POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is now hiring full-time, quality team members to operate its 20 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant, which is set to open in early 2014. Project LIBERTY is a cellulosic biorefinery under construction today in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will use crop residue (corn cobs, leaves, husk, some stalk) to produce 20 million gallons of ethanol per year, later ramping …

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd has announced that it will supply 23MW of Solar PV modules to Swinerton Builders. The company will utilize JinkoSolar’s 300W 72 cells high-efficiency PV modules in its construction of the Westland Solar Farms, LLC ground-mounted solar plant in Fresno County, California. When completed, this utility scale solar farm will provide electricity to PG&E. Pattern Energy Group …

The International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference (IBBC) is taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin on September 18-20, 2013. The focus of the event is to advance biorefineries in the forest products industry. Event topics will include biomass supply and demand, biochemical conversion of biomass, thermochemical conversion of biomass, conversion pathways, and modeling. Registration is still open. Biomass Magazine is offering …

UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, was recently selected as the only foreign testing center for wind turbine generation systems over 750kW by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), a division within the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MTIE). This designation by the Korean MTIE will allow global and local companies to earn not …

Canadian Solar has been chosen to provide solar modules for a solar project on the Leeward Islands. Comet Solar, an Anguilla-based solar installation company selected Canadian Solar, and when complete the solar power project will provide an estimated 600KW of power per year, making it the largest commercial project permitted by the St. Kitts & Nevis Government to date. The …

POET Biorefining plants in Gowrie and Coon Rapids, Iowa have donated $1,000 each to support the Fly Iowa 2013 Airshow that will feature the ethanol-powered Vanguard Squadron. The event takes place on August 24, 2013 and will be held at the Perry Municipal Airport, and is free and open to the public. Huaneng Power International, Inc. has announced that Huaneng …

Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream) has closed a deal to sell its 7.65 megawatt Carrickeeny Wind Farm to IKEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer. Mainstream has commenced construction of the project which is located in Leitrim in the North West of Ireland and it is expected to be operational in early 2014 at which point IKEA …

How does regulatory and legislative behavior affect RIN values? Is it possible to predict price fluctuations in the current environment? These questions and more will be asked and answered by Tristan Brown, lecturer at Iowa State University and a regular contributor to Seeking Alpha, during the RIN Academy on August 26, in Des Moines, Iowa. Brown co-authored the book, Why …

Admirals Bank, has opened a Renewable Energy Lending Business Development Center in San Francisco, CA. This marks the Bank’s second major initiative following the launch of their new division, Admirals Alternatives, earlier this year. Principal Solar, Inc has announced the appointment of Jeff Heller, former vice chairman of Electronic Data Systems, Inc. (EDS), to its Board of Directors. JA Solar …

VIASPACE Inc. has announced that Mr. Khurram Irshad has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Irshad will take an active role in the company and will help lead additional Giant King Grass bioenergy project developments, especially in Pakistan. Boralex Inc., has closed financing for the 22 MW Jamie Creek hydroelectric project in Canada and the 8 MW …