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Are Subsidies for Bioenergy Necessary?

By Kolby Hoagland

August 02, 2013

Advanced Biofuels Biogas Chemicals Pellets Power Thermal 

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration released the July issue of its Monthly Energy Review, including ethanol production, use and export statistics through April. The U.S. ethanol industry produced 1.078 billion gallons of ethanol in April.

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Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. announced positive results in its second quarter, which ended June 30. The company purchased its tenth ethanol plant in the quarter, completing restarting it last week.

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If the USDA fails in its current efforts to keep domestic sugar supplies low and prices high, ethanol producers may get access to sugar that has been removed from the human consumption market. That sugar could be blended with existing feedstock.

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The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has proposed new regulations that would require organizations that burn wood or wood byproducts to generate 250 kW or more of heat or electricity to register with the province.

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Researchers at Appalachian State University received $45,000 from the North Carolina Agriculture Foundation to support the development of a system that converts biomass into pyrolysis oil, fuel gas and biochar.

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Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC has announced that Judge Sue Robinson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted its summary judgment motions for non-infringement of Gevo Inc.'s 8,017,375 ('375) and 8,017,376 ('376) patents.

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Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC has announced that Judge Sue Robinson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted its summary judgment motions for non-infringement of Gevo Inc.'s 8,017,375 ('375) and 8,017,376 ('376) patents.

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During remarks at the Energy Department's Biomass 2013 annual conference, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today highlighted the important role biofuels play in the administration's Climate Action Plan.

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During remarks at the Energy Department's Biomass 2013 annual conference, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today highlighted the important role biofuels play in the administration's Climate Action Plan.

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The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for June, reporting that both cellulosic biofuel and cellulosic diesel was produced during the month, along with 1.11 billion renewable fuel RINs.

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The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for June, reporting that biocellulosic biofuel and cellulosic diesel was produced during the month. The generation of advanced biofuel RINs for biogas also increased.

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The congratulations are coming in as Ineos Bio announced that its Indian River BioEnergy Center is now producing cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale. The first ethanol shipments will be released in August from the 8 MMgy facility in Florida.

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The congratulations are coming in as Ineos Bio announced that its Indian River BioEnergy Center is now producing cellulosic ethanol at commercial scale. The first ethanol shipments will be released in August from the 8 MMgy facility in Florida.

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ZeaChem Inc. has announced that the U.S. EPA confirmed the successful registration of its demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore., to generate cellulosic biofuel renewable identification numbers (RINs).

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The outlook for growth in the fuel pellet market is still positive, although it has been tempered some from earlier overly-optimistic projections, attendees at the annual Pellet Fuels Institute conference learned.

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ZeaChem Inc. has announced that the U.S. EPA confirmed the successful registration of its demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore., to generate cellulosic biofuel renewable identification numbers (RINs).

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Sapphire Energy Inc. has announced it has paid off the entire $54.5 million loan guarantee awarded to the company to develop a commercial demonstration facility by the USDA in December 2009 through the Biorefinery Assistance Program.

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EurObserv'ER has released its annual Biofuels Barometer, reporting increased biofuel consumption within the European Union last year. Between 2011 and 2012, consumption grew by 2.9 percent, to nearly 14.4 million metric tons of oil equivalent (Toe).

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Representatives of the biofuels industry have weighed in on the fifth, and final, white paper on the renewable fuels standard (RFS) published by the House Energy & Commerce Committee, titled "Implementation Issues."

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North American wood pellet exports up 50 percent

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By Wood Resources International LLC

July 30, 2013

Pellet exports from the two primary pellet-producing regions on the North American continent, the U.S. South and British Columbia, showed no signs of slowing in early 2013, with the rate of growth likely to accelerate in the second half of the year.

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Quad County Corn Processors held a groundbreaking ceremony July 29 for a new bolt-on cellulosic technology that will allow the 35 MMgy the corn-ethanol facility to produce traditional grain-based ethanol as well as 2 MMgy cellulosic ethanol.

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Representatives of the biofuels industry have weighed in on the fifth, and final, white paper on the renewable fuels standard (RFS) published by the House Energy & Commerce Committee, titled "Implementation Issues."

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Collaboration was the key message delivered by Carlton Owen, president and CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, during his keynote address at the Pellet Fuels Institute annual conference in Asheville, N.C.

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I was sad to hear that the Biofuels Center in North Carolina will be closed in the next couple of weeks.

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The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry is accepting bids for a 25-year timber sale on state land near Tok. The sale will reduce fire hazards and could support the state's renewable energy goals.

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IRFA: E15 expected to be Iowa's lowest cost fuel

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By Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

July 29, 2013

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association released the results of an analysis that shows a pending shift in the fuels carried in pipelines to Iowa will likely increase the cost of non-ethanol blended gasoline, making E15 an attractive choice to retailers.

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Lloyd's Register Rail, Drax and WH Davis unveiled the largest biomass freight car at the National Railway Museum in York, U.K. The car features a capacity 30 percent larger than traditional railcars and can transport 71.6 metric tons of biomass.

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The shareholders of Stanley, Wis.-based ACE Ethanol LLC have voted unanimously to approve the purchase of the Utica Energy LLC ethanol plant in Oshkosh, Wis. The transaction is scheduled to close Aug. 9.

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