(U.S. Department of Energy) Last spring, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) conducted its seventh biennial
Waste-to-Energy
Back TO HOMEBiogas Waste-to-Energy Plant Proposed for Jessup
by Lorraine Mirabella (Baltimore Sun) An Italian company that operates waste-to-energy plants around the world plans to build its first
February 23, 2018 Read Full Article
Department of Energy's 2017 Project Peer Review Report
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) hosted the 2017 Project Peer Review on
February 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Grant to Help Ethanol Production
by Sam Farmer (Wahoo Newspaper) Integrated Recycling of Mead was recently awarded a $35,495 grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental
February 06, 2018 Read Full Article
Off-Grid Power with Ethanol, Pay with Bitcoin
(Biofuels International) E-Fuel has launched its solution for people who want energy independence and to be green about it. The Silicon Valley
January 24, 2018 Read Full Article
Insights from IEA Task 36
By Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) On December 5th, 2017 the Institute of Technical Chemistry (ITC) at Karlsruhe Institute of
January 12, 2018 Read Full Article
Poop to Plastic and Biofuel, Innovators Put Crap to Good Use
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) ... Faced with two problems – 1) what to do with human waste in space and
December 11, 2017 Read Full Article
City of Vancouver, FortisBC Working Together to Tackle Climate Change
(FortisBC) ... Together, FortisBC and Vancouver are working to increase the use and supply of renewable natural gas. FortisBC is
November 28, 2017 Read Full Article
Four Swedish NGOs Write MEPs Demanding a Shift in Biofuels Policy
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Sweden, a group of four NGOs have written an open letter to members of
October 20, 2017 Read Full Article
Synova and the Pursuit of Clean, Green and Lean
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A newer technology Synova Power has arrived with the promise of clean, green, lean stream of
October 11, 2017 Read Full Article
FY18 Animal Waste to Energy Grant Program
(Maryland Energy Administration) The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is excited to announce the opening of the FY18 Animal Waste to Energy
October 05, 2017 Read Full Article
Environmental and Energy Study Institute Publishes Fact Sheet: Biogas—Converting Waste to Energy
(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) The United States produces more than 70 million tons of organic waste each year. While source
October 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Expert Gives Conditions Necessary for Biogas Production
(The News) Mr Micheal Kottner, an expert in biogas, says sustainable biogas production is possible if the Federal Government can
September 25, 2017 Read Full Article
Studies Show Ethanol Crop Residues Provide A Billion-Dollar Business Opportunity
(Trestle Energy/CISION PR Newswire) New economic impact analyses highlight the untapped value of crop residue byproducts of ethanol production for
September 21, 2017 Read Full Article
Cornell Engineers Transform Food Waste into Green Energy
by Blaine Friedlander (Cornell University) In a classic tale of turning trash into treasure, two different processes soon may be
June 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Presentations from BETO’s 2017 Project Peer Review Now Online
On March 6–9, 2017, BETO hosted its biennial Project Peer Review in Denver, Colorado. During the event, approximately 192 projects
May 26, 2017 Read Full Article
BETO Publishes Analysis of Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet and Gaseous Waste Streams
(U.S. Department of Energy) ... U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the publication of a report, titled
February 28, 2017 Read Full Article
Decentralized Organics to Energy with Containerized Anaerobic Digestion
by John D. Forcier (Lee Enterprises Consulting, Inc./Biofuels Digest) Most trash and recycled waste materials are being processed on a
January 03, 2017 Read Full Article
The Carbon Negative Power Machine. Get One While Supplies Last.
