In Iowa, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) applauded the Iowa Legislature’s vote to pass Senate File 2344, a bill which helps preserve Iowa biodiesel jobs while expanding Iowa’s motorists’ access to cleaner-burning, more locally-produced E15. The legislation extends the state’s biodiesel production tax credit, which is set to expire at the end of 2014, […]
In Nebraska, renewable experts, the EPA, and the research community alike have disputed a recent University of Nebraska study which concluded that fuel produced from cellulosic ethanol from corn residue could result in 7% more greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline in the short term. According to critics, the study was conducted under highly unrealistic conditions: […]
In Washington, Three Rivers Energy has joined Growth Energy, bringing the associations plant membership to 83 with an additional 85 associate members. Three Rivers Energy, LLC is a Delta T bio-refinery located near the City of Coshocton, approximately 70 miles northeast of Columbus, Ohio and has a production capacity of 50 million gallons. The business […]
In Minnesota, Syngenta has announced an agreement with Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies to license its Adding Cellulosic Ethanol Technology, a new process for ethanol plants. Adding Cellulosic Ethanol technology has been shown to significantly increase a plant’s ethanol production while delivering other benefits such as increased corn oil production and higher protein content in dried distillers […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association has submitted comments to the California Air Resources Board pertinent to CARB’s draft indirect land use change analysis. Said Geoff Cooper, RFA’s senior vice president, “… the results of CARB’s draft analysis are in conflict with the results of recent independent ILUC studies. As described in a recent letter to CARB […]
In New Jersey, The American Biogas Council today awarded Ridgewood Green RME the “Biogas Project of the Year Award” for a renewable energy project implemented at the wastewater treatment plant owned by the Village of Ridgewood, NJ. The goal of the project was to enhance anaerobic digestion at a municipal wastewater treatment plant so that […]
In Ohio, Quasar Energy Group has collaborated with Clean Fuels Ohio to take their produced natural gas and turn it into compressed natural gas (CNG), a form of motor vehicle fuel. Quasar has expanded their capacity to make the equivalent of 25,000 galleons of fuel a day from these waste materials. Their recent collaboration with Clean […]
In California, Cargill has sent a letter to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil indicating it will commit to a new and improved responsible palm oil policy to address the issues of deforestation, human rights violations and carbon pollution documented within its palm oil supply chains. Nearly a decade after being made aware of serious […]
In Europe, the European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePURE) has announced the findings of a UN IPCC report, “Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: an assessment,” which is released today as part of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report. The report confirms that bioenergy has a massively positive role to play in society but more research is needed to […]
According to EIA data, ethanol production averaged 896,000 barrels per day, or 37.63 million gallons daily. That is down 26,000 barrels per day from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 898,000 barrels per day for an annualized rate of 13.77 billion gallons. Imports of ethanol were up from last week […]
