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Back TO HOMEFrom the Dump to the Pump: Fulcrum BioEnergy Breaks Ground on Landmark Trash-to-Jet Fuel Project
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Near Reno, Nevada, Fulcrum BioEnergy broke ground today for its 10 million gallon per year
May 17, 2018 Read Full Article
RNG Stakeholders Talk Renewable Fuels With Lawmakers
by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) Stakeholders from across the North American renewable natural gas (RNG) industry descended on Capitol Hill today
May 17, 2018 Read Full Article
Fortistar Beefs Up RNG Development With New Hire
by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) ... Fortistar owns and operates lower-carbon energy generating portfolios in the U.S. and Canada. This includes cogeneration facilities,
May 17, 2018 Read Full Article
EPA Slapped With Another Suit Over Vehicle Emissions Standards
by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) Several environmental and public interest groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May 17, 2018 Read Full Article
South Dakota State Vehicle Fleet Burned Nearly Two Million Gallons of Ethanol in Last Year
(Go Watertown) The South Dakota state vehicle fleet burned nearly two million gallons of ethanol-blended fuels in the last year, according
May 17, 2018 Read Full Article
Rising Fuel Prices Bring into Question EPA Efforts to Reduce Fuel Economy Standards
by Tsvetana Paraskova (Oilprice.com/USA Today) Crude oil and gasoline prices are on the rise after President Donald Trump withdrew from the
May 17, 2018 Read Full Article
Are We There Yet? Europe’s Nagging Call for Sustainable Mobility
by Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) When it comes to getting from point A to point B, getting to our
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
The Scientist Still Fighting for the Clean Fuel the World Forgot
by James Temple (MIT Technology Review) In the closing weeks of 2008, the US Department of Energy invited politicians and press
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Cabinet Approves National Biofuel Policy
(Times of India) The Cabinet today approved the National Policy on Biofuels which allows doping of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrains,
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Global Agribusiness Forum 2018: “Field Science on Service of the Planet -- Acting Right Now” --- July 23-24, 2018 --- São Paulo, Brazil
Next edition of Global Agribusiness Forum (GAF 18), the biggest event on world agribusiness, will take place on July 23rd
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Educational Opportunities for Ethanol Plant Employees
by Carrie Muhlling (Energy.AgWired.com) Ethanol plant employees will have the opportunity to further their education this summer with two courses from
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
EIA Data: E85 Usage by Federal Fleets More Than Doubled from 2010 to 2016
by Emily Druckman (Renewable Fuels Association) A Renewable Fuels Association analysis of recently released Energy Information Administration (EIA) data shows that federally-regulated
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
U.S. Agencies Moving forward with Proposing Fuel Economy Revisions
by David Shepardson (Reuters) The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to submit a series of options for softening fuel efficiency
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Key Enzyme for Production of Second-Generation Ethanol Discovered in Brazilian Amazon
(São Paulo Research Foundation/EurekAlert) Protein encoded by gene found in microorganisms living in Amazon lake could boost efficiency on the sugarcane
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Trump Said to Mull Ways to Boost Biofuel Market Transparency
Mario Parker and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) The Environmental Protection Agency plans to ask for advice on whether -- and how
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Why Not Now? The Digest’s 2018 Multi Slide Guide to Biofuels’ Barriers and Drivers
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) “The fuels market is about the largest in the world,” says Terry Mazanec. “Each succeeding generation
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Verdezyne, Ave Atque Vale
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From Southern California the report has arrived that Verdezyne is winding down as a company, and
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
Grassley vs Pruitt: Will Billionaire Bailouts or Biofuels Prevail?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Trump in a pickle: support his beleaguered EPA Administrator over oil refinery bailouts, or rally his
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land: European Biofuels and the Debate over the ‘Agreeable Corridor’
by Michael Eggleston* (Advanced Biofuels USA) As Europe’s revised Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) plans are set into motion, disagreements about
May 16, 2018 Read Full Article
A Proposed Rule by the Agricultural Marketing Service: National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard COMMENTS DUE 7/3/18
(U.S. Department of Agriculture) A recent amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 requires the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Congressman Veasey Introduces Bipartisan Energy Research Legislation
(Office of Congressman Marc Veasey) The Fossil Energy Research and Development Act would set the course for the next generation of
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuels in the Renewable Energy Directive: The Last Call
