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Squeezing More From Ethanol

by Matthew L. Wald (The New York Times)  Faced with a crop of lemons — too much ethanol, a population of cars not tuned to burn it effectively and a driving public leery of the fuel’s properties — the Environmental

May 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Divisions Appear To Grow Among Biofuels Groups Over EPA Fuels Policies

(Clean Energy Report)  An initial split between some biofuels groups over EPA's 2013 renewable fuel standard's (RFS) production targets appears to be expanding divisions over other agency fuel policies. Advanced biofuels producers are opposing EPA's Tier III plan to make 15

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Advanced Biofuels USA Supports Proposed Tier 3 Higher Octane Vehicle Fuel and Emissions Regulations, with Recommendations for Implementation

(Advanced Biofuels USA)  As part of the recently proposed Tier 3 motor vehicle fuel and emission regulations, EPA had included a very forward looking idea that could bring higher octane, higher ethanol (E-30) gasoline to the marketplace.  Advanced Biofuels USA

May 03, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel: The Other Green Biofuel

by Joe Jobe (The Wall Street Journal/National Biodiesel Board)  It is not true that all renewable fuels are the same and that advanced biofuels aren't being produced on a commercial scale ("An Ethanol Spring," Review & Outlook, April 17). Biodiesel is

May 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Colorado Needs the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Kent Peppler (Denver Post)  ...But predictions of more off-the-charts wildfires this summer are a reminder of how fragile it all is and how much we have to lose. Renewable fuels can help us protect it. ... We must address the root

May 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel's Position in the Unfair War on Ethanol

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  If RFS detractors get their way, biodiesel may become a casualty of the war against ethanol. It's up to all of us to make sure this doesn't happen In editorials and opinions circling the issue of

May 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Energy Committee Seeks Stakeholder Comments on the Impacts of the RFS on Agriculture

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is continuing its assessment of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The Committee has issued its second white paper focusing on "Agricultural Sector Impacts." The Committee is seeking stakeholder

April 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Kinder Morgan Generating 700,000 RINS Per Month from Transmix Ops

(TankTerminals.com)  April 22, 2013 [OPIS] - Thanks to its transmix operations, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is seeing only upside from the steep escalation in the value of RINs, having reaped nearly $2 million from their sale in the first quarter,

April 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Increase My MPG!

(The PEW Charitable Trusts) High gas prices may give us pause before taking a long road trip, but we still need to drive to work, the grocery store or school. This Pew Clean Energy Program video highlights the benefits of increasing

April 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol RINs Market Explodes

by  Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Lack of transparency makes market analysis difficult. ...The ethanol producer's role in RIN generation is basic: produce the physical gallons and fill in the required information to generate the RINs in the automated EMTS system.

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Institute for Energy Research’s Response to Politico Op-Ed Smells Like a Skunk

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  ... (Robert) Murphy simply regurgitates Big Oil’s false argument that the RFS is driving up fuel costs. There’s not a shred of evidence to support that notion, but that’s never stopped these folks before. Murphy

April 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Differing RINs Estimates Creates Confusion, Market Spikes

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Confusion remains over how to interpret and compare various estimates of renewable identification number (RIN) availability, said Nick Paulson, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois.

April 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Recall

by Ken Root (High Plains Midwest Ag Journal)  ...But there were sectors of agriculture that saw a dramatic change in the cost of their feedstock and began to align with each other and any other interest that would sympathize with

April 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Standard Under Attack

by RP Siegel (TriplePundit)  Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad appeared together recently defending the Renewable Fuel Standard from recent attacks from people like Robert Bradley Jr. who writes for Forbes. Bradley, an adjunct scholar of the fossil-fueled Cato and

April 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Bob Dinneen Gives the WSJ a Failing Grade

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  If the editorial writers of the Wall Street Journal consider themselves students of mine, “An Ethanol Spring,” (April 17), I am saddened to report to you that you’ve failed.  Apparently, you skipped too many

April 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Agronomists and Admirals: Looking back at ABLC 2013

by Pavel Molchanov (Raymond James and Associates/Biofuels Digest)  ...There is no question that there have been growing pains along the way, more than we would have hoped, but the industry continues along its trajectory towards scale. We expect 2013 to be a

April 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuel Exec: Change to Fuel Mandate Would Hurt Iowa Cellulosic Plant

by Christopher Doering (Des Moines Register)  A meaningful change to the country’s renewable fuel mandate would drastically curtail the market opportunity for a cellulosic ethanol plant being built in Emmetsburg by ethanol producer Poet and Dutch-based DSM Advanced Biofuels, a

April 22, 2013 Read Full Article

AFPM Welcomes EPA Move to Address Biodiesel Fraud but Greater Fix is Needed

(Wall Street Journal/The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers)  The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) and American Petroleum Institute (API) filed comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed biofuel Quality Assurance Program. "EPA's proposal is a welcome attempt

April 19, 2013 Read Full Article

Oil-and-Gas Lobby Talks Biofuel Rule with White House, EPA, Senior Lawmakers

by Zack Coleman (The Hill E2Wire) The head of a powerful oil industry lobbying group met with top White House officials and senior lawmakers Wednesday about stripping a federal biofuel rule. “We’re talking about the renewable fuel standard (RFS). It’s a hot

April 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Local View: Renewable Fuel Stand Is Working

by Tim Scheer (JournalStar.com)  Once again, the Renewable Fuel Standard is the subject of debate and attack in Washington, DC. In truth, the RFS is one of the most successful pieces of legislation in recent years, because it has done exactly

