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#Ethanol Report from 2016 Sturgis

by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) once again partnered with the Buffalo Chip Campground to host the 76th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Aug. 8–14 in Sturgis, South Dakota. RFA Vice President of Industry Relations Robert White was

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Green Security®, a U.S. Organization, Has Certified Zphere Work’s Sustainable Agriculture & Biofuel Project in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico

(PR Web/Zphere Work) Zphere Work’s “Monarca Project”, a new sustainable Agriculture & Biofuel project in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, has been certified by Green Security®, a forward thinking U.S. organization that is focused on strategic Energy, Water and Food

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Court Backs Obama’s Climate Change Accounting

by Timothy Cana (The Hill) A federal appeals court is upholding the Obama administration’s accounting of the costs of greenhouse gas emissions as applied to a Department of Energy (DOE) regulation. In a unanimous decision late Monday, the Chicago-based 7th Circuit

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Biofuel Enzymes Industry Size, Growth and 2021 Forecasts Report

(AB Newswire/ReportsWeb.com) ReportsWeb.com adds Global Biofuel Enzymes Market 2016 Research Report to its vast collection of research database. The report is spread across 157 pages and supported by 14 company leaders, 111 list of tables and figures. The Global Biofuel Enzymes Industry

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Dabbling in Duckweed: Environmental Uses for a Green Menace

by Paul Simons (The Guardian) Despite its troublesome reputation, the weed blanket smothering ponds and waterways also has its virtues as a biofuel and food -- ... Despite its troublesome reputation, duckweed also has its virtues. As its name suggests, ducks

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The Renewable Fuel Standard: Working as Intended?

(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) ... With a potential omnibus spending package on the table this fall, the oil industry and some environmental groups have raised again the proposition of RFS reform. Two major claims made by RFS-reformers are that biofuels,

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NIFA Announces $3.1 Million in Available Funding to Train the Next Generation of Agricultural Leaders

(U.S. Department of Agriculture) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $3.1 million to train the next generation of agricultural leaders. This funding is available through the Food and

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Investors Have $100 Billion to Spend on Oil Assets No One Else Wants

by David Carey, Laura J Keller, Meenal Vamburkar (Bloomberg) Buyout firms target soured loans with eye on taking ownership; Drillers unload assets to stay afloat as cash crunch deepens -- ... Deals are picking up for a few key reasons. Oil prices are no longer

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Sacramento County Fleet to Run on Renewable Diesel

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine) Following the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Walnut Creek and Carlsbad, Sacramento County is also making the fuel switch from petroleum to renewable diesel for its heavy-duty fleet vehicles. Sacramento County will use Neste Corp.’s

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Biodiesel Association Seeks VAT Relaxation on Blending of Biodiesel

(Economic Times) Biodiesel Association of India (BDAI) has sought Value Added Tax (VAT) relaxation on blending of biodiesel from States for promoting green fuel Blending and energy security in the country. -- Currently VAT on biodiesel blending goes up to

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Automotive Expert & Car-Talk Host Bobby Likis Talks with Robert White, Vice President, Renewable Fuels Association

(EIN Presswire) E10 for engines on two wheels - as well as four – is covered under warranty by every major motorcycle manufacturer in the market -- Bobby Likis, automotive expert and host of nationally syndicated car-talk program “Bobby

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Manila Setting Ethanol Example

by Mark Dorenkamp (Brownfield Ag News) A member of the National Corn Growers ethanol committee says the capital city of the Philippines is moving forward with its renewable fuel goals. Jerry Demmer of Clarks Grove, Minnesota traveled with the U.S. Grains

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Our View: Ethanol: Politics May Change, but Realities Don’t

(Mankato Free Press) Why It Matters: Ethanol as a clean energy has come under criticism but the pollution caused by fossil fuels remains the reality. -- ... First, environmentalists complained we were paying farmers too much in subsidies to plant corn

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Gas and Grass: New Ads with Old Myths

(ClimateDenierRoundup/Daily Kos) ... Speaking of bullcrap, the American Petroleum Institute is also launching a new ad blitzas part of their astroturf Vote4Energy campaign, this one opposed to the Renewable Fuel Standard that requires biofuels, like those made from discarded corn

