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Senate Ag Committee Hearing Focuses on Farm Bill Energy Programs

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a handful of bioenergy stakeholders were given the opportunity to present the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry with their opinions on the importance of the Farm Bill’s

February 16, 2012 Read Full Article

DOE Increases Funding Request for Biomass, Biorefinery Activities

by Erin Voegele (Biorefining Magazine) ...Of the nearly $2.34 billion requested for energy efficiency and renewable energy, a total of $270 million has been specifically requested to support biomass and biorefinery systems development. That is an increase over the FY

February 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Northwest Producers Unite, Tell Congress to Reinstate Tax Credit

by Ron Kotrba (Biodiesel Magazine)  Last week as the National Biodiesel Conference took place in Orlando, a group of biodiesel producers and stakeholders in the Northwest U.S. came together in a joint statement to support the reinstatement of the $1

February 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Advanced Ethanol Leaders Urge Tax Extensions in Farm Bill

(Renewable Fuels Association/Advanced Ethanol Council)  The Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) today urged Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-KS) to include two key tax extensions for advanced and cellulosic ethanol producers. In a letter to the committee

February 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Maersk Leads Shipping Industry Developing Fuels From Waste

by Louise Downing (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)  A.P. Moeller Maersk A/S, the world’s biggest container ship owner, is leading its industry in developing biofuels made from organic waste that could cut its carbon emissions and reduce a $6 billion-a-year fuel bill. Maersk is

February 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Airlines Set to Win Carbon Credits from Biofuel Flights

(EurActiv)  The European Commission has asked airlines to report on "the amount of biomass" they use so that biofuels can be accounted as "zero emission" in the greenhouse gas emissions reports they are requested to produce each year under the

February 15, 2012 Read Full Article

BP Biofuels Says the Technology Works, Rejects "Pixie Dust" Headlines

(sys-con.com/Advanced Biofuels Association)  In the third episode of Biofuel STAT, released today, BP Biofuels North America PresidentSue Ellerbusch rejects recent headlines describing the industry as "pixie dust" by declaring "the technology works." "There are lots of stories because it makes good media

February 15, 2012 Read Full Article

Renewable Energy Growing by Leaps and Bound

(25 x '25)  While much of the recent Congressional discussion of renewable energy has focused on failed high risk clean energy startups, what’s gone largely unnoticed by federal policy makers is the incredible overall progress that our nation has made

February 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Coalition for E85 Issues Call to Action

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  The Coalition for E85 is calling on members and other supporters to urge Congress to give E85 credit for being an alternative fuel. The coalition is asking members of Congress to support the inclusion of E85 in the Alternative

February 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Commission Adopts its Strategy for a Sustainable Bioeconomy to Ensure Smart Green Growth in Europe

(European Commission)  The European Commission has today presented its strategy and action plan for a sustainable bioeconomy in Europe, called “Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe”. The goal is a more innovative and low-emissions economy, reconciling demands for sustainable agriculture

February 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Now and Never: What’s Working, Will Work, and Won’t Work for Aviation Biofuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  New reports from Bloomberg and the USDA focus on 2018 as a critical year for commercial-scale, affordable aviation fuels In New York, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said that jatropha-based fuels were the near-term candidate as sustainable aviation fuels

February 14, 2012 Read Full Article

Keeping Our Eye on the Ball

by Michael McAdams (Advanced Biofuels Association/Biorefining Magazine)  ...It has been four years since Congress passed the revised RFS2 legislation creating a 36 billion gallon mandate for conventional and advanced biofuels. For all you partisans out there, don’t forget this was

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Sensenbrenner's Position Isn't Best for Wisconsin

by Bob Sather (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel/Wisconsin Bio-Industry Alliance)  This week, U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) once again failed to support Wisconsin, instead choosing to target an industry that generates more than a billion dollars annually for the state's economy. Sensenbrenner's

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Checking Obama's Promises on Flexible-Fuel Cars

by Louis Jacobson  (Tampa Bay Times)  During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to boost flex-fuel vehicles in two ways -- through federal purchasing and by mandates on carmakers. Despite some progress more broadly on bolstering alternative vehicles, such

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

International Air Transport Association Stresses Congestion In Emissions Spat

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

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

2013 Administration Proposed Budget: Biofuel/Biomass Impact Analysis -- Or -- We Read the Fine Print so You Don’t Have To

by Robert Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  As required by the Constitution, the President submitted to Congress today his proposed budget for the operation of the United States government for the coming year (FY 2013). The Republican Congressional leaders on the

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Discarding the Confrontational View - The Biofuel and Food Industries Share a Number of Major Potential Synergies

(Neste Oil)  Neste Oil and Raisio have worked together for a number of years on how by-products and sidestreams generated by Finnish agriculture and food manufacturing can be used as inputs for producing biofuels. The two companies held a joint

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Obama Administration Slows Environmental Rules as It Weighs Political Cost

by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post)  ...Rules aimed at curbing emissions from cars and light trucks are on hold because the White House has yet to give the Office of Management and Budget the go-ahead to review them. ...The fight over

