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Back TO HOMECALL FOR PANELS, POSTERS, INNOVATIONS: 2018 Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo --- March 26-29, 2018 --- Kansas City, MO DEADLINES: October 26 and December 15, 2017
The 2018 Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo, co-located with the US Ignite Application Summit, will convene 400+ global city
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Greenbelt Resources Bioethanol to Be Tested by Puration Inc. for Use in Patented CBD Extraction Process
(Greenbelt Resources Corporation/PR Newswire) Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) has announced that Puration, Inc. (OTC: PURA) has selected its bioethanol to
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
NACS Member Targray Launches New Biodiesel Program for C-Stores and Fuel Retailers
(WV Always) Company's regional biodiesel solutions to be presented at 2017 NACS Show. -- Biofuels Marketer Targray has announced the nation-wide launch
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
National Biodiesel Foundation Co-Sponsors 9th Annual Biofuels: Science & Sustainability Tour
(National Biodiesel Foundation/4-Traders) Executive Director Tom Verry and Foundation Treasurer Lindsay Fitzgerald participated in the 9th Annual Iowa Biofuels Science
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Breaking New Ground
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) A Georgia-based joint venture is combining enzymatic and resin technologies with advanced distillation to convert
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
First Car Powered by Energy from Sewage Was Unveiled in Australia
(NGV Journal) Queensland Urban Utilities has unveiled the so-called “Poo-powered Car”, which runs on biogas generated from sewage at the
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Mexico Looks to Curb Carbon with a New Cap-and-Trade System
by Lucas Laursen (Scientific American) ... Mexico kicked off 2017 with a 20 percent spike in gasoline prices, driven in part
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Bergen Airport Opens New Terminal and Begins Sale of Biofuels
by Joe Bates (Airport World Magazine) Bergen Airport has double reason to celebrate today as it officially opened its new
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Flint Hills Ethanol Plant Begins Construction: Plant Will Produce a High Protein Animal Feed Ingredient
(York News-Times) Construction is now underway at the Flint Hills Resources ethanol plant in Fairmont to install a new, bolt-on
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Letter - We Are the Enemy
by Orrie Swayze (The Public Opinion) ... In this case government verbally declared ethanol’s optimal, lower cost best performance blend E30
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Cheaper or Greener: Colombia Eyes US Ethanol with Trepidation
by Sophie Byron (Platts) ... As the 13th largest producer of sugar in the world, Colombia is sitting on a substantial natural
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Gov. Pete Ricketts among Those Touting Higher Ethanol Blends at Industry Conference in Omaha
By Russell Hubbard (Omaha World-Herald) Ready or not, higher ethanol blends appear destined for a gas station near you, a
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Biodiesel From Argentina and Indonesia: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations
(Federal Register/International Trade Administration) On April 12, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Department) initiated antidumping duty (AD) investigations on biodiesel
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Domestic Manufacturers Ask Government to Allow Use of Palm Oil in Biofuels Mix
by Catherine Pillas (Business Mirror) The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is calling on the government to amend the Biofuels Act
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Palm Oil Collected from Hong Kong Beaches after Spill to Be Recycled and Turned into Fuel
by Ernest Kao (South China Morning Post) Officials confirmed to have approached at least two biodiesel companies to collect some
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
MetGen, Sweetwater Unlocking Lignin – The Roughest, Toughest, Ornieri’st Material that Ever Bushwhack’d a Pioneer in the Valley of Death
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) MetGen, Sweetwater Energy say “there’s gold in them thar side-streams” -- For all of your
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
Big Oil Follows Silicon Valley Into Backing Green Energy Firms
by Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) Oil majors quietly investing into new technology start-ups; ‘Disruptive power’ from small companies prompts Shell to move
August 17, 2017 Read Full Article
South Shore Biofuel Startup on Hold
(The Chronicle Herald) A South Shore biofuel startup that has been backed by millions in provincial and federal government money
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
EPA Erred in Denying Renewable Fuel Hardship Exemption: Courts
by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used too strict of a test when it denied Sinclair Oil
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
Study Shows North Dakota Ethanol Industry Added $623.4 Million to State’s Economy in 2015
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In North Dakota, a study by North Dakota State University’s the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics,
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
Karnataka Scraps Excise Permits for Ethanol Supplies
by Banikinkar Pattanayak (Financial Express) Karnataka has scrapped the requirement of permits from the excise department for the movement of ethanol,
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
Goa Government Launches India's First Bio-Fuel Bus
by Nida Sayed (Times of India) The Goa government launched India's first biogas-run bus as a pilot project on the
