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Global Alliance of Agriculture and Biofuels Partners Highlights Role of Ethanol as Immediate and Cost-Effective Climate Action Measure for Transport

(Solutions from the Land/Ethanol Europe) In the light of alarming oil industry forecasts[1] of continued growth in the world’s fleet of gasoline and diesel road vehicles to 2040 and beyond (to upwards of two billion vehicles from 1.2 billion today), ethanol sector advocates pressed government leaders at COP 25 today to further bolster support for ethanol as a renewable fuel.

Today’s ethanol contributes greenhouse gas savings of over 50 percent compared to oil-a number that increases every year as the sector innovates. With enough output to power 100 million cars globally, the amount of renewable energy supplied by ethanol is approaching that of wind energy and has surpassed that of solar. Worldwide, ethanol made from biomass is the single biggest contributor to climate action in the transport sector while also serving as a valuable revenue stream for farmers that have struggled with low prices due to global crop surpluses.

Fred Yoder, a farmer from Ohio, USA, said, “I have doubled yields on my land in the last 20 years while at the same time improving soil health, increasing carbon sequestration on the land I farm and all the while producing crops for both food and energy. My farming business would not be viable without both markets.”While much of COP25 is concerned with future innovations and politically challenging solutions for climate action in transport, ethanol is already viable, scalable and cost effective. It works in today’s transport system. There is significant supply capacity available for immediate deployment and new capacity can be easily added.

Eric Sievers, Director at Pannonia Bio, said that, “Regulation to support the ethanol contribution in climate action to date has been very successful. For ethanol to get to the end user it must first be procured and distributed by the very firms that have the least to gain from it, the oil companies, and yet it is working. This track record of regulatory success demonstrates that climate action policy-makers can depend on.”

Moving forward, it is imperative that global leaders utilize an “all of the above” strategy when employing solutions to mitigate emissions, and ethanol can serve as a complementary solution to longer-term technologies such as electric vehicles. As a renewable energy source, ethanol answers the world’s collective call for an immediate solution with proven benefits to reduce emissions in the transport sector while serving as a major player in reaching multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs) including poverty reduction through rural development, good health and well-being, climate action, and affordable and clean energy for all. READ MORE

[1] https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/news-and-insights/bp-magazine/graph-corner.html

World Bioenergy Association: Climate friendly ethanol now fuels 100 million cars (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change VIDEO of panel presentation)

RFA Stresses Ethanol Benefits at U.N. Climate Change Conference (Renewable Fuels Association)

Talks in Madrid Give Agriculture Another Opportunity to Advance Climate Solutions

(Solutions from the Land) … Representatives from the North America Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (NACSAA), a farmer-led platform for North American agricultural partners facilitated by Solutions from the Land, have been attending and contributing to the global discussions for the last two years. With this seat at the table, NACSAA delegates are promoting policies and actions that can optimize the contributions the world’s farmers can offer in the effort to stem changes to our climate that jeopardize their ability to grow ample, safe and affordable food, feed, fiber and energy.

The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) is a policy process adopted by negotiators in 2017 that for the first time fully recognizes the role agricultural interests must play to face climate challenges. The KJWA allows delegates to fully consider the sector’s vulnerability to increasing droughts, floods, violent winds and other harsh consequences of a changing climate, while allowing full exploration of the services that agriculture can offer in stemming further weather destabilization and better assuring food security.

Negotiators set out a road map of work under the KJWA protocol, including six workshops to be held sequentially up until COP 26 next November 2020. Madrid marks the fourth Koronivia workshop, in which delegates are focusing on improved nutrient use and manure management towards sustainable and resilient agricultural systems.

As it has at previous United Nations workshops, NACSAA’s delegation is in Madrid building support for the alliance’s latest recommendations. Submitted in late September, the submission addresses nutrient use and manure management. The NACSAA contingent, which includes Chairman Fred Yoder, steering committee members AG Kawamura and Ray Gaesser, and coordinator Ernie Shea, is participating in a series of agriculture and transport sector meetings and high-level events where climate change will be discussed and debated. Other allies joining to represent and advance the views and positions of North America agriculture include delegates from the U.S. Grains Council, Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association, The Fertilizer Institute, Cornell University, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions [C2ES], and other NACSAA partners.

