BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsPresident Obama has nominated Ernie Moniz as Secretary of Energy. Moniz is a physics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A nuclear physicist, Moniz has served as director of MIT's Energy Initiative. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:ChemicalsThe Milken Institute has released a new report, noting that the U.S. could replace 20 percent of its petrochemical consumption with biobased products over the next decade, while creating jobs and capturing a larger share of the biochemical market. READ MORE

BY Staff Found In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsGlenn Farris, marketing manager, biomass, at AGCO Corp. is a featured speaker in the "Walking the Sleeping Giant: Equipment and Approaches for Harvesting and Collecting Agricultural Biomass," panel at the 2103 International Biomass Conference & Expo. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:ChemicalsAmyris Inc. has provided an update of operations at its commercial-scale renewable farnesene production facility in Brazil. According to John Melo, Amyris president and CEO, the company is on track to achieve positive cash flow in 2014. READ MORE

BY U.S. Energy Information Administration Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsSeveral companies combined produced about 20,000 gallons of cellulosic biofuels at commercial-scale facilities in late 2012. This output could grow to more than 5 million gallons in 2013, as operations ramp up at several plants. READ MORE

BY BBI International Found In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsNominations are now open for 2013 International Biomass Conference & Expo Bioenergy Awards. The awards will be presented during the opening general session at the sixth annual International Biomass Conference & Expo in April. READ MORE

BY BioNitrogen Corp. Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsBioNitrogen Corp. has announced that it has received approval from the Florida governor to issue up to $175 million of tax exempt bonds. The bond offering is slated for completion in early 2013. READ MORE

BY Algae Biomass Organization Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe Algae Biomass Organization has announced that the 2013 Annual Algae Biomass Summit will take place Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 at the Hilton Orlando in Florida. Proposals and abstracts for speaking and poster opportunities are currently being accepted. READ MORE

BY Massachusetts Institute of Technology Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsMIT chemical engineers and biologists have devised a way to dramatically boost isobutanol production in yeast, which naturally make it in small amounts. They engineered yeast so that isobutanol synthesis takes place entirely within mitochondria. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe Canadian government has announced investments in two projects that will benefit the biofuel and biorefining industries, including one to expand the use of beets as feedstock, and one to install pilot-scale short path distillation equipment. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsLegislation pending in the Washington State Legislature aims to extend the existing sales and use tax exemption for wood waste and residue used to produce electricity, steam, heat or biofuel through June 30, 2024. READ MORE

BY Sue Retka SchillFound In:ChemicalsLignol Innovations Ltd. has landed a commercial supply agreement with a European thermoplastics producer. The subsidiary of Lignol Energy Corp. had previously delivered samples of its trademarked HP-LTM lignin for evaluation and product trials. READ MORE

BY Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg Found In:Power, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsGerman researchers are developing a process to extract hydrogen from wet biomass using aqueous phase reforming. In this method, the wet biomass comes into contact with a catalyst, and chemical reactions break down the material to release hydrogen. READ MORE

BY University of Georgia Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsWhen Li Tan approached his colleagues at the University of Georgia with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment had become contaminated; what he was seeing simply didn't make any sense. READ MORE