In Washington state, many organic tree fruit growers and biofuel crop growers across the state are very surprised by the Washington State Horticultural Association’s unilateral opposition of this widely supported legislation that would allow farmers to obtain a small amount of new water from the Columbia River and the Snake River to help increase production […]
In California, the California Energy Commission has launched a $37 million call for proposals looking for new technologies to produce biomethane, diesel and gasoline replacements that have better environmental performance than methane, biodiesel from soy, and ethanol produced for existing feedstocks in the state. Funds can cover the entire development chain from early technology development […]
In Illinois, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met with officials from Boeing, Honeywell and United Airlines at Boeing’s headquarters in Chicago to discuss biofuels and their future role in military and civil aviation. “We know they are very interested in this because they are confronting greenhouse gas regulations in Europe; we know this fuel […]
In Colombia, ethanol blending levels have been reduced temporarily because floods in the Cauca Valley have cut sugarcane and molasses supplies, putting production at only 750,000 liters of ethanol per day rather than the standard 1.15 million liters.
In Hawaii, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the Obama Administration’s commitment to renewable energy at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument’s Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Pearl Harbor naval base was the first Hawaii military marine fleet to use biodiesel, replacing the Department of Navy-operated tour boats that shuttled visitors to and […]
In Brazil, the trade ministry has extended duty-free imports on anhydrous ethanol through the end of 2015. The water limit on the ethanol is 1%, which is pretty tight considering the effects of sea transport on anhydrous ethanol, but the limit is more lax than in Europe that only allows 0.3%.
In South Dakota, the state Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) this week is hosting meetings for petroleum retailers, to introduce the state’s new Ethanol Infrastructure Incentive Grant Program. The program was created to help station owners defray the cost of installation of ethanol blender pumps, which offer consumers a greater variety of fuel choices, […]
In Brazil, the country’s energy regulator ANP has opened a public consultation, available on its website through Feb. 8, to help it establish future rules for biodiesel. A public hearing will also be held with the industry to gather their views on proposals. The ANP wants to increase the number of feedstocks used for biodiesel […]
In Washington, Digest columnist and Growth Enerrgy co-chairman Gen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.), writing in the Huffington Post, said “For the first time in nearly a decade, the ethanol industry will exist without any government financial support: the blenders’ tax credit, created by Congress in 2004 to establish a healthy ethanol industry, expired on December […]
In Washington, Digest columnist and Growth Enerrgy co-chairman Gen. Wesley K. Clark (Ret.), writing in the Huffington Post, said “For the first time in nearly a decade, the ethanol industry will exist without any government financial support: the blenders’ tax credit, created by Congress in 2004 to establish a healthy ethanol industry, expired on December […]