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Vilsack Says Rules on Biofuels Face Threat

by Dan Piller (Des Moines Register)  He says diluting standards could hurt Midwest interests U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack warned an Iowa group Friday in Ankeny that “the Midwest could be damaged” if oil interests succeed in weakening the federal

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

What Do We Do with Rufus? RFS, That Is, the Elephant in the Room

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  Around the halls of the Digest, we call him Rufus, the elephant in the room. Elsewhere, RFS, or the Renewable Fuel Standard, is the accepted descriptor. Under any name, there’s been an awful lot of talk

February 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Reducing the Impacts of Biofuels on Biodiversity

(Netzwerk Biotreibstoffe)  There is mounting concern that increasing biofuels production is having significant biodiversity impacts. A study by the International Food Policy Research Institute estimated that achieving the EU target would lead to a global increase in cropland of more

February 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Debate Continues on Big Oil's Big Profits

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

February 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Keep Your Eye on the Ball

by Jim Stewart (Biofuels Digest/BioEnergy Producers Association)  ...In America’s quest for alternative and renewable energy, the “ball” is national security and energy independence.  All other issues pale by comparison. Let’s not lose sight of a critical fact: America’s enemies are bleeding

February 09, 2012 Read Full Article

House Committee Members, Industry Slam Effort to Delay E15

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology met Feb. 7 to markup H.R. 3199, a bill introduced last fall by committee Vice Chairman Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., that would require the National Academy of Sciences

February 08, 2012 Read Full Article

Canadian Renewable Fuels Association Says Report Wrong on Connection between Ethanol, Livestock

by Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   Ethanol and grain producers in Canada reacted to a report by the George Morris Centre charging it misinterprets the connection between clean-burning, renewable ethanol and the livestock and meat markets. A

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

As EU Ramps Up Biofuels, Climate Debate Intensifies

By Alessandro Torello (Wall Street Journal)  ...But this plant, with a capacity of 800,000 metric tons a year, and others built by different companies around Europe face a new challenge: a possible shift in EU policy that could undermine their

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Logging Waste to Be Used More for Biofuel Production

(NewEurope Online)  More Lithuanian logging waste could make way for usage in biofuels production. The ‘national forestry sector development programme’ submitted recently to the government of Lithuanian by the ministry of environment proposed for maximising the use of logging waste

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Inaugural Sustainable Maritime Fuels Forum Draws US, Australian Biofuels Leadership

by Jim Lane/Dr. Susan Pond (Biofuels Digest/Dow Sustainability Program at the University of Sydney’s United States Studies Centre)  In Australia, the inaugural Sustainable Maritime Fuels Forum was held this week as part of the Pacific 2012 International Maritime Exposition in

February 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Senate Energy Outlook Hearing Focuses on Fossils First

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Witnesses projected strong growth for renewable fuels use in both the power generation and transportation sectors over the next 20 years during a Senate energy committee held Jan. 31, but committee members, many of

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Ecuador Investigates the Production of Biodiesel Based on Palm

(UPI)  The Ministry of Production and the National Association of African Palm Growers, analyzes based biodiesel plant. The raw material would be palm oil. Andes news agency said the authorities' intention is to strengthen energy sovereignty. Ecuador ranks first palm sales in America,

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Senator Calls on US to Help Biofuels Development

(The Bioenergy Site)  Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) spoke at an American Chemical Society briefing, saying that biofuels production was essential for the future of the US economy. "This was a great starting point as a concrete forum to look at how

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels At What Cost? Mandating Ethanol and Biodiesel Consumption in Germany

(International Institute for Sustainable Development)  Currently, the German government plans to achieve the EU's renewable transport target mainly through the use of mandatory blending targets applied to the mineral oil industry for the use of biofuels. This study highlights that

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuels - At What Cost? Mandating Ethanol and Biodiesel Consumption in the United Kingdom

(International Institute for Sustainable Development)  The U.K. government is currently considering what policies will ensure it meets the European Union's Renewable Energy Directive (RED) commitment of using 10 per cent by energy of renewable transport fuels by 2020. Current U.K.

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Fears for Jobs as Ethanol Producer Stops Work on Plant

by Sean Nicholls  (Sydney Morning Herald)  THE NSW ethanol mandate will be ''appropriately enforced'', the Premier, Barry O'Farrell, has assured Australia's biggest ethanol producer, Manildra, after the company reacted to his decision to dump a ban on regular unleaded fuel

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Why the Military Hates Fossil Fuels

by Amy Westervelt (Forbes)  ...Time and again top military leaders have spoken out against our dependence on oil as a matter of national security. The thing you need to remember about the military, though, is that it’s comprised more of doers

February 03, 2012 Read Full Article

Words from the Wise: A Study by a Group of Forest Scientists Confirms Forest-Derived Bioenergy Results in No Net Carbon Release

by Anna Austin (Biomass Power and Thermal Magazine)  A recently released study authored by nine scientists from multiple organizations  and universities, including the U.S. Forest Service, may be poised to clear up some confusion. With no motive other than to

February 01, 2012 Read Full Article

California Bill Seeks to Eliminate Future Corn Ethanol Funding

by Kris Bevill   (Ethanol Producer Magazine)   The California State Assembly is expected to vote soon on a watered-down version of a bill initially proposed last year, targeting corn ethanol production for elimination from a state subsidy program. AB 523