by Géraldine Kutas (The Parliament Magazine/Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)) Ahead of this week's RED II negotiations, Géraldine Kutas explains where policymakers
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
ACE Congratulates Petro Serve USA on New E15 Location
(American Coalition for Ethanol /Ethanol Producer Magazine) American Coalition for Ethanol Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty spoke at Petro Serve USA’s
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Penn State Energy Days --- May 30-31, 2018 --- State College, PA
How do we meet the goals of energy affordability, sustainability, and security to ensure innovation, policy, and investment in our
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Thailand Lowers Sugar Export Volume, Sets Aside Extra for Ethanol Production
by Panarat Thepgumpanat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat (Reuters) Thailand has allocated an additional 300,000 tonnes of raw sugar for ethanol production this year,
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Valero Expands into South America with Peru Biofuels Deal
by David French (Reuters) Valero Energy Corp has agreed to purchase Pure Biofuels Del Peru from private equity firm Pegasus Capital
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Bosselman Travel Center to Unveil Flex Fuel Pump; Governor to Attend
by Robert Pore (Grand Island Independent) Gov. Pete Ricketts will help cut the ribbon at the unveiling of the Bosselman
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
A Higher Market for Ethanol Former Author of RFS Legislation Sees Octane Levels as Advancement for Ethanol
by Chris Clayton (DTN The Progressive Farmer) Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle keeps close tabs on what's happening with
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Marin Ferries Move toward Clean Diesel
by Mark Prado (Marin Independent Journal) There is a move afoot toward using renewable diesel for ferries, including on Golden Gate
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
EPA Sends 2019-20 US Biofuel Mandate Proposal to White House
by Meghan Gordon (Platts) The US Environmental Protection Agency has sent its proposal for the federal biofuel mandate's 2019 ethanol volumes
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Sapp Bros. Opens Columbus Biodiesel Blending Facility
by Aryel Smith (KTIC Radio/ Nebraska Soybean Board) The new Sapp Bros. biodiesel blending facility will hold its grand opening in
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Drop-in Fuels and Biomaterials: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Global Bioenergies is a pioneer in the development of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
ICYMI: $227M Available from US in Push for Vehicle, Feedstock and Bioconversion Advances
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) We usually say, ICYMIs for those In Case You Missed Its that show up in someone’s
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
QUOTE OF THE WEEK -- Manhattan Institute
The Manhattan Institute looked at "zero emission vehicles" and found: Broad-based adoption of ZEVs will increase overall emissions of sulfur
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Troubling Link Found between Pollution Exposure in Pregnancy, High Blood Pressure in Children
by Ariana Eunjung Cha (Washington Post) ... In a paper published Monday in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension, researchers reported that
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Short Circuit: The High Cost of Electric Vehicle Subsidies
(Manhattan Institute) Many claim that “zero-emissions vehicles” (ZEVs), especially battery-powered electric vehicles, should replace most, if not all, cars and trucks
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
API: Administrative Changes to RFS Probably Illegal, Definitely a Bad Idea
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico's Morning Energy) The American Petroleum Institute is no fan of Trump's effort to make administrative changes to
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Arizona Public Service Issues Call for Bioenergy Project Proposals
(Bioenergy Insight) Arizona Public Service (APS) in the United States has issued a Forest Bioenergy Resources Request for Proposals (RFP). APS
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
‘Biogas Backpack’ Successfully Tested in Uganda
(Bioenergy Insight) A Ugandan and German team called ‘Agali Awamu’ has developed an ‘innovative and feasible’ solution for electricity and biogas
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Report Looks at Stimulating BioSNG Investment
(Bioenergy Insight) A new report, commissioned by Cadent and carried out by Ernst & Young has examined what market framework, mechanisms
May 15, 2018 Read Full Article
Biogas as a Waste Management Solution: Turning "Waste" into Resources --- May 23, 2018 --- Washington, DC
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the American Biogas Council (ABC) invite you to a briefing about the numerous challenges posed by
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Volvo Ocean Race Stays on Sustainability Course with Biodiesel
(National Biodiesel Board) Biodiesel Recycled from 'The Galley' Powers North American Stop -- Biodiesel will be working overtime as the Volvo Ocean
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: New Advances in Detection Technology for Biodiesel Impurities --- May 22, 2018
Biofuels such as biodiesel are produced from natural sources and help to improve environmental conditions while increasing energy sustainability and
