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Friday 07/09/10

Top Garbage man Explores Renewable Energy Potential

Waste Management CEO David Steiner is making investments in renewable energy technologies to take advantage of his company's position as one of the largest trash handlers, according to Forbes.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 12:07PM CDT 07/09/10 by Todd Neeley | Post a Comment

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Not so fast! I bet the EPA and California will figure out a way for this to cause some kind of "indirect trash use" in some far off corner of the world. You know they will never tolerate that. Good Idea - but probably- Dead on Arrival with our current masters.

Posted by Thomas Blazek at 5:37PM CDT 07/09/10

Saw the pictures of 10 more American Soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan tonight on the news. When will the EPA pull its head out of its “lawnmower” and start counting dead American Soldiers. We can only hope soon.

Posted by Thomas Blazek at 7:04PM CDT 07/09/10

Saturday Update, 7/11/10, I heard we lost 5 more men today in Afghanistan. EPA probably had the day off from working on E-15. (Wouldn't want to over do it ya know.) I guess we should thank our lucky stars we didn't lose any lawnmowers, weed eaters or motor boats today - that really would be tragic.

Posted by Thomas Blazek at 10:04PM CDT 07/10/10

Ha, a bit of good news. BP has been successful this weekend removing the damaged top flange on its spewing oil well and has installed a new spool that they can couple up to with a new valved assembly to control the oil. With the new assembly they hope to capture all the oil to the surface and possibly even shut the well in if it’s decided the existing well piping can take the reservoir pressure as the valves are closed. Stopping the oil leaking in the gulf may be just a couple days away! If you live along the Gulf Coast it may be time to celebrate.

Posted by Thomas Blazek at 8:19PM CDT 07/11/10

I applaud Mr. Steiner for his efforts. I am aware of a similar trash burning to steam project in Suburban Chicago that was killed a few years ago because of the NIMBY (NOT IN MY BACK YARD) effect. I wonder how many other ideas of this type have been killed for purely political reasons? And think of the billions of potential BTU's that are buried after floods, tornados, hurricanes and other natural disasters. It should be a crime to transport trash for miles and miles, then consume valuable farm land to bury said trash for the next generations to deal with.

Posted by Robert Lawler at 7:05AM CDT 07/12/10

Thomas is right! EPA this is your "Wake Up Call" get in there and earn your Petroleum Bribe Money! Stop this abuse of our trash lands!

Posted by Sandy Sanders at 5:53PM CDT 07/12/10

Report Calls for More Energy Production in North Dakota

The EmPower North Dakota commission Thursday presented state lawmakers a proposed state energy policy, the Grand Forks Herald in Grand Forks, N.D., said.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 12:06PM CDT 07/09/10 by Todd Neeley | 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Bioenergy Company Wins State Jobs Grant

INEOS New Plant BioEnergy received a $165,000 grant from the state of Florida, the Hometown News in Fort Pierce, Fla., said, which will help the company build a waste-to-ethanol plant in Indian River County, Fla.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 12:05PM CDT 07/09/10 | Post a Comment

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OMG EPA get off your assets and get in there and stop or at least delay this obscenity, time once again to earn your petroleum pusher bribe money.

Posted by Sandy Sanders at 12:48AM CDT 07/11/10

Creditor Continues to pay City Officials to Maintain Water Supply to Kansas Ethanol Plant

Creditor Dougherty Funding LLC continues to pay the city of Pratt, Kan., about $28,000 a month to maintain water connection to the idled Gateway Ethanol plant, the Pratt Tribune said.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 12:05PM CDT 07/09/10 | 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Denmark's Inbicon Starts Cellulosic Ethanol Production

Denmark cellulosic ethanol developer Inbicon said it has started ethanol production at a biomass refinery in the European Union, according to Platts, with the capacity to produce about 1.4 million gallons of ethanol using wheat straw.[Read Full Blog Post]