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
Partner Power in Process Piloting: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What is the Advanced Biofuels Process Demonstration Unit, where is it, who does it serve
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
UK Releases 2016 Ethanol Data, REA Calls for Enforcement of E10
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ...The U.K. Renewable Energy Association has spoken out in response to the data, noting
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
The Valley of Fog: As Sundrop Moves on from Louisiana, What’s up and What’s Wrong with Loan Guarantee Programs?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Louisiana, reports surfaced in Alexandria’s TownTalk online paper that Sundrop Fuels has struck an agreement to
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
4th International Conference on Systems and Synthetic Biology --- June 11-12, 2018 --- Rome, Italy
Theme : Design and construct new biological parts for novel functions -- ConferenceSeries Ltd International Conferences invites all the participants
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
Improving Global Integration of Crop Research
by M. P. Reynolds, et al. (Science Magazine) In recent decades, the scientific, development, and farm communities have contributed to substantial
August 16, 2017 Read Full Article
New Report Highlights Southeast Asia’s Biofuels Potential
by Liz Gyekye (Biofuels International) Southeast Asia has considerable resources to produce liquid biofuels sustainably, using biomass feedstocks that would not
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Value-Added Investments Grow Agriculture
by Gov. Pete Ricketts (York News Times) Investments in the area of value-added agriculture are helping to grow our state’s number
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Greenfield Global Evaluating Major Expansion of Biofuels Production in Varennes, Quebec
(Cision PR Newswire/Greenfield Global) Greenfield Global Inc., (formerly GreenField Specialty Alcohols Inc.) Canada's largest ethanol producer and a world leader in high-purity
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
New Brazil Ethanol Policy Should Boost Demand, M&A
by Marcelo Teixeira and José Roberto Gomes (Reuters) An overhaul of Brazil's biofuels policy in coming days, aimed at cutting the
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Acton Couple Arrested for Defrauding the Treasury Department of Over $50 Million in Tax Free Energy Grants
(U.S. Department of Justice) An Acton couple was arrested today and charged with defrauding the U.S. Treasury Department of more
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
A First for India: Biodiesel Mission of over 5,000 Kilometres
(QS WOW News) A 5,300 kilometre Indian Biodiesel Odyssey started in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 5 July and spanned across 11
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
You Just Can’t Have Enough Hydrogen: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Renewable Hydrogen via Biomass Pyrolysis Aqueous Phase
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen — the most abundant element in the universe, but the advanced bioeconomy can
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Earnings Season: An Advanced Bioecononomy’s Health and Wellness Check-Up
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In today’s Digest, let’s look at trends driving the industry’s results at scale — and
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Environmental and Economic Goals Not in Conflict, New Study Claims
(Bioenergy Insight) New research claims that air pollution policy reduces the extent to which population growth in urban areas results in
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
'Imperative' for Fruit and Nut Orchards to Be Included in US Bioenergy Programmes
(Bioenergy Insight) The Almond Alliance of California has called for increased funding from the Farm Bill in order to help develop
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Vanguard Urges Companies to Disclose Climate Change Impact
(The Washington Post) Vanguard pushes focus on climate change -- Vanguard Group on Monday said it has urged companies to
August 15, 2017 Read Full Article
Dr. Lais Forti Thomaz Joins Advanced Biofuels USA Board of Directors, Bringing International Perspective to the Organization
For Immediate Release August 14, 2017—Frederick, MD Dr. Lais Forti Thomaz, a researcher at Sao Paulo State University (Unesp) specializing
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Hot Path for Waste to Fuels: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrothermal Liquefaction
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Hydrothermal liquefaction has a huge fan base in the biorefinery R&D sector. There’s lots to
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Scientists Closer to Refining Biodiesel for a Standard Diesel Engine
(Biofuels International) Scientists in Germany have found a way to refine biodiesel so that it works in standard diesel car
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Molasses Would Be the Preferred Raw Material for Ethanol Production in Guyana
by Audreyanna Thomas (Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc./Stabroek News) The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) would like to provide some information which
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Project Aims to Turn Roads into Energy Source
(Advantage News) The Illinois Department of Transportation has approved implementation of a renewable energy demonstration project using grasses collected from
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Costa Rican Researchers Use Coffee Waste to Brew Biofuel
(Xinhua) Costa Rican researchers have found a way to turn coffee waste into electric energy, the University of Costa Rica
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Aviation Biofuels Financial Viability Confirmed with New Report.