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: GoBiGas: An Industry Relevant State-of-the-Art Reference for Advanced Biofuel Production via Gasification --- June 20, 2018
FREE webinar presented by: Henrik Thunman, Professor & Head of Division of Energy Technology, Chalmers University of Technology; Freddy Tengberg, GoBiGas Site
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
CALL FOR SPEAKERS: Russian Forum for Wet Milling & Industrial Biotechnology "Graintek-2018" --- November 14-15, 2018 --- Moscow, Russia DEADLINE: Uncertain
Forum for Wet Milling and Industrial Biotechnology "Graintek-2018" will be held on November 14-15, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Technical Workshop "GrainExpert" for technical
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
National Council for Science and the Environment EnvironMentors Program
(National Council for Science and the Environment) The NCSE EnvironMentors Program provides mentoring, college preparation, and additional opportunities to high school
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Voters Should Challenge Candidates on Iowa’s Energy Future
by Katie Rock (Des Moines Register/Center for Rural Affairs) Iowa’s future as a leader in renewable energy is on the ballot
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Lawrence Solomon: Even Environmentalists Tell Trudeau His Ethanol Plan Is Terrible
by Lawrence Solomon (Financial Post) Henry Waxman, the U.S. congressman who pushed to cut tailpipe emissions in 2007, is among those who
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Global Bioenergies and an Industrial Consortium Including Sekab, Neste Engineering Solutions, Repsol and SkyNRG Receive Major EU Funding to Demonstrate the Production of Isobutene-Derived Gasoline and Jetfuel from Wood
(Global Bioenergies) European grant amounting to €13.9 million, of which €5.7 million for Global Bioenergies Industry consortium led by Global Bioenergies
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
KLM, Växjö Småland Airport, Södra, SkyNRG and Partners Sign LOI to Investigate the Feasibility of Producing Sustainable Aviation Fuels in the Växjö Region
(SkyNRG) Starting today, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is flying to Växjö, Sweden every day and to make flights to Växjö
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
USGC Helps Expand Export Potential for DDGS, Ethanol to Ecuador
(U.S. Grains Council/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Identifying how U.S. feed grains and co-products can meet the specific demands of a local market
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
UPDATE 2-Trump Biofuel Policy Overhaul to Include Fewer Refinery Waivers - Source
by Jarrett Renshaw and Chris Prentice (Reuters) The Trump administration will scale back the use of biofuels waivers for small refineries and
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Saccharification Treatments Using Cellulase and Laminarinase Results in Higher Ethanol
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In the Philippines, researchers from University of the Philippines and Hiroshima University in Japan conducted a study
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Demand Destruction Part 2? Allowing Exports to Count Toward RFS Compliance
by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association) ... Simply put, allowing exported ethanol to count toward compliance with an oil company’s RFS
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Kelp Farming Sees a Rise In Interest On the Cape
by Sarah Tan (WCAI) Kelp farming is on the rise around the Cape and Islands, as more growers are finding reasons
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
The Building Blocks of a Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Avantium
The company is now safely emerged from its celebrated IPO, and is embarked on the development of the first commercial
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Neste MY Renewable Diesel Rockin’ It This Month
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Neste reaches 1B gallons renewable diesel sale, runs in fire trucks, ambulances and school vehicles
May 14, 2018 Read Full Article
Decarbonising Maritime Transport Pathways to Zero-Carbon Shipping by 2035
(International Transport Forum) ... This report examines what is needed to decarbonise international shipping by 2035. Zero carbon emissions from shipping within
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuels Production and Consumption in the US: Status, Advances and Challenges
by Mahmood Ebadian and James D. McMillan (IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Newsletter) ... The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) was enacted
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
UNFCCC Ag Work Program Approval Affirms Old Adage: 'World is Run by Those who Show Up'
by Ernie Shea (Solutions from the Land/25 x '25) Over the past 10 years, Solutions from the Land (SfL) and 25x'25,
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Historic Flight: Commercial Jet Flies on 100 Percent Biofuel
by Glenn Farley (K5 News) In the Boeing test, a 777 freighter, ran on residual animal fats and plant oils. -- In
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
A World First in the Port of Amsterdam
(Port of Amsterdam) In the port of Amsterdam the construction has started of a new facility that will convert non-recyclable plastic
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Deal or No Deal– Either Way We Need to Keep Moving
by Doug Durante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Biofuels Digest) ... First of all the export RIN issue does raise trade questions but