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EPAct’s 11th Birthday Is Something to Celebrate

by Rachel Gantz (Renewable Fuels Association) On Monday, Aug. 8, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) celebrated its 11th anniversary. Not on a first name basis with acronyms? It’s the law that gave us the original renewable fuel standard,

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Rounds: Market Ethanol to Boost Octane, Ag Economy

by Todd Epp (KELO) Senator Mike Rounds has been traveling all over the state during the summer break. The issues he says he's hearing most about are low commodity prices and the ag economy. He says one partial solution is expanding ethanol

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Gasoline Additives from Sugar

(Phys.Org) Fuel additives such as isooctane have so far been produced from mineral oil. Commissioned by the French-German company Global Bioenergies, the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna will soon be producing biobased additives for gasoline. The source

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SEAD the Diversification of Raw Material for Biodiesel

(Special Secretariat for Family Agriculture and Agrarian Development/Canal Jornal da Bioenergia (Google Translation)) Family farms will gain new market in the National Program for Biodiesel Production and Use (PNPB). In addition to oil supplies, already known to family farmers, the

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Moving RFS Obligation Would Cut Biofuel Use, Raise Fuel Prices: NATSO

by Jeff Barber (OpisNet.com) Shifting the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) from fuel refiners and importers to blenders would reduce competition at the rack and lead to lower renewable fuel use and higher retail prices, an

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National Biodiesel Foundation Teams with Amazon for Donations via School Supply Purchases

by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) ... The National Biodiesel Foundation, the foundation arm of the National Biodiesel Board, has linked with Amazon so that 0.5% of eligible items purchases will go towards the NBF to fund its activities to undertake outreach,

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Jamaica Conducting Study on Castor Oil Industry

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica has undertaken a study on the local castor oil industry as the country moves to take advantage of a global market expected to value an estimated US$1.81 billion by 2020. The study was commissioned by the Jamaica Promotions Corporation

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What’s DOE Doing about Feedstock Costs? The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to DOE’s Feedstock Programs

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Is it just cost that bedevils industrial biotechnology in bringing fuels technologies to scale. Not just, says BETO program director Jonathan Male, who adds that a DOE “Tiger Team” indentified many other factors: What about these? Use

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How to Thrive in Emerging Markets: Making Industrial Biotechnology Work away from Home

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Why do hot US agricultural technologies fail to get the explosive growth they deserve? BEE offers a new tech-to-market approach. -- ... Why think about the developing world at all? Most tech firms hardly bother. Because

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In Pitting Biofuels against the Environment, Only Clear Winner Is Oil

by Jessie Stolark (The Hill/Environmental and Energy Study Institute) ... The total amount of U.S. land under production by American farmers is down-- not just over the last 50 or 100 years, but also over the last decade according to the U.S. Department of

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API Ads Target RFS: RFS Reform, Repeal Efforts Continue

by Todd Neeley (DTN The Progressive Farmer) ... Yet Trump gave an economic speech Monday in Detroit in which he touted boosting domestic oil and gas production and made no references to renewable energy. Trump cited data in his speech from

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RFA Board Member Educates Bikers on #Ethanol

by Chuck Zimmerman (Energy.AgWired.com) Dana Siefkes-Lewis ... is the Chief Administrative Officer for Redfield Energy, an ethanol plant in Redfield, SD. She is also the President of the South Dakota Ethanol Producers Association, board member for the Renewable Fuels Association

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Red Trail Energy, EERC Win Funding to Support CCS Study

(Energy & Environmental Research Center/Ethanol Producer Magazine) North Dakota ethanol producer Red Trail Energy LLC and the Energy & Environmental Research Center, a worldwide leader in the development of solutions to energy and environmental challenges, have been awarded $490,000 by

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Out Now: CASCADES – Study on the Optimised Cascading Use of Wood

(Bio-based News) The most comprehensive study on cascading use of wood including material flows, barriers and potential measures -- Efficient and environmentally responsible biomass use is central to sustainable development and key to delivering an effective circular economy, an efficient

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SuperBIO: Building and Supporting New Bio-Based Value Chains with SMEs

(SuperBIO) The project runs from 1st of June 2016 until 30th of November 2018. Applications can be submitted until 31st of July 2018. Project background and aim: SuperBIO is a Horizon2020 innovation project that aims to develop and support at least