Earlier this week, Yoder, Kawamura and Shea were guests of U.S. Ambassador to Spain Duke Buchan III at a reception he held at his residence for the U.S. congressional delegation in Madrid for COP 25. There, delegation members met and spoke with a number of the U.S. lawmakers in attendance, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Kathy Castor and Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell, who asked to learn more about ethanol as a climate solution pathway for the transport sector. READ MORE

Gaesser, Shea to Appear on Panel in Madrid at COP 25 (Solutions from the Land)

Excerpt from Solutions from the Land: (Solutions from the Land (SfL) Steering Committee member Ray) Gaesser and (SfL President Ernie) Shea will share the work being done by SfL to promote the role of CSA in statewide projects around the United States. Efforts in Ohio, Florida and Iowa, among others, aim to ensure farms, ranches and forestlands sustainably produce food, feed, fiber, energy and ecosystems services; enhance climate resilience; reduce and sequester greenhouse gas emissions; and contribute high value solutions to sustainable development goals.

The panel will also feature Tim Dwight, Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association; Noah Walker, Indigo Carbon; and Lauren Wolahan, who is with the panel’s host, Climate Nexus, a non-profit organization formed to promote solutions to climate change.

The farmer panel is among a series being held in Madrid Saturday by the U.S. Climate Action Center, an alliance of U.S. cities, states, tribes, businesses, faith groups, universities and others operating under the premise “We Are Still In” and intent on preserving a U.S. role in finding solutions to the growing threat of a changing climate.

The farmer panel will be available via video at https://m.facebook.com/US-Climate-Action-Center-at-COP25-2238274516451669/.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK — Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District

“The carbon intensity of renewable diesel is about one-third of that of a battery-electric vehicle charging on the California grid,” explained the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District in explaining the benefit of transitioning immediately to renewable diesel for its buses. READ MORE

IMO 2020: What Fleets Need to Know and How to Prepare

by Bill Zobel (Trillium/ACT News) Will the looming IMO 2020 sulfur regulation impact domestic diesel prices? How on-road fleets can

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European Biomass Conferences and Exhibition (EUBCE) — April 27-30, 2020 — Marseille, France

EUBCE 2020 will fully integrate Bioeconomy into its conference programme — The European Biomass Conferences and Exhibition has grown from a

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Advances In Biomass, Biofuels and Bioenergy — April 23-24, 2020 — New York, NY

It is focusing on ‘Biomass and Bioenergy : A solution to future’ to enhance and explore knowledge among Chemistry Departments

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International Conference on Biofuels & Renewable Energy: Shaping the Future of Biofuels to Next Decade — March 19-20, 2020 — Berlin, Germany

Biofuels Congress 2020 takes advantage of this opportunity to share your insight with the experts and global participants from renewable

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Fuels of the Future — January 20-21, 2020 — Berlin, Germany

8th ICIS Asian Oleochemicals Conference — January 15-16, 2020 — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

How can the oleochemicals industry contribute to the global movement towards a sustainable future? What are the challenges that market

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Shell to Provide Financial Support for Norwegian Biorefinery Project

(Bioenergy International) Biozin Holding AS has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Shell for financial support of

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Everfuel, Shell to Collaborate on a Large-Scale Hydrogen Plant in Denmark

(Bioenergy International) In Denmark, hydrogen infrastructure developer Everfuel Denmark A/S and A/S Dansk Shell – the Shell Refinery in Fredericia,

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Sustainable Fuels for Logistics: Deutsche Post DHL Group Sees Mass Market Potential for Synthetic Fuels in Five to Ten Years

(Deutsche Post DHL Group) Over the next 10 to 20 years, sustainable fuels will play a critical role in efforts

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Biofuels Production and Consumption in Denmark: Status, Advances and Challenges

by Sune Tjalfe Thomsen and Henning Jørgensen (IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Newsletter) 1. Status of transportation biofuel industry in Denmark In

