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In Washington, the Energy Information Agency is reporting that ethanol production has fallen for the third straight week in a row, down to 898,000 bpd for the week ending April 8. Ethanol stocks rose by 455,000 barrels to 20.52 million barrels. Margins remain healthy, it says, but high corn prices remain a problem. More on […]
In Maryland, the Navy is confident that biofuels for the fleet will be produced competitively and in enough quantity by 2018, or by 2020 at the latest. Between government incentives and increased demand to power a ‘green’ fleet, as well as teaming with industry and researchers, reaching its energy goals is achievable within their expected […]
In Washington, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says that biofuel critics are engaging in the wrong debate by arguing whether or not biofuels should be produced, but instead they should be looking for ways to encourage farmers to grow fuels, ‘shortchanging’ agriculture instead of looking at its ‘enormous possibilities.’ More on the story.
In South Korea, next year’s introduction of a 2% biodiesel blending mandate is expected to boost demand for imported Malaysian palm oil for use as fuel. Malaysian palm oil imports accounted for 32.2% of South Korea’s oil imports during 2010. Palm oil is beginning to make in-roads in the Korean market for cooking as well. […]
In Europe, canola production is expected to remain mostly static at 20.8 million metric tons while imports will likely jump by 20% with the majority coming from the Ukraine. Roughly 63% of EU canola oil is expected to be used for biodiesel production in 2011-12, partly as a result of higher blending mandates in Poland. […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has proposed a new method for taxing fuel that will focus on CO2 emissions and energy content in order to promote the use of cleaner fuels. Relatively high taxes on biofuels compared to their energy content will be reduced while taxes on diesel will be higher, though officials say that […]
Barrywmagee: EUSEW RE 2020 event: Lots of debate on bioenergy & sustainable biofuels. EREC say sust. criteria need to be implemented asap by EU states. Free_Energy4U: Solar Acquisition, Global Natural Energy partner on bio-diesel production TrueFoodNow: World’s First Genetically Engineered Biofuels Corn Threatens Contamination Of Food-Grade Corn. agripulse #Corn #ethanol critics active on both sides […]
In the UK, a new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics recommends temporarily removing the legal requirements for biofuel use in Europe until safeguards have been put in place to prevent their use causing environmental and social problems both at home and abroad but points out the benefits of next generation biofuels and the […]
In Washington, researchers who testified at the EPA’s peer review meeting in March on its first triennial review for biofuels are concerned that the review lacks input from industry nor expertise in greenhouse gas emissions. The lack of comparison between biofuels and petroleum does a disservice to policymakers who may not be familiar with the […]
