In Iowa, the Iowa State Legislature voted to extend a fuel tax incentive for diesel sold in the state containing at least 11 percent biodiesel, a move praised by the Iowa Biodiesel Board. The provision would have sunset this month without legislative action, noted Grant Kimberley, IBB executive director. Originally enacted in 2015, the successful […]
In Washington, D.C., U.S. ethanol exports were 99.4 million gallons (mg) in April, a decline of 40.5 mg (29%) from March. Notably, lighter sales to our largest markets, Brazil (23.8 mg, -36%) and Canada (10.8 mg, -61% to the lowest volume since August 2010) accounted for three-fourths of that drop, according to the RFA. Exports […]
In Washington, D.C., scientists, engineers, and analysts with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines initiative are examining how simultaneous improvements to fuels and engines can improve efficiency and reduce emissions and costs of the entire on-road fleet, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty internal combustion vehicles that are likely to make up […]
In Minnesota, Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based technology company, said its high oleic low linolenic soybean has been deemed a non-regulated article under the “Am I Regulated?” process by Biotechnology Regulatory Services of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. Calyxt’s new HOLL soybean, developed using the […]
In Missouri, the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority created the Biofuel Infrastructure Program to increase the availability of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel in the Show-Me State. MASBDA partnered with the Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri and the Missouri Corn Growers Association to stand up the grant program, which will support biofuel producers […]
In Minnesota, after 24 years of operations, Al-Corn Clean Fuel produced its one-billionth gallon of ethanol, marking the latest milestone in Al-Corn’s history and a demonstrative achievement of the ingenuity and resilience of their team, their facility and their positive impact on the ethanol industry as a whole. In 1994, a group of farmers in […]
In California, Amyris, Inc., executed a binding funding agreement with leading institutional investors to raise $200 million at $3.00 per common share through a private investment in public equity in the Company and expects to use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and to repay certain outstanding indebtedness by approximately $61 million […]
Big project news came in that Chesapeake Utilities Corporation entered into an agreement with Bioenergy DevCo to purchase biogas generated from organic materials at BDC’s facilities in Delaware which will be processed into renewable natural gas. The program uses excess poultry organics to create sustainable, carbon-negative energy source to augment utility portfolios and the total […]
In Colorado, National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers experimented with a common method in the pulp and paper industry used for bleaching to see how well this method could deconstruct biomass. The method known as “ozonolysis” was applied to corn stover in the lab. Results showed that using ozonolysis helped to breakdown the biomass with a […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association thanked the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition, led by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, for sending a letter to Senate and House leadership urging them to make sure emergency relief for the renewable fuels industry is included in the next COVID-19 stimulus package. In their […]