(Biofuels International) Through ‘bold leadership’, airports can accelerate the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the aviation industry, according
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
New York's Energy Leaders Lay out an Early Blueprint for Carbon Pricing
by Marie J. French (Politico) The state's top energy policy makers moved closer to creating a price for carbon in
August 14, 2017 Read Full Article
Life-Cycle Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Renewable Jet Fuel Production
by Sierk de Jong, Kay Antonissen, Ric Hoefnagels, Laura Lonza, Michael Wang, André Faaij and Martin Junginger (Biotechnology for Biofuels) The
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Carbon Conversion
by Whitney Clavin (California Institute of Technology) A new additive helps researchers more selectively convert CO2 to multicarbon fuels -- Chemists
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Local Biodiesel Fuels Elon Buses; ABSS’ May Be Next
by Jessica Williams (The Times News) ‘The biodiesel that they’re using now is hyperlocal. That’s a very important word. Aramark,
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
A New Chloroplast Role for Making Biofuels
(Michigan State University) Michigan State University researchers are experimenting with harvesting seed oil to make biofuels that could someday power
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
New Analysis Shows Fuel Economy and Emissions Standards Enhance Auto Industry Financial Prospects
(Ceres) Financial risks faced by legacy automakers due to evolving marketplace, not fuel economy standards -- As disruption from new
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
New Pumps Appearing at Sheetz as Gas Stations Offer Ethanol
by Nick Malawskey (PennLive.com) Noticed the new pumps at some Sheetz stores in Pennsylvania? The Altoona-based convenience store and gas station
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Special Report: How Engineers Are Preparing for Sea-Level Rise
by Pam Radtke Russell (Engineering News Record) From Seattle to Cape Cod, see what's being done at 18 different locations
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
EPA Interpretation of the "Inadequate Domestic Supply" Waiver for Renewable Fuels Ruled Invalid: Where to from Here?
by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (FarmDocDaily/University of Illinois) Three words--inadequate domestic supply--have taken center stage in the implementation of the
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Legislation Aims to Repeal Energy Title of 2014 Farm Bill
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In late July, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., introduced legislation that aims to repeal bioenergy
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
EPA Chief: ‘Production Levels & Demand Matter’ in RFS Decision
by O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) ... (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Scott) Pruitt said he doesn’t want his agency “being used”
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Study Shows Seaweed Succumbs to Viruses
(Phys.Org/University of Plymouth) Scientists are warning the UK kelp biofuel industry to beware of viruses. Whilst known to infect
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Interview: Finnish Love with Biofuels May Lead to Wrong Choices in Transport: Expert
(XinhuaNet) Finnish love with biofuels as a key approach to reduce emissions has made the Nordic country one of the
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
The Electrochemical Approach: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Upgrading Biorefinery Waste to Industrial Chemicals and Hydrogen
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The DOE is funding a fascinating project to develop a continuous electrochemical process to convert biorefinery
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Make Energy Great Again, via BIOmass: The DOE’s MEGA-BIO Project Expands
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Long ago, the DOE shifted from a “biofuels and nothing else” focus to integrated biorefineries
August 11, 2017 Read Full Article
Ethanol Policy Shaping up as a de Facto Tax on Sydney Drivers
by Sean Nicholls (Sydney Morning Herald) ... (Innovation and better regulation minister Matt Kean) Kean inherited a policy championed by his predecessor
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
New Knowledge Centre Will Provide Scientific Evidence on Bioeconomy
(European Commission Science Hub) A new Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre has been created by the JRC and DG RTD to better
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Environmentalists Are Urging the USDA to Reject This Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Tree
by Chelsea Harvey (The Washington Post) A genetically engineered, freeze-tolerant eucalyptus tree is moving closer to receiving approval from the
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Now Accepting Entries: Bio-Based Innovation Awards 2017 - Americas Edition.