Posted at 12:04PM CDT 07/09/10 | 0 Comments | Post a Comment

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4	5	6 Column: 'Ethanol Industry Wants Same Rubber Stamp BP Got' Second-Generation Biofuels Require Grower Education Poet Plans big Investment in Indiana Ethanol Plant What's Worse, Gulf 'Dead Zone' or BP Spill?	7 EPA Said More Work to be Done on E15 Blog: 'New USDA Report Gives Corn Ethanol Benefit of Energy Doubt' Food-Versus-Fuel Critics may be far off Mark Sunoco Began Operations at Upstate New York Ethanol Plant Fiberight to Build Cellulosic Ethanol Demo Plant 1 more...	8 China: 'Fuel Ethanol Production Threatens Food Security' South Dakota Democrats rap State Government on Ethanol Use Iowa Gov. Culver Credits 'bio' Jobs with Buoying Economy Clearfield Ethanol Plant: 'Oil Company Violated Deal'	9 Top Garbage man Explores Renewable Energy Potential Report Calls for More Energy Production in North Dakota Bioenergy Company Wins State Jobs Grant Creditor Continues to pay City Officials to Maintain Water Supply to Kansas Ethanol Plant Denmark's Inbicon Starts Cellulosic Ethanol Production	10
11	12 Aventine Races to Finish Ethanol Plant Racecars run Faster, Cleaner on Ethanol Study Finds Lowland Switchgrass Varieties Outperform Upland New Mobile Biofuels Processor Developed University of Toledo Receives Grant to Study Algae Biofuels 4 more...	13 EPA Considers Slash in Mandate for Cellulosic Ethanol Didion Ethanol to Help Water Quality as Part of Agreement Archer Daniels Midland Inaugurates Nebraska Ethanol Plant Proposed Wisconsin Ethanol Plant Plan Stalls Oakfield Capital Acquires Biofuel Company from BP	14 Group Pushes for E100 Ethanol Exports Down 58 Percent in May Ethanol tax Break may Ride on US Energy Bill Pacific Ethanol Shares Take Hit Ethanol from Waste Means big Dollars 1 more...	15 Greene: 'CBO Report Shows Folly of Corn Ethanol tax Credit' Ethanol Group Backs Phase out of Blenders Credit Ethanol Blamed for Toro Snow Blowers Recall Blog: 'They Need an app for Zero-Ethanol Fuel'	16 Cellulosic Ethanol Industry: BP's Verenium Acquisition a 'Good Move' Ethanol Industry Scrambles to Keep Incentives EPA Still Betting on Cello Energy to Meet Next-gen Biofuel Target Novozymes, Dedini to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol in Brazil	17
18	19 SDSU Researcher Studying Reuse of Ethanol Enzymes Huge Ethanol Refinery Opens in Denmark DOE: Ethanol Blend Wall to Hurt Corn Prices Pipeline Project Gets Boost Livestock, Poultry Sectors Call for End of Ethanol Subsidies	20 BP Acquires Verenium's Cellulosic Biofuels Platform Danisco Sues Novozymes in London Court Over Enzyme Patent U.S. Automakers on Track for More Ethanol Vehicles Study Shows Ethanol Production, Corn Demand Will Grow With or Without Subsidy and Tariff	21 Ethanol Production Restarts at Sunoco Plant Tanzania Expert: Cassava Can Help Beat Poverty Green Plains, BioProcess Algae to Expand Algae Project WSU Works on a Better Jet Fuel House Committee Weighs Cut of 20 Percent in Ethanol Subsidy	22 Dire Warning Issued for Loss of Ethanol Subsidy State Senate Candidates in Minnesota Oppose Ethanol Subsidy Arizona Sees Increase in Ethanol Fuel Violations Ethanol Elevates Kinder Morgan's Second Quarter	23 Ethanol Opponents Form Coalition to Oppose E15 Oil Spill Puts Target on BP's Back FAO Warns Against Jatropha Biofuels Hype Commercial Airlines Hope to get 1 Percent of Fuel from Biofuels by 2015 Glacial Lakes Energy Adds Corn Receiving Station 1 more...	24
25	26 Wall Street Journal: 'Survival of the Fattest' Report: 'Ethanol Pumps $2.5 Billion into Minnesota Economy' Oil Spill Boosts Alabama Ethanol Sales Philippines to Allow Ethanol Imports Biofuels to Help Clean up Chernobyl Land 1 more...	27 Ethanol, Agriculture Groups Push for E12 Has VEETC Really Helped Ethanol Industry? The Economics of US Ethanol Policy Biomass Innovation Park set for Construction Biofuels Firm Raises $110 Million for Biomass Crude Technology	28 Zimbabwe Government to Allow Private Investment in Energy Sector EU Shows Growth in Ethanol Production, Use Blender Pumps Get UL Certified Green Car Passes Test at NSS Groups Rally to Fight Against E15	29 Isolux Corsan: Contract for Colombia Biofuel Facility New Tool for Improving Switchgrass Novomer Awarded $18.4M in Federal Stimulus Funds Alfalfa Joins Feedstock Choices for Ethanol Agriculture to Benefit from E15	30 Greenfield to Use Biomass Crops to Clean Up Radioactive Particles Jamaica Sells Sugar Refineries to Complant Looking for Gold in Ethanol Europe Lags Behind U.S., China on Biofuels Use Lawmakers Raise Issues About E15 Proposal	31

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Company to Convert Algae, Wood Chips to Methane, Organic Fertilizer

Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:11 PM CDT
A Whitefish, Mont.,-based company called Algae Aqua-Culture Technology announced in a news release Wednesday that it received a $350,000 federal grant to develop a technology that uses algae from a greenhouse and wood waste to produce methane gas and fertilizer.

Old gas Station may be Converted to Biofuels

Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:10 PM CDT
A Braddock, Pa., business that collects used cooking oil to make biodiesel announced plans to convert an old gas station into an unmanned biofuels filling station next year, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said.

