Valero recently sent a letter to the U.S. EPA, requesting a waiver of the renewable fuel standard to provide relief from high renewable identification number prices. The move is being criticized by Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association.
The USDA has announced payments to biofuel producers under the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program. USDA Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Doug O'Brien made the announcement Sept. 12 at the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo.
The USDA has announced a partnership agreement with biomass trade groups that focuses on promoting wood energy nationwide as a means to address fire risk, bolster rural economic development, improve air quality and help meet renewable energy goals.
Unlikely as it may sound, giant pandas Ya Ya and Le Le in the Memphis Zoo are making contributions toward shifting production of biofuels away from corn and other food crops and toward corn cobs, stalks and other non-food plant material.
Doug O'Brien, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, visited Novozymes' enzyme manufacturing facility in Blair, Neb., on Sept. 12. O'Brien went on the tour following his keynote address at the National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo.
In front of an attentive crowd at the 2013 National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo in Omaha, Neb., representatives from Abengoa Bioenergy S.A., Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels LLC and Ineos Bio presented updates on their cellulosic ethanol projects.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, forecasting that the U.S. ethanol industry will produce an average of 890,000 barrels per day in 2014,.
Together with the partner Domaix Energie in Alsace, Germany-based Weltec Biopower GmbH has started rolling out four agricultural biogas plant projects in France, including two 600 kilowatt (kW) plants, one 190 kW plant and a 255 kW facility.
Biochemical producer Green Biologics Inc. and Central MN Ethanol Co-op, an ethanol producer in Little Falls, Minn., have announced that Green Biologics has entered into an exclusive letter of intent to acquire substantially all of CME's assets.
In front of an attentive crowd at the 2013 National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo in Omaha, Neb., representatives from Abengoa Bioenergy S.A., Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels LLC and Ineos Bio presented updates on their cellulosic ethanol projects.
Northern Virginia Electric Co-op and NOVI Energy announce that the NOVEC Energy Production, Halifax County Biomass plant that the two companies have been working on together near South Boston, Va., generated its first electricity on Sept. 11.
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., has introduced legislation to establish a production tax credit for qualified renewable chemical production. The bill, is titled the "Qualifying Renewable Production Tax Credit of 2013," or H.R. 3084.
EDF Renewable Energy has announced it has closed on the membership interest purchase agreement to acquire the Heartland Biogas Project with Heartland Renewable Energy LLC. Construction is underway on the 20 megawatt facility.
The USDA surprised the trade in its Sept. 12 World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report by increasing its projections for the current crop year. The average corn yield is forecast at 155.3 bushels per acre, up 0.9 bushels from last month.
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has announced it will hold four technical workshops on how to use the web-based Washington State Biomass Calculator in October. The workshops are open to the public.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the September issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, which includes updated forecasts for generation of electricity from wood biomass and waste biomass fuel sources.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a partnership agreement with the Alliance for Green Heat, the Biomass Power Association, the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, and the Pellet Fuel Institute to expand wood energy use.
Cool Planet Energy Systems has announced the selection of URS Corp. as the front-end engineering and design contractor for Cool Planet's first commercial facility. URS will work to design the cellulosic gasoline plant, located in Louisiana.
Responding to a request made by the USDA, the Petroleum Equipment Institute has published estimates of the cost to convert a station dispensing E10 to one that supplies E15. The PEI's estimated costs are lower than those projected by Big Oil.
The European Parliament has voted on draft legislation, calling for a cap on first-generation biofuels and a swift transition second-generation renewable fuels. The series of tight votes is expected to prolong instability in European biofuels policy.
The European Parliament has voted on draft legislation, calling for a cap on first-generation biofuels and a transition to second-generation renewable fuels. The series of tight votes is expected to prolong instability in European biofuels policy.
Harvesting crop residue for cellulosic ethanol production is consistent with good farm management, according to the latest data from researchers with Iowa State University and USDA. The work was commissioned by Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels.
Harvesting crop residue for cellulosic ethanol production is consistent with good farm management, according to the latest data from researchers with Iowa State University and USDA. The work was commissioned by Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels.
Industry leaders at the National Advanced Biofuel Conference & Expo had an adamant, clear-cut message for attendees: if there was ever a time to unite and work together as one force, that time is now.
Industry leaders at the National Advanced Biofuel Conference & Expo had an adamant, clear-cut message for attendees: if there was ever a time to unite and work together as one force, that time is now.
Growth Energy is in the midst of a multi-week, multi-million advertising blitz, fighting back against the misinformation crusade waged by Big Oil. The group recently released the second in a series of ads, as part of its "You're No Dummy" campaign.
The team with Genscape LandViewer held to its corn forecast of a month ago projecting a 12.69 billion bushel crop with an average yield of 141.8 bushels per acre, a number that is lower than most analysts' predictions.
With the European Parliament scheduled to vote on the future of its biofuel policy on Wednesday, representatives of the European biofuels industry are speaking out and asking members of parliament to vote down a cap on first-generation biofuels.
The Denmark-based Port of Frederikshavn, Canadian biofuel company Steeper Energy, and Denmark-based Aalborg University have announced a partnership to develop a biofuel plant that will produce sulphur-free, drop-in marine fuel from wood feedstock.
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