In Massachusetts, waste-to-energy pioneer Ze-Gen is reporting that preliminary synthesis gas data from its demonstration facility shows that it is consistently producing synthesis gas yields with a combined carbon monoxide and hydrogen content exceeding 70%. This syngas can replace natural gas or residual oil for industrial burner use, can be used to generate renewable electricity; or processed into biodiesel. The company is using wood debris and other solid waste streams as feedstocks, utilizing steel industry techniques to generate the high temperatures for gasification.
The demonstration scale facility is processing up to one ton of waste per hour, while a full scale plant would process up to 30 tons per hour.
In Texas, Biofuels Power announced that it has acquired the 79-acre site assets of the decommissioned HO Clarke Electric Generating Station in Houston, and that it will be redeveloped as a clean energ...
Researchers at Iowa State University have received a $2.37 million grant from the Iowa Power Fund. The grant is to replace natural gas in ethanol projects with heat and power produced from biomass usi...
In Taiwan, the deputy director of the Agriculture and Food Agency said that Taiwan will switch emphasis to producing ethanol after yields from biodiesel feedstock cultivation had proven to be a disapp...
A research team at the University of Colorado was awarded $1 million by the Department of Energy and USDA to develop a solar-thermal chemical reactor to convert switchgrass and algae to synthetic ga...
A researcher at Iowa State University is leading a six university effort to increase soybean productivity through education. Researchers say that test yields for soybean exceed 100 bushels per acre bu...
In Hawaii, the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council received a $677,000 grant for producing jatropha plant seedlings that will be used for biodiesel production in the state. The project will pro...