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Maryland Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Program (AFIP) Funding Opportunity Enrollment Open

(Maryland Energy Administration) The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Program (AFIP) is intended to aid in the development of public access, alternative fuel refilling/charging infrastructure in the state of Maryland. As such, MEA anticipates issuing one or more grants to applicants for

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New Zealand Culture Collection Moves to New Home

(Algae Industry Magazine) In New Zealand is an internationally significant collection of microalgae cultures known as the Cawthron Institute Culture Collection of Microalgae (CICCM). The CICCM was recently moved into a new home in Cawthron Institute’s recently built Envirotech building

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Engineering a Better Biofuel: New Protein Process in E. coli Could Lead to More Efficient Options for 'Tiniest of Factories'

by Erika Ebsworth-Goold (The Washington University) ... Now, a team from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a way to make the production of certain biofuels in E. coli much more efficient.

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ACE Unveils Guide on E15, Flex Fuels for Retailers

(American Coalition for Ethanol/Ethanol Producer Magazine) The American Coalition for Ethanol is releasing a new publication that will help answer some of the most frequently asked questions by retailers about E15, E85 and flex fuels. ACE describes the E15 and Flex Fuel

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Organic Acids: Key Facilitators of the Bio-economy

by Lorenz Bauer (Lee-Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) Recent declines in oil prices and the failure of start-up biofuel processes to meet production cost targets have increased the interest in producing value added chemicals from biomass as coproducts. The vision is that these

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Gevo Heads out to Sea: A Clever Escape into Marine Biofuels, or a Watery Grave ahead?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Gevo says: We’re staking our near-term prospects on marine biofuels. Investors hear: We’re underwater. Gevo says: Timing delay in our isobutanol gallonage, took longer to get the fixes implemented, we’ll make up on the back side.

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Growth Energy Urges US Authorities to Support Mid-Level Ethanol Blends

by Ilari Kauppila (Biofuels International) US lawmakers should recognise the potential of mid-level ethanol blends to contribute to the fight against greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from traffic, a US ethanol trade association says. Growth Energy is urging authorities to support high-octane mid-level

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California Congressional Delegation Urges EPA to Drop Distribution Waivers from RFS

by Ilari Kauppila (Biofuels International) The California Congressional delegation has added its voice to the crowd urging the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase its proposed biofuel obligations for 2017. In an open letter addresses to EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, six

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Novozymes on Novozymes: The Digest’s Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes’ Q2 results

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Denmark, Novozymes reported its Q2 earnings and updated its outlook for the rest of 2016. Headlines? Sales grew by 3% organically in the first half, EBIT was on par, and the EBIT margin was

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Maryland Launches AFV Incentive, Infrastructure Programs

(NGT News) The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) says that it is now accepting applications for the Maryland Freedom Fleet Voucher (FFV) Program, which intends to provide incentives for various alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), over the 2017 fiscal year. ... As reported, eligible vehicles

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India Seeks to Expand Biofuels Market to $7.5 Billion by 2022

by Anindya Upadhyay and Debjit Chakraborty (Bloomberg) India’s current biofuels market size is about $1 billion; India to source all raw material for biofuels domestically -- India is targeting a more than sevenfold expansion in its biofuels market over the next six

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To Lead Abroad on Climate, Repeal Oil and Gas Tax Breaks at Home

by Gilbert E. Metcalf (The Hill/Tufts University) ... Proponents of reform argue that eliminating tax preferences for producers of oil and gas would save $4 billion taxpayer dollars each year and strengthen American leadership on climate change. ... In a recent study published by

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Students Learn about Sustainable Energy Field through Hands-on Projects

by Britney Milazzo (Centre Daily Times) ... Isha Mohapatra presented her project Friday at Energypath 2016 — a weeklong event that exposed middle and high school and college students to the sustainable energy field. ... The week ended with a conference and science

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Praj to Be the First Indian Technology Provider to Launch Green Fund for 2G Ethanol Projects

(Praj/PR Newswire) First Indian Technology Company to Partner in 2G Ethanol Projects Through Green Fund; To Facilitate 'Farmer Centric Biomass Supply Model'; To Provide Build, Operate & Maintain (BOM) Package for 2nd Generation 'Biomass to Ethanol' Projects; To Offer 2nd Generation 'Smart

