My Account | Sign In
This week, the National Research Council (NRC), which operates as part of the US Academy of Sciences to advise Congress, published a study concluding that the United States will likely fail to satisfy its long-term Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS2) mandate more…
This year, Amanda Lang, our Director of Wood Bioenergy Research, has led efforts to enhance the investment-relevant insights from Wood Bioenergy US, the Forisk publication that tracks all announced and operating wood-using bioenergy projects in the US. As of the September more…
According to the August edition of Wood Bioenergy US, the number of announced and operating wood-consuming bioenergy projects in the United States increased from 457 in July to 462 in August. However, the volume of total wood use that passed more…
The four publicly-traded timber REITs in the US – Potlatch (PCH), Plum Creek (PCL), Rayonier (RYN) and Weyerhaeuser (WY) – own timberland in 24 of the 50 states. Where do these assets sit relative to evolving wood bioenergy markets more…
The June issue of Wood Bioenergy US indicates that, as of June 28, 2011: The continental US has 457 wood-consuming, announced and operating bioenergy projects (up from 453 in May). In total, these projects represent potential, incremental wood use of 130.5 million green more…
Last month, our team published a project-by-project study of the US biofuels sector called “Transportation Fuels from Wood: Investment and Market Implications of Current Projects and Technologies.” One of the 36 projects evaluated in the study is KiOR, which went public more…
Last week, Pasadena, Texas-based KiOR filed with US regulators to increase the size of its initial public offering to $200 million, doubling its initial filing of $100 million in April (KiOR doubles size of IPO, Reuters, June 1, 2011). KiOR plans more…
The May issue of Wood Bioenergy US indicates that, as of May 25, 2011: The continental US has 453 wood-consuming, announced and operating bioenergy projects. In total, these projects represent potential, incremental wood use of 130 million green tons/year by 2021. more…
Questions and comments regarding a study we published with the Schiamberg Group have focused on (1) why a given wood-using transportation fuel project is different or “special” and (2) potential impacts to timberland investors and managers. The study – Transportation Fuels from Wood: more…
Producing a proper wood-derived biofuel follows a three-step recipe. One, grow trees. Two, break down wood from the trees into its components. Three, use these components to produce biofuels. Unfortunately, this simple recipe does not equate to “technologically doable and more…