by Luke Upton (Biobased World News) Innovation is at the heart of our Bio-Based World Community from our news portal
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Realize the Great Green Fleet
by Daniel Orchard-Hays and Laura A. King (U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine) The U.S. Navy’s initiative could pave the way
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
India Set to Unveil New Biofuel Policy in Bid to Cut Oil, Gas, Coal Imports: Minister
by Sanjeev Choudhary (Economic Times) The government will soon bring out a new policy on biofuel to incentivize the use
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
EPA Administrator Signs Federal Register Notice Opening Comment Period for Mid-term Evaluation Reconsideration
(Environmental Protection Agency) Today EPA Administrator Pruitt has signed a Federal Register notice announcing that EPA is reconsidering whether the
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Ethanol Fueling Rural Revival
by Erica Quinlan (AgriNews) ... Kip Tom, a corn and soybean farmer in Kosciusko County, thinks the benefits of ethanol need
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
My Voice: EPA’s ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’
by Doug Sombke (South Dakota Farmers Union/Argus Leader) ... On behalf of rural communities and family farmers, I am calling out the
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Indian Scientists Turn Sugar Industry Waste Into Next-Gen Battery Material
(Sugar News) Indian scientists have demonstrated that waste water from some of the dirtiest industrial processes can be turned
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
New Biofuel Bus Powered by Food Waste Set to Hit Bristol Streets
by Krishan Davis (Bristol Post) ... Following on from last year’s ‘poo bus’ experiment, Bristol will soon have a new
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
How to Power a Bus on Formic Acid
( Eindhoven University of Technology) ... Their self-built system comprises an electric bus that is hooked up to a small trailer
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Queen's Researcher Turning Dirty Tinfoil into Biofuel Catalyst
(Queen's University Belfast) A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has discovered a way to convert dirty aluminium foil into a
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
UK’s Largest Trial of Biogas Trucks Includes Six Major Fleet Operators
(Cenex/NGV Journal) Cenex (UK’s first Centre of Excellence for low carbon technologies) announced the UK’s largest trial of biomethane-fueled trucks.
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
Biofuel Plant Construction Set to Begin
by Vanessa Dietz (The Daily Mining Gazette) ... SynSel Energy Inc., of Elmhurst, Illinois, chose Ontonagon as one of two U.S.
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
What Price Biomass? The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Feedstock Supply Forecasting
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How much biomass is there? What types, prices, when will they be available, and produced by
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
The Bioeconomy Investor and the Decline in Information Channels, Company Awareness and Fundamental Research
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) nvesting in the BioEconomy is a complicated endeavor, but can offer significant opportunities for the informed
August 10, 2017 Read Full Article
EBB: There Is No Reason EU Should Act Now to Lower Import Duties
(European Biodiesel Board/Biodiesel Magazine) EU member states are to decide on the European Commission’s proposal to radically lower the antidumping
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Application of America-First Approach to RVOs Well-Intended, But Misses the Mark
by Donnell Rehagen (National Biodiesel Board) The first action by the Trump administration on the Renewable Fuel Standard was much
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Massachusetts May Overlook Climate Impacts of Biofuels
by Bobby Magill (Climate Central) Massachusetts is considering a plan that would classify wood pellets and other tree products as sources
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Kuwait Seeks PFA Cooperation for Biodiesel
(Dawn) The Kuwait Water Association (KWA) has sought cooperation of the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) for a plan to dispose
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Algal Biofuel Production Is Neither Environmentally nor Commercially Sustainable
by Kevin Flynn (The Conversation/Phys.Org) Modern biofuels have been touted as a greener alternative to petrol and diesel since the
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Spotlight: Here to Serve the Biodiesel Industry
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Biodiesel Magazine profiles seven companies providing invaluable services, expertise and products that have helped build, grow
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Air Canada, WestJet Aim to Become Biofuel Superpowers
by Ross Marowits (The Canadian Press/CleanTech Canada) Resource-rich Canada has the proper ingredients to lead the world in lower-carbon aviation fuels,
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Wednesday Letters: Biofuels, Abortion--Fair markets
