Burning Bio News

Energy Systems Group, based in Evansville, IN cut the ribbon on the Johnson City, TN, project late last week. Methane from the landfill is processed through a membrane filtration system and piped for use at a local VA medical center.

Ceres AND Rohm and Haas to study plant-based bioproducts. Funded by a $1.5 million research grant from the USDA, the three-year project will determine if energy crops planted for cellulosic ethanol could simultaneously produce methacrylate monomers, a key raw material used in the manufacture of many products including paint and coatings, building materials, and acrylic sheet and resins.

Ethanol byproducts could increase polio in cattle. Elevated levels of sulfer in DDGS combined with elevated sulfur levels in the water, like in Western Missouri, and conditions will be right for increased polio in cattle.

Associated Physics of America, based in Greenwood, MS, plans to construct a plant in West Monroe, LA, to build rotary hydrogen burners and testbed gasifiers that convert agricultural products into heat for industrial applications.

Dixie Pellets, Selma, AL, has identified a contractor to supply wood waste feedstocks to operate the 520,000 ton per year fuel pellet plant.

Slated to open to the public May 11, Silver Springs Organics will be the first large-scale composting plant in South Sound, WA, capable of turning food wastes from schools, hospitals, restaurants and other large generators into a soil-enhancing product.

The city of Broomfield, CO is greasing the wheels of an effort to turn used cooking oil into fuel. The city formally opened its Cooking Oil Collection program last week.

Arapahoe, NE is the proposed site for a 10 million gallon, multi-crop biodiesel plant.

Texas company to build 15 million gallon biodiesel plant near Texarkana, TX.

Colorado State University researchers are working with Fort Collins-based Solix to design a bioreactor that will economically cultivate algae for biodiesel production.

The Freedom Field research and development center at Chicago/Rockford International Airport hopes to receive $1.2 million dollars in state grants and be set up by next May. Freedom Field is an airport that conserves and produces energy.

Converted Organics Inc. Receives Class C Recycling Permit from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, will recycle 500 tons of food waste a day and convert it into valuable pellet and liquid organic fertilizers.

The Fallbrook Public Utility District will soon begin recycling its nutrient-rich, organic sludge from the wastewater treatment plant into a safe and renewable resource: fertilizer.

Liberty Landfill, Buffalo, IN, has announced that GEI Fuels LLC will build a $6.5 million biodiesel plant capable of producing 5 million gallons of the fuel per year on about two acres at the 88-acre landfill.

Allied Waste begins construction of new Gas-to-Energy project located at the Jefferson City Landfill in Jefferson City, Missouri. Methane gas from the landfill is expected to generate 3.2 MW of electricity.

San Diego city officials have approved a special use permit that allows Envirepel Energy, Inc. to move forward with the balance of the permits required to finish construction of its renewable bioenergy facility (gasifier) and operate it for an initial 18 months.

The XL Dairy Group recently completed Phase I of an ambitious project that will combine a dairy cattle operation with an ethanol refinery to produce clean energy at a new level of efficiency in Vicksburg, AZ.

Wood pellet plant considered for Grayling, MI. Initial capacity would be 150.000 tons per year.

The Reggie family in Wyoming, PA is building a mobile pellet mill that will turn bales of biomass into fuel pellets for on farm use.

State agriculture officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday asked consumers to immediately burn any Taylors Wood Products firewood sold at Menards and possibly other stores because it may contain emerald ash borers.