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Stabenow’s Green-Energy Tax Break Plan Falls Short
March 14, 2012 – 4:29 pm | No Comment

by Josiah Ryan and Ben Geman (The Hill)   The Senate on Tuesday rejected plans to extend a host of lapsed or soon-to-expire tax breaks for renewable fuels and power sources.
Lawmakers voted 49-49 for Sen. Debbie …

Opinion: Making the Case for Renewable Energy Subsidies
March 13, 2012 – 6:04 pm | No Comment

by Wayne Lee (Biorefining Magazine/Lee Enterprises Consulting)   …Since renewable fuels do not enjoy the longer-term subsidies and programs of oil, we are back asking Congress and the administration for some stability.
…First, we must understand …

Obama Budget Would Cut $40 Billion in Fossil-Fuel Credits
February 14, 2012 – 5:16 pm | No Comment

by Jim Snyder and Brian Wingfield (Bloomberg)  President Barack Obama, who pledged an “all of the above” energy strategy that included fossil fuels, renewed his proposal to cut more than $40 billion in tax breaks for …

International Air Transport Association Stresses Congestion In Emissions Spat
February 13, 2012 – 1:15 pm | No Comment

by Leithen Francis (Aviation Week)  The International Air Transport Association’s target of carbon neutral growth from 2020 can still be achieved, but the airline industry “can’t do it on our own,” says IATA head Tony …

Debate Continues on Big Oil’s Big Profits
February 9, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment

(Los Angeles Times)  The five so-called “super major” oil companies – Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips,Chevron and BP– have just wrapped up their fourth quarter earnings reports, but not without inspiring disdain over how they made those billions in …

Bernie Sanders Pledges Legislation Ending ‘Absurdity’ of Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies
January 27, 2012 – 1:26 pm | No Comment

by Mat McDermott  (TreeHugger)  We just learned, based on IEA calculations, if all fossil fuel subsidies were eliminated it would result in greenhouse gas emission cuts deep enough to get us halfway to preventing dangerous climate change. Indeed, …

Obama Calls for End to Oil Subsidies
January 25, 2012 – 2:03 pm | No Comment

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)   In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama voiced strong support for renewable energy and an end to oil subsidies.
“We have subsidized oil companies for a century. …

Scrapping Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Would Get Us Halfway There on Climate Change
January 23, 2012 – 10:44 am | No Comment

by Ezra Klein, Brad Plumer (The Washington Post)  …In 2010, the world spent $409 billion on fossil-fuel subsidies to artificially lower the price of coal, gas and oil. Eliminating those subsidies would curb fuel use …

Tell Them Willie and Ike Are Here
January 13, 2012 – 9:00 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …Brooke Coleman, executive director of the Advanced Ethanol Council, turned attention to free market principles and market access, after the New York Timesran astory on cellulosic biofuels mandates, titled “A Fine …

Ethanol Remains a Bargain
January 12, 2012 – 2:53 pm | No Comment

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  …In recent weeks, many headlines have trumpeted the argument that gas prices will be higher as a result of expiration of the VEETC. As is often the case, a …

National Cattlemen’s President-Elect Says Group Is Not Opposed to Ethanol
January 9, 2012 – 3:08 pm | No Comment

by Heather Thornstensen (AgriNews)  While they had a leader from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association at their recent annual convention, the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association brought together a panel to discuss whether the ethanol and …

Biodiesel a Concern as Renewable Fuel Subsidies End
January 9, 2012 – 2:55 pm | No Comment

by Mark Steil (Minnesota Public Radio)  A couple of key federal subsidies for the renewable fuel industry are about to end, cutting billions of dollars tax credits for the ethanol and biodiesel industries.
Congress could renew …

After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires
January 9, 2012 – 2:42 pm | No Comment

by Robert Pear (New York Times)  …“We are in a fairly prosperous period for agriculture,” said Dean C. Taylor, a former president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. “Agriculture has not been as much of a …