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Oil Group to Advertise for Reforms to EPA's Biofuel Mandate

by Kyle Feldscher (The Washington Examiner) The oil industry is planning to make a major advertising push in a wide swath of states against the Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard in the coming weeks. Frank Macchiarola, director of the American

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Company Produces Biodiesel for Own Truck Fleet

(CNT.org (Google translation)) Fuel is produced from used cooking oil. Goal is to reduce emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases -- From next year, the diesel sold at gas stations will contain 8% biodiesel and the goal until 2019 is

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Angola: Biocom to Produce 47,000 Tons of Sugar By October

(AllAfrica.com) Biocom, first plant in the country to produce and market sugar, ethanol and electricity from biomass plans to reach a production of 47,000 tons sugar by October, as final stage of the agricultural season 2015/2016. Under the current agricultural campaign, the

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Safe, Scalable, Smart Unmanned Aerial Systems and Agriculture: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Precision Hawk

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What can you use Aerial Data Analysis for? Says Precision Hawk’s Ally Ferguson, quite a lot. Crop health indices, Plant height, Canopy cover, Weed detection, Season monitoring, Environmental assessment, Land cover mapping, Irrigated land mapping, Impervious surface mapping, Watershed planning, Wildfire/Flooding Damage assessment, Forest Disease detection, Crop claims

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UF/IFAS Study: Sweet Potato Crop Shows Promise as Feed and Fuel

(Newswise/University of Florida) As some Florida growers try to find new crops and the demand for biofuel stock increases globally, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found that sweet potato vines, usually thrown out during

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Rwanda: Mauritian Investors to Construct Sugar Factory in Eastern Provice

by Emmanuel Ntirenganya (AllAfrica.com) The Government has given investors from Mauritius the green light to set up a sugar processing factory in the country. The agreement will see the investors construct a factory with capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of sugar

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Latin Americans Committed to Advancing Biofuels

by Fernando Olmedo (Biodisol/Agence France Presse (Google Translation)) Twenty Latin American countries pledged Friday to continue "promoting emphasizing" the development of biofuels with support from multilateral financial institutions, during a forum on clean energy in San Salvador. "There is a belief by

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Love of Fried Food Could Curb India's Crude Oil Imports

by Saket Sundria, Debjit Chakraborty (Bloomberg) India says cooking oil can make 2 million tons of biodiesel; Government is trying to curb crude imports as economy grows -- The nation of 1.3 billion people can make at least 2 million tons of

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Feedstocks for the Bioeconomy: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Behind the Scenes look at the Billion Ton Report

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Last month, the DOE released the first volume of its monumental two-volume update of the Billion Ton report, looking not only at the economics of biomass but also the environmental trade-offs associated with various approaches

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The Summer of Innovation: How to Get Bacon out of Spent Coffee Grounds, and Other Topics

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... If you’ve wondered ever how to take some of the most unloved forms of food waste — old coffee grounds, spent grape pomace (the stems, skin, pulp, seeds. leftover after juice pressing) and turn them

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Japanese Reporters Travel to the U.S. to Learn About Biotech, Biofuels

(Hoosier Ag Today/NAFB News Service) The U.S. Grains Council says key members of Japan’s media traveled across the United States last week to learn about corn production, ethanol, and biotechnology. The members of Japan’s media came to learn how those

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New Department for Transport Data Shows No Palm Oil Used in the UK

(Renewable Energy Association) Also shows growth in UK feedstocks, as well as increase in greenhouse gas savings; Data shows no need for the Government to introduce excessive curbs on the use of crop-based biofuels -- For the first time

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Earth Gen-BioFuel Inc. to Sponsor International Industry Symposium for Using Castor Bean Oil as a Biofuel Feed Stock

(Earth Gen-BioFuel) Earth Gen-BioFuel (OTC PINK: EGBB), "EarthGen" or "the Company," today announced that EarthGen is taking a leadership role to support the company's expansion plans and to promote the use of castor bean oil in the manufacture of biodiesel. EarthGen is