April 18, 2013 Read Full Article

BIO Comments on EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Rules

(Biotechnology Industry Organization) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the proposed Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS). The comments emphasized that continued stable implementation of the RFS provides

April 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Freeze It - A Proposal for Implementing RFS2 through 2015

by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (FarmDocDaily)  ...Here, we present a proposal for implementing the RFS2 through 2015 that recognizes the constraints implied by the E10 blend wall and will avert the impact of the issues identified in the previous

April 11, 2013 Read Full Article

New EPA Fuel, Emission Standards A Benefit for Ethanol

(Farm Futures)  National Corn Growers Association says more stringent emissions standards create a place for ethanol's higher octane levels to shine ...The tier 3 standards increase the level of stringency with which vehicle emissions are regulated with the goal of decreasing

April 09, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Seeks Toned-Down Renewable Fuel Goals

by Ben Goad (The Hill E2Wire)  A key industry group is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ratchet back this year’s volume requirements for biofuel production, arguing the proposed standards are unrealistic. In formal comments submitted Monday, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)

April 09, 2013 Read Full Article

USDA Asks White House to Approve Sugar-for-Ethanol Program

by Charles Abbott (Reuters)  The White House will decide in coming weeks whether to attempt to blunt low prices in the U.S. sugar market by buying hundreds of thousands of tons of surplus sugar and selling it at a loss

April 09, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Tier 3 Rules Lower Sulfur Content, Assume E15 to Replace E10

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has proposed Tier 3 emission standards for cars and gasoline. The new goals for lower sulfur content got the attention in the first days after the release of the proposed

April 08, 2013 Read Full Article

RFA to House Energy & Commerce Committee: Let RFS Work and Solutions to Blend Wall Will Be Found!

(Renewable Fuels Association)    The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today (April 5, 2013)  responded to the questions posed by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce in a white paper entitled, “Examining ‘Blend Wall’ Challenges”.  The Committee is

April 08, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Informs Court of Plan to Reconsider Cellulosic Ethanol Requirement for 2011

by Andrew Childers  (Bloomberg BNA)  The Environmental Protection Agency will voluntarily reconsider the cellulosic ethanol blending requirement for 2011, the agency told a federal appellate court in an April 3 motion (American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 12-1249, 4/3/13). It

April 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Blending Margins, RFS2 Compliance, and the Price of Gasoline

by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good  (FarmDocDaily)  ...We concluded that the buying and selling of RINs within that supply chain results in something close to a zero-sum game in terms of profitability for the industry. The result is that high RINs

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

7 Steps to Meeting US Renewable Fuels Targets

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  We go through the renewable fuels math — and find that the nattering nabobs of negativism might have crowed too soon. ...Lately, the nattering nabobs appear to have landed at the American Petroleum Institute — which

April 05, 2013 Read Full Article

DOE Study: RFS Boosts US Economy

by Bob Dinneen (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Renewable Fuels Association)  As Congress and the country debate the renewable fuel standard (RFS), Big Oil and Big Food are flooding the zone with bought-and-paid-for “studies” seeking to discredit American ethanol and the public policies

April 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Low Carbon Fuel Standard Not an Answer

by Amy Harder (National Journal)  As policy makers in Washington DC and across the country confront the costly consequences of mandating renewable fuels, some have suggested a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) as an alternative. But an LCFS would be

April 02, 2013 Read Full Article

The Future of Biofuels in 10 Charts and Maps

by Jeremy Martin (Union of Concerned Scientists)  ... The good news is that biofuel production can responsibly continue to grow if we switch from corn to biomass as a source material or feedstock. Our recent analysis confirms that biomass is available within the United States at

March 30, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Proposes Achievable Cleaner Fuels and Cars Standard, Slashing Air Pollution and Providing Extensive Health Benefits

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)  Based on extensive input from auto manufacturers, refiners, and states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed sensible standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution, prevent thousands of premature deaths and

March 29, 2013 Read Full Article

Congress’s Affair With Ethanol: Love Gone Wrong?

by Bill Chameides (The Green Grok/Duke University)  ...As a libation, ethanol’s been around for a long, long time. As a fuel, it dates back to 1826 when it was first used in an internal combustion engine. Ethanol was also the fuel

March 29, 2013 Read Full Article

11 Reasons Why You Should Invest in the Biodiesel Industry

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine/MarketWire)  Below is breakdown of the latest, sourced information as to why investment in biodiesel is a sound decision written by Ron Kotrba, Editor of Biodiesel Magazine. 1. Jump in on a growing market: The U.S. biodiesel industry

March 29, 2013 Read Full Article

US Refiners May Boost Renewables Spending if RFS Targets Not Lowered: Moody's

by Beth Evans  (Platts)  Ratings agency Moody's expects US refiners to increase investments in renewables blending and infrastructure if federal renewables targets are not lowered. "In the absence of any EPA waivers to meeting the renewable fuel requirements, we expect refiners

March 28, 2013 Read Full Article

Study Shows RINs Not Factor in Higher Gasoline, Fuel Group Says

by Mario Parker (Bloomberg)  A surge in the value of Renewable Identification Numbers for ethanol compliance isn’t one of the reasons for higher gasoline retail prices, the Renewable Fuels Association said, citing a study by Informa Economics Inc. ... “A fact-based

March 28, 2013 Read Full Article

RFS: #1 on Big Oil Hitlist for a Reason

by Brooke Coleman (National Journal/Advanced Ethanol Council)  First, let's assess what we know to be true ... RFS2 is just five years old. We are about one-third of the way through a 15-year commitment to diversify the liquid fuels marketplace with

March 26, 2013 Read Full Article

Optimistic Bearing: Staying Bullish on Ethanol Even in the Trough of Negative Margins.