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Trump Tells World's Top Automakers to Build More Cars in U.S
by Tom Krisher and Ken Thomas (Associated Press/Chicago Tribune) President Donald Trump told leaders of the world's top automakers on Friday that he
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
Trump, Top Car Executives Meet Amid Struggle over Climate Rules for Automobiles
by Chris Mooney (The Washington Post) Executives from top car companies arrived at the White House on Friday amid a looming
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
From Gen1 to High-Value: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Aemetis owns and operates 110 million gallons per year of ethanol and biodiesel facilities in the
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
I’ll Never Find Another You: Provivi’s Protecting Crops by Confusing Pests in Their Search for Romance
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... (O)ne of the topics under discussion was 40 percent or higher maize crop losses
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
EU Low Carbon Fuels Conference Week, Part 2: Driving Capability with Flexibility
By Steve Bi* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Part one of this article addressed the first two consensuses emerging from international biofuels
May 11, 2018 Read Full Article
California Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Renewable Fuel Fraud
(U.S. Department of Justice) Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri Formed to Build on Farmers' Work
(The Missouri Soybean Association/Biodiesel Magazine) In the early 1990s, Missouri soybean farmers funded research into making renewable fuel from soybean oil.
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
New FSMA Compliance Program Launched for Biodiesel Producers
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) A new food safety program has been developed by the Iowa Biodiesel Board to help biodiesel producers comply
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
New Report Shows Germany's Biodiesel Quality Continues to Improve
by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Germany’s biodiesel quality management association, AGQM, has released its 2017 quality report from the sampling of
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Biodiesel #1 for Green Fleets
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) ... According to the latest Fleet Purchasing Outlook study conducted by the NTEA – The Association for
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
St. James High School Visits Guardian Energy
(Minneapolis Bio-Fuels Association) Twenty seven students from St. James High School visited Guardian Energy in Janesville today to learn more
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Aurora A-Stop To Offer E85 And Other Blended Fuel
by Brooke Robertson (Grant Tribune Sentinel) Construction began on Aurora A-Stop the first week of April and is expected to become
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Pelosi Visits Central Iowa Farm, Warns RFS under Attack
by O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi — the top-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives —
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Worthington High School Tours Heron Lake Bioenergy
(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Fifteen students from Worthington High School toured Heron Lake Bioenergy on May 1st to gain a better understanding
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Advanced Algal Systems Listening Session --- June 13, 2018 --- Seattle, WA
On June 13, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) will host the Advanced Algal Systems Listening Session
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Betting on Ethanol-Blended Gasoline
by Tom Gerlach (The Hill/American Lung Association of Minnesota) Living on an island on the U.S.-Canada Border is not for everyone.
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
RNG Is the Fast Track to Cleaner Air in California
by Thomas Lawson (California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition/ACT News) California policy makers—at the local and state level—are increasingly under pressure to
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Listening Sessions for the Transportation and Climate Initiative --- May 21, 2018 --- Hartford, CT AND --- June 6, 2018 --- Wilmington, DE
The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) is beginning to host listening sessions, inviting input on potential policy approaches to bring
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
DGAP-News: Uniper SE: Methanation Plant in Falkenhagen Opens - Important Step for a Successful Energy Transition
(Uniper SE/Finanzen.ch) Successful completion to expansion of existing power-to-gas plant in Falkenhagen, Germany; Sector coupling for renewable electricity through conversion to synthetic
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuel Plant Planned to Open in 2022
(Catalan News) Pioneering Canadian/French joint project aims to build recycling centre in Tarragona region for €250m -- A Canadian company and a
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the Biorefinery of the Future
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What will biorefineries look like, accomplish and cost in the future? Daniel Lane of Saille Consulting
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the Week of May 10th, 2018
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
Pasadena Fire Department Adopts Renewable Diesel
by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) The Pasadena Fire Department in California has switched most of its fleet from petroleum diesel to