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/Houston Chronicle) Regarding "Reporter's notebook: Do we still need advanced biofuels?" (chron.com, Monday), the article
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Column: Keeping Minnesota Agriculture and Rural Communities Strong
by Senator Al Franken (D-MN) (The Globe) ... That’s why I pushed back hard when President Trump recently proposed more than
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Remembering the Original RFS
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) president and CEO Bob Dinneen keeps a signed copy of the Energy Policy
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
by Brendan O'Connor (Splinter News/Special Projects Desk of Gizmodo Media Group) In 2005, at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.,
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
The Good, the Bad and the Algae
(Sandia National Laboratory) Sandia National Laboratories is testing whether one of California’s largest and most polluted lakes can transform into
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Study to Measure Biofuels’ Impact on Climate from the Field to the Power Plant
by Scott Miller (Clemson University) Clemson University scientists have received a federal grant to evaluate the effectiveness of producing biofuels to
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Advanced Fermentation Agitation with Methanotrophs and Other Organisms
by Gregory T. Benz (Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) Fermentation processes, both aerobic and anaerobic, have been successful on an industrial
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Industrially-Relevant Strains: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Biological Upgrading of Sugars
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The US Department of Energy has a goal of developing industrially-relevant strains to meet titer, rate,
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
How’s That? Cellulosic Fuels Now Worth $4.98/gallon, up 15% in 2 Mos
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The value of cellulosic fuels has reached $4.98 per gallon in the California market. That’s
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are a Staggering $5 Tn per Year
by John Abraham (The Guardian) A new study finds 6.5% of global GDP goes to subsidizing dirty fossil fuels --
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Lignin Can Make Building Materials Less Toxic
(Michigan State University/Ethanol Producer Magazine) A collaborative study by Mojgan Nejad, MSU forestry, proves that lignin, a byproduct of paper
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
ACE Scholarship Program Awards Three Deserving Students
(American Coalition for Ethanol) The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) announces and congratulates the 2017 scholarship winners: Carrie Kemmet, Hailea
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
NDSU: Ethanol Contributes $623.4 Million to ND Economy Annually
by Haley Olson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) North Dakota’s ethanol industry contributes $623.4 million to the economy annually, according to a
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
DOE Biomass Technical Advisory Committee to Meet in August
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The U.S. Department of Energy has announced an open meeting of the Biomass Research
August 09, 2017 Read Full Article
Farm Camp Minnesota Tours Guardian Energy
(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Thirty-one children from Farm Camp Minnesota visited Guardian Energy in Janesville yesterday to get a closer look at
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Press Cane Donates Ambulances to Chikwawa, Nsanje Hospitals
(Nyasa Times) Press Cane Limited, an Ethanol producing company has donated two Ethanol powered minibus ambulances to Chikwawa and Nsanje
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Aemetis Signs Agreement for Advanced Gasification Technology to Produce Cellulosic Ethanol
(Stockhouse/Accesswire) Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX) announced today (August 4, 2017) that it has signed a Master Agreement with key exclusive
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Deep Stabilization: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Fast Pyrolysis and Bio-Oil Upgrading
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Within the ChemCatBio set of core catalysis projects lies Fast Pyrolysis and Upgrading, which has as
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Why Will Dominant Alternative Transportation Fuels Be Liquid Fuels, not Electricity or Hydrogen?
by Bin Zhao (Energy Policy) Existing transportation infrastructure favors liquid fuels. The human nature of satisfying their needs with least effort
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
A Smart, Faster Path to Zero Lifecycle Emission: Advances from the EU in Direct Carbon Capture from Air
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... The most scalable solution is liquid fuels that use water, captured CO2 and renewable
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
What’s Fueling the Growth of E15?
by Debby Garbato (Stagnito Business Information/Convenience Store News) ... As E15 has become more widely distributed, most myths have been dispelled.