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As Price of Biofuel Credits Spike, Refiners Suspect Market Manipulation

by James Osborne (Houston Chronicle) Earlier this year Jack Lipinski, chief executive of the Sugar Land refiner CVR Energy, flew to Washington to plead his case to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. His problem: the prices of credits required to

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California Urgently Needs Action on Climate Change; Legislature and Governor Should Pass SB 32 This Year

(Union of Concerned Scientists) In recent days, legislative leadership and Gov. Jerry Brown have been sending mixed signals on whether they will consider SB 32 (Pavley), a bill to require lowering climate pollution to 40 percent below 1990 levels by

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American Science and Technology Receives New Patent for Method to Increase the Efficiency and Profitability of Organosolv Processing of Lignocellulosic Biomass

(American Science and Technology) New Patent Will Increase the Incentives to Use Renewable Resources for Chemical Production -- American Science and Technology (AST), an emerging technology company, has been awarded a patent for a system and method for the extraction of

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Governments of Canada and Quebec Support Innovative Renewable Fuel Oil Project

(Ensyn) Support for clean technology innovation is vital to growing Canada’s economy and addressing climate change. With its abundance of renewable biomass, Canada has the potential to develop a strong and globally competitive bioenergy sector. The Governments of Canada and Quebec will provide

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No Petroleum Required: U.S. Navy Completes Sea Trial with ARA’s 100% Drop-in Renewable Diesel Fuel

(ARA) For the first time ever a Navy ship has operated on a 100 percent drop-in renewable diesel fuel. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's (NSWC PHD) Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) completed final-phase testing of a 100% drop-in

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August Is the Time to Reach Out and Meet Your Member of Congress

by Brent Erickson (Biotechnology Innovation Organization/Biofuels Digest) Members of Congress just returned to their home states and districts for the August recess to meet with constituents and campaign for the upcoming elections. You can be sure the oil producers will

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Working the Calculator: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Choosing a Feedstock

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) “What color is your parachute?” went the title of a best-selling book from the 80s on job hunting. The concept applies equally to biomass feedstock in the 2010s. There’s one out there for you that

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MEGA-BIO and the Three Amigos: DOE Hands Out $11.3M — Who for, and Whyfor?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Washington, the US Department of Energy announced up to $11.3 million for three projects that support the development of biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that, as the DOE remarked, “can produce variable amounts of fuels

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GM, Honda Execs Agree: Higher Octane Gas Needed to Optimize ICE Efficiency

by Lindsay Brooke (SAE International) Raising the octane level of pump gasoline in the U.S. is integral to optimizing advanced combustion engines now in development, said GM and Hondaexecutives at the 2016 CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, MI.

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Bentley Research Fellow Planning Algae Commercialization

by Joanna Howarth (Algae Industry Magazine) Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Michael Walsh, a research fellow in Bentley University’s Center for Integration of Science and Industry, who holds a doctorate in biological and environmental engineering,

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Does the U.S. EPA Not Want Biofuels?

by Nathan Vander Griend (ERI Solutions, Inc./Lee Enterprises Consulting/Biofuels Digest) The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) mission is to protect human health and the environment. They are charged with delivering on that mission by using the best scientific information

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U.S. Commerce Department Invests More Than $4 Million In Maine, Deploys Interagency Team To Help Strengthen State's Forest Economy

(U.S. Economic Development Administration) U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Matt Erskine today announced the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest more than $4 million to help diversify and grow the Maine economy, which includes

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Thai Firm Announces Plans to Expand Biodiesel Production Capacity

(Biofuels International) Global Green Chemicals, a Thai oleochemicals company, has announced plans to increase its biodiesel production capacity by setting up a second methyl-ester plant in Chon Buri province, located in the southeast of Bangkok. GCC plans to increase biodiesel output,

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@EthanolRFA Offers Online #Ethanol Emergency Course

by Joanna Schroeder (Energy.AgWired.com) For first responders unable to attend in-person training courses, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is now offering an online version of its Ethanol Emergency Response course. Offered in partnership with the International Association of Fire Chiefs

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Trump Should Push Biofuels on Corn Belt Swing, Santorum Says

by Jennifer A Dlouhy (Bloomberg) Republican nominee Trump backs U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard; Tactic would exploit a Clinton weakness, Rick Santorum says -- Donald Trump’s campaign swing through the Corn Belt on Friday should include a hearty endorsement of U.S. renewable

