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Court rules California's LCFS will remain in effect

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By Erin Krueger

June 06, 2013

Policy Business Markets 

California's Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down a provisional ruling in the lawsuit filed by Poet LLC against the California Air Resources Board that states the the state's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program will continue to operate.

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California's Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down a provisional ruling in the lawsuit filed by Poet LLC against the California Air Resources Board that states the the state's low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program will continue to operate.

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Ireland-based Kedco plc has announced the Foresight Group as the preferred funding partner for its proposed 12 MW Enfield Biomass combined-heat-and-power (CHP) project in London, which is expected to break ground during the third quarter of 2013.

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Avantium and ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH have announced their joint development agreement for the development of PEF bottles. The goal of the collaboration is to bring 100 percent biobased PEF bottles to market by 2016.

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The 29th annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest and longest-running conference, will take place June 10-13 in St. Louis. The conference will feature more than 140 speakers and four program tracks.

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London-based Active Energy Group plc has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Nikofeso Holdings and its principal subsidiary Nikwood, a Ukrainian wood chip exporter that is contracted to supply feedstock to an Italian power plant.

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On June 5, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a hearing on the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS). No members of the biofuel industry were invited to testify.

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Morbark Inc. has announced its redesigned 40/36 Whole Tree MicroChipper, which includes an enhanced drum set with 16 knives, a slide-in forestry grate system to reduce oversized chips, and a mechanically driven chip accelerator.

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The Renewable Fuels Association has spoken out to criticize a study published by Rice University and the University of California-Davis that claims climate change will increase irrigation costs for corn while reducing yields.

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On June 5, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements held a hearing on the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS). No members of the biofuel industry were invited to testify.

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Iowa's E15 retailers were recently forced to stop selling E15 because oil refiners won't supply the gasoline blendstock required for the summer months. A recent conference call was held to discuss the petroleum distribution monopoly.

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The 29th annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest and longest-running conference, will take place June 10-13 in St. Louis. The conference will feature more than 140 speakers and four program tracks.

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Less than a year after opening a demonstration facility, Switzerland-based Clariant AG announced that it has expanded the feedstocks successfully converted to cellulosic ethanol beyond wheat straw to include corn stover and sugarcane bagasse.

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The World Bioenergy Association has made available a comprehensive fact sheet that discusses current and potential global biogas supply for a variety of uses or markets, including electricity, heat and transportation fuels.

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Since opening in December 2009, Inbicon's demonstration plant in Kalundborg, Denmark, has operated more than 15,000 hours, turning wheat straw into cellulosic ethanol and other renewable fuels.

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ICM Inc. has signed a software development and marketing agreement with NCAT Inc. to co-develop and market the Inseo Suite line of software services. ICM has exclusive rights to market the first release of the suite to the biofuel industry.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation into law repealing the state's renewable fuel standard (RFS), calling the program a state mandate on Florida businesses that is duplicative of the federal renewable fuel standard.

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The U.S. EPA has published data on renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated in April. While no D3 cellulosic biofuel or D7 cellulosic diesel RINs were generated during the month, about 28.22 million D5 advanced biofuel RINs were generated.

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Greenleaf Power, an owner and operator of green energy power plants and a portfolio company of Denham Capital, announced that it has finalized the purchase of the Tracy Biomass Plant located in Tracy, Calif., approximately 45 miles east of Oakland.

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BioAmber Inc. has partnered with Brenntag in the Americas for distribution of its Bio-SA biobased succinic acid and derivatives, including bio-based 1, 4-butanediol. BioAmber currently supplies commercial Bio-SA from a European production facility.

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With United Airlines's strategic partnership, AltAir Fuels will retrofit part of an existing petroleum refinery to become a 30 million gallon advanced biofuel refinery near Los Angeles, Calif.

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation into law repealing the state's renewable fuel standard (RFS), calling the program a state mandate on Florida businesses that is duplicative of the federal renewable fuel standard.

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The U.S. EPA has published data on renewable identification numbers (RINs) generated in April. More than 1.08 billion D6 renewable fuel RINs were generated during the month, the highest monthly number reported since August 2012.

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The Germany-based ENTRADE Group has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire all shares of Agnion Energy Inc. from its existing owners, which includes shares held by Waste Management and three venture capital companies.

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GPRE announces agreement to purchase former NEDAK Ethanol plant

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By Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc.

June 03, 2013

Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. has announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the membership interests of Choice Ethanol Holdings LLC, the entity that owns the former NEDAK Ethanol LLC ethanol plant located in Atkinson, Neb.

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SaniGreen Bioenergy is planning to construct a $30 million anaerobic digester in South Saint Paul, Minn., to produce biogas fuel. The facility will utilize 150,000 tons of solid and liquid organic waste each year and produce pipeline-quality biogas.

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Growth Energy has announced that Jim Miller, a seasoned agricultural policy expert has joined the organization to serve as vice president and chief economist. He most recently served as the senior policy advisor on on the Senate Budget Committee.

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Out of 15 teams competing in this year's EcoCAR challenge, the first, second and third place winners all utilized E85.

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DECC proposes new tariff levels for Renewable Heat Incentive

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By U.K. Department of Energy & Climate Change

May 31, 2013

DECC is consulting on increasing the tariff levels for heat generated by ground source heat pumps, large biomass and solar thermal kit accredited under the Government's Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.

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