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
RNG Helping Trucking Companies Improve Air Quality for California Ports
by Betsy Lillian (NGT News) Six trucking firms operating in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., are deploying
May 10, 2018 Read Full Article
NGOs Tell Commission to Listen to Science and Differentiate Biofuels
by Claire Stam (EurActiv) A coalition of Czech and Slovak NGOs has called on the European Commission to draw a line in the Renewable
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Greenbelt Resources Offers Partial Solution to Chinese Government's Mandated Use of 4+ Billion Gallons of Ethanol
(Greenbelt Resources) Greenbelt Resources Corporation GRCO, +23.29% (Greenbelt), the developer and provider of a sustainable ECOsystem model that transforms waste into bio-ethanol, today announced
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Repeating History with Octane Biofuel Standards Is a Huge Mistake
by Mike Carr (New Energy America/The Hill) Recently, Chet Thompson of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) testified before Congress and proposed a
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Biofuels Key to Success of Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard
by Renewable Industries Canada (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Canada’s two largest biofuels stakeholders—Renewable Industries Canada (RICanada) and Advanced Biofuels Canada, together representing
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Groups Ask EPA to Prioritize Cellulosic Pathway Approvals
(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Today (May 3, 2018) five Midwest biofuels associations sent a letter to the EPA asking
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Growth Energy’s Retail Partners Call on Trump for RVP Relief
(Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine) E15 retailers from across the country are urging President Trump to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: Diversifying Revenue through Protein Co-Products --- May 10, 2018
Generating the highest value from co-products at ethanol facilities is critical in today’s turbulent ethanol market. What are the opportunities
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
US EPA Climate Changing on RFS?
by Michael McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biomass Magazine) At ABFA, we’ve been keeping our eyes on the U.S. EPA during the first
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Rallying for RNG
by Anna Simet (Biomass Magazine) The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas’s Marcus Gillette discusses the organization, its goals and progress in
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Building Out Biomass in the Land Down Under
by Patrick C. Miller (Biomass Magazine) Will Australia use bioenergy to its full potential, or primarily serve export markets? -- Australia’s bioenergy
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Nominations Open DEADLINE July 2, 2018
(American Chemical Society) The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards (GCCA) promote the environmental and economic benefits of developing and using novel green
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Electricity-Based Fuels: As Much as Needed for the Sake of the Climate, as Little as Possible for the Sake of Efficiency
(Agora Verkehrswende and Agora Energiewende) ... The production of power-based synthetic fuels is a multi-stage process. First, clean energy from wind
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Research and Innovation Perspective of the Mid-and Long-Term Potential for Advanced Biofuels in Europe
(EU Publications) Research and Innovation (R&I) plays a central role in developing advanced biofuels technologies to help achieve the EU’s climate
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
WEBINAR: New Advances in Detection Technology for Biodiesel Impurities --- May 22, 2018
Biofuels such as biodiesel are produced from natural sources and help to improve environmental conditions while increasing energy sustainability and
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Hitachi Zosen Inova to Build and Operate Kompogas® Plant to Turn Jönköping’s Organic Waste into Vehicle Fuel
(Hitachi Zosen Inova) Hitachi Zosen Inova is to build Scandinavia’s second Kompogas® facility in Jönköping, Sweden. It will use a dry
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
If at First You Don't Succeed: The Looming Fight between the Trump Administration and the State of California over Climate Change Rules for Cars
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico's Morning Energy) The looming fight between the Trump administration and the state of California over climate
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Department of Energy Selects $3 Million in Research Projects to Advance Biofuels, Bioenergy, and Biobased Products
(U.S. Department of Energy) Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $3 million in funding for advanced
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Port of Seattle Announces Partnership for Sustainable Aviation Fuels at Sea-Tac Airport
(Port of Seattle) Innovative partnership with 13 airlines aims to replace 10 percent of traditional jet fuel with local, sustainable supply
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
EPA Lacks Power to Administratively Expand Ethanol Waiver
(Institute for Energy Research) The Trump administration is considering expanding the ethanol fuel waiver in the Clean Air Act (CAA) to
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Capital Light Scale-Up : Utopia or Perfect Storm?