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS II Biofuture Summit and BBEST 2020 – Brazilian Bioenergy Science And Technology Conference — March 30- April 1, 2020 — São Paulo, Brazil DEADLINE: December 15, 2019

The event will combine two different conferences in one: the second Biofuture Platform policy conference (Biofuture Summit II), and the

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Commercializing Conventional and Advanced Transport Biofuels from Biomass and Other Renewable Feedstocks; Focus on Sweden

by Mahmood Ebadian, Jim McMillan and Jack Saddler (IEA Bioenergy Task 39 Newsletter) … Task 39’s main focus remains on

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McDonald’s Gets Raw Materials via Scania Biomethane Truck Fleet

(Gasum/NGV Journal) From now on, raw materials transport to McDonald’s restaurants in Finland will be fueled by environmentally friendly renewable natural

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RFA Stresses Ethanol Benefits at COP25

by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) The Renewable Fuels Association told world leaders meeting this week in Madrid that low-carbon ethanol is an economical and

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Global Alliance of Agriculture and Biofuels Partners Highlights Role of Ethanol as Immediate and Cost-Effective Climate Action Measure for Transport

(Solutions from the Land/Ethanol Europe) In the light of alarming oil industry forecasts[1] of continued growth in the world’s fleet of

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Sunrise 2020 Presidential Candidate Scorecard

(Sunrise Movement) This page will be updated with other Democratic candidates’ scores in the coming months. Please speak out and

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Changing Process of Bio-diesel Production Would Help Reduce Emission of Dangerous Nanoparticles: TERI

(TERI) Airborne nanoparticles from diesel vehicles are even more harmful to human health than PM2.5 and PM10. TERI has suggested

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Japan Trade Agreement Expands Market Access For U.S. Coarse Grains, Co-Products

(U.S. Grains Council) As the ink dries on the final signatures needed for the new U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement, the U.S. Grains

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NORDEN Enters New Biofuel Collaboration with Kvasir Technologies

(PortNews) NORDEN has entered into a partnership with Danish based Kvasir Technologies, a spinout from the Technical University of Denmark with

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Ahok: Pertamina Must Produce 100 Percent Biofuel

byAhmad Rafiq (Temp.co) … The former governor of Jakarta (Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or known as Ahok) was officially named a

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Illinois Farm Families Launches New Docuseries on Sustainable Farming

(Illinois Soybean Association) Illinois Farm Families® has released the first episode in their new docuseries highlighting farmer sustainability practices. This engaging

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A Better Way to Halt Global Warming? Response to Dr. Chichilnisky’s Direct Air Capture Article

by Don Siefkes (E100 Ethanol Group/Biofuels Digest) … This is what we did with DDT and Freon 11. We banned them

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American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention & Trade Show — January 17-22, 2020 — Austin, TX

The American Farm Bureau Federation is the country’s largest general farm organization and prides itself in being the unified national

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Soil Carbon Science for Policy and Practice

by Mark A. Bradford, Chelsea J. Carey, Lesley Atwood, Deborah Bossio, Eli P. Fenichel, Sasha Gennet, Joseph Fargione, Jonathan R.

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Argus East Coast Biofuels & Emissions Conference — May 4-6, 2020 — Washington, DC

A movement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector is gaining traction across the nation Twelve Northeast and

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Talks in Madrid Give Agriculture Another Opportunity to Advance Climate Solutions

(Solutions from the Land) … Representatives from the North America Climate Smart Agriculture Alliance (NACSAA), a farmer-led platform for North American agricultural partners

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: 10th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts (AlgalBBB 2020) — June 14-17, 2020 — Pittsburgh, PA DEADLINE: January 31, 2020

2020 will cover all areas of emerging technologies in all areas of algal research, including microalgae, macroalgae, and biology, biotechnology,

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10th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts (AlgalBBB 2020) — June 14-17, 2020 — Pittsburgh, PA

2020 will cover all areas of emerging technologies in all areas of algal research, including microalgae, macroalgae, and biology, biotechnology,

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MAGIC Research Work Now Available Online

Insights about the most promising industrial crops grown on marginal land. MAGIC aims to promote the sustainable development of resource-efficient and