February 01, 2012 Read Full Article

Airlines for America Urges Commercial Development of Biofuels

by Kate Rice (TravelPulse)   ... The Farm to Fly partnership was established in July 2010 to advance a comprehensive and sustainable aviation biofuels rural-development plan. As the lead agency responsible for feedstock development and production systems, USDA joined with A4A

February 01, 2012 Read Full Article

A Low-Cost, Low-Risk Path to Meeting US Biofuels Targets

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...The challenges?    Well, there have been three grand ones. First, the development of economically feasible technologies. Second, the financing and construction of new capacity, including any bolt-ons, restarts or retrofits of existing capacity. Third, the

February 01, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesels Pollute More than Crude Oil, Leaked Data Show

(EurActiv)  Greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels such as palm oil, soybean and rapeseed are higher than those for fossil fuels when the effects of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) are counted, according to leaked EU data seen by EurActiv. The default

January 31, 2012 Read Full Article

Aviation Must Tackle Its Environmental Impact Before It Can Be Allowed to Grow, Says UK's Aviation Regulator

(GreenAirOnline)  Although aviation is a key driver of growth, without tackling its global and local environmental impact, the industry will not be able to realise its economic potential, says the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The regulatory body has opened

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA Issues Notice of Data Availability Concerning Renewable Fuels Produced from Palm Oil Under the RFS Program

(US Environmental Protection Agency)  he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) to release its lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) analysis of palm oil used as a feedstock to produce biodiesel and renewable diesel under the Renewable

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

Bernie Sanders Pledges Legislation Ending 'Absurdity' of Federal Fossil Fuel Subsidies

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

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

The Downside to America's Fracking Frenzy

by John Mathews (The Globalist)  ...Today it is no longer evil oil companies riding roughshod over ranchers in Texas, but shale gas prospectors riding over communities' rights wherever they drill — in the Antrim shale (Michigan), the Barnett shale (Texas),

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

A New Era of Domestic Energy

by Mary Rosenthal (Biofuels Digest/Algal Biomass Organization)  ...We need to change our approach. Below are three things the biofuels industry in general, and the algae industry in particular can do in 2012 to help accelerate our role in “filling the

January 27, 2012 Read Full Article

French Biofuel Aid Helps Farmers, Costs Public: Study

by Gus Trompiz (Reuters)  French state support for crop-based biofuels has brought benefits for farming but also hidden costs for motorists who have ended up having to consume more fuel and pay higher prices, the government's auditor said on Tuesday. With

January 26, 2012 Read Full Article

The Latest Victim of Shale Gas -- Clean Energy Technology

by Steve LeVine (Foreign Policy/Oil And Glory)  In the new issue of Wired, Julie Eilperin writes that clean-technology investment is in the throes of going bust, at least in the United States. That includes solar, wind and biofuels. ...Citi Group analyst Edward Morse concludes

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Retired Army General Calls Biofuels “Ammunition”

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Like oil in World War II, U.S. Army Ret. General Paul J. Kern believes that biofuels are the “ammunition” for America today. ...The main focus of the highly decorated retired army general’s address was on the

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Obama Calls for End to Oil Subsidies

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

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Bills Aim to Help Establish Arizona as Algae-Farming Center

by Jessica Testa (Cronkite News)   Anticipating a day when Arizona becomes a leader in producing algae for biofuel, a Tucson lawmaker is pushing to have algae farms and related facilities defined — and taxed — like any corn field

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

"ALL-of-the-Above" Except Biofuels

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Here’s the President’s new energy policy.  “This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy – a strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs”.  Okay that sounds

January 25, 2012 Read Full Article

Earthquakes, Water Pollution and Increased Greenhouse Gas Emissions? Fracking - Strike Number Three?

by John Daly (OilPrice.com)  ...While U.S. energy companies began fracking for gas in the late 1990s, there was a dramatic increase in 2005 after the administration of President  George W. Bush exempted fracking from regulations under the U.S. Clean Water

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

2012 Farm Bill Biomass/Biofuel Recommendations

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Retain Agricultural Land: Agricultural and forest lands are vulnerable to loss due to reduction of the dairy and pulp/paper industries and conversion to residential or commercial development.  They could retain their agriculture and

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Group Makes Suggestions for State of the Union Speech

by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today)  American ethanol production is creating jobs, energizing rural economies, reducing oil imports, and helping all consumers save money at the pump emphasized the Renewable Fuels Association today in a letter to President Obama as he prepares

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Policies for Bioenergy in an Era of Austerity

By Douglas L. Faulkner (Biofuels Digest)  What should be the priorities for federal government support for bioenergy, in an era of fiscal austerity and a broken consensus on energy policy? My goal is develop interactively with you, bioenergy thought leaders, a

January 24, 2012 Read Full Article

Low Carbon Fuel Standard: A Petroleum Marketer's Perspective

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  California’s low carbon fuel standard is a hot topic at this week’s California Biodiesel & Renewable Diesel Conference in San Francisco. During a panel titled “California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and its Implications for Biodiesel

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Scrapping Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Would Get Us Halfway There on Climate Change