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) News has arrived from Denver (the company) and the UK (the project and partners) that
December 30, 2016 Read Full Article
Beyond Petroleum: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to the Bioenergy Technologies Office
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) BETO. I think it’s Latin for “I forbid petroleum.” So while presidents have the Veto, technologists
December 05, 2016 Read Full Article
Greenbelt Resources Announces SEC Filing to Conduct Public Offering
(Greenbelt Resources/PR Newswire) Company Plans to Build Model Waste-to-Energy Ecosystem -- Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO), an innovator of sustainable
August 25, 2016 Read Full Article
PERC Sues Maine DEP over Fiberight Licensing
by Faith DeAmbrose (The Weekly Packet) Owners of the Orrington-based trash-to-energy facility Penobscot Energy Recovery Company have filed suit in
August 23, 2016 Read Full Article
Using Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as a Biofuel Feedstock
(Environmental Research and Education Foundation) Using a first-of-its-kind Life-Cycle Assessment model of biofuel production using MSW, this report includes an assessment
August 22, 2016 Read Full Article
Adopting a Circular Economy: The Biorefinery Concept
by Paul Hudman (Renewable Energy World) ... For many governments, part of this shift involves adopting a circular economy approach, utilising all
July 27, 2016 Read Full Article
A Simple Regulatory Solution for Biogenic Emissions
by Bob Cleaves (Biomass Magazine/Biomass Power Association) ... Also at the top of the list is how the plan will eventually
July 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Banana Power: Researchers Explore Use of Banana Waste to Boost Bioenergy in Ecuador
(Bioenergy Insight) Researchers from the Agro-Energy Group at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have used geographic information systems to assess the potential use of
June 22, 2016 Read Full Article
Expanding the Bioeconomy: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Using the Billion Ton Report
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This analysis was presented by Jonny Rogers at ABLC Feedstocks 2016, and is the result
June 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Examining the Latest Developments in Converting Organic Waste into Renewable Energy
by Megan Greenwalt (Waste 360) With municipalities increasingly collecting organic waste, finding ways to convert that waste into clean energy is a
June 02, 2016 Read Full Article
Scientists Turning Human Waste into Biofuel in South Korea
by Brooks Hays (UPI) Researchers in South Korea have turned a bathroom into a laboratory for sustainable energy. They're turning
June 01, 2016 Read Full Article
Editorial: UCLA’s Composting Is Wasted Opportunity for Biofuel Production
(Daily Bruin) UCLA has sustained interest in reducing waste over the years, but it might have lost its interest in innovation. While
May 26, 2016 Read Full Article
Bioenergy Technologies Office Announces Notice of Intent for the Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower
(Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on
April 28, 2016 Read Full Article
Towns to Vote on Whether to Burn Their Trash or Convert It into Biofuel
by Andy O’Brien (The Free Press) ... With PERC out of the picture, two nonprofits are bitterly competing for thousands of
April 08, 2016 Read Full Article
Circling Opportunity
by Anna Simet (Biomass Magazine) Blue Sphere Corp.’s two-prong business development strategy in the global waste-to-energy industry is proving to
April 07, 2016 Read Full Article
R20 and WRI, a Roadmap to Zero Waste and Sustainable Investing
by James L. Stewart (California’s BioEnergy Producers Association/Technikon/Biofuels Digest) A major worldwide effort is underway through the non-profit organization R20 Regions of
March 15, 2016 Read Full Article
Biogas in Europe: Current Situation and Perspectives
by Dan Quadros* (Advanced Biofuels USA) This article is the result of a technical trip to Germany and the UK
March 04, 2016 Read Full Article
Researchers Turn Fish Waste Into A Coffee-Scented Biofuel
by Deirdre Lockwood (Chemical & Engineering News) Environment: Hydrothermal carbonization transforms seafood discards into hydrochar, a carbon-rich solid --- Before
December 16, 2015 Read Full Article
Food Waste Legislation Includes AD Provisions
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) On Dec. 7, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, introduced the Food Recovery Act of 2015. The
December 11, 2015 Read Full Article
CEFC Commits $100 Million to New Australian Bioenergy Fund to Unlock the Potential of Bioenergy
(The Clean Energy Finance Corporation) The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is aiming to accelerate investment in Australia’s bioenergy sector through
December 03, 2015 Read Full Article
A Time to Take Stock: Advanced Biofuels as a Solution
by Joanne Ivancic* (Advanced Biofuels USA) A time for taking stock and giving thanks; for appreciating the value of creating
November 25, 2015 Read Full Article
Vapor Capture System Fabricated by Greenbelt Resources Exceeds Performance Expectations
(Greenbelt Resources Corporation/Business Wire) For many in the California wine region, the 2015 crush was an interesting year due to
November 23, 2015 Read Full Article
EREF Publishes First Two Internal Research Program Reports
( Environmental Research & Education Foundation) – The Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) has published two reports, which are the
August 27, 2015 Read Full Article
Aston University Bioenergy Technology Embarks on European Tour
(Aston University) Pre-testing of waste materials using prototype Pyrofab technology was underway today ahead of a summer tour to evaluate
July 29, 2015 Read Full Article
Udder Confusion: Dairy Digester Development in California
by Ron Kotrba (Biomass Magazine) The Golden State has borderline personality disorder regarding promotion and discouragement of dairy biogas projects.
