In Washington, the Department of Energy has launched a new mobile app to help drivers find ethanol, biodiesel, CNG, LPG, and quick-charging EV stations. The app, compiled by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, shows the location of more than 15,000 alternative fueling stations across the nation. More on the story.
In Missouri, a research effort to increase the amount of oleic acid found in soybean oil is already underway after the FDA announced its conclusion that trans fats are unsafe in food at the University of Missouri. Developing high oleic acid content traits in soybeans would avoid genetically modifying the beans, and could benefit the […]
In Washington, the Farm Bill is unlikely to come to the floor by the conference leaders’ deadline at the end of November according to commends from Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA). The Congressman stated that “I don’t know if we will get it before thanksgiving but I think we will get one.” The nutrition title remains […]
In New Hampshire, Mascoma has brought on Steve Percy, former chairman and CEO of BP America, and Dan Neslon, former vice president of ExxonMobil, to its broad of directors. The company is currently diversifying membership on its board of directors as the company turns towards commercialization. “We are excited to welcome Steve and Dan to […]
In Illinois, as outlooks for US corn production and inventories fell short of estimates, ethanol futures jumped up 2.4%, the biggest gain since October 3. Ethanol’s discount to gasoline also widened 1.13 cents to 87.94 cents per gallon. “Both corn output and inventories were a big surprise,” Renato Dias, a Campinas, Brazil-based analyst for Intl […]
In Singapore, Ennovor Biofuels has announced a new set of three managers as the company expands to become the world’s second largest second generation global biodiesel producer by 2015. Chairman John Markham (formerly of ICI) will be brought on for strategic business development, David Frohnsdorff will be brought on as the managing director for production, […]
In China, Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co. Ltd has earned a sustainability certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Services Foundation for the joint venture’s waste steel mill gas to biofuel plant. It is the first RSB-certified biofuel plant in China, and the first to receive this certification for industrial carbon […]
In the Philippines, coconut oil exports grew by nearly 50% in the last 9 months as the country failed to implement the shift to a B5 biofuel mandate. The current blending requirement is 2%, and the proposal to shift to B5 has yet to secure approval from the National Biofuels Board. Coconut oil export goals […]
In Washington, in an attempt to debunk indirect land use change theories, a Resources for the Future paper considers the effect of biomass energy on forests using a general stylized forest sector. The current research, led by Roger A. Sedjo, Brent Sohngen, and Anne Riddle, notes that “if agricultural croplands are drawn into the production […]
In Iowa, a new report on the RIN market asserts that the system is working effectively and as intended in tracking compliance with the RFS. The research, performed at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University, discovered that a $325 million investment in E85 infrastructure would reduce compliance costs by $1.75 […]