FORUM: Ethanol Needs Infrastructure in Absence of Tax Credit
January 9, 2012 – 11:02 am | No Comment

by Doug Sombke (Rapid CityJournal/South Dakota Farmers Union)  …What the ethanol industry needs now is investment in improved infrastructure to get ethanol closer to being equal in the marketplace with regular gasoline.
For decades, big oil …

Ethanol Makers Shrug off Expiration of Key Tax Credit
January 9, 2012 – 10:50 am | No Comment

by Chris O’Malley (Indianapolis Business Journal)  …But it looks like motorists, rather than ethanol makers, stand to feel the pain.
The reason is the survival of another federal measure, known as the Renewable Fuels Standard. It …

RFA: Industry Will Fight for Cellulosic Tax Credits
January 9, 2012 – 10:37 am | No Comment

by Ken Anderson (Brownfield Ag News)The federal ethanol blenders’ tax credit for grain-based ethanol expired without protest from the ethanol industry at the end of 2011.
But the head of the Renewable Fuels Association—Bob Dinneen—says the …

Biofuel Subsidies Need Reform
December 30, 2011 – 11:19 am | No Comment

by Nathanael Green (Energy Now/Natural Resources Defense Council)  …Our dependence on oil hurts our economy, helps our adversaries and puts our security at risk. Each day we send over $1 billion overseas for oil, often …

Biofuel, Renewable Chemical Advocates Push Reliable Tax Incentives, S. 1764
December 27, 2011 – 3:40 pm | No Comment

by Jeanne Roberts (Energy Boom)  On Wednesday, December 14, representatives from the nation’s biofuels, renewable chemicals and biobased products industries provided written testimony to a U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee aimed at insuring the smooth continuation of …

The Cellulosic Ethanol Debacle: Congress Mandated Purchase of 250 Million Gallons in 2011. Actual Production: 6.6 Million.
December 14, 2011 – 9:56 am | No Comment

(The Wall Street Journal) Review & Outlook:  Years before the Obama Administration dumped $70 billion into solar and wind energy and battery operated cars, and long before anyone heard of Solyndra, President Bush launched his …

The 10 Top Unanswered Biofuels Questions for 2011
December 14, 2011 – 9:07 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …Your calls and emails are always the highlight of our days. Most questions can be answered johnny-on-the-spot. Some are still out there and well worth arguing over. Here are the …

Flying High on Advanced Biofuels!
December 10, 2011 – 2:21 pm | No Comment

by Mike McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biorefining Magazine)  As I write to you, I am witnessing history at 40,000 feet above the U.S., a rare privilege, as one of the first commercial passengers on board the …

Four Days in the Algae Epicenter: A Review of the Algae Biomass Summit and the State of the Industry
December 10, 2011 – 2:12 pm | No Comment

by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine)  …Spending four days in Minneapolis amidst the largest and most impressive gathering of algae experts in academia, private business and government institutions, would convince anyone that in the algae industry …

Level the Playing Field for All Energy Sources
December 9, 2011 – 1:38 pm | No Comment

(25 x ’25)  Amid the political clamor surrounding congressional efforts to cut federal spending over the next decade and reduce the nation’s deficit, the ethanol industry has conceded that a seven-year subsidy benefiting the sector …

A New Era For Biofuels
December 8, 2011 – 9:41 am | No Comment

by Bret Korsgaard (SeekingAlpha)  …Companies like Solazyme (SZYM), KiOR (KIOR), GEVO (GEVO), Amyris (AMRS) and Codexis (CDXS) were generally met with favorable terms in the public markets. The Street seemed to acknowledge that for a …

Asian Palm-Based Biofuel May Struggle in U.S.
December 6, 2011 – 10:40 am | No Comment

by Niluksi Koswanage (Reuters)  Indonesian palm-based biodiesel shipments seeking a foothold in the United States will face stiff competition from feedstocks such as corn oil and waste oils, which will become cheaper as more supplies …