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Nominations Open for Bio-based Material of the Year DEADLINE: February 29, 2020

(nova-Institute) We are looking for an innovative bio-based material in a new application that has been launched on the market

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, INNOVATIONS: 13th Bio-based Materials Conference — May 12-13 2020 — Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany DEADLINES: January 31, 2020; April 30, 2020; February 29, 2020

Success stories and upcoming technological breakthroughs in the bioeconomy. Despite the challenging environment, innovative companies find markets for their new bio-based

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13th Bio-based Materials Conference — May 12-13 2020 — Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany

Success stories and upcoming technological breakthroughs in the bioeconomy. Despite the challenging environment, innovative companies find markets for their new bio-based

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ACT Expo Invites Nominations for Fleet Awards DEADLINE: January 24, 2020

ACT Expo invites you to recognize leadership in clean transportation progress! With the addition of two new categories, Leading Off-Road

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Air France Plans Flights to San Francisco Using SAF

(Biofuels International) Air France is planning flights to San Francisco fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The airline signed a

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Noem: State to Lead Charge for E30 Adoption

By Dan Crisler (Watertown Public Opinion) The South Dakota government plans to lead the charge in persuading the nation to

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Choices at the Pump: Convenience Matters Dives into What It Will Take to Add E15 to Your Fuel Lineup.

(National Association of Convenience Stores) On this week’s episode of Convenience Matters, “Increasing Fuel Options for Consumers,” NACS hosts John Eichberger,

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OPINION: Pipe Dope and Higher Ethanol Blends

by Cassie Mullen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The compatibility of pipe dope associated with underground storage tank systems for blends

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An Electron Highway Headed for Methanol

by Jim Shelton (Yale News) … The discovery, published online Nov. 27 in the journal Nature, finds a novel solution

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Larry Kudlow Hatches New Plan to Boost Biofuel Mandates

by Jennifer Jacobs, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Mario Parker (Bloomberg News/Transport Topics) White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow is developing a

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Research Announcement: Moody’s: Higher Demand for Ethanol and RenovaBio Will Benefit Brazilian Sugarcane Producers

(Moody’s Investor Service) -Increasing demand for ethanol will help producers to sustain margins; -Implementation of RenovaBio in 2020 will increase

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World-Scale Manure-to-Fuel Facility Has Successful Start-up

(Iogen) Threemile Canyon Farms’ Oregon facility is steadily producing renewable natural gas — Iogen Corporation would like to congratulate Threemile

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Eni: Signs MoU with Tunisian SNDP to Assess and Extend Experimental Castor Cultivation to Be Used to Produce Sustainable Biofuels

(Eni) This will be the world’s first example of semi-industrial non-food being cultivated in a pre-desert area to generate of

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Fuel from MSW and Biomass: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Velocys’ Aviation Fuel

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) For 17 years, Velocys has been working on XTL projects and their FT technology has operated

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Clean Marine Fuel in 2020: An Opportunity for Biofuel?

by Michael Newman (Parhelion Underwriting Inc./Biofuels Digest) 2018 saw the shipping industry take its first steps towards addressing the challenge of

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK — Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District

“The carbon intensity of renewable diesel is about one-third of that of a battery-electric vehicle charging on the California grid,”

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Santa Barbara MTD Is Done with Everyday Diesel

by Michael Bates (NGT News) Santa Barbara MTD, the transit agency providing bus and shuttle service in greater Santa Barbara, Calif.,

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Emissions from Production of Plastics Deserves Same Scrutiny as End-of-Life Debate, Says Expert.

by Liz Gyekye (BioMarket Insights) … Biome Bioplastics CEO Paul Mines said that the discussion around plastics isn’t solely about its

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Wisconsin Clean Cities Is Seeking Internship Candidates

(Wisconsin Clean Cities) Wisconsin Clean Cities is seeking internship candidates for the spring semester through the U.S. Department of Energy’s

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Maine Eyed for Project that Converts Electricity to Storable Gas

by Tux Turkel (Press Herald) Wind and other renewables produce excess power that could be used in the state’s natural