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...“Ethanol’s value proposition, as a very cost-effective molecule in the motor gasoline pool, has proven itself over time, and we’re very confident of that in the future,” says Jason Searl, vice president of

March 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Senators Ask McCarthy to Outline Response to RIN Price Increase

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, have sent a letter to U.S. EPA administrator nominee Gina McCarthy, asking her to outline “how she will protect American citizens from rising gas prices due

March 25, 2013 Read Full Article

The RIN Fact Sheet: Understanding the EPA's Flexible System for Obligated Parties to Meet the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)

(Clean Fuels Development Coalition)  Background:  The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and later modified through the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The RFS requires that specified volumes of renewable fuel

March 25, 2013 Read Full Article

How Much More Domestic Corn Ethanol and Imported Sugar Ethanol Should EPA Require in 2013?

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute)  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments from stakeholders on the EPA’s proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2013. The proposed final standards would require the blending of more domestic corn ethanol in 2013 than

March 23, 2013 Read Full Article

Response to FT: E10 Blend Wall is Fiction

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association) In regard to your recent editorial (“Bloated biofuels,” March 20), you don’t need Bill Gates’ IQ to really understand what is going on with the so-called “ethanol blend wall” and Big Oil’s calls for

March 22, 2013 Read Full Article

US Congress Committee Examines RFS, Plans Hearings on Renewable Mandate

(Platts)  A third key congressional committee has entered the debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard, calling for comment on a series of questions and issuing a "white paper" detailing concerns about the biofuels mandate and some of the proposed solutions

March 22, 2013 Read Full Article

I Have a Ream: Biofuels Digest’s 60-Second Guide to this Week’s DC Overload

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  This week in Washington, it has been one for the record books, emailwise and biofuelswise. Reams and reams of emails attest to the seriousness of the stakes — as NGOs, trade associations and Congress paper

March 22, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol--Does the RFS Matter?

by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (University of Illinois/FarmDocDaily)  ...The suggestion to waive the mandate assumes that ethanol production and blending is motivated only by the RFS and that a lower mandate would result in less ethanol production and blending and

March 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Oil Calls for End of Renewable Fuel Standard

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  Major oil companies called on Congress Wednesday to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard, the six-year-old federal law mandating biofuels use that is the base of demand for both ethanol and biodiesel. The American Petroleum Institute, which

March 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Industry Responds to API’s Latest RFS Attack

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The U.S. ethanol industry is responding to the oil industry’s latest attack on the renewable fuel standard (RFS). On March 20, the American Petroleum Institute released the results of a new study conducted by

March 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Update: Valero Says Ethanoll Blending Costs to Double or Triple this Year

by Alison Sider (Dow Jones Newswire/Lloyds)  Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) said it will have to spend two or even three times as much as it did last year to comply with the federal ethanol blending requirement due to the high

March 21, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Oil's 100-Year Incentive Birthday Bash Hosted by...Biofuels?

by Meg Cichon  (Renewable Energy World)  Happy birthday, Big Oil! A group gathered in Washington D.C. this week to celebrate 100 years of tax subsidies for the oil industry – but attendees certainly weren’t oil-industry insiders – quite the opposite, in

March 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Idle Ethanol Plants Wait for New Fuel Standards

by Grant Gerlock (KBIA)  Ethanol is an up and down industry, and right now it’s down. Ethanol plants in at least 13 states have stopped running over recent months because of higher corn prices and lower demand for the biofuel.

March 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Antitrust Complaint Filed against ConocoPhillips over “Anti-Competitive Activities”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Is ConocoPhillips unlawfully attempting to limit competition in the fuels marketplace? We’ll find out soon. In Florida, Biofuels Digest filed an antitrust violation complaint against ConocoPhillips with the US Department of Justice, regarding alleged activities in

March 20, 2013 Read Full Article

Another Voice Calls for E85 as a Solution to the RINs Conundrum

by John Kingston  (Platts)  The idea of using E85 as a way out of the blendwall/RINs issue in the US has another backer. But it’s not a new backer. Well-known energy economist Phil Verleger several years ago first brought up the

March 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Ethanol Surplus May Lift Gas Prices

by Matthew L. Wald (New York Times) A glut of ethanol in the gasoline supply is threatening to push up prices at the pump and may have exacerbated the growing cost gap between regular gasoline and premium, some oil experts say. Refiners

March 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Biofuels Digest’s 10-Minute Guide to the Obama Administration’s New Energy Policy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Major push from Obama on energy.  From DOE: “Liquid fuels demand can be sufficiently reduced so that biomass can meet all liquid fuel needs.”  What’s up?  ...“I’m proposing that we take some of our oil and

March 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Camelina on the Move: Global Clean Energy Holdings Acquires Sustainable Oils

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings announced that it has acquired Sustainable Oils, a leader in Camelina genetics and production. The acquisition includes 100% ownership interest of Sustainable Oils and the ownership of the key intellectual

March 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Biodiesel Industry Poised to Help Fill Advanced Biofuel Requirement

by Anne Steckel (Biodiesel Magazine/National Biodiesel Board)  The National Biodiesel Board recently welcomed the proposed rule from the U.S. EPA establishing the 2013 advanced biofuels requirements under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) at 2.75 billion RINs. The U.S. biodiesel industry

March 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Overview of Wastewater Regulation for Biodiesel Processing

by Gary D. Colby (Biodiesel Magazine/Dilworth Paxson LLP)  Preventing discharge of biodiesel processing wastes into the environment contributes significantly to production expenses. Processors incur these costs, rather than discarding waste products more cheaply or easily for at least two reasons.