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

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

US a Cereal Offender on Ethanol, Says UN

by Rudy Ruitenberg (Sydney Morning Herald)  The US policy to produce ethanol biofuel from corn is raising prices for the grain across the world, said Jose Graziano da Silva, the new director-general of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation. ''FAO

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

Germany Advised Not to Import Food for Biofuel

by Michael Hogan  (Reuters)    Govt advisors warn against biofuel feedstock imports * Importing foods for biofuels could endanger supplies * Biofuels industry says claims reckless Germany should not increase imports of food to produce biofuels, because this could threaten the supply of food in

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

POET Abandons Plan for Pipeline to East Coast

by Cody Winchester (Argus Leader)  Lack of federal money causes ethanol giant to shift priorities Ethanol giant Poet has scuttled plans for a $4 billion pipeline that would have carried Midwestern ethanol to the East Coast, citing lack of government support. The

January 23, 2012 Read Full Article

NPRA Calls on EPA to Reconsider Cellulosic Biofuel Volumes

(National Petrochemical & Refiners Association/Yahoo!)  The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, American Petroleum Institute and Western States Petroleum Associationjointly filed a petition today requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency waive the 2011 cellulosic biofuel volume mandate in its entirety, because it appears no cellulosic

January 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Defining Biomass: ACORE Presents Its Unified, Simplified Biomass Definition to Congress

by Lisa Gibson (Biomass Power and Thermal Magazine)  When the American Council on Renewable Energy’s Biomass Definition Subcommittee pitched its unified biomass definition to members of Congress in early November, the consensus was clear: no one could remember ever seeing

January 20, 2012 Read Full Article

Washington State Horticultural Association Opposes Bill to Provide Additional Water for Organic Crops and Biofuel Crops

(PR NewsWire/Organic Tree Fruit Growers Alliance)  At a recent legislative hearing in Olympia, the Washington StateHorticultural Association and its lobbyist Jim Halstrom (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvVO8tJc7zI) publicly opposed legislation (House Bill 2192) that would provide a relatively small amount of new water to allow apple and tree

January 19, 2012 Read Full Article

RFA Critical of Effort to Include Fossil Fuels in RFS

(Renewable Fuels Association)  The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) is rejecting the notion that greater efforts need to be made to include fossil fuels in the nation’s fuel supply.  Specifically, the RFA is very critical of efforts by Texas Republican Rep.

January 19, 2012 Read Full Article

A Plan for the Future of Biofuels in America or The Real Economics of Fuels (Bio and Otherwise)

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  In last days of the 2011 session the US Congress, with a job approval rating of 11% , cancelled the VEETC ethanol subsidy and dropped the tariff on Brazilian ethanol imports. These major events

January 19, 2012 Read Full Article

LUFT: Market-Based Future for Ethanol

by Gal Luft (The Washington Times)  ...At current oil prices, ethanol is more costly than gasoline while the alcohol fuel methanol, primarily made from natural gas, is cheaper than gasoline on a per-mile basis. But the comparative per-mile economics of

January 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Green Fuel Fails to Meet Emissions Standards

by James Robertson and Jessica Wright  (The Sydney Morning Herald)  THE NSW government's plan to ban regular unleaded fuel has been thrown into doubt by the revelation that the state's only ethanol producer, Manildra, has failed the government's clean fuel test,

January 18, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol’s Octane Provides Proactive Opportunity

by Brian Jennings (Ethanol Producer Magazine/American Coalition for Ethanol)  ... The new CAFE standards apply to light-duty vehicles beginning in model year 2017, requiring a nationwide average of 54.5 miles per gallon by model year 2025. While the automakers agreed to

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

A Pragmatic Approach to Fuel Taxation

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  One would think that a relatively easy way for governments to promote biofuels would be to tax biofuels less than fossil fuels—avoid lengthy debates on mandates and simply change the taxation structure in such

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

Reaping the Benefits of a Strong Biofuels Industry

by Tom Buis (Growth Energy/Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ...The intent of Congress when it wrote the renewable fuel standard was to grow an American fuels industry that would help us break free from this addiction and its dire consequences. In

January 16, 2012 Read Full Article

EPA Releases First GHG Emissions Data Reporting Results

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Power plants were found to be the largest stationary source of direct emissions, producing a combined total of more than 2,300 million metric tons of CO2e from 1,555 facilities in 2010. Petroleum refineries were

January 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Vilsack Comments on RFS and Biodiesel Tax Credit

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  ...During a press conference at AFBF (American Farm Bureau Federation) on Monday, (Agriculture Secretary Tom) Vilsack said he believes it is important to keep the RFS2 in place for multiple reasons. “One, it provides consumer choice. We

January 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Tell Them Willie and Ike Are Here

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...Brooke Coleman, executive director of the Advanced Ethanol Council, turned attention to free market principles and market access, after the New York Timesran astory on cellulosic biofuels mandates, titled “A Fine for Not Using a Biofuel

January 13, 2012 Read Full Article

Editorial: Uncle Sam and Ethanol -- Small Steps toward a Genuine Market

(Chicago Tribune)  ...Congress and the federal agencies responsible for managing the biofuel industry need to stop trying to artificially create a market for a high-tech product that may never exist on a commercial scale. ...At current market prices, ethanol doesn't need

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

The ILUC Debate, Four Years Later

by Bob Dineen (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine)   ...The scientific community has better data, improved modeling tools, and a better appreciation of the uncertainty and complexity involved in ILUC analysis. But, above all, they have the benefit of some

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Deepwater Horizon's Missed Lessons

by Richard G. Steiner (Los Angeles Times) OpEd:  Not two years after the Deepwater Horizon debacle, the U.S. is proceeding with plans to expand oil drilling instead of pushing alternatives. ...And after making only modest reforms, many of which were cosmetic (e.g.