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Canada Top U.S. Ethanol Importer in June
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) As Brazil continues to mull a proposed 20 percent tariff on U.S. ethanol imports, exports to
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Renewable Fuels Foundation Publishes Coloring Activity Book, "Fuel Your Future"
(Renewable Fuels Foundation) Get your crayons out! Teach your children or students about the benefits of Ethanol through the RFA’s
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Trump Might Start an Ethanol Trade War With Brazil
by Mario Parker and Fabiana Batista (Bloomberg) Brazil weighing tariffs on imports made from U.S. grain; Hedge funds cut corn holdings,
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Bioenergy Production Could Play a Part in Reducing Forest Fires
(Bioenergy Insight) Bioenergy can play a role in reducing the risk of forest fires, according to a video recently published
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Pan-African Food and Non-Food Biomass Expert Network Unveiled
by Liz Gyekye (Bioenergy Insight) The “first” pan-African expert network on food and non-food biomass has been launched by African
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
USDA Office Told to Use ‘Weather Extremes’ instead of 'Climate Change'
by Devin Henry (The Hill) Officials at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) office told staffers to avoid the term
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
Copenhagen’s Four-Fold Path to Carbon Neutrality
by John J. Berger (Renewable Energy World) An ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and create a sustainable future. -- ... Service
August 08, 2017 Read Full Article
German Minister: Too Soon to Bury the Combustion Engine
(Associated Press/The Washington Post) Germany’s transport minister said Thursday (July 27, 2017) that it’s too soon to talk about burying
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Flying Is Bad for the Planet. You Can Help Make It Better.
(New York Times) The aviation industry represents a big part of the carbon footprint left by Americans. Here are some
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Biofuel Fraudster Faces 2 to 22 Years
by Mikkel Pates (West Central Tribune) It will likely be November before an Iowa biofuels promoter is sentenced after
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Democrats Look to Fit Electric Car Credits into EPA's Ethanol Mandate
by John Siciliano (Washington Examiner) The Environmental Protection Agency's renewable fuel mandate could get a whole lot more complicated if
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Bioenergy and Biofuels Help Helsinki Airport Go Carbon Neutral
(Biofuels International) Helsinki airport has been awarded the international Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate (ACA) to verify its carbon neutrality. ... A range
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
MPs Pitch for More Focus on Renewable Sources of Energy
(Press Trust of India) Opposition lawmakers today asked the government to put adequate focus on renewable sources of energy to
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
PCJ Biodiesel Blend to Cut Oil Imports and Boost Agricultural Sector
by Rochelle Williams (Jamaica Information Service) Jamaica could save hundreds of millions in energy costs per year, while reducing the country’s
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Climate-Neutral Driving: Continental Successfully Tests the Synthetic Diesel Fuel OME
(Foundry Planet/Continental) CO2 emissions reduced in proportion to the OME share: in the Continental diesel car, a 15 %
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
From Sugars to Affordable Hydrocarbon Fuels: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Catalytic Upgrading R&D
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The US Department of Energy has set a goal to “Select and develop at least
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Court Tells EPA to Enforce Obama Methane Pollution Rule
by Timothy Cama (The Hill) A federal court told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday that it has to enforce an
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Hawaii Building 1st Public Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling Station
by Cathy Bussewitz (Associated Press/Hawaii Tribune/Herald) A groundbreaking ceremony was hosted Wednesday for Hawaii’s first public fueling station for hydrogen
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Study Finds that Markets Are Key to Retaining Southern Forests
by Carlton N. Owen (Forest Business Network) ... “Forest2Market’s new study proves what many of us in the forest sector have
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
EU’s Biofuels U-Turn Is Final Nail in Coffin of Irish Sugar
by Dick Roche (Irish Examiner) When it was enacted in 2009, the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive was seen as a
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
The Hidden Environmental Costs of Dog and Cat Food
by Karin Brulliard (The Washington Post) ... But if you do, he would like you to consider what their meat-heavy kibble
August 07, 2017 Read Full Article
Decarbonizing Transportation to Meet Climate Goals
by Leticia Phillips (Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, UNICA/Ethanol Producer Magazine) As nations around the world begin implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Better to Burn Out Than Fade Away?