by Mark Warner (Warner Advisors LLC/Biofuels Digest) Capital light scale-up utilizes existing fermentation facilities, in lieu of purpose-built demonstration facilities, to bring
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Tech-Agnostic, Integrated, Diversified Biorefineries: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to SG Preston
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) SG Preston is a Philadelphia-based bioenergy company, which has unveiled its Multi-Facility Program that will include the
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
UPDATE 1-U.S. Refiners Reap Big Rewards from EPA Biofuel Waivers
by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s expanded use of waivers to free small refineries from the nation’s biofuels
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
EVs and Ethanol Mix Well Together
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) The future is bright for electric vehicles and ethanol to work together to increase future vehicle energy
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Parties to White House Biofuel Deal Disagree What's Agreed
by Jennifer A Dlouhy and Mario Parker (Bloomberg) Tentative agreement struck during a White House negotiation; Refiners could benefit with biofuel exports allowed
May 09, 2018 Read Full Article
Urban Air Uncovers More Fishy Fuel Testing
(Urban Air Initiative) Urban Air Initiative uncovered what looks to be more fishy fuel testing. Last year, we called out the Coordinated Research
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Theresa May Opens the UK’s ‘First’ Biomass Training Facility at Further Education College
(Bioenergy Insight) Biomass company LC Energy has partnered with Berkshire College of Agriculture and Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership to
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Philippine Coconut Oil Producers Want B5
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In the Philippines, the national coconut producers association is calling on the government to boost biodiesel blending to
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Sugarcane’s Toxic Waste Can Turn into a Boon for Farmers
by Paul Johnl (Times of India) Sugarcanemolasses-based distilleries in India are not only water guzzlers but purge a highly toxic residue— spent-wash or vinasse.
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
BioAmber Files for Chapter 11 in both US and Canada
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Canada, BioAmber Inc. announced that it filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Wolf Administration Allocates $5 Million to Support Alternative Fuel Transportation Initiatives DEADLINES July 13, 2018 and December 14, 2018
(Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection) The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is accepting grant applications for innovative, advanced fuel, and
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Certification Schemes Are Holding Back True Sustainability, Says Report
by Niamh Michail (Food Navigator) Many certification schemes are blocking true sustainability by watering down standards in order to get stakeholders
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Accelerating Ag Innovation: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to the USDA Agricultural Research Service
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. ARS conducts
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
Velocys Picks up Velocity While Rockin’ with Red Rock
by Helena Taveres Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In the United Kingdom, renewable fuels company, Velocys, received a “notice to proceed” action to commence manufacturing of
May 08, 2018 Read Full Article
How to Save $10 per Fillup — Ethanol
by Todd Sneller (Nebraska Ethanol Board/Kearney Hub) Many consumers felt their wallets lighten as the numbers ticked up on the gas
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Pruitt’s Renewable Fuel Attacks Cost Him GOP Support in Congress
by Mike Carr (The Hill/New Energy America) As the drip, drip of Pruitt scandals becomes a deluge, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s supporters
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Focus Growing on Win-Win Soil Health Outcomes
(Solutions from the Land) U.S. agricultural producers have long understood that healthy soil is a critical requirement for the production of
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
City in Western Germany Will Power Fleets with Local, Green Hydrogen
(GFW, GreenHydrogen, Calvera and CleanTech/NGV Journal) Next year, buses in Rennerod, Germany (north of Frankfurt), will be powered by an advanced,
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Promotion of Bioethanol Remains Promising but Challenging
(China Daily) To boost industrial demand for corn and cut emissions, China has launched corn-to-ethanol pilot programs in 2004. However, the
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Nitin Gadkari Grants Permission to Bajaj, TVS to Make Bio-Ethanol Vehicles Using Rice and Wheat Straw
(News 18) Gadkari suggested that institutions engaged in agricultural research take up topics such as biofuel to reduce dependency on oil
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Meetings Set for Garbage-to-Ethanol Plant in Inver Grove Heights
by Bob Shaw (Twin Cities Pioneer Press) A plan to reuse 2 million gallons of wastewater a day will be discussed
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Bosselman Travel Center to Observe Renewable Fuels Month on May 18
by Robert Pore (Grand Island Independent) Bosselman Travel Center at 3335 W. Wood River Road in Grand Island will be
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
Carl Icahn's Refinery Investment Has Rebounded by $1.4 Billion, Boosted by Trump Energy Policy
by Tom DiChristopher (CNBC) -Shares of CVR Energy have more than doubled since August, resulting in a $1.4 billion paper
May 07, 2018 Read Full Article
USDA Solicits Applications for Repowering Assistance Program
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The USDA is soliciting applications for up to $5 million in funding under its Repowering
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RFA to Testify at House Hearing on “Sharing the Road: Policy Implications of Electric and Conventional Vehicles in the Years Ahead.”
