Recently in Louisiana Category

The Department of Agriculture is accepting comments on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program's (BCAP) environmental impact analysis. The Farm Service Agency is soliciting input about potential alternatives for program implementation and the potential associated environmental concerns. Comments can be made online here by Friday, June 12th. Two public meetings are scheduled in the South in Louisiana and Georgia. Details for the meeting are as follows:

June 10, 2009, 6:30pm
Hilton Garden Inn

Verenium announced last week its 1.4 million gallon cellulosic ethanol demonstration plant is ready for operation in Jennings, Louisiana. The company has begun its commissioning phase "allowing the Company to evaluate its process for making ethanol at scale and validate cost and performance assumptions to prepare for the development of its first series of commercial plants." This development continues Verenium's progress towards its goal of a 30 million gallon per year commercial plant next year. The company will use specialty enzymes to convert non-food biomass, specifically agricultural waste from sugarcane, into fuel. The full press release can be found here.