Biomass Plant for Klamath County Oregon
US - Plans have been put forward to the Oregon authorities for a wood wasste burning biomass plant in Klamath County.

Biomass Plant Planned for Vancouver
US - Plans are being put forward for a biomass plant in Vancouver, Washington.

Pinal Power to Build Green Waste Electric Plant
US - Maricopa in Arizona will soon be home to an additional and regionally significant clean-and-green industrial development.

Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess
US - Biofuels company, Mascoma Corporation, has acquired SunOpta BioProcess (SBI), a division of SunOpta Inc.

Rentech and UOP Technology at Rialto Centre
US - Biofuel companies Rentech and UOP have joined forces to provide equipment and services for a new advanced biofuel plant in Rialto, California.

Ethanol Production at All Time High
US - Ethanol production reached an all-time high in June 2010, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Additionally, ethanol demand for June also hit a record...

SunPower Solar Technology US Government Sites
US - SunPower's solar technology is to be installed at several US government properties, including for the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the General Services Administration...

Egg Farm Turns Waste into Power
CALIFORNIA, US - Olivera Egg Ranch in French Camp will construct an anaerobic manure digester that will create methane gas, which will be used in a 1.4-megawatt fuel cell to generate electri...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Process Developed
US - Cincinnati-based AdvanceBio has announced the development of its next generation, sugar-based fuel ethanol process.

Student Biodiesel Initiative Begins
US - The next generation of scientists in the US is gearing up to lead America's energy efforts with biodiesel at the forefront.

Wind and Solar the Future Sources of Energy
US - Continuous research and development of alternative energy could soon lead to a new era in human history in which two renewable sources — solar and wind — will become Earth's dominant contributor...

Weekly Outlook: Corn Yield Potential Reduced?
US - Corn prices have been moving higher since 30 June when the USDA revealed smaller stocks and fewer planted acres than expected, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist at the University...

KiOR Plans Biofuels from Wood Chips
US - Texas-based biofuel company KiOR is planning to build three plants in Mississippi over the next five years to produce biofuels from wood chips.

Go-ahead for Wind Farm Plans
US - Plans for a wind farm in Lexington, Chenoa, Lawndale and Yates Illinois have been given the go-ahead by the local authorities.

Green Star Cancels Auction
US - Green Star Products is in the final stages of negotiations to build the world's largest algae bioreactor.

Call for Variable Subsidy for Ethanol
US - A variable subsidy for ethanol producers could cost the government less and provide more security for producers than current fixed rates, according to a Purdue University study.

Governor Signs Offshore Wind Act
US - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie last week signed off the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act pushing forward the state's commitment to new energy technology.

$100,000 for College to Train Biofuels Technicians
US - Stepping forward to meet the demand, Anoka-Ramsey Community College has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Council to strengthen the local...

Sequence of Jatropha Genome Completed
US - Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions and SG Biofuels, a bioenergy crop company, announced they have completed sequencing the Jatropha curcas genome...

Petrobras America and KL Energy Join Forces
US - Brazilian fuel company Petrobras through Petrobras America has formed a Joint Development Agreement with KL Energy Corporation to work together on KLE's cellulosic ethanol process technology...

EMLL in Talks with BioFuels Provider
US - El Maniel International Inc, through its subsidiary EMLL Energy Limited, has entered into preliminary discussions with a Chicago based Biofuels Distributor and Oil Terminal Operator with...

Weekly Outlook: What Price for Corn?
US - There’s an old adage among farmers in the Midwest that when corn is cheap you have to “walk it to market," writes Chris Hurt, extension economist at Purdue University.

Work Starts on API Waste-to-Ethanol Plant
US - American Process Incorporated has started work on its waste-to-cellulosic ethanol clean energy project in Alpena, Michigan.

Termite Enzymes Boost to Cellulosic Ethanol
US - University of Florida researchers have isolated two enzymes termites use to break up lignin, a tough plant material that is major problem during the production of cellulosic ethanol.