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By Jerry W. Kram
Biogas has a long history as a renewable resource that seemed to have more potential than practicality. However, government policies that promise stable revenues for producers and more opportunities for farmers have led to a biogas boom in Germany.
By Susanne Retka Schill
To capture a larger segment of the trillion-pound-a-year plastics market, manufacturers are developing starch-based bioplastics that can be used in more applications and are environmentally friendly. Biomass Magazine reviews four companies that have different approaches to manufacturing bioplastics.
By Ron Kotrba
A research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded $5 million to a North Dakota research and development facility to create a surrogate for military-grade jet fuel, JP-8. In a span of just 18 months, researchers plan to deliver a domestically produced, renewable fuel that’s virtually indistinguishable from its petroleum-based counterpart.
By Anduin Kirkbride McElroy
Changing World Technologies Inc. commercialized a process that mimics the way nature creates fuels through extreme pressure and heat without hazardous emissions. The company is currently selling renewable diesel produced from turkey processing scraps, and soon plans to deploy its municipal solid waste process technology.
By Nicholas Zeman
Dynamotive Energy Systems Corp. has been turning biomass into bio-oil for several years for use in power generation and other low-grade fuel applications. Bio-oil, a densified form of biomass, also has significant potential as a feedstock for cellulosic ethanol production. As an alternative to the enzymatic or biochemical approach to making cellulosic ethanol, this pyrolysis model could solve some of the logistical and processing obstacles associated with commercializing non-grain ethanol.
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