas, São Paulo.

Call to waive Renewable Fuels Standard as US drought crisis hits ethanol and livestock producers hard

As the IEA today confirmed that US ethanol production has plunged to a two-year low, pressure is being placed on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to waive the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), which mandates that 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol be produced this year.

Anaerobic digestion: £8mn finance deal secured for first commercial AD plant in North East England Anaerobic digestion: £8mn finance deal secured for first commercial AD plant in North East England

Emerald Biogas has secured the funding for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in North East England.