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Ethanol Remains a Bargain

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

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Cool Planet BioFuels Announces Road Testing of Negative Carbon Gasoline Begins in California

(Cool Planet BioFuels/MarketWatch)  Cool Planet BioFuels announced today it has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to begin fleet-testing its negative carbon gasoline. Cool Planet BioFuel's technology converts low-grade biomass -- such as grass and woodchips --

January 12, 2012 Read Full Article

Lufthansa Ends Biofuel Trial with U.S. Flight

by Victoria Bryan  (Reuters)  German carrier Lufthansa is ending the trial use of a biofuel mix for its planes because it has used up stocks of certified biofuel and no other reliable supplies are available. The trial, which ran on flights between

January 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Poland to Allow Blenders to Cut Biofuel Mandates by 15%: Source

(Platts)  Polish transport fuel producers can decrease their biofuel-blending requirements by 15% if they buy supplies from approved producers, according to a government source, citing a blending provision effective January 1. In order to take advantage of the provision, transport fuel

January 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Tiger Cars for Tiger Fuels: E100 Group Calls for More Ethanol-Tuned Engines

by Don Siefkes (E100 Ethanol Group/Biofuels Digest)  To The Editors of the Wall Street Journal:   Cellulosic ethanol has been a debacle, but not for the reasons stated in your editorial “The Cellulosic Ethanol Debacle” of December 13. Cellulosic ethanol has not

January 10, 2012 Read Full Article

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Identification of Additional Qualifying Renewable Fuel Pathways Under the Renewable Fuel Standard Program

(US Environmental Protection Agency)  EPA is issuing a direct final rule identifying additional fuel pathways that EPA has determined meet the biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel or cellulosic biofuel lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements specified in Clean Air Act section

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

US EPA Publishes Direct Final Rule for Camelina RFS2 Pathway

by Erin Voegele (Biodiesel Magazine)  On Jan. 5, the U.S. EPA issued a direct final rule regarding RFS2 pathways for four new biofuel feedstocks, including camelina oil, energy cane, giant reed and napiergrass. While the energy cane, giant reed, and

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Retailers Not Ready For Ethanol

by Gary Truitt (Hoosier Ag Today)  Jay Berry, with Central Indiana Ethanol in Marion, says many stations do not have the equipment to handle higher ethanol blends. He told HAT there are no regulations that cover ethanol compliance, “We had

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

National Cattlemen's President-Elect Says Group Is Not Opposed to Ethanol

by Heather Thornstensen (AgriNews)  While they had a leader from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association at their recent annual convention, the Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association brought together a panel to discuss whether the ethanol and cattle industries can co-exist. ..."As I

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

Biodiesel a Concern as Renewable Fuel Subsidies End

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

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

After Three Decades, Tax Credit for Ethanol Expires

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

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

The Value of Ethanol

by General Wesley Clark (U.S. Army, Retired)   ...But without those 13 billion gallons of ethanol, motorists in the U.S. are all part of a captive market that is controlled by Big Oil. The alternative to ethanol is gasoline, nearly

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

ZeaChem, and the Renewable Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ZeaChem launches its 250,000 gallon per year core process.  How could this possibly matter, in the context of a 500 million gallon cellulosic biofuels target for 2012, that was waived down to 10 million?  As

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

FORUM: Ethanol Needs Infrastructure in Absence of Tax Credit

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

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

RFA: Industry Will Fight for Cellulosic Tax Credits

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

January 09, 2012 Read Full Article

World Subsidies for Fossil Fuels 5x Larger than for Renewables

(ELMIA/World Bioenergy)  Something is wrong in the world of energy subsidies. According to statistics gathered by the International Energy Agency (IEA) the worldwide subsidies to fossil fuel consumption in 2009 amounted to no less than 300 billion USD, while at

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

The Bio-Based Economy: A Renewed and Renewable Vision for 2012

by Brent Erickson (Biofuels Digest/BIO)  ...To be clear, the bioeconomy is the total economic activity from all sectors of the biotechnology industry – pharmaceuticals, food and agriculture and industrial biotechnology. With biotechnology we can help, heal, fuel and feed the

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

The Blunder Down Under

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  In Australia, it’s Back to Petroleum for the ethanol producers, blenders and users of New South Wales if BP gets its way. ...Rather than go back to selling the ethanol blends its customers want, BP

January 06, 2012 Read Full Article

Top 10 Biofuels Predictions for 2012

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest)  ...10. Advanced biofuels capacity surges to 1 billion gallons, globally. We see 570 million gallons in capacity from Neste Oil alone; 137 Mgy from Diamond Green, 75 Mgy from Dynamic Fuels, 62 Mgy from KiOR,

