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Back TO HOMEThe Electric Car Mistake
by Charles Lane (The Washington Post) The Obama administration’s electric-car fantasy finally may have died on the road between Newark,
February 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Genomatica and The Art of Big Wave Surfing
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...In synthetic biology these days, there are the Big Wave surfers too — companies like
February 12, 2013 Read Full Article
CALL FOR PAPERS: Symposium on Thermal and Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel Blended D975 and D7467 Compliant Fuels: Excluding S5000 Grade Fuels June 27, 2013 Montreal, Quebec, Canada DEADLINE: March 8, 2013
To provide a technical forum to present papers that discuss current phenomena associated with the thermal and oxidative instability of
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
REQUEST FOR PAPERS: 17th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference June 18-20, 2013 Rockville, MD DEADLINE: March 2, 2013
The Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (GC&E), held June 18-20, 2013 in the Washington DC area, is an opportunity for
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Biochemicals & Bioplastics 2013 June 19-20 Frankfurt, Germany DEADLINE: unclear
Biorenewable chemicals are chemicals derived from bio-based feedstocks, which are renewable since they can be seasonally cultivated and exploited, as
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
CALL FOR PAPERS: ACI’s 4th Annual Lignofuels Summit September 25-26, 2013 London, UK DEADLINE unclear
The two day conference will bring together key industry stakeholders to discuss ways of advancing biotechnologies for cost-competitive biorefineries in
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CALL FOR PAPERS: North American Biochar Symposium 2013 October 13-16, 2013 Amherst, MA DEADLINE: March 4, 2013
2013 Symposium will be organized into the following Tracks: Feedstocks and Technology Benefits of Biochar Scales, Sales, and Marketing Policy and Community Engagement We are
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS: tcbiomass2013 September 3-6, 2013 Chicago, IL DEADLINE: March 15, 2013
The tcbiomass2013 Technical Program Committee invites you to share your latest breakthroughs, experiences, and innovations with the global bioenergy industry.
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Study Indicates Corn Cob Removal Would Not Reduce Soil Quality
by Ann Perry (US Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Corn crop residues are often left on harvested
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Murkowski Energy Plan Would Gut the RFS
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) On Feb. 4, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Committee on
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Scientists Turn Toxic Byproduct into Biofuel Booster
(Brookhaven National Laboratory/Biomass Magazine) Scientists studying an enzyme that naturally produces alkanes—long carbon-chain molecules that could be a direct replacement
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Palm Oil, Paper, Biofuels Production on Peatlands Drive Large GHG Emissions
(Mongabay.com) Degradation of peat swamps for oil palm and timber plantations is a substantially larger source of greenhouse gas emissions
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Why Canada Oil-Sands Industry Wants CO2 Tax Harper Hates: Energy
by Jeremy van Loon & Andrew Mayeda (Bloomberg) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has vilified political opponents who support a tax on carbon-dioxide
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
The Renewable Fuel Standard Works
by Jeremy Martin and Jim Collins (Politico) The fuels of the future are here today, and we can thank Congress for
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Sugar Company Expands to Biofuel and Electricity
by Tassia Sipahutar (The Jakarta Post) State-owned sugar and tobacco plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) X is expanding into biofuel
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels Explore Alternatives to Consumption Crops
by Tracy Dang (ICIS.com) Exploring a future in advanced biofuels can be one way the US ethanol industry address the “food
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Europe Hopes Algae Biofuel Grown in Seawater will Reduce Coal Consumption
by Joao Peixe (OilPrice.com) In Europe’s quest for alternative energy sources to reduce its ever growing consumption of coal, a new
February 11, 2013 Read Full Article
Latest Biodiesel Quality Results Show a Record 97 Percent on Spec
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Teresa Alleman, a senior chemist with the fuels performance group at the National Renewable Energy
February 10, 2013 Read Full Article
Local Green Biofuels Getting Foothold in Finland
by Aino Siirala (Advanced Biofuels USA) Aalto University School of Chemical Technology, Finland, organized a biofuel seminar February 2,2013, where
February 10, 2013 Read Full Article
GM's 2014 Chevy Cruze Adds to Growing List of B20-Ready Vehicles
(National Biodiesel Board/Bloomberg) As the National Biodiesel Board heads to the 2013 National Automobile Dealers Association and American Truck Dealers
February 10, 2013 Read Full Article
Glencore Director Says Corn Use in Biofuel Questionable
by David Brough (Reuters) A director of commodity trading giant Glencore on Sunday questioned the conversion of corn into ethanol biofuel,
February 10, 2013 Read Full Article
St1 Is Ready to Begin Production of Bioethanol from Sawdust
(St1) Bioethanol transport fuels produces energy company St1 is planning to Kajaani new production plant, which produces ethanol sawmill by-product
February 10, 2013 Read Full Article
Kenya: Kisumu Molasses Resumes Operations
by Justus Ochieng (AllAfrica) THE Kisumu molasses plant will outsource for raw materials from Uganda and Tanzania to continue its
February 10, 2013 Read Full Article
Newly Discovered Plant Structure May Lead to Improved Biofuel Processing
by James Hataway (University of Georgia) When Li Tan approached his colleagues at the University of Georgia with some unusual