June 30, 2015 Read Full Article
Morgan State Professor Produces Energy from Waste and Receives $100,000 Maryland Innovation Award
(Morgan State) CycloBurn Combustion System™ Provides Relief to Poultry Farmers and Protects Environment Morgan State University professor and lab director for
June 30, 2015 Read Full Article
New Plan Seeks to Turn Chicken Manure to Energy
by Timothy B. Wheeler (Baltimore Sun) A New Hampshire-based company has teamed with poultry giant Perdue to propose a $200
March 24, 2015 Read Full Article
Maverick Announces Its Oasis BG Gas-to-Liquid Methanol Plant
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Here we highlight an interesting solution to the problem of organic waste. In North Carolina, Maverick Synfuels
March 02, 2015 Read Full Article
Tulare County Collaboration Changing Cow Waste Into Clean Energy For Calgren
(Regenis) Sustainable energy production entered a new era in California today as a consortium of American companies joined together with
February 10, 2015 Read Full Article
From Table To Truck: How Food Waste Could Run Your Car
by Cassandra Profita (Northwest Public Radio) ... 21-year-old Matt Coffman is a formula drift race car driver. This year, he
November 20, 2014 Read Full Article
4 Minutes With…Seth Snyder, Water Initiative Leader, Argonne National Laboratory
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... After a decade as the bioenergy technology leader, I just created a new role
October 31, 2014 Read Full Article
MBP Group Earns RSB Sustainability Certification
(Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) MBP Group has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) sustainability certification for their waste material
August 22, 2014 Read Full Article
Maryland Company Looking to Turn Iowa Trash into Fuel
by Dar Danielson (RadioIowa) A Maryland-based company says it can save more than 100,000 tons of waste material from going
July 10, 2014 Read Full Article
Energy Path 2014 – Path towards Sustainability
by Olatomiwa Bifarin* (Advanced Biofuel USA) The 2014 edition of the Energy Path convergence which took place at Albright College
June 30, 2014 Read Full Article
Summary of World Bioenergy Association Global Bioenergy Statistics 2014
by Milsa Vijayadharan (Advanced Biofuels USA) Bioenergy is considered to be an important source of energy for the next decades
June 27, 2014 Read Full Article
Making Silk Purses from Sows Ears: Converting Waste Into Energy and Biofuels, Pt 1 and 2
by Tim Sklar (Biofuels Digest) Part 1 ... It seems that many of the companies providing new biofuels technologies do not
March 27, 2014 Read Full Article
Algae to Biofuel Technology Deal for Planned Australia Waste to Energy Plants
by Ben Messenger (Waste Management World) Australian algae based biofuel specialist, Algae.Tec (ASX: AEB, OTCQX: ALGXY) has signed a binding
November 05, 2013 Read Full Article
DP Cleantech to Turn Second Generation Biofuel Waste to Energy
by Ben Messenger (Waste Management World) Biomass and biowaste to energy specialist, DP CleanTech has signed a contract with Shougang
October 14, 2013 Read Full Article
Ohio State Agricultural Technical Institute—Includes Renewable Energy/Bioenergy Specialization Associate of Science Degree
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Although biofuels certainly provide bioenergy, they remain a bit outside the usual use of
October 09, 2013 Read Full Article
US Department of Energy Issues Request for Information Regarding Waste-to-Energy Technologies
The Energy Department’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has issued a request for information (RFI) regarding waste- to-energy (WTE) technologies. Waste
July 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Korsair Holdings Announces Access to Innovative Waste to Energy Technology
(Digital Journal) Korsair Holdings AG (BERLIN: NOM) has signed a sales and marketing license agreement for a Russian waste to
March 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Energo Zelena Rendering Company Started Up
(ElectraWinds) Energo Zelena, Electrawinds’ rendering project in Serbia, is fully operational after a start-up period of a few weeks. This
February 21, 2013 Read Full Article
Running from the Bear: Making Biofuels from Municipal Solid Waste
by Ed Hamrick (Biofuels Digest/Greenworld Fuels) ... There are more than two billion tons of MSW produced worldwide every year, with
November 06, 2012 Read Full Article
California, No Longer the State Where the Future Happens First
by James L. Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association) For the past decade, repressive provisions in statute have discouraged developers of
October 31, 2012 Read Full Article
Los Angeles County Votes in Favor of Waste-to-Energy Development
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In California, Los Angeles County is taking action to support the development of technologies
October 31, 2012 Read Full Article
Denmark Sets High Goals for Renewables
by Roger Moore (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Leifmark LLC) ...If you’re Denmark, and practically surrounded by the North Sea, global warming and
October 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Union of Concerned Scientists: 680 Million Tons of U.S. Biomass Available by 2030
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The Union of Concerned Scientists has published a report that shows that biomass feedstock
October 29, 2012 Read Full Article
What Does a Brazilian Ethanol Producer Weigh?