January 02, 2012 Read Full Article

Biofuel Subsidies Need Reform

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

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Report “The GBEP Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy”

(Global Bioenergy Partnership)  In November 2011 the GBEP Steering Committee endorsed the report The Global Bioenergy Partnership Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy. It was developed by GBEP Partners and Observers through the GBEP Task Force on Sustainability that had been working since

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Iowans Fueled with Pride Publishes Iowa Caucus Voter Guide

(Iowans Fueled with Pride)  The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) today announced the release of the Iowans Fueled with Pride coalition 2012 Iowa Caucus Voter Guide.  The guide outlines the positions of presidential candidates campaigning actively in Iowa on four

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

US Federal Court Issues Injunction against California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

by Jim Lane  and Todd Guerrero  (Biofuels Digest/Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.)  Us federal judge rules that California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard interferes with the “maintenance of a national economic union unfettered by state-imposed limitations on interstate commerce.”   Today, we look

December 30, 2011 Read Full Article

Expiring Ethanol Credit to Add to Gas Price Jump

(WRAL)  Lack of action by state lawmakers and Congress is expected to raise gas prices in North Carolina by more than 8 cents a gallon, starting Sunday. Half of the increase comes from the state. North Carolina's gas tax is linked

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

Fla. Shouldn't Give up on Renewable Fuels

(Orlando Sentinel) Editorial:  ...This month a state House panel approved a bill to repeal the 2008 state law that requires most gasoline sold in Florida to include up to 10 percent ethanol. Sponsor Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Fort Walton

December 29, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Army Goes All Jay Leno on Cyclone Biofuel Steam Engines

by Tina Casey (CleanTechnica) The U.S. Army is developing high tech steam engines that can run on biofuels, and not just for show. The steam engines, manufactured by Florida-based Cyclone Power Technologies, Inc, will be used in combat vehicles including the Arbrams M1

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Boosting Biofuels for Sustainable Energy and Environment

(European Commission CORDIS)  Europeans believe in a sustainable environment, and a way of ensuring its future is to promote and build energy resources based on residual biomass. Supporting this objective is the BIOBOOST ('Biomass-based energy intermediates boosting biofuel production') project. Set

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Control Union's Verkerk Says Biofuels Will Grow Europe Canola Market

by Scott Larson   (The Star Phoenix)  A new market for canola growers is opening up in Europe, says a representative for Control Union, a Netherland-based company that certifies supply chains for products entering Europe. While Canadian canola has been shut

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

French Group Tereos Internacional and Brazil’s Petrobras to Study Ethanol Production in Mozambique

(Macau Hub)  French group Tereos Internacional and Brazilian energy company Petrobras Wednesday in Maputo signed a protocol of intentions with Mozambican state oil and gas company Petróleos de Moçambique (Petromoc) to study the feasibility of production and sale of ethanol

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

EU Sets Out Plans for Cutting emissions by over 80% without Disrupting Energy Supplies and Competitiveness.

(European Commission)  Committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050, the EU is exploring the challenges of decarbonisation. In March this year the EU published its low-carbon roadmap covering all sections of the economy. It is

December 28, 2011 Read Full Article

Industry, Academic Professionals Offer Advice for President Obama’s Bioeconomy Blueprint

by Alex Philippidis (Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News)  President Barack Obama’s administration has begun reviewing suggestions for a National Bioeconomy Blueprint detailing measures by which the Obama administration intends to apply biological research innovations toward national challenges that include health, food,

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

On Electric-Vehicle Incentives, Diesel Defenders Cry Foul

by Paul Stenquist (New York Times)  The U.S. Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars, a Washington-based advocacy group whose members include Bosch, Honeywell and BorgWarner, all major automotive suppliers, released a white paper on Monday to make the case for technology-neutral policy-making

December 27, 2011 Read Full Article

Visionary Group in Montana Tells Us Their Rural Transit Success Story

by David Goldberg (Transportation for America)  ...To fill gaps in service, Opportunity Link two years ago led the creation of North Central Montana Transit. NCMT is miraculous for a number of reasons. First, it offers fixed-route service. Many rural transit services are “on

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

South Dakota Has $950,000 for Blender Pumps

by Ann Marie Edwards (DomesticFuel.com)  South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard says $950,000 in grants will be made available through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development to help pay for the installation of blender pumps and associated infrastructure at retail gas stations across

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Ethanol Tax Break Ends, Brazil Sees an Opening

by Charles Abbott and Reese Ewing  (Drovers Cattle Network)  A U.S. ethanol tax credit costing roughly $6 billion a year will expire on Dec. 31, with the U.S. industry declaring itself ready to stand on its own and Brazil hoping for

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

CARB Releases 2011 LCFS Review Report

by Kris Bevill  (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  The California Air Resources Board has completed the first required formal review of the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, a regulatory program that requires stakeholders to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of fuels sold

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Airlines Must Pay for Carbon Emissions on European Flights, High Court Rules

by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post)  Europe’s highest court ruled Wednesday that the European Union has the legal right to force foreign airlines to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, a decision that could boost ticket prices but also encourage