March 14, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Zeros Out 2012 Cellulosic RVO - Recognizes Phantom Fuels

(PR NewsWire/American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers)  American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President Charles T. Drevna issued the following statement following the withdrawal of its Petition for Waiver of the 2012 Cellulosic Biofuel Volumetric Requirements: "We appreciate the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) prompt

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Des Moines Company Keeps Tabs on Biofuel Production, Sales

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  EcoEngineers tapped by EPA to help audit RFS compliance. In a small office in the East Village of Des Moines, a handful of engineers and statisticians are hard at work keeping score on how much

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

For Montana Biofuel, It's Not Easy Being Green

by Tom Lutey (Billings Gazette)  When it was first promoted as a biofuel source perfect for the Montana plains, camelina looked to many like a weed. Seven tough years later, its persistence is being tested. Acres planted in the crop have plummeted

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Kountry Korner in Baxter, IA Offering E15

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  Kountry Korner in Baxter, Iowa has become the third retail location in the state to offer E15 as a registered fuel. E15, a blend of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline, has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Debate Rages over Who Is to Blame for Rising RIN Prices

(Platts)  Prices for renewable fuel credits cracked the $1 barrier Friday and RBOB prices settled sharply higher as the war of words over who is to blame for skyrocketing credits prices also escalated. ...RINs have shown "an incredible spike" in a

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Gasoline Quality Greatly Affects Fuel Systems; Not Ethanol Content

by Kristy Moore (Renewable Fuels Association)  EPA’s decision to grant the use of E15 in 2001 and newer automobiles and light duty vehicles was based on multiple-year, multiple-aspect testing of more than 88 vehicles.  The testing included evaluations of engines,

March 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Big Oil’s Self-Inflicted Blend Wall and Its Impact on RIN Pricing

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  Prices for conventional renewable fuel RINs (Renewable Identification Number)[1]have increased significantly in recent weeks. Oil companies and various media outlets have suggested the increase in RIN prices is due to the arrival of the

March 08, 2013 Read Full Article

One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Synthetic Crude Oil

by Bill Hagstrand (Crain's Cleveland Business)  Do you know your trashcan probably contains materials that can be converted into crude oil? Or that a couple of trailblazing companies in Northeast Ohio are creating energy from discarded plastics and old rubber

March 07, 2013 Read Full Article

How to Ensure Biofuel Crops Don’t Become Weeds

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)  A Virginia Tech researcher, along with several others, have offered a way to ensure that plants grown for biofuels do not become an invasive weed. According to Jacob Barney, an assistance professor of plant pathology, physiology

March 07, 2013 Read Full Article

Bloomberg Report Outlines 2013 Issues to Watch

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Bloomberg New Energy Finance has published a white paper outlining eight issues is has identified as being central to the biofuels industry in 2013. The report, titled “US biofuels in 2013: stories to watch,”

March 07, 2013 Read Full Article

Skyrocketing RIN Prices Signal Ethanol Blend Wall Imminent

(Platts)  Prices of renewable fuel credits, needed by refiners to comply with the nation's Renewable Fuel Standard, have skyrocketed over the past few months, an indication to some that the dreaded "blend wall" is close. The price for the traded Renewable

March 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Stoel Rives Publishes White Paper on RIN Program Change Proposal

(Stoel Rives/Biodiesel Magazine)  Stoel Rives LLP, a national energy and biofuels law firm, has published a white paper that provides a comprehensive overview of proposed regulatory changes to the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program, specifically the renewable identification number (RIN)

March 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Arundo Donax Safe from Noxious Weed Designation in North Carolina

(SFN Today)  At the North Carolina Board of Agriculture’s meeting on Tuesday, whether or not to classify Arundo donax as a noxious weed in the state was at the top of the agenda. Vernon Cox, Division Director of the Plant

March 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Unleashing the Power of the Bio-Economy

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Recommendations from the Milken Institute — and a group of industry heavyweights — to accelerate the bioeconomy revolution. In California this week, the Milken Institute released a good read on the future of the bioeconomy, based

March 06, 2013 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuel Standard Is Working as Intended

by Ed Ulch (The Gazette)  ... World Grain stated in its February issue that “Grain-based food companies had record stock performance in 2012.” Big oil companies are touting high food prices to stir the public and create resistance to renewable fuels

March 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Encouraging Advanced Biofuels Development in a Low Carbon Economy

by Jeff Kessler (The Energy Collective)  ...Unlike the current consumer technology industry, where new products can offer novel or superior services, transportation fuel options compete primarily on price and availability with limited room for product differentiation. Without substantial government support

March 01, 2013 Read Full Article

Can the US Still Meet Its 2022 Biofuels Targets?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  As cellulosic biofuels technologies start to deploy — critics and friends ask, 36 billion gallons by 2022, can it still be done?   Yep, there’s a pathway. In Washington, the US Energy Information Administration released a map

February 28, 2013 Read Full Article

NACS: Liquid Fuels Will Continue to Dominate in 2040

(Convenience Store News)  Liquid fuels will continue to be the top fueling option for drivers for the next two-plus decades. However, the composition of these fuels will undergo significant change. According to the "Future of Fuels 2013" report released today by NACS,

February 27, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Refiners May Use RINs to Meet Requirement on Biofuel Use

by Louise Downing (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) ...“The biofuels sector faces difficult choices”, said Alejandro Zamorano Cadavid, U.S. analyst for biofuels at New Energy Finance. “Corn ethanol use has expanded rapidly in the U.S. as an oxygenate in gasoline. But this year,

