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April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

NEWBio Team Defines Human Systems Driving the Bioeconomy Transition

NEWBio research discovers social, cultural, and economic motives behind local bioenergy decisions.

Collaboration between farmers and bioenergy experts. Photo: Great Plains Institute

Landowner and other stakeholder responses to bioenergy crop production play a critical role in the bioenergy industry’s future. NEWBio’s Human Systems Team set out to understand the social, cultural, and economic factors that drive decisions about bioenergy development in the Northeast U.S. Drawing from social science disciplines, the team found evidence that social-cultural and economic factors of bioenergy …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

NEWBio Harvest, Preprocessing, and Logistics Team Optimizes Biomass Supply Chain Processes

NEWBio shows producers new methods that can save them sizable costs in their biomass operations, including a 20% reduction in harvesting.

Figure 1. Bioenergy supply chain from the production of dedicated energy crops through harvesting, storage, preprocessing and transportation to an end user. Courtesy of Tom Richard.

Harvesting, preprocessing, and storing biomass and then transporting it to biorefineries or other end users is a critical part of the bioenergy supply chain. Those functions can account for more than half the …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

NEWBio Feedstock Improvement Team Breeds Better Switchgrass and Willow for the Bioeconomy

Breeding new perennial grass varieties of willow and switchgrass with useful bioenergy traits for the Northeast drives NEWBio team.

Shrub Willow Canopy. Photo credit: Armen Kemanian.

Perennial crops dedicated to biomass production are just starting to be developed. Most existing varieties of potential feedstock crops, such as switchgrass, have been bred for use as forage or conservation. But new varieties with traits that bioenergy producers require, especially high yields of biomass, will be a boon to a growing bioenergy industry. …

April 3, 2019April 12, 2019

Renmatix Processes Biomass into Sugars for Industrial Use

Technology patented by Renmatix enables the manufacture of industrial sugars from biomass on a scale that is commercially cost-effective.

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Introduction
From Biomass to Sugars
Benefits of Supercritical Water
Customers Rebuild Biorefiners based on Plantrose™ Process
Building a Renewable Economy
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Contributors to This Case Study

Introduction 

Renmatix, a leading technology licensor for the conversion of biomass into cellulosic sugar, is a commercial partner of CenUSA Bioenergy, and …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

Renmatix Turns Biomass into Sugars for Industrial Use

Technology patented by Renmatix enables the manufacture of industrial sugars from biomass on a scale that is commercially cost-effective.

The Plantrose Process is a fast and flexible platform. Photo: Renmatix.

Introduction
From Biomass to Sugars
Benefits of Supercritical Water
Customers Rebuild Biorefiners based on Plantrose™ Process
Building a Renewable Economy
For More Information
Contributors to This Case Study

Introduction 

Renmatix, the leading technology licensor for the conversion of biomass into cellulosic sugar and a commercial partner of …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

ReEnergy Holdings: Offering Markets for Biomass in the Northeast

Biomass fuel is loaded into boilers at ReEnergy’s green energy facilities. Photo: ReEnergy.

ReEnergy Holdings LLC works with willow growers and uses waste and shrub willow wood to generate electricity.

Introduction
Shrub Willow Helps Fire Electric Plants
Working with Willow Growers
Recycler of Waste Wood
The Big Picture
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Introduction

As a vertically integrated renewable energy company, ReEnergy Holdings LLC is an important link in the Northeast’s bioenergy supply …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

New Holland Agriculture Expands Offerings for Biomass Harvest and Handling

Renewable energy production options are growing thanks to expanded farm equipment capabilities for harvesting biofuel feedstocks like shrub willow.

Case New Holland’s 130 FB coppice header harvesting shrub willow by cutting and chipping the crop in one pass. Photo: SUNY-ESF.

Introduction
Coppice Header Story
New Holland Looks to a Bioenergy Future
Next Steps
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Introduction

Harvesting is the single most expensive operation in the production of shrub willow biomass, …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

Double A Willow Strengthens Biomass Supply Chain by Providing Willow Plantings to Biofuels Industry

As the largest supplier of shrub willow planting stock in the United States, Double A Willow is a critical link between research and the commercial development of renewable energy.

Double A Willow owner, Dennis Rak, with some of his original plantings.

Growing Willow for Others
The Long View
Summary
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Introduction

Double A Willow in Fredonia, New York, is the main source of shrub willow planting material for biomass energy …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

Ernst Conservation Seeds Transforms Leftover Biomass into Energy Product

Switchgrass biomass left over after seed harvest had little value for Ernst Conservation Seeds until the company began using it to manufacture pellets.

Switchgrass pellets. Photo credit: Calvin Ernst.

Introduction
From Crown Vetch to Conservation and More
How the Ernst Biomass Operation Works
Early Hurdles
A Local Asset
Goals for the Future
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Introduction

Ernst Conservation Seeds in Meadville, Pennsylvania has been growing and marketing grass seed for more than fifty …

April 3, 2019April 15, 2019

Terra Green Energy: Pioneers in Torrefaction for Commercial Co-Combustion

A torrefaction demonstration facility employs a patented process to convert biomass into a renewable, energy-dense carbon carrier that functions much like coal, and which can be burned in existing coal-fired power plants

Torrefaction reactor. Photo credit: Terra Green.

An Innovator in Commercial Torrefaction
The Advantages of Torrefied Biomass
Terra Green’s Demonstration Facility
Torrefaction’s Role in Existing Power Production Facilities
The Future of Torrefaction
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An Innovator in Commercial Torrefaction

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NEWBio Team Defines Human Systems Driving the Bioeconomy Transition

NEWBio Harvest, Preprocessing, and Logistics Team Optimizes Biomass Supply Chain Processes

NEWBio Feedstock Improvement Team Breeds Better Switchgrass and Willow for the Bioeconomy

Renmatix Processes Biomass into Sugars for Industrial Use

Sponsoring Partner

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Introduction

Renmatix Turns Biomass into Sugars for Industrial Use

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Introduction

ReEnergy Holdings: Offering Markets for Biomass in the Northeast

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Introduction

New Holland Agriculture Expands Offerings for Biomass Harvest and Handling

Table of Contents

Introduction

Double A Willow Strengthens Biomass Supply Chain by Providing Willow Plantings to Biofuels Industry

Table of Contents

Introduction

Ernst Conservation Seeds Transforms Leftover Biomass into Energy Product

Table of Contents

Introduction

Terra Green Energy: Pioneers in Torrefaction for Commercial Co-Combustion

Table of Contents

An Innovator in Commercial Torrefaction