In Washington, new study released Wednesday finds that the expanded Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) has been a tremendous success in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with nearly 600 million metric tons of GHG reduction since 2007. Actual GHG reductions under the RFS2 have far surpassed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) original expectations of 422 million […]
In Washington, a coalition of 10 trade associations representing producers and marketers of renewable fuels urged Congress to pass a multiyear extension to the biodiesel tax credit in a joint letter. Signatories to the letter were Advanced Biofuels Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Trucking Association (ATA), the National Association of Convenience Stores […]
If you’ve seen many World War Two thrillers about strategic bombing, you’ll know that precision, precision, precision is the goal, and smart bombs as a military technology have been in the public imagination since their first successes in Afghanistan and later in the first Gulf War, and ever since. Think on an incredibly small nanoscale […]
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) was created to drive the energy transition, particularly in developing countries and below50 is committed to growing the demand for sustainable alternative fuels that reduce emissions by more than 50% relative to fossil. Gerard J. Ostheimer, Ph.D., Global Lead of Bioenergy Accelerator for SE4ALL and Co-Founder and Senior Advisor of […]
In Texas, NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc and Shell Trading (US) Company have entered a long-term Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase of renewable diesel from NEXT’s planned Port Westward, Oregon facility. Representing an investment of more than $1 billion, NEXT continues to develop its Oregon renewable diesel facility with an expected annual processing capacity […]
In Washington, Feedstuffs reports that Growth Energy filed a petition in appeals court in DC regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to boost the 2019 blending mandate following issuance of small refinery hardship exemptions that eroded ethanol demand by cutting the number of RINs required for compliance with the Renewable Fuels Standards. Growth Energy says […]
In India, CNBC TV18 reports the Balrampur Chini will commission an additional 57 million liters of ethanol production by the end of the year which will boost its capacity to supply ethanol to oil marketing companies to 180 million liters from around 115 million liters now. The company’s MD said he expects overall sugar production […]
In Florida, Alliance Bioenergy Plus announced that a number of former insiders have agreed to subordinate over $2 million in debt so that repayments are only due out of future profits. Alliance has successfully renegotiated down other smaller debts and continues its efforts to renegotiate additional obligations. Two disputes remain outstanding, one with the Company’s […]
In Argentina, local press reports that Paul McCartney and Ed Sheeran have demanded their upcoming concerts be powered by biodiesel. The biodiesel will be produced from UCO and the government of Santa Fe has even set up a contest to encourage people to donate their used cooking oil in exchange for tickets to the concerts […]
In India, BioD Energy is collecting used cooking oil from 700 of the 800 kitchens participating in the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s UCO collection program under the “Eat Right India” initiative aimed at enhancing food safety by getting poor quality oil out of the food chain. UCO collection is being managed through […]