February 26, 2013 Read Full Article

EPA Issues Final Rule for Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways under the RFS Program

(Environmental Protection Agency)   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to identify additional fuel pathways that the Agency has determined meet the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements for biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and cellulosic biofuel

February 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Team Up for Energy Victory

by Col. Bill Holmberg (ret.)  (American Council On Renewable Energy)   “Up with octane, down with aromatics, and embrace the needs of people and nature,” says ACORE’s legendary biomass guru. But less freak-out, more reach-out is needed, he cautions. ...However, certain forces

February 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Industry Groups Appeal High-Ethanol Fuel Case to Supreme Court

by Ben Goad (The Hill Reg Watch)  A coalition of industry groups asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reconsider a lower court’s finding in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2011 decision to allow sales of the high-ethanol

February 22, 2013 Read Full Article

The Biorefinery Project of the Future — Today

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... As we highlighted this week in the Digest, Chromatin and Pacific Ethanol announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement to produce, deliver and use locally grown sorghum in the production of ethanol. The

February 21, 2013 Read Full Article

The Dew Drop Inn — Who’s Dropping in What in Biofuels?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  B20, B5, B100, E10, E22, E15, M50, E85, Bu12.5, HEFA 50.  Is your head swimming with acronyms and blend ratios?  Who exactly is making drop-in fuels, and what does that mean? In the world of alternative

February 19, 2013 Read Full Article

The Ethanol Blend Wall, Biodiesel Production Capacity, and the RFS...Something Has to Give

by Scott Irwin and Darrel Good (FarmDocDaily/University of Illinois)  ...Our focus is on the increasing difficulty of meeting the RFS for both renewable biofuel (domestically produced ethanol) and advanced biofuels in the next 12 to 18 months. ...Our expectation is that

February 15, 2013 Read Full Article

Stop Them, If You've Heard This One Before

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...U.S. ethanol production proved to be the remedy to our imported oil addiction, driving America’s dependence down from 60 percent in 2005 to 41 percent last year. Incredibly, even that tired canard

February 15, 2013 Read Full Article

NRDC Post-State of the Union Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support Presidential Action to Fight Ravages of Climate Change

(Natural Resources Defense Council)  NRDC's polling immediately after the State of the Union made clear that Americans consider climate change a serious problem and want the President to take action. Sixty-five percent of Americans think that climate change is a serious

February 15, 2013 Read Full Article

New DOE Research: RFS a Proven Economic Success with Minimal Impact on Food Prices or Land Use

(Renewable Fuels Association) A new research article published last month in the academic journal Biofuels concluded that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is producing significant positive economic effects in the United States. According to the paper, authored by researchers at the Department of Energy’s

February 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Senator Dorgan: We Must Be Relentless

by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com)   Former North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan is truly an advocate for biofuels. While in office, Dorgan authored the first renewable fuel bill, requiring 8 billion gallons of biofuels. When President Bush took office, he asked

February 14, 2013 Read Full Article

Soybeans Could Be Next Chapter of Biofuels Boom

by Tom Doran  (AgNews) ...Under the current Renewable Fuels Standards, continued growth in corn-based ethanol use is uncertain do to several factors, including the 10 percent blend wall, slow implementation of higher blend, declining total gasoline demand and ethanol imports

February 12, 2013 Read Full Article

Murkowski Energy Plan Would Gut the RFS

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  On Feb. 4, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, released an energy blueprint that calls for a wide variety of changes to U.S. energy policy,

February 11, 2013 Read Full Article

Live from #NEC13: Views on the Future of Ethanol

by Bryan McBournie (SmartBlog) ... Shell Oil Products’ Downstream Policy and Advocacy Manager John Reese said his company is a big supporter of biofuels, but the RFS needs to be adjusted to avoid problems down the road. He said ethanol blends

February 08, 2013 Read Full Article

Lawmakers Pitch Plan to Tweak Renewable Mandate

(FuelFix)  Lawmakers have unveiled the first major proposal to rewrite a mandate forcing refiners to blend biofuels into gasoline, amid a growing outcry against the eight-year-old requirement. Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., and Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, introduced the legislation in the

February 08, 2013 Read Full Article

FAME Is Not (necessarily) the Answer

by Pamela Serino (Defense Logistics Agency Energy/Biofuels Digest)  ...A mandate in all countries to go to ULSD marine fuel would be my first step to cleaner fuels and lower emissions as many nations still burn very high sulfur fuels (1000-5000

February 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Distribution Infrastructure—a Hurdle to Overcome

by Donna Funk (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Kennedy and Coe LLC)   ...The current market for E15 is growing, which is an exciting statement. The industry is still facing issues associated with federal regulations restricting the sale of E15 and liability concerns from

January 30, 2013 Read Full Article

The First Lady of E15

by Tim Portz (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Kristy Moore recalls her beginnings in the ethanol industry, her fondness for American agriculture and the long road to bringing E15 to market. The story of the approval of E15 for use in model year 2001

January 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Washington Auto Show Policy Day Brings Biofuels Conversation to Capitol Hill

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) “Affordable Mobility: A Roadmap to Energy Efficiency” framed a public discussion of automotive issues for Capitol Hill staff which ranged from fuel efficiency and the new CAFÉ (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards to increasing