by Nick Cressey (Green Power Conferences/World Biofuels Markets News) I am a Brazilian ethanol refinery. I am not very big
August 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Fulcrum Receives Conditional USDA Loan Guarantee for Nev. Plant
by Sue Retka Schill (Biomass Magazine) Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. received a $105 million condition loan guarantee from the USDA, putting its
August 08, 2012 Read Full Article
Waste Lines: The Hottest Trends with Bio’s Coolest Feedstock
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Regardless of its naming deficiencies, waste has been hot and getting hotter as a
May 29, 2012 Read Full Article
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
by Jim Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association) ...In America’s quest for alternative and renewable energy, the “ball” is national security
February 09, 2012 Read Full Article
The Litmus Test: 8 Projects for 2012 Will Test Perceptions, Reality for Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...First commercial projects from newly-minted public companies Solazyme, Gevo and KiOR. Two trash-to-biofuels projects from
January 12, 2012 Read Full Article
Building Out for Bioheat
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) The market for biodiesel-blended heating oil is growing swiftly as oilheat dealers look for ways
September 26, 2011 Read Full Article
NX Global to Develop Canadian, US Algae Projects
by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine) NX Global Inc. has received a $100 million funding commitment from a private U.S.-based organization.
January 17, 2011 Read Full Article
Household Sewage: Not Waste, but a Vast New Energy Resource
(American Chemical Society) In a finding that gives new meaning to the adage, “waste not, want not,” scientists are reporting
January 10, 2011 Read Full Article
Fall River Officials to Sit in on Taunton City Council Meeting, Show their Support for Trash Disposal Plan
by Charles Winokoor (Tauton Daily Gazette) ...Taunton Mayor Charles Crowley has said that EOEA officials consider the process by which
August 31, 2010 Read Full Article
A Burning Desire to Turn Trash into Gas
by Laura Graff (Winston-Salem Journal) Entrepreneur proposes $400 million plant in city. A Winston-Salem entrepreneur wants to turn Winston-Salem's trash into
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Consultation Launch on Revised Waste Framework Directive
(UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) A consultation on how to implement the revised EU Waste Framework Directive
July 13, 2010 Read Full Article
N‐Viro International Corporation Receives N‐Viro Fuel Facility Permit Approval
(N-Viro) N-Viro International Corporation, an environmental technology company that markets an alternative fuel manufacturing process and agricultural products, announced today the
July 12, 2010 Read Full Article
CleanTech Biofuels, Fiberight Agree to Create Municipal Solid Waste to Cellulosic Ethanol Demonstration Plant
(Business Wire) CleanTech's Demonstration Vessel to be Installed at Fiberight's Lawrenceville, Virginia Cellulosic Ethanol Pilot Plant CleanTech Biofuels, Inc., an early stage
July 02, 2010 Read Full Article
Novo Energies Corporation Enters Into Collaboration Agreement With Novo Energies International, Ltd.
(MarketWire) Agreement to Focus on the International Commercialization and Implementation of Waste to Energy Technology Novo Energies Corporation, an alternative energy company,
June 15, 2010 Read Full Article
W2 Energy Purchases Agri-Green Biodiesel
(MarketWire) W2 Energy, a clean energy company is pleased to announce that on May 7, 2010, it signed a Letter of
June 01, 2010 Read Full Article
Bio-Waste Targets “Could Save Europe £6 billion”
(LetsRecycle.com) Introducing ambitious Europe-wide targets for the separate collection of both food and garden waste could offer environmental and cost
May 04, 2010 Read Full Article
Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Plan Questioned
by Diane Krieger Spivak (Post-Tribune) Lake County (Indiana) Solid Waste Management Commission chief Jeff Langbehn defended a planned $256 million bioethanol
February 17, 2010 Read Full Article
W2 Energy Completes Algae Bioreactor
(Energy Current) W2 Energy Inc., has successfully completed a commercial scale algae bioreactor. The Sunfilter bioreactor will be used to
August 11, 2009 Read Full Article
Edmonton Waste-to-Energy Project Expands with Research Center
by Hanneke Brooymans (Edmonton Journal) ...There are three different pieces to the city's (Edmonton's) efforts to convert garbage to fuel. The
July 10, 2009 Read Full Article
Biogas from Human Waste
(Consortium on RuralTechnology) Biogas plants have been accepted by now in the country~as a device for improving the quality of