In California, the state’s Air Resources Board is set to hold two workshops on March 11, one providing general updates on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the other on ILUC. Staff will discuss a proposal to update iLUC values for corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, and soy biodiesel, as well as proposed iLUC values for […]
In Washington, the USDA announced $60M worth of payments through the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program for over 195 producers across the nation. Agriculture Undersecretary Doug O’Brien announced the payments, which were reauthorized by the recently signed 2014 Farm Bill, to produce advanced biofuels from renewable biomass other than corn kernel starch. More on the story.
In Indonesia, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is preparing a new calculation for biodiesel prices that will come into effect in 2015 in an attempt to facilitate more diverse participation in the market. The move comes as a result of Pertamina’s failure to secure the 6.6 billion liters of biodiesel needed to reach B10 […]
In Indonesia, rising palm oil prices mean that it’s unlikely the country will hit its biodiesel blending target of 3.4 million metric tons. With prices currently at $840 per ton, supplies will instead be diverted for exports, leaving only 2 million tons for domestic consumption, 41% lower than the policy dictates. The biodiesel blend for […]
In Missouri, E15 is set to come online this summer after a major push by the state’s governor to overturn the anti-biofuel lobby. Back in October, the rule was temporarily blocked by the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules but the Senate didn’t manage to vote it out of committee so won’t come into […]
In Texas, the Secretary of Agriculture told the annual Commodity Classic that he has been talking with the EPA Administrator in order to get her to back down from lowering the ethanol and biodiesel blending mandates. He assured the industry however that he is looking for ways to support biofuels no matter what the EPA […]
In Washington, Novozymes has joined the Advanced Ethanol Council (AEC). The Danish company operates the largest enzyme plant dedicated to biofuel production in the United States in Blair, Nebraska. The $200 million plant specializes in making world-leading enzymes, a key technology component for both the conventional and advanced biofuel markets. “Novozymes and the Advanced Ethanol […]
In Washington, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp, R-Mich. has proposed a bill that would repeal tax credits for ethanol that expired in 2011 as well as the $1.01 per gallon tax credit for cellulosic ethanol that expired at the end of 2013. In addition, the bill proposes to also repeal the biodiesel […]
In Utah, a proposal recognizing the benefits of biodiesel successfully passed the state’s House of Representatives Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Committee on Tuesday, a move that is meant to support the introduction of biodiesel blending in the state. Currently the two commercial biodiesel producers, Washakie Renewable Energy in Plymouth and Washington County’s Pleasant Valley, […]
In California, a comment period regarding various fuel pathways under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard is currently open until March 2. The fuel pathways open for comment are Methes Energies’ UCO to biodiesel and corn oil to biodiesel, Neste Oil’s New Zealand tallow to renewable diesel, and Poet’s corn and sorghum ethanols.