Ethanol Margins to Fall: Blender Credit Will Expire at Year’s End
November 29, 2011 – 10:17 am | No Comment

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  Ethanol producers will lose about 25 to 30 cents per gallon on operating profits when the tax credit for blenders goes away after Dec. 31.
…(Walt) Wendland, who also is president …

Renewable Reserve Accounting: Building the Biofuels Balance Sheet
November 29, 2011 – 9:11 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Should biofuels have its own reserve accounting system and accompanying balance sheet booster, just as the oil & gas industry has? Ceres CEO Richard Hamilton says “yes”, and explains why, …

Reflections on Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference, San Francisco, November 8-10
November 21, 2011 – 2:49 pm | No Comment

by Stefaniya Becking (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Advanced Biofuels Markets conference held in San Francisco on November 8-10 provided a great gateway to get plugged into the biofuels industry. The conference offered an excellent line-up of …

Ethanol Subsidy Foes Sponsor $64,000 Per Truck Natural gas Subsidy
November 16, 2011 – 7:59 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  …Recently, it became clear what fuel Rep. Boren did like in his truck,  natural gas, when the Oklahoma congressman co-sponsored legislation that would pay American truck owners up to $64,000, per …

Support for Federal Backing of Renewables Slips, Driven by GOP Skepticism
November 11, 2011 – 9:38 am | No Comment

By Juliet Eilperin and Jon Cohen  (The Washington Post) Support for putting federal funds into alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and hydrogen has slipped to its lowest point in polls since 2006, driven by growing …

The Uncertain Tomorrow
October 31, 2011 – 4:34 pm | No Comment

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  Expiring biofuel tax credits and a dysfunctional Congress
…But given Congress subsidizing an obviously profitable oil industry, coupled with subjecting biofuels to stringent GHG emissions reductions while the petroleum industry has …

A.I.M’s Interview: Sapphire Energy’s C.J. Warner and Tim Zenk
October 31, 2011 – 3:42 pm | No Comment

by David Schwartz (Algae Industry Magazine)  …C.J. (Warner, Sapphire Energy’s President and Chairman) keynoted at the recent Algal Biomass Summit, attending along with Tim Zenk, Sapphire’s Vice President of Corporate Affairs, who was formerly executive …

Algae Industry Is Bubbling Up
October 28, 2011 – 1:48 pm | No Comment

by David Shaffer (Star Tribune)  The latest clean-tech energy contender pushes toward commercial production, even as federal money is drying up.
The ingredient list for products ranging from jet fuel to dietary supplements may soon get …

Dems Press Supercommittee to Go after Oil subsidies
October 20, 2011 – 9:09 am | No Comment

by Ben Geman (The Hill/E2Wire)  The latest effort came in a Friday letter from 38 members, spearheaded by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), that argues “the United States can no longer afford …

Coalition for E85 Urges Retention of Ethanol Tax Credit
October 12, 2011 – 10:36 am | No Comment

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.org)  A coalition of retailers, producers, equipment manufacturers have formed the Coalition for E85with the stated purpose of protecting consumer access to 85% ethanol blends.
According to the coalition, if the current tax credit for …

Memo to Congress and Candidates: American Biofuels Boost Job Creation
October 6, 2011 – 9:37 am | No Comment

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/The Hill’s Congress Blog)  …Many quintessentially American industries with proven records of job creation hold the promise of exponential job growth if given a chance. American ethanol is one such …

Waste-to-Biofuels: Enerkem VP Marie-Helene Labrie
October 4, 2011 – 9:36 am | No Comment

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Marie-Helene Labrie said that the company looked for markets where there was effective government support all through the project from R&D, pilot & testing, commercial demonstrations, and full scale commercialization, …

Life After VEETC
September 29, 2011 – 9:35 am | No Comment

by Ron V. Lamberty (American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  …And, we need to make their customers comfortable buying new blends of fuel such as E15, E85 or other midlevel blends.
A gasoline retailer recently told …

