The Agricultural Utilization Research Institute just finished a study that shows that ethanol plants could displace most of their energy needs through anaerobic digestion of thin stillage.
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Anaerobic Digestion Could Improve Ethanol's Energy Balance
POET Chancellor Plant To Use Landfill Gas
POET announced recently that it had reached an agreement with City of Sioux Falls to use methane (landfill gas) generated at the Sioux Falls Regional Sanitary Landfill to offset some of it's natural gas needs at it's Chancellor, SD ethanol plant.
Food and Fuel America.com: Refinery Pollution May Soar
According to a recent report in the Chicago Tribune, global-warming pollution from oil refineries is expected to soar by as much as 40 percent during the next decade.
Food and Fuel America.com: Orange Flavored Ethanol
Researchers have developed a process to turn citrus wastes into ethanol.
Food and Fuel America.com: American Agriculture. Bigger Than You Think
Today, March 20, is the first day of spring. And it's also National Ag Day!
PetroSun To Begin Operations At Algae-to-Biofuels Farm
PetroSun, Inc recently announced that it would begin operations at it's 1,100 acre algae to biofuels farm near Harlingen, Texas on April 1, 2008.
Researcher working on corn varieties that need less nitrogen
A PennState researcher is working on developing corn varieties which more efficiently use nitrogen fertilizer.