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Direct Conversion of Methane to Aromatics in a Catalytic Co-Ionic Membrane Reactor

(Science Magazine) Methane gas is expensive to ship. It is usually converted into carbon monoxide and hydrogen and then liquefied. This is economically feasible only on very large scales. Hence, methane produced in small amounts at remote locations is either

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New Approach Could Lower Cost and Eliminate Need for Antibiotics During Biofuel Production

(Phys.Org) The cost and environmental impact of producing liquid biofuels and biochemicals as alternatives to petroleum-based products could be significantly reduced, thanks to a new metabolic engineering technique. ... The fuels and chemicals are often produced using microbes to convert sugars from

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Rayeman Elements Announces New DDG, Grain Processing Technologies

(Rayeman Elements Inc./Ethanol Producer Magazine) Rayeman Elements Inc. has developed a patented method to cube distillers dried grains (DDGs). The company has also announced a new grain drying system that aims to reduce the risks and costs associated with operating

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Nissan Unveils World’s First Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Vehicle

(Nissan Motor Co./Automotive World) In Brazil today, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today revealed the world’s first Solid Oxide Fuel-Cell (SOFC)-powered prototype vehicle that runs on bio-ethanol electric power. Nissan president and CEO Carlos Ghosn said: “The e-Bio Fuel-Cell offers eco-friendly transportation and

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Engineered High Energy Fuel from Waste: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Cornerstone Resources

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Cornerstone Resources develops and deploys waste management processing technologies that re-purpose a broad spectrum of organic wastes. Cornerstone adds that it’s BurCell system is a disruptive vacuum aided thermal decomposition process which converts pre-sorted MSW and other feedstocks

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Ants! Run for Your Lives! Or, Perhaps, Are Ants the Key Players in the Hydrogen Economy?

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Could be that formic acid provides a vital energy storage medium for hydrogen. when H2 is used for transportation fuel. ... As this article notes, Storage and transportation of hydrogen is a major obstacle for its

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Globalization of Ethanol Impacts US Industry

by Ryan Strickland (Ethanol Producer Magazine/Eco-Energy) It’s a big world out there and ethanol is primed to explore it—finding new markets through competitive pricing, high octane and low-carbon advantages that no other fuel on the planet today can match. The

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US, Brazil Demonstrate What’s Possible

by Leticia Phillips (UNICA/Ethanol Producer Magazine) UNICA wants to focus the discussion on the importance of advanced biofuels, like sugarcane ethanol. The RFS is one of the world’s most ambitious programs promoting biofuels and a key policy for the future of

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Oil and Natural Gas Production Jobs in May Were 26% Lower than in October 2014

(U.S. Energy Information Administration) Despite increases in crude oil prices since the start of the year, employment in oil and natural gas extraction and support activities continued declining from levels reached in the fall of 2014, just before the onset

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Blend Wall Crumbles in Retailers’ Eyes

by Ron Lamberty (Ethanol Producer Magazine) There is no such thing as a 10 percent blend wall unless petroleum marketers don't allow a choice. Independent retailers are demonstrating the blend wall can be breached. -- When the U.S. EPA held

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With Pride Comes Responsibility

by Mike Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The things that happen in America regarding renewable fuels provides a blueprint for the world to follow. With the pride of success comes the burden of responsibility to never give in. The world is

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Sulfur Compounded in Ethanol Regulations

by Susanne Retka Schill (Ethanol Producer Magazine) As the Tier 3 deadline approaches, it's important to understand the difference between EPA and ASTM treatments of the element. -- The U.S. EPA’s Tier 3 rules are not new—they were finalized two years

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Skoring with Personal Connections

by Ann Bailey (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... “Let’s encourage an earnest conversation with consumers about how ethanol makes life a little better and why they can feel good about their decisions at the pump,” (Growth Energy CEO Emily) Skor suggests.

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USDA Advances On-Farm Biofuel Production

by Philip Gruber (Lancaster Farming) USDA researchers demonstrated a mobile biofuel processing unit on a Montgomery County farm last week, moving the technology a step closer to commercial reality. “The idea is to go to the source of the biomass,” said