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Blue Skies: 7 Steps to Making Money in Aviation Biofuels
by Jim Lane (BioInvest Digest) ... With aviation demand at 60 billion gallons worldwide, and 50 percent biofuels blends now approved
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Chevron VP: Forget Cellulosic Biofuel, Build Better Cars
by David R. Baker (San Francisco Chronicle) The oil industry is mounting a concerted push to roll back biofuel mandates, both in
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
The Compression Spread
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) You’ve heard about the crack spread, and the crush spread — as means to value
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Arcadia Biosciences and FuturaGene Enter Agreement to Develop Nitrogen Use Efficient and Water Use Efficient Eucalyptus and Poplar
(Arcadia Biosciences) New Tree Crops To Increase Productivity While Preserving Natural Resources and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Arcadia Biosciences, Inc., an
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
New Poll Shows Strong Support for Renewable Fuels Agenda
(Renewable Fuels Association) For the second year in a row, national polling presented today at the National Ethanol Conference proved
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Despite Major Challenges, Ethanol Industry Created More than 380,000 Jobs and $43 Billion in GDP
(Renewable Fuels Association) In a challenging year for America’s farm economy, domestic ethanol production reached an estimated 13.3 billion gallons
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Clean Fuel Backers Seek Oregon Program Extension
by Christina Williams (Sustainable Business Oregon) Proponents of Oregon's Clean Fuels Program cosponsored an event in Salem Wednesday with Drive
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Biomass for Biofuels, Biochemicals Will More than Triple to 3.7 Billion Tons in 2030
(Lux Research) Growing demand will place stress on feedstocks, requiring new innovations if more bio-based products are to replace petroleum-based ones,
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Importance of Ethanol Messaging
by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com) In a poll commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and conducted by American Viewpoint, 64 percent of adults
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
DOE Aims To Boost Biofuel, Advanced Vehicle Programs With New Office
by John Siciliano (Inside EPS's Clean Energy Report) The Department of Energy (DOE) is restructuring its renewable energy program to create
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Live from #NEC13: Views on the Future of Ethanol
by Bryan McBournie (SmartBlog) ... Shell Oil Products’ Downstream Policy and Advocacy Manager John Reese said his company is a big
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Lawmakers Pitch Plan to Tweak Renewable Mandate
(FuelFix) Lawmakers have unveiled the first major proposal to rewrite a mandate forcing refiners to blend biofuels into gasoline, amid
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
EPA Approves New Fueling Configuration for E15
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) On Feb. 7, the U.S. EPA approved a new blender pump configuration for the
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Alternative Fuel Project Gets $500,000 from U.S. Energy Department
by Richard Craver (Winston-Salem Journal) The U.S. Energy Department has made a $500,000 award to the Alternative Fuel Implementation Team
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Automakers Do Not See Big US Demand for Flex-Fuel Vehicles
(Platts) US consumer demand for flex-fuel vehicles, which can run on high levels of ethanol, is not strong enough for
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Well-to-Wheels Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Ethanol from Corn, Sugarcane and Cellulosic Biomass for US Use
by Michael Wang, Jeongwoo Han, Jennifer B Dunn, Hao Cai and Amgad Elgowainy (US Department of Energy/IOP Science) corn-based ethanol
February 08, 2013 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Industry Celebrates 20th Birthday in Las Vegas; Lives to Fight Again
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) The National Biodiesel Board celebrated its 20th anniversary in the wild west of Las
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Never a Waste; No Longer a Residue—Soy Oil for Biodiesel until Something Better Comes Along
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) “Why,” I asked an expert audience at the National Biodiesel Conference in Las Vegas
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Goes High-Stake with Ten Year Vision
(National Biodiesel Board) It's Vegas, and the winning bet is on growth for biodiesel, America's advanced biofuel. American jobs and
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
DDGS-to-Cellulosic Ethanol Process Could Commercialize Rapidly
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) NEAtech, a new energy alternatives company, is searching for financing to further test
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Industry Leaders to Support “Second Generation” Biofuels in All EU Transport Sectors
(Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels) Involvement of policy makers and other industries, R&D programmes, financing, communications programmes for a cost-competitive and
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
E2 Launches FuelingGrowth.org Online Web Site, Information Clearinghouse for Advanced Biofuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ...Environmental Entrepreneurs launched a new Web site at www.fuelinggrowth.org, as a clearinghouse for information on
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
University of Minnesota Launches Ensia Environmental Media Platform
(University of Minnesota) Innovative print and online magazine and event series showcases solutions to Earth’s biggest environmental challenges In response to
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
Battle for the Barrel: Ethanol Strikes Back as Industry Is “Under Siege but Fighting Back.”