January 30, 2013 Read Full Article

Sneller: Increased Domestic Oil Production Could Limit Growth of Renewable Fuels

by Robert Pore (The Independent)  ...According to another speaker at the Agriculture Outlook Conference 2013, David Hightower, president of Hightower Report, ethanol has increased corn demand and added value to corn that wasn't there prior to the Renewable Fuels Standard, when

January 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Court Strikes Down Cellulosic Biofuel Mandate - Finds EPA Exceeded Statutory Authority

(American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers/PR NewsWire/Yahoo!) In a decision that questions the motivation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit today vacated EPA's 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate, concluding that its biased forecast was in 'excess of the agency's statutory authority.' "The

January 25, 2013 Read Full Article

RIN Management Strategies: Prepping for New EPA RIN Quality Rules

by Jeff Hove (RINAlliance/Biodiesel Magazine)  ...Managing RIN transactions and completing EPA reports has become slightly easier under RFS2 and EMTS rules. RIN marketing, however, has become increasingly difficult in a market that has been rocked with fraud and belligerent acts

January 25, 2013 Read Full Article

Iowa Groups Announce Formation of Iowa RFS Coalition, Thank President Obama for Unwavering RFS Support

(Iowas Renewable Fuels Association)  A group of Iowa businesses and organizations today congratulated President Obama on his Inauguration and announced the formation of the Iowa RFS Coalition.  In a letter to the President, also copied to both Iowa Senators and

January 24, 2013 Read Full Article

Knocking $40 Per Ton out of Biomass Costs, the Green Way

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...In Maryland, The Wildlife Society released a Technical Review, “Effects of Bioenergy Production on Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat,” to provide answers to questions on bioenergy development and wildlife so that site managers might better predict

January 24, 2013 Read Full Article

If You Have the Stones: The Ethanol Blend Wall, Revisited

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ... Ah, that was a time when leaders had the stones to set difficult targets and stick to them, preferring to bet on American know-how than organize the sounding of the retreat. “We choose to go

January 18, 2013 Read Full Article

RIN Management and RIN Marketing Strategies: Prepping for New EPA RIN Quality Rules

by Jeff Hove  (RINAlliance/EcoEngineers)  RINAlliance was established in 2007 to assist petroleum marketers and renewable fuel blenders with EPA blending compliance requirements. Today, RINAlliance serves 130 blenders with EPA reporting and RIN marketing. They currently manage more than 2 million RINs

January 18, 2013 Read Full Article

Choice at the Pump E15 Is Currently Cleared for Sale in a Handful of States, with Work Ongoing to Bring It to the Rest of the U.S.

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Scott Zaremba, owner of Zarco 66 convenience stores, didn’t just open the first E15 retail pump in the nation. Not long after offering 15 percent ethanol at the first station in Lawrence, Kan., he expanded

January 17, 2013 Read Full Article

Breaking the Oil Monopoly With Renewable Fuel

(AOL Energy/Fuels America Coalition)  The oil industry has taken aim at the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in a self-interested bid to retain dominance over America's transportation fuel sector. Our dependence on oil is stifling consumer choice and jeopardizing our national

January 16, 2013 Read Full Article

Pennsylvanians Angry about Plans to Ship Gas Overseas

by Alexandra Duszak (PublicIntegrity.org)  When Pennsylvanians agreed to a massive increase in natural gas drilling in the state, they were told that the economic benefit would outweigh any potential risk to the environment. The drilling employs a controversial technology known as

January 14, 2013 Read Full Article

U.S. Biodiesel Producers Gain from Tax Reinstatement


, RIN Integrity Programs

by Janet McGurty (Biofuels Digest)  ...Larger producers of biodiesel like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland get a higher price for their RINs than the producers with smaller balance sheets. For producers outside of the largest, integrated tier, RINs can fetch

January 11, 2013 Read Full Article

A Look at DuPont Biofuel’s Work on Cellulosic Ethanol and Butanol

by Robert Rapier (Consumer Energy Report) ...DuPont is currently engaged in two major projects to commercialize advanced biofuels. The first is a 30 million gallon per year corn stover-fed facility in Nevada, Iowa. DuPont  has been working on this technology for about 10

January 11, 2013 Read Full Article

API Mounts Another Attack on RFS, Ethanol Industry Fights Back

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Less than two weeks after the U.S. EPA denied the request to waive the renewable fuel standard (RFS), the American Petroleum Institute is calling on Congress to repeal it. During a press call Nov. 27, Bob Greco, API

January 02, 2013 Read Full Article

The New Milo-naires: Corn, Milo and the Biofuels Market’s Invisible Hand

by Jim Lane (BioInvest Digest)  An obscure EPA ruling may change the economics of ethanol production, forever — who wins, who loses, what’s the investor’s bottom line? Just before Christmas, the EPA issued a final rule, determining that ethanol made from

January 02, 2013 Read Full Article

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Petitions EPA to Waive 2012 Cellulosic Biofuel Mandate

(American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers/PR NewsWire)    The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today to waive the 2012 cellulosic biofuel mandate, citing a lack of domestic supply available for commercial use. Today's action

January 02, 2013 Read Full Article

Kansas Ethanol Plant Poised to Start up Anaerobic Digester Soon

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  If all goes as planned, a 50 MMgy ethanol plant in Oakley, Kan., will someday produce advanced biofuel from sorghum. To qualify as advanced biofuel, the company will power the plant with methane from

December 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2013

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...As the sunset of 2012 gives way to the dawn of 2013, here at the Digest we resist the holiday temptation to look back over the challenges and highlights of the year gone by, and