December 23, 2011 Read Full Article

Battery-Car Future Undercut by Europe, Improvements in ICE Technology

by Neil Winton (Detroit News)  Investment bank Morgan Stanley came up with a nasty surprise for Nissan-Renault and other cheer-leaders for battery powered cars when it cut its electric vehicle sales forecast by nearly 50 per cent for 2025. Europe’s economic

December 19, 2011 Read Full Article

Sorghum Biofuel Plant Mulled

by James Konstantin Galvez (The Manila Times)  The Department of Agriculture (DA) is in talks with San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. (SCBI) for the construction of a bioethanol processing plant in Negros Occidental to push the development of sweet sorghum in

December 15, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugarcane Ethanol Economics

by Mike Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  ...Between 2006 and 2011, the price of sugar, while having numerous peaks and valleys, has risen from about 18 cents per pound to as high as 29 cents per pound. Given the fact that

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Why the Farm Bill Needs a Robust Energy Title

byJames C. Greenwood and Robert Johnson (The Hill Congress Blog/BIO/National Farmers' Union)   Maintaining agricultural productivity in America is indispensable to our economic security, so a safety net for farmers is very important. But abundant affordable clean energy and a healthy

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Loss of Federal Incentives Could Hurt Cellulosic Ethanol Development

by Robert Pore (The Independent)  ...Nebraska's ethanol industry could be adversely impacted if Congress doesn't extend key tax incentives, especially those for cellulosic ethanol, a Nebraska Ethanol Board official said. The incentives that the Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC) and other groups

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Doing the Ethanol Shuffle

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association)  There’s a hot new craze called the “Ethanol Shuffle” that’s sweeping seaports from Sao Paulo to Los Angeles. No, it’s not a new dance, this shuffle is all about the “confounded realignment of the

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

The Cellulosic Ethanol Debacle: Congress Mandated Purchase of 250 Million Gallons in 2011. Actual Production: 6.6 Million.

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

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

S. African Biofuel Plan May Boost Sorghum Sixfold, Grain Says

by Carli Lourens (Bloomberg) South Africa’s proposed mandatory blending of biofuels with gasoline and diesel may signal the start of a biofuels industry and boost sorghum output sixfold, an economist at the farmers’ body Grain SA said. ...South Africa could introduce mandatory

December 14, 2011 Read Full Article

Why Biorefining Loan Guarantees Give Back: Think Money, Jobs and Military Might

by Luke Geiver (Biorefining Magazine)  ...In the letter, the group pointed out the need for programs like the 9003 Biorefinery Loan Guarantee Program offered through USDA. “Loan guarantees are the most cost-effective way to develop new jobs and create these

December 10, 2011 Read Full Article

Flying High on Advanced Biofuels!

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

December 10, 2011 Read Full Article

As Government Talks Strike Out, Business Steps up to Bat

by Joelle Brink (Biofuels Digest Asia)  This week, while the world’s biofuel producers were busy ramping up production towards the 54.1 billion gallon global capacity predicted by 2015, the people who regulate biofuels and make biofuel policy were mired in

December 09, 2011 Read Full Article

US and Brazil Spar Over Ethanol Trade Policy

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel.com)  Brazilian and U.S. ethanol interests are challenging each other over ethanol trade policy. The U.S./Brazil Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce wrote a joint letter to Congress last week asking that the U.S. secondary tariff on imported

December 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Energy Department Announces New Initiative to Remove Barriers for Industry to Work with National Labs, Commercialize Technology

(US Department of Energy)  As part of President Obama’s commitment to helping U.S businesses create jobs and strengthen their competitiveness by speeding up the transfer of federal research and development from the laboratory to the marketplace, U.S. Deputy Secretary of

December 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Level the Playing Field for All Energy Sources

(25 x '25)  Amid the political clamor surrounding congressional efforts to cut federal spending over the next decade and reduce the nation’s deficit, the ethanol industry has conceded that a seven-year subsidy benefiting the sector will end Dec. 31. ...Elsewhere, Congress

December 09, 2011 Read Full Article

Halting Harmful Invaders: Research Identifies Acceptable Biofuel Feedstocks

by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  Good biofuel feedstocks are highly productive, have low input requirements and are widely adaptable. Unfortunately, those same traits are also common with invasive species. Language addressing invasive species is included in the Biomass Crop Assistance

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Solving ILUC by Thinking Out of the Box

by Robert Vierhout (Ethanol Producer Magazine/ePURE)  In various circles, the current thinking on indirect land use change (ILUC) is very much driven by negative perceptions. In the EU, the concern is that biofuel policy is counterproductive to what policymakers want

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

UAE Says Days of Easy Oil Nearly Over; EOR and Sour Oil/Gas Needed

(Platts)  UAE Oil Minister Mohammed Bin Dhaen al-Hamli said Monday that the days of easy oil were coming to an end and the UAE and fellow oil producers are having to resort to enhanced oil recovery and development of complex

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Swedish Sustainability Certification for Biofuels

(The Bioenergy Site)  Starting February 1, 2012, a Sustainability Decision from the Swedish Energy Agency is required for biofuels in order to be eligible for tax incentives or to count for mandatory national renewable energy targets in Sweden. Sweden was one

