Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen discusses his feature, "Craving Corn AND the Cob," which details several prototypes that have been developed to harvest corn and corncobs for cellulosic ethanol production.
Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba discusses the city of Toronto's efforts to reduce the amount of waste that goes to the landfill.
Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen talks about the development of a commodity exchange program for biomass. The exchange is expected to be in operation by the end of 2009.
Contributions Editor Dave Nilles interviews Travis Hochard, who attended the Fourth World Biofuels Symposium in Beijing, China.
Staff Writer Bryan Sims talks about his feature "Proving out Plasma Gasification." The feature is about how plasma gasification has become more economically viable as the cost of transporting and disposing of municipal waste has increased.
Staff Writer Jerry Kram discusses his November feature "Plastics From the Prairie." The article focuses on research being conducted at North Dakota State University to make reinforced composite plastics from crops grown in the Midwest.
Senior Staff writer Ron Kotrba talks about a feature he wrote for the November issue. It focuses on the opportunity for biorefineries to produce ethanol and biochemicals such as lactic, acetic or succinic acid.
BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota Senior Program Manager Gregg Mast talks about his group's role in a recent international conference and activities aimed at boosting his state's biomass industry.
Staff Writer Bryan Sims talks about a company that is making rice straw powered generators for use in remote villiages in India that don't have electricity.
Staff Writer Kris Bevill talks about her feature titled, "Building Better Energy Crops." The article is about Ceres Inc., a company that is developing seeds for the crops that will be needed to produce second-generation biofuels.
Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba talks about his feature called "Power and Fuel From Plastic Wastes ", involving environmentally friendly ways to dispose of plastic waste, and at the same time, produce power and fuel.
Anna Austin goes in depth about her feature on a generator developed by the US Army and Purdue University that runs on trash and produces fuel and power.
Staff Writer Ryan Christiansen looks into an anaerobic digestion project in the Pacific Northwest involving environmentalists, dairy farmers and local Indian tribes.
This week's podcast features BBI International's Frank Baumgardt, who wrote a technical paper titled, "Waste(d) Opportunities." The paper is about the potential for converting waste feedstock into energy.
BBI International's Jeff Coombe discusses his recently released report titled, "Technologies for Commercial Production of Algae." The report is available online at http://store.bbiinternational.com.
Staff Writer Jerry Kram elaborates on his feature about a group of researchers working in Minnesota's Superior National Forest to gauge the environmental and economic costs of removing biomass from the forest.
Senior Staff Writer Ron Kotrba discusses how debris is managed in the aftermath of a disaster.
Staff Writer Anna Austin talks about the ocean's potential as a source of biomass for energy and biofuels production.
Contributions Editor Dave Nilles and BBI International's Program Director Travis Hochard preview BBI's upcoming Advanced Biofuels Workshop & Tradeshow that will be held in Minneapolis September 28-30, 2008.
Anna Austin discusses her August feature about the cleaning and recycling of wood waste.
Kris Bevill looks into a project that may turn sugar beet waste into methane.
Staff Writer Bryan Sims talks about his recent trip to Baytown, Texas, where he interviewed John Rivera of Sustainable Power Corp. as the company prepares to introduce a biomass-based bio-crude called Vertroleum.
Senior staff writer Ron Kotrba talks about feeding the biomass gasifier at Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co.
Features Editor Rona Johnson and staff writer Jerry Kram discuss the pellet standards and testing methods that are being developed by Twin Ports Testing and Pellet Fuels Institute.