Biofuels to Keep Wind Turbines Spinning

Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:09 PM CDT
Lafayette, Colo.,-based Hybrid Turbines has developed a wind turbine technology that burns biofuels or natural gas to run turbine generators even when the wind isn't blowing, according to The Engineer.

Rex American Resources Profit Rises on Ethanol Acquisitions

Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:08 PM CDT
Rex American Resources Corp. saw an increase in its second-quarter earnings as a result of a recent ethanol-production acquisition, the Wall Street Journal said.

Fulcrum BioEnergy Begins Work on Ethanol Plant

Wed Sep 8, 2010 12:07 PM CDT
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. is set to start construction on a plant in Nevada that will convert household waste into ethanol, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

Study Confirms Farmer Concerns about Collecting Corn Cobs

Tue Sep 7, 2010 09:44 AM CDT
A Purdue University study funded by the Indiana Corn Marketing Council found that farmers would need about $100 per dry ton for corn cobs from biofuels producers before they would consider adding cob harvesting capabilities, according to the West Lafayette Journal & Courier in West Lafayette, Ind., http://dld.bz/uMZ4.

Florida Neighborhoods Fight Plans for Biofuel Plant

Tue Sep 7, 2010 09:43 AM CDT
A county zoning commission in Florida rejected a proposal that would have opened the door for a jatropha seed-crushing business near Delray Beach, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel said.

Minnesota Awards $100,000 for Biofuels Technicians Training

Tue Sep 7, 2010 09:42 AM CDT
Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Minnesota will receive a $100,000 grant from the state Workforce Development Council to provide workforce training in biofuels production.

Garden City Considering $1 Million Loan for Ethanol Plant

Tue Sep 7, 2010 09:41 AM CDT
Garden City, Kan., officials are considering loaning $1.1 million to Bonanza BioEnergy's ethanol plant, which would allow the company to look for state assistance in building rail lines, the Hutchinson News in Hutchinson, Kan., said.

Green Energy Plant to Spring up in Arizona City

Tue Sep 7, 2010 09:41 AM CDT
The Maricopa, Ariz., city council approved a resolution to supporting the construction of a 30-megawatt electrical generation plant that would use wood waste as a fuel, according to Azocleantech.com.

Ethanol, Farmers Learn from 2008 Commodity Bubble

Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:13 AM CDT
In a Renewable Fuels Association blog by Geoff Cooper, vice president of research and analysis, http://dld.bz/utgd, he said the number of speculators holding net long positions in the corn market are today equal to what they were leading up to the 2008 commodity bubble.

Attorney Sentenced to 26 Months in Biodiesel Scam

Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:11 AM CDT
Disbarred Tennessee attorney H. Max Speight was sentenced to 26 months in jail for defrauding a federal biofuels subsidy program, according to the Hattiesburg American in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Danville Institute Gets Federal Biofuels Funds

Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:10 AM CDT
The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va., was awarded about $750,000 for biofuels research, according to WSLS Television in Roanoke, Va.

Verenium Closes Sale of Biofuels Business

Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:09 AM CDT
Massachusetts-based Verenium Corp. closed on the $98.3 million sale of its cellulosic biofuels business to BP Biofuels North America on Thursday, according to the San Diego Business Journal.

Central Minnesota Farmers Feel Hangover from VeraSun

Fri Sep 3, 2010 11:09 AM CDT
Hundreds of Minnesota farmers could owe the bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. millions of dollars as a result of a legal request made by the company for farmers who sold grain to the company within 90 days of the bankruptcy to return 80 percent of that money, according to KEYC Television in Mankato, Minn.

What Should Farmers do About VeraSun Letters?

Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:14 AM CDT
A common practice in bankruptcy law is causing big headaches for many farmers who did business with the now-bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp., according to a piece on Minnesota Public Radio, http://dld.bz/ukzh.

Fiberight Brings Iowa Ethanol Plant Back to Life

Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:12 AM CDT
A 12-year-old Iowa ethanol plant has found new life in a new company, Vinton Today in Vinton, Iowa, said, as Fiberight LLC plans to produce ethanol using paper mill waste.

Canada's Ethanol Regulations Encourage US Imports

Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:11 AM CDT
Canada's new renewable fuel content standard is expected to result in more U.S. ethanol imports in the first four years of the regulation, according to the Vancouver Sun.

Pennsylvania Landfill Project Switches Gears

Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:10 AM CDT
Pennsylvania-based Resource Recovery has changed its original plans to build a municipal landfill in Rush Township, Pa., in favor of building an ethanol plant and smaller-scale landfill on the site, according to Biofuels International.

DuPont Danisco Names Manager of Cellulosic Ethanol Plant

Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:10 AM CDT
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol has named Tom Takacs vice president of operations and a member of the company’s senior leadership team, overseeing operations at the company's Vonore, Tenn., demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, the Knoxville News in Knoxville, Tenn., said.