Trade groups at odds over US biodiesel tax credit structure
By Ron Kotrba
October 22, 2015
As the legislative year winds down, Congress is expected to take up the tax extenders package soon. The Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) has taken a stance opposing restructuring the $1 per gallon biodiesel and renewable diesel tax credit.
The November issue of EPM is now online. Tom Bryan writes in his editor's note about several maintenance-related stories, which appear in that issue.
U.S. EPA data on RINs generation through September shows D3 cellulosic biofuels RINs generation tapered off slightly for the month of September, after a steady climb seen each month throughout the year.
A new survey shows that, once informed about the RFS, 79 percent of Republican and 90 percent of Democrat caucus-goers from Iowa think the RFS is good for the nation. America's Renewable Future and DuPont jointly released the results Oct. 21.
SG Preston has struck an agreement with IHI E&C, a Houston-based EPC contractor and subsidiary of Japan-based IHI Corp., for a multi-facility program to include development and construction of at least five renewable diesel plants.
Biomass thermal energy is too often treated by Congress as the underappreciated offspring of alternative energy. This may soon change, as the House Biomass Caucus has recently been rechartered.
Oct. 21 third marked the third annual National Bioenergy Day, which was celebrated across the U.S. and in Canada with many dozens of events.
The sale of German utility Eon's Belgium 556-MW Langerlo coal-fired power plant to wood pellet producer German Pellets is expected to close this year. Eon has signed a share sale and purchase agreement with German Pellets.
Last week, Carbon Connect released the report “Policy for Heat: Transforming the System," which is part two of the Future Heat Series, a series of two independent inquiries considering both the supply and demand of heat in U.K. buildings.
RIN management company EcoEngineers has hired a RFS program manager, Anita Maher-Lewis. In her new role, Maher-Lewis oversees EcoEngineers' compliance program including RFS registration , RIN management and quality assurance programs.
The purpose of good government has gotten all tangled up in political posturing and a seemingly single focus on getting re-elected, writes Mike Bryan. This column appears in the November issue of EPM.
All three winners in the U.S. EPA's Green Power Leadership Awards' onsite generation category were users of landfill gas or biogas.
EPA posts data for renewable identification numbers through September, showing trends for cellulosic and advanced biofuels RINs generation, as well as ethanol and biodiesel.
The Volkswagen scandal should be a wake-up call to everyone who makes appliances that have to be tested for emissions and efficiency.
Ethanol plants tap into vibration, ultrasound, infrared and laser technologies. This article appears in the November issue of EPM.
Greenlane Biogas has signed a distribution agreement with Sysadvance, a Portuguese company specializing in advanced gas separation systems that utilize pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology.
Have you met Colonel Korn? How about Andy and Sandy? The Nebraska Ethanol Board is happy to make the introductions.
A Huge Couple of Weeks
October 19, 2015
A preview of the next two weeks in bioenergy which will feature a celebration of the broader industry, an important check in with the advanced biofuels sector and an important grand opening of a cellulosic ethanol plant in central Iowa.
It is imperative for the biofuels industry to pay attention to what presidential candidates are saying about the nation's energy policy and the RFS, writes Bob Dinneen. This column appears in the November issue of EPM.
The U.S. Army relies on renewable energy and biomass power to become more energy-secure and resilient, while meeting its congressional mandates.
Ethanol industry and supporters respond quickly to Brookings Institute panel and new ad campaign, staying on the counter-offensive as attacks on the renewable fuel standard continue.
Differences among carbonates, oxylates and MAP must be understood to effectively minimize and treat precipitates. This contribution appears in the November issue of EPM.
The Renewable Fuels Association announced today that the National Ethanol Conference has been selected to participate in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Buyer Program. It is the first time the NEC has participated in the program.
FFA is shaping the future farmers of America as well as future chemists, engineers and biofuel producers of America, writes Tom Buis, adding that Growth Energy now has a partnership with FFA. This column appears in the November issue of EPM.
Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association responded to a report that came out of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Oct. 15, which called for reforming the RFS. The report was commissioned by a group with ties to Big Oil.
Poet Biorefining in Chancellor, S.D., is currently powering its plant with wood waste from Spencer, Iowa.
Almost a decade ago, ethanol industry maintenance managers started a movement, banding together to help individual plants become stronger as a whole. This article appears in the November issue of EPM.
Forty DuPont employees signed a letter sent recently to Sen. Pat Tommey, R-Penn., making it clear they oppose his efforts to modify the renewable fuel standard (RFS) in any way.
A recent report released by the Energy Technologies Institute states that biomass combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS) remains the only credible route to deliver negative emissions to help meet the U.K.'s 2050 climate change targets.
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