(Renewable Fuels Association) At the National Ethanol Conference in February, speakers offered differing views on the potential for electric vehicles in the vehicle marketplace,
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Student Scientist Receives Grant from Biodiesel Foundation
by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) The National Biodiesel Foundation has announced the recipient of the first Beth Calabotta Sustainable Education Grant is studying Chemical
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Wisconsin Publishes Request for Proposals (RFP) for Energy Innovation Grant Program
(Wisconsin) Wisconsin City, Village, Town, County and Tribal Governments, manufacturers, and K-12 school districts are encouraged to apply for the
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Iowa Legislature Approves Funding for State Blender Pump Program
(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association) Renewed program to boost consumer choice for higher biofuel blends -- Last night (May 2, 2018) the Iowa
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Burning of Biofuels, Suspended Dust Emit 48% of Total Pollution in Mumbai
by Virat A Singh (Daily News and Analysis India) ... "The sector-wise figures would not have changed substantially though its
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Biofuels Lab Opens at Penn State Behrend: HERO BX Partnership Extends Open-Lab Model to College's School of Science
(Pennsylvania State University) A $1 million investment by HERO BX, an Erie-based biodiesel company, will create research opportunities for students and
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Debate over the RFS Is Playing out on the Political Stage: The Public Discussion Rarely Considers American Consumers.
by Donnell Rehagen (National Biodiesel Board/Biofuels Digest) The biofuels industry found itself in an unusual position for much of the past 12
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Estonian Forest Magic: Sweetwater, Graanul to Build First Commercial Biorefinery for cellulosic sugars, lignin
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Sweetwater Energy and Europe’s largest wood pellet producer, the Tallinn, Estonia-based AS Graanul Invest, said
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New Research Shows the Health Benefits of Ethanol-Fueled Cookstoves
by Jieyi Lu (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) Today, about three billion people still cook and heat their homes with traditional
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Bioenergy (Biofuels/Biomass) Low-Carbon Biofuels, Bioproducts Crucial to Two Degree Scenario
by Jessie Stolark (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) In April, the European Commission, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), below50, the Biofuture
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
In their letter to the EPA, a group of midwestern biofuels groups noted, "Both the volume and expeditious manner in
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3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference --- May 13-16, 2018 --- Berlin, Germany
As the world’s population edges towards 9 billion, the strain on our planet’s resources is progressively increasing. In both the
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CALL FOR PAPERS 18th Annual BioCycle Conference On Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling and American Biogas Council — October 15-18, 2018 Raleigh, NC DEADLINE: July 1, 2018
BIOCYCLE REFOR18 is organized by the Editors of BioCycle magazine. It is also the Official Conference of the American Biogas Council. Best venue for you to achieve success
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The Production and Use of Renewable Natural Gas as a Climate Strategy in the United States
by Rebecca Gasper and Tim Searchinger (World Resources Institute) The production of renewable natural gas (RNG, also known as biomethane or upgraded
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Siemens Unveils Natural Gas Engines Capable of Running on Different Fuels
(Siemens Spain/NGV Journal) Siemens presented its new high-efficiency, low-emission gas engines at the 6th China International Bioenergy and Biomass Utilization Summit in
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Biomethane Supply Expected to Grow at North American CNG Stations
(Fortistar/NGV Journal) Fortistar, LLC will be entering construction shortly on a portfolio of new landfill Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) projects for
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Mail Call! Biofuels Write to EPA on Strategy
by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico's Morning Energy) A coalition of Midwest biofuels associations sent a letter Thursday to EPA asking it
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Biodiesels Produced from Certain Feedstocks Have Distinct Properties from Petroleum Diesel
by Steve Hanson, Neil Agarwal (U.S. Department of Energy Energy Information Agency) Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from various feedstocks, including
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How Trump Might Make SUVs Pricier in Seattle than Omaha
by Camille von Kaenel (E&E News) ... The Trump administration's efforts to weaken vehicle pollution requirements could set up a split