December 27, 2012 Read Full Article

SEMA Joins Forces to Repeal E15 Ethanol Mandates

(Specialty Equipment Market Association)  SEMA has joined with a number of other trade associations to sponsor “Smarter Fuel Future,” a website intended to raise awareness about the economic and environmental threats posed by the United States’ current biofuels policy. The

December 26, 2012 Read Full Article

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency May No Longer Require Minimum Gas Purchase at Certain Pumps

(American Motorcyclist Association)   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is apparently scrapping its requirement that all consumers buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps that dispense the new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. The EPA

December 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Refining Chiefs Expect More Regulations under Obama

by Simone Sebastian  (FuelFix)  ...A number of federal rules that seek to cut emissions and expand biofuel use were passed or discussed during Obama’s first term. Chief executive officers of Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum say that portends another four years of

December 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Program Launched to Authenticate Feedstock as 'Renewable Biomass'

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  ...While the biodiesel industry is working with EPA, obligated parties under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) and third-party verifiers to ensure valid generation of renewable identification numbers (RINs)—credits generated with biofuel that can be bought,

December 19, 2012 Read Full Article

Time for Bold Action on Biofuels

by Dave Juday (Hawaii Reporter)   President Obama's re-election paves the way for him to actually pursue the "all of the above" energy strategy he has promised. After a series of government-backed green tech companies collapsed, the Obama team smartly

December 18, 2012 Read Full Article

House Republicans Plan to Put Fuel Standard on Trial in Next Congress

by Zack Coleman (The Hill E2Wire)  House Republicans plan to put the renewable fuel standard on trial next Congress, a House Energy and Commerce Committee aide told The Hill. Committee staff is gearing up for hearings on the subject, citing recent

December 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Cleantech Conservative: 10 New Realities, Priorities for Biofuels in 2013

by Douglas Faulkner (Biofuels Digest)   ...Throughout his campaign President Obama proclaimed himself an oil and gas supporter even while talking about federal “investments” in green energy. And, while much ink has already been spilled in this publication about this or

December 17, 2012 Read Full Article

15 Burning Questions (and Answers) for Biofuels in 2013

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Policy, finance, technology, feedstocks, markets, prices, opposition.  Here’s what’s on your mind, as the critical 2013 deployment year for biofuels looms. So here are 15 burning questions as suggested by various Digesterati — divided for convenience

December 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Cellulosic Biofuel to Surge in 2013 as First Plants Open

by Andrew Herndon (Bloomberg) Cellulosic biofuel companies will boost production almost 20-fold in 2013 as the first high-volume refineries go into operation, signaling a shift from an experimental fuel into a commercially viable industry. Production of the fuel made from crop waste,

December 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Texas Farm Bureau Conference Exposes Rift on Ethanol

by J.B. Smith (WacoTrib.com)  ...“It’s farmers vs. ranchers,” said McLennan County Farm Bureau president and delegate Kevin Huffman in an interview. Huffman, who raises cattle, corn, wheat and cotton near McGregor, opposed both amendments but said he understood the sentiment behind

December 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Use in Gasoline Production Would Be the Same with or without RFS Waiver

by Daryll Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer (Southwest Farm Press/University of Tennessee)  ...On November 16, 2012, the EPA denied the request of Governor Perdue and others. The short story is that while the EPA recognizes the impact of the drought

December 06, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA Grants Biofuel Pathway for Grain Sorghum

(FarmFutures) Qualifies some ethanol plants to produce domestic advanced biofuel The Environmental Protection Agency Monday announced it has approved grain sorghum as an eligible feedstock under the Renewable Fuels Standard. "This is a significant step forward for the sorghum industry," said Bill Kubecka,

December 05, 2012 Read Full Article

RFA to EPA: “Time is Now” to Revise Lifecycle GHG Analyses of Corn and Sugarcane Ethanol

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should immediately initiate a process to update its obsolete lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) analyses of corn and sugarcane ethanol for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2), according to a letter sent Friday to EPA Administrator

December 05, 2012 Read Full Article

AAA Warns E15 Gasoline Could Cause Car Damage

by Gary Strauss (USA Today)  E15, a higher blend of ethanol and gasoline, has rolled out in a handful of states. But its use in older vehicles is generating warnings from AAA, which says E15 could be harmful to pre-2012

November 30, 2012 Read Full Article

Generation 1.5 Ethanol: The Bridge to Cellulosic Biofuels

by Philip W. Madson (Ethanol Across America)  ...Considering the development path of Gen 1 to better understand the current state of Gen 2 ethanol, several factors require further breakthrough developments and/or inventions for cellulosic ethanol to become commercially viable at the massive scale contemplated

November 29, 2012 Read Full Article

Response to National Council of Chain Restaurants RFS Guest Editorial

by Bob Dinneen (Renewable Fuels Association)  ... In regard to the November 28th op-ed, “A Mandate to Raise Food Prices” by Rob Green, Executive Director of the National Council of Chain Restaurants: If he really believes that the major cause of higher

November 29, 2012 Read Full Article

True or False: 10 Percent of US Corn Crop Used for Ant Repellent

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Well, that’s an absurd headline, isn’t it? False, false and false. It’s ridiculous, misleading and harmful to conclude that 10 percent of the US corn harvest is used for ant repellent – just because 10 percent

November 29, 2012 Read Full Article

API Files Suit against US EPA for 2013 Biodiesel Usage Increase

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  The American Petroleum Institute filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Nov. 26 against the U.S. EPA for its decision to mandate the use of 1.28 billion gallons

November 28, 2012 Read Full Article

The Information Source for Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles

(US Department of Energy)  The Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) provides information, data, and tools to help fleets and other transportation decisions makers find ways to reduce petroleum consumption through the use of alternative and renewable fuels, advanced vehicles, and

November 27, 2012 Read Full Article

NIST Posts Presentations for 4th International Conference on Biofuels Standards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced that it has posted presentations from the 4th International Conference on Biofuels Standards:  Current Issues, Future Trends on its web site.  The purpose of the meeting was to provide a forum for

November 26, 2012 Read Full Article

Renewable Diesel on the March

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  UOP, Eni update on the complete conversion of Eni’s Venice refinery to renewable diesel. Why is renewable diesel getting traction – and where, and when? ...Unlike biodiesel, Green Diesel is a drop-in replacement for traditional diesel.

