“You don’t have enough for repeal. You do have enough for some reforms. ” says key GOP lawmaker; 20-billion-plus requirement, with built-in flexibility proposed, as RFS opponents, supporters tangle on the Hill. Can the RFS survive? The Digest’s condensed guide helps you wade through the voices, the issues, and the outcomes. Background: Yesterday in DC, […]
“You don’t have enough for repeal. You do have enough for some reforms. ” says key GOP lawmaker. 20-billion-plus requirement, with built-in flexibility proposed, as RFS opponents, supporters tangle on the Hill. Can the RFS survive? The Digest’s condensed guide helps you wade through the voices, the issues, and the outcomes. Background: Yesterday in DC, the […]
by Mary Rosenthal Executive Director, Algae Biomass Organization Halloween is not for another 3 months, but the costumes and scare tactics are already out in the form of a new ad campaign from the American Petroleum Institute (API). The goal of the ad campaign? To try to generate grassroots demand among the American public to […]
Who’s in the lead? Who’s getting traction? Who’s near the summit? Who’s got the oxygen? We look at algae, algae, and more algae to see who’s getting where, when. Algae, algae, algae — growing almost as fast as algae itself are the number of companies that are exploring the technology since algae came back on […]
By Lloyd Ritter and Ryan Stroschein, Agriculture Energy Coalition Now that both the U.S. House and Senate are moving toward a conference on the Farm Bill, it’s time to emphasize to both chambers the need for robust mandatory funding for energy title programs. These programs unlock significant private investment capital for renewable energy and energy […]
Advanced biofuels – mirage or reality? In January we wrote: “When these 12 projects open for business (or not) in 2013, you’ll know for sure.” So, what do we know? Advanced, next-generation biofuels are on the march, say the supporters. Next-generation biofuels are a debacle, according to a chorus of skeptics including the editorial page […]
By Brooke Coleman Executive Director, Advanced Ethanol Council In case you missed it, a skirmish broke out last week between AAA South Dakota and AAA National over AAA’s position on ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The catalyst for the disagreement is an oil industry funded television advertisement currently running in South Dakota and […]
By Richard Herbert Portfolios may be littered with the bones of first generation biofuels startups, but for strategic investors, the biofuels industry as a whole is far from cold in the grave. In fact, if you ask experts like John May, managing director of the investment banking firm Stern Brothers & Co, he’ll tell you […]
Last week, we advised that the FT microchannel reactor technology developed by the Oxford Catalysts Group and marketed under the brand name Velocys, has been selected for use in the design and possible construction of a commercial Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) plant led by the IR1 Group. The plant convert around 170,000 tons per year of forestry […]
Coming out of the dark: a project in Gresik, Indonesia; the company you know as Elevance Renewable Sciences; and a technology called olefin metathesis that’s highly worth knowing. In Singapore, Wilmar International and Elevance Renewable Sciences have just announced that they have begun shipping commercial products, including novel specialty chemicals, to customers from their first […]