by Ron Lamberty (American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine) “Fossil fuels have lost. The rest of the world just doesn’t
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Processing Pathways
by Lisa Gibson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Interest in cellulosic ethanol from corn fiber is piqued, as technology providers improve on their
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
A Better Fuel Mix Can Be 'Made in America'
by Rick Santorum (Des Moines Register/Americans for Energy Security and Innovation) ... American ethanol now replaces more than 500 million barrels
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Inside the Cellulosic Industry
by Susanne Retka Schill and Ann Bailey (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol Producer Magazine provides an update on 10 cellulosic ethanol projects
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Pacific Ethanol to Add Cellulosic Ethanol Production at Idaho Plant
by Catherine Wood and Josh Pedrick (Platts) Pacific Ethanol plans to add cellulosic ethanol production at its Magic Valley, Idaho, plant
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
New York Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-State Biodiesel Fraud Scheme
(Department of Justice) Andre Bernard, of Mount Kisco, New York, pleaded guilty today for his participation in a multi-state scheme
August 04, 2017 Read Full Article
Ukrteplo Seeks to Invest UAH 2.5 ln in Biofuel CHPP, Ethanol Plant in Odesa Region
(Ukraine Open for Business) The Ukrteplo Group, operating the largest network of biofuel boilers in the country, intends to build a
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Anatomy of a Renewable Fuels Project: The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Ryze Renewables’ Proposed Nevada Plants
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Ryze Renewables is developing two renewable fuels projects in the state of Nevada. These documents published
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The Renewing of Nevada Renewable fuels and the Rise of Ryze Renewables
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Nevada, Ryze Renewables has two new renewable diesel projects totaling $250M now in planning
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Why We Need to Clean Up Mining if We Want a Renewable Energy Economy
by James Wilt (Renewable Energy World) A massive open-pit copper mine might not be the first thing that comes to
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Marginal Lands for Growing Industrial Crops – Turning a Burden into an Opportunity
(Bio-based News) U research project MAGIC kicks off -- On 4-5 July 2017, the 25 partners involved in the EU
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This New Teesside Company Needs 50 Tonnes of Birch - EVERY DAY!
by Mike Hughes (Gazette Live) Nova Pangaea Technologies at Wilton will convert trees into sugars to make household items --
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EPA Will Reject Change that Trump Backer Icahn Sought
by Eric Wolff (Politico) The Trump administration plans to reject a proposal that would let oil refiners off the hook
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Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Launches Cassava Out-Grower Programme for Bioethanol Project
(Biofuels International) Sunbird Bioenergy Africa has commenced work on a cassava out-grower programme to provide sustainable feedstock for a bioenergy
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EPA Seeks Comment on Nominations to “Augmented” Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals
(Bergeson and Campbell, PC) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register noticeon August 3, 2017, providing the names and
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Research Aims to ‘Co-Optimize’ Biofuels for Future Engines
(Agri-Pulse) Research aimed at finding the right combination of fuels and engine technology that would maximize a car's performance while
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RFA Chief Says He's Still Concerned RINs Market Is Being Manipulated
by Jeff Barber (Oil Price Information Service) The head of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) says the ethanol industry group
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
In commenting to Biofuels International about the UK government's decision to ban new petroleum and diesel cars by 2040, Devin
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Electric Cars Have Higher Lifecycle Emissions than Liquid Fuels, Says Renewables Expert
(Biofuels International) The UK government’s decision to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2040 risks “handcuffing” the country to an
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LA Transitioning to Fully Electric Bus Fleet – But Is It Really the Answer?
(Biofuels International) Los Angeles is to transition to a fully electric, zero-emissions bus fleet by 2030, according to recently announced
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A Micro Digester to Improve Accessibility to Biogas in Colombia
by Eric Charles Peterson (Biogas Channel) At the University of Icesi a new project has begun to support rural communities in Colombia.
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RNG Stakeholders Testify at EPA Renewable Fuel Volume Standard Hearing
by Lauren Tyler (NGT News) Several renewable natural gas stakeholders attended the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public comment hearing today