November 17, 2012 Read Full Article

Renewable Fuels: Notices--Denial of Requests for a Waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard

(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)  In August 2012, Governors from several States requested a waiver of the national volume requirements for the renewable fuel standard program (RFS) pursuant to Section 211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act. EPA's extensive analysis makes clear

November 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Standards: Assurance of Quality or a Path toward Exclusion?

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  You know you have benefited from a conference when you come away from three days of presentations, panel discussions and a solid dose of audience participation with new understandings and clarifications; and with a

November 15, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA Releases Draft QAP Requirements for RIN Validation

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  The U.S. EPA has released its draft quality assurance plan requirements as part of its work to restructure the renewable fuel standard program to ensure renewable identification number (RIN) credits generated are valid before entering the marketplace. These

November 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Senators Bring Biofuels to Post-Sandy N.J., Address Climate Change

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Climate change may gain more attention during the next legislative session. During a press conference to discuss post-election results broadcast by C-SPAN on Nov. 7, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., stressed how important

November 12, 2012 Read Full Article

US Ethanol Lobby Expects Hearings on Renewable Fuel Mandate Next Year

(Platts)  The US ethanol industry's loudest voice in Washington expects to have to defend the Renewable Fuel Standard during congressional hearings next year. Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, told reporters Friday he considers it likely that ethanol opponents

November 12, 2012 Read Full Article

After the Election: Biofuels and the Next Four Years

by Brent Erickson (BIO/Biofuels Digest)  For the advanced biofuels industry, the 2012 election turned on Senate races. ...The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has jurisdiction over the RFS. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will remain Chairwoman, but recent media reports have raised

November 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Perspectives on 2013: Ethanol Industry Executives Approach 2013 with Optimism and Concern.

by Holly Jessen & Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Looking into the future, Jeff Roskam, CEO of the Kansas Alliance for Biorefining and Bioenergy, fears any modification of the renewable fuel standard (RFS). “Period,” he says. “Not only would this

November 06, 2012 Read Full Article

COLUMN-BP Biofuel U-Turn Upsets Second Generation: Wynn

by Gerard Wynn (Reuters)  BP's decision to scrap plans for a U.S. cellulosic ethanol refinery is a setback for second generation biofuels and opens the door to alternatives including Brazilian sugar ethanol, biodiesel and electric vehicles. The United States wants to

November 05, 2012 Read Full Article

Why Cellulosic Ethanol Depends on a Renewable Fuel Standard

by RP Siegel (TriplePundit)  ... 3p: If you look at where we today relative to the RFS, it says that by the year 2022, a total of 21 billion gallons of biofuel needs to be provided by something other than corn. That puts a

October 29, 2012 Read Full Article

ASTM D5798 - 11 Standard Specification for Ethanol Fuel Blends for Flexible-Fuel Automotive Spark-Ignition Engines

(ASTM International)  This Ethanol Fuel Blends specification covers the requirements for automotive fuel blends of ethanol and gasoline for use in ground vehicles equipped with flexible-fuel spark-ignition engines. Fuel produced to this specification contains 51 to 83 volume % ethanol.

October 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Collision Coming between Biofuels Mandates and Market Reality

by University of Illinois (Western Farm Press)  Beyond 2013, there are real questions about the feasibility of meeting the ever-increasing requirements of the RFS, and this concern goes beyond the well-known difficulties with meeting the mandate for cellulosic biofuels. ...There are

October 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Study: Waiving RFS Could Increase Feed Costs for Livestock, Poultry Producers

(Renewable Fuels Association)   Waiving the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2013 could actually result in higher net feeding costs for livestock and poultry producers, according to a new analysis conducted by Cardno-ENTRIX and commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). The study found that if a

October 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Integration of Biodiesel RIN Verification in the BQ-9000 Program

by Pete Moss (Biodiesel Magazine)  BQ-9000 is the gold standard for quality control in the biodiesel industry. The accreditation program was developed by the National Biodiesel Board to ensure better quality in a rapidly growing market. A study completed in

October 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Are High Grain Prices Good for Anyone?

by Roy Roberson (Southeast Farm Press)  • Sounds like a good deal for grain growers and a bad one for livestock producers and consumers, but are such high prices really good for any of us? • Allan Baucom says the last

October 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Ford and GM Okay E15 Blends for New Vehicles

(Opis.net)  Ford Motor Co. and General Motors have quietly approved gasoline blends with up to 15% ethanol for use in later model cars and light trucks, Oil Express has learned. Together, the automakers produce more than a third of the new

October 02, 2012 Read Full Article

When Will I Be Loved?: Supporters of the US Renewable Fuel Standard Begin to Rally

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...“Fuels America is built around one core idea: renewable fuel is essential to the U.S. economy, our nation’s energy security, our rural communities and the environment,” said former Congressman Jim Greenwood, President and CEO, Biotechnology

September 28, 2012 Read Full Article
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