In response to a recent order by the Surface Transportation Board, which called on rail providers to resolve backlogs of rail cars for grain orders, but failed to address rail service for ethanol, Tom Buis of Growth Energy sent a letter to STB.
Syngenta and lowa FFA chapters will be joining forces to increase awareness of the benefits of American ethanol and to raise money to support flex fuel availability, and the FFA, at the American Ethanol 200 presented by Enogen, on July 11 and 12.
The Fuels America coalition is launching a new wave of ads to highlight highlighting renewable fuels' savings for consumers as gas prices climb to their highest levels since 2008.
California Ethanol & Power LLC in southern California landed a tax credit from the California Competes Tax Credit Committee worth $3.1 million through 2018, if the company successfully meets the milestones in the contract.
Joule Unlimited Inc. has announced that the U.S. EPA favorably reviewed its microbial commercial activity notice (MCAN) for Joule's first commercial ethanol-producing catalyst.
Galva, Iowa-based Quad County Corn Processors is now producing cellulosic ethanol through its 2 MMgy Adding Cellulosic Ethanol project, which converts corn kernel fiber into fuel. Ethanol industry trade groups have praised the achievement.
The Congressional Budget Office has published a report on the renewable fuel standard (RFS) that is focused on compliance issues in 2014 and beyond. The biofuels industry has spoken out to criticize the study.
Sadly, drivers are expected to see skyrocketing gas prices this Independence Day as analysts at GasBuddy predict that Fourth of July prices will reach their highest level in six years. Ethanol, however, can save consumers money.
On June 30, the USDA released updated grain stocks and acreage reports. In a new FarmDocDaily post, University of Illinois economist Darrel Good noted the stocks report showed much larger stocks of corn than had been anticipated by the market.
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a challenge to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's September 2013 ruling on California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard. That ruling found that the LCFS program is constitutional.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent No. 8,728,783 to Proterro Inc., protecting the company's proprietary photobioreactor, a novel element in Proterro's patented sugar-making process.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced Murphy USA is now offering E15 and E85 at its Indianola, Iowa location. The fueling site is the first of seven Murphy USA locations in Iowa to begin offering these higher ethanol blends.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute have unveiled the first glycosyltransferase clone collection specifically targeted for the study of the biosynthesis of plant cell walls.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $100 million to Energy Frontier Research Centers with the goal of accelerating scientific breakthroughs needed to build the new energy economy. Several of EFRC awards will benefit bioenergy research.
Over the next several months, the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service will contact ethanol producers across the United States, as the agency is preparing to conduct a monthly Current Agricultural Industry Report survey.
The Brazilian sugarcane association, UNICA, has issued a new bi-weekly harvest update, reporting mills in Brazil's south-central region produced 1.72 billion liters (454.90 million gallons) of ethanol during the first two weeks of June.
The USDA recently issued a notice of contract proposals for its Advanced Biofuel Payment Program, which provides payments to producers to support and expand production of advanced biofuels.
A University of Florida-created model may help growers plant at optimal times and avoid crop-destroying drought, which can cost millions of dollars in a given year, according to one of the tool's creators.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced Iowa motorists purchased 2.71 million gallons of E85 in the first quarter of 2014, according to data released by the Iowa Department of Revenue.
On June 19, the New York Assembly voted to pass a bill that aims to amend the state's tax law to provide tax credits for the production of cellulosic ethanol, densified biofuel and renewable fuel oil.
Celtic Renewables, a U.K.-based biofuel company, has signed an agreement with Europe's foremost biotechnology pilot facility to undergo next stage testing of its process to turn whisky by-products into biofuel that can power current vehicles.
While there has still been no official announcement from the Chinese government, the market is rapidly adjusting to the situation in China, after traders were told no new DDGS imports would be issued.
The Renewable Fuels Association, in partnership with the Knoxville & Holston River Railroad and Nashville & Western Railroad, will host two ethanol safety seminars in Tennessee on June 25 and June 27.
Though the USDA Rural Energy for America Program has been hugely successful since it was first implemented in the 2002 Farm Bill, numerous changes have been implemented over the years in order to maximize program value.
On June 20, the Surface Transportation Board took action to help ensure the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and BNSF Railway Co. resolve the backlog of grain car orders on their respective networks prior to the fall harvest.
Stora Enso has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Virdia, a developer of extraction and separation technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into refined sugars and lignin. The upfront debt-free transaction value is about $33 million.
On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the U.S. EPA's Tailoring Rule. It did not, however, address the uncertainty faced by those in the biomass industry with regard to the EPA's treatment of biogenic emissions.
The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) data for May. While overall RIN generation reached nearly 1.48 billion for month, up from nearly 1.45 billion in April, no cellulosic RINs were generated in May.
The Greenbrier Companies Inc. announced its first awards from multiple customers for construction of 3,500 units of its new Tank Car of the Future, which is designed for safer transportation of crude, ethanol and other flammables.
The European renewable ethanol industry association, ePURE, recently published its first ever State of the Industry Report. It provides a comprehensive overview of the European ethanol industry and advocates for additional ethanol use.
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