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In a fiery address at the National Ethanol Conference, RFA chief Bob Dinneen rallies his
February 07, 2013 Read Full Article
EU Launches Clean Fuel Strategy
(European Commission) The European Commission today announced an ambitious package of measures to ensure the build-up of alternative fuel stations
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
Ethanol Fuel Targeted by Legislators, Administration
by Brett Whitmarsh (WLBZ) The Maine legislature will decide whether to restrict or even eliminate the use of ethanol in
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Available from Lone Star Terminal
(Biofuels International) Biodiesel provider Gulf Hydrocarbon Partners has partnered with Akash Energy to resume operations at the Houston, Texas-based Lone
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
If Polluters Pay, Will Renewables Rise?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Changes in EU policy and the financing of advanced biofuels have led to a revival
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
Analysis: Advanced Biofuel Companies Now In More Than Half Of U.S. States; Clean Fuel Standards Fueling Growth In Top States
(PR NewsWire/Yahoo! News) Top 5 States For Advanced Biofuel Companies: Calif., Ill., Colo., Texas and Iowa; New Web Site at
February 06, 2013 Read Full Article
A Path Not Yet Trod
by Douglas L. Faulkner (“The Cleantech Conservative”/BiofuelsDigest) ... That is, the cost of renewed tax breaks for the biofuels industry came at
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
FAME Is Not (necessarily) the Answer
by Pamela Serino (Defense Logistics Agency Energy/Biofuels Digest) ...A mandate in all countries to go to ULSD marine fuel would
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Brave New Bio Wor(l)d
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Three dissident voices offer challenges to cherished orthodoxies. ...Though they offer tough love, they are written
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
2013 a Pivotal Year for the Renewable Fuel Standard
by Paul Winter (Biotechnology Industry Organization) Less than a decade ago, the nation’s energy experts projected imports of oil to
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Neste Oil Ups Algae Research for Biodiesel
(Algae Industry Magazine) Neste Oil, ranked the world’s fourth most sustainable company on The Global 100 list at the World
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Growing Palm Oil Trees For Biofuels Could Accelerate Climate Change, Study Finds
by Nina Chestney (Reuters/Huffington Post) Growing palm oil trees to make biofuels could be accelerating the effects of climate change, new
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
WVO Brings DC Biofuels, Tri-State Biodiesel Subsidiary Together
(DC Biofuels LLC/Biodiesel Magazine) Two East Coast biodiesel development companies this week announced a strategic partnership agreement to provide the
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Pentagon Nominee Hagel Endorses Ban on High-Carbon Defense Fuels
by Ben Geman (The Hill E2Wire) Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), President Obama’s nominee for Defense secretary, is backing a
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Biofuel Producers Waiting for Pentagon to Show Them the Money
by Sandra I. Erwin (National Defense Magazine) The biofuels industry is seeing promising signs from Washington. President Obama in his
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Can Fossil-Fuel Tax Benefits Boost the Renewable Energy Industry?
by Dan Haugen (Midwest Energy News) By organizing as a type of partnership instead of a corporation, companies that extract,
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
EPA Proposes Rules for Voluntary RIN Integrity Program
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) On Jan. 31 the U.S. EPA published a proposed rule that creates a
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Corncobs Seen as Possible Biofuel Source
(UPI) Corn crop residue often left behind on harvested fields to protect soil quality could become an important raw material
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Iogen Focusing on Biofuels in Brazil After Selling Enzyme Unit
by Andrew Herndon (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) Iogen Corp., a closely held biotechnology company, is focusing on producing ethanol from sugar cane
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Ethanol Industry Turns to Plant Residue, Scraps
by David Pitt (Associated Press/ABC News) Ethanol producers have talked for decades about using plant residue, wood scraps and
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
RFA Condems UN Biofuels & Food Security Study
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) Earlier this month, the U.N. Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has released a draft study on biofuels and
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
2012 Food Price Increases Were Second-Lowest in 20 Years
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) Food prices rose just 1.8% in 2012, the second-lowest annual rate in the last
February 02, 2013 Read Full Article
Biofuels Blend Right In
(Nanowerk.com) A collaborative study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a bioenergy research center led
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Stakeholders Must Be Ready to Challenge Attacks on the RFS
(25 x '25) ... A federal court decision last week that set aside EPA’s volumetric requirement for cellulosic biofuel under the
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Muscatine Students Win Fuel the Future Contest
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) The winners of the 3rd Annual High School Renewable Fuels Video Contest hail from Muscatine, Iowa
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Doing Corn Better and Doing Better than Corn for Biofuels: Recent Developments in the Field
by Ned Stowe (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) Like it or not, corn and corn ethanol production are large, established
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
The 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard: Biofuels Digest’s 10-Minute Guide
by Jim Lane ( Biofuels Digest) ...In Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its proposed 2013 Renewable Fuel
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
“Good Bye to All That” Secretary Chu Leaves Department of Energy (With Apologies to Robert Graves)
by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Secretary of the Department of Energy Steven Chu announced his resignation today (February 1st)
February 01, 2013 Read Full Article
Energy Secretary Steven Chu Ignores Biofuels at DC Auto Show and in Resignation Remarks
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) In yesterday’s address on Policy Day at the Washington, DC Auto Show, Energy Secretary