The Subsidy Debate: Oil vs. Ethanol
September 28, 2011 – 5:50 pm | No Comment

by Kate Bechen and Porter J. Martin (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  …But what often is missing in criticisms of ethanol is an acknowledgement that the oil industry significantly benefits from a variety of tax credits, incentives …

Biodiesel Plants Back from the Brink
September 20, 2011 – 2:25 pm | No Comment

by David Shaffer  (Los Angeles Times)   Across the nation, biodiesel plants have been restarting or ramping up production, spurred by a revived federal tax credit and renewable energy mandates.
…At least 52 of the nation’s 170 …

Fast Food Chains Place Order for No New Ethanol Subsidies
September 19, 2011 – 12:48 pm | No Comment

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Anti-ethanol interests have launched their latest campaign focused on ensuring the demise of ethanol subsidies with a letter sent Sept. 15 to all members of Congress urging them not …

Congress Needs Courage to End Oil, Gas Subsidies
September 19, 2011 – 12:32 pm | No Comment

by Ryan Alexander (Taxpayers for Common Sense/Seacoastonline.com)  …For 16 years, Taxpayers for Common Sense has been advocating for the elimination of federal spending that does not deliver a fair return to taxpayers. Topping our list …

Fixing A Broken Biofuel Incentive Program
September 15, 2011 – 9:43 am | No Comment

by Robert Rapier (Forbes)  …My Plan: Award Direct Per Gallon Subsidies for Oil Displacement
Instead of offering grants and loan guarantees for cellulosic ethanol producers — and forcing blenders to pay when they can’t purchase product …

Ethanol Tax Credits to Expire
September 14, 2011 – 11:14 am | No Comment

by Sarah Gustin (KXMB TV Bismark)  …(Jeff Zueger / Blue Flint Ethanol) “We really need blender pump infastructure, we need flex fuel vehicle infastructure, so we can get to those higher level blends so consumers …

Ethanol Critics Target Mandates as Subsidy Ends
September 12, 2011 – 2:43 pm | No Comment

by Philip Brasher (Gannett/Des Moines Register)  …The industry likely stands a better chance of protecting the annual usage mandates, known as the Renewable Fuel Standard, from being weakened by livestock or environmental interests. “I don’t …

Keystone BioFuels Paves Way for Evolving Fuel industry
September 12, 2011 – 7:25 am | No Comment

Monica Von Dobeneck (The Patriot-News /PennLive.c0m)  Ben Wooten is doubling his workforce, quadrupling his space and increasing his production tenfold at his Keystone BioFuels in Lower Allen Twp.    Not bad in a stagnant economy, …

Future Ethanol Policy Changes
September 7, 2011 – 8:15 am | No Comment

by Kent Theisse (Corn and Soybean Digest Blogs and Opinions)  … Many people are very excited about producing ethanol from woodchips, switchgrass, algae and other substances; however, most of this type of ethanol production is still …

Ethanol Remains a Sensible Alternative to Oil
September 7, 2011 – 8:03 am | No Comment

by Stephanie Dreyer (Growth Energy/Baltimore Sun)  Letter to Editor:  Karen Hosler’s recent opinion piece calling for an end to ethanol subsidies (“End the ethanol charade,” Aug. 30) uses sweeping generalizations that distort the truth about …

US Biodiesel Industry Producing Record Volumes
August 29, 2011 – 7:32 am | No Comment

(Farm Business)  US biodiesel production reached a new monthly high of 81 million gallons in June, according to the latest EPA statistics, marking a third consecutive month of record volumes and continuing a remarkable turnaround …

Lights, Camera, Congress…
August 24, 2011 – 5:06 pm | No Comment

by Michael McAdams (Biorefining Magazine)  …Washington’s jolting performance and the economic aftershocks have those of you on the verge of commercializing your replacement fuels questioning whether Congress and the White House can successfully provide the …