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Livestock, Poultry Groups Request Hearing to Evaluate RFS

by Kris Bevill (Ethanol Producer Magazine)  A coalition of livestock and poultry lobby groups submitted a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee leaders on Dec. 7, requesting a hearing to evaluate the economic impact of the renewable

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

A New Era For Biofuels

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

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

For Obama’s Green-Car Revolution, Fits and Starts

by Carol D. Leonnig and Joe Stephens (The WashingtonPost) The Obama administration has poured roughly $5 billion in taxpayer funds into the electric-car industry, offering incentives to manufacturers, their suppliers and even car buyers who might want to go green. But analysts say

December 08, 2011 Read Full Article

Our View: On VEETC, We Won

by Garry Niemeyer   (National Corn Growers Association)  Back in August, the Green Scissors Project identified ways the federal government could shave $380 billion from the federal budget over five years. But their $380 billion in proposed cuts included a major

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Congress ‘Lost faith’ in Advanced Bioenergy, Key Lawmaker Says

by Philip Brasher (Des Moines Register)  Programs the Obama administration has been pushing to promote next-generation biofuels are likely to have little funding in the next farm bill, according to the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Collin

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Airlines Flying on Clean Fuel Should Pay Less Tax, Branson Says

by Louise Downing (Bloomberg)  Governments need to make it “very clear” that jet fuel made from sources such as inedible plants and organic waste aren’t taxed like regular fuel, said Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. A push by governments

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

RFA Responds to Letter Sent to Senate Committee

by Ann Marie Edwards (DomesticFuel.com)  The Renewable Fuels Association(RFA) has sent a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee leadership refuting statements that were made in a Nov. 30th letter sent to the committee by ethanol critics. According to RFA, the

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Algae InSight

by Mary Rosenthal (Algal Biomass Organization)  ...There are four key takeaways from these meetings that I think are critical for our industry as we close out 2011 and plan for 2012. 1. Support for renewable energy overall, and biofuels in particular,

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Rangel Introduces Bill to Extend Ethanol Duty, Benefitting U.S. Producers and Refiners in the Caribbean and Central America

(Congressman Charles Rangel (D- NY 15)  Congressman Charles Rangel on December 2, 2011, introduced legislation to extend "other duty or charge" (ODC), a key component of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), that provides duty-free treatment to ethanol imports

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Sugarcane Ethanol Producers Respond to Unfair Legislation to Extend Tariff

(Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association/PR NewsWire)  In response to the introduction of H.R. 3552, legislation sponsored by four members of the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the import tax on foreign ethanol, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) issued the

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

Group Seeks Classification as Advanced Biofuel for Energy Beets

by Sue Roesler (Farm & Ranch Guide)    Cole Gustafson, department chair of the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University, said while there’s more concerns about corn ethanol at the Congressional level with the “food

December 07, 2011 Read Full Article

U.S. Biofuel Camelina Production Set to Soar

by John Daly (OilPrice.com)  Biofuel sources currently under development include algae, jatropha and camelina. Of the three, camelina is increasingly emerging as the frontrunner in attracting initial investment worldwide, as global demand for aviation fuel for passenger flights is now

December 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Asian Palm-Based Biofuel May Struggle in U.S.

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

December 06, 2011 Read Full Article

Refiners Warn Marketers of Imminent End of Ethanol Tax Break

(NACS Online)  Refiners are starting to warn marketers to prepare for the end of the 4.5 cts/gal ethanol tax credit, which is set to expire at month's end, absent last-minute action by Congress. Chevron notified its jobbers on Dec. 1 that

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Clean-Energy Policies Create Jobs, and Congress Should Take Note

(The Boston Globe) Editorial:  ...But Solyndra’s subsequent failure isn’t a sign that the administration has gone too far; rather, it’s a sign that Congress, which tolerates all manner of explicit and implicit subsidies for fossil fuels and corn ethanol, hasn’t

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Africa's Farmland in Demand: 'Is There a Better Place than This?'

by Rick Westhead (The Star)  ...Indian industrialist Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi has his eye on this lush scenery, too, but he sees something much different: the potential for large-scale commercial farming. Karuturi, from the South Indian city of Bangalore, envisions the fields

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Xconomist of the Week: 5 Questions with Sapphire Energy CEO Jason Pyle

by Bruce V. Bigelow (Xconomy)  ...Jason Pyle:  ...So soon, we will see the U.S. military as the leading customer for crude oil replacements. As pressure rises on the commercial airline industry (which uses most of the jet fuels in the

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

Bill Gates Calls for Massive Increase in Energy Research

by Martin LaMonica  (CNET News)  Even though it's supposed to be a time of federal fiscal austerity, Bill Gates says its time to double down on energy research. The software industry icon and philanthropist on Friday published an editorial in Science calling

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article

USDA Announces New Insurance Pilot Program for Biofuel-Friendly Oilseed Crop with Potential to Create Jobs, Stimulate Rural Economies

(US Department of Agriculture)  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced a new pilot program of insurance for camelina beginning with the 2012 crop year. Camelina is an oilseed crop with the potential to create

December 05, 2011 Read Full Article
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