On May 5, Biomass Research and Development Board operations committee is expected to hold a listening session, titled “Building a Billion Ton Bioeconomy in the United States.� The two-hour webinar is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
U.S. Water has announced its representatives will give three technical presentations during the upcoming Fuel Ethanol Workshop, June 20–23, 2016 at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Iowa legislature voted 94 – 0 in the House of Representatives and 49 – 0 in the Iowa Senate to secure another year of funding for the state's very successful biodiesel and ethanol blender pump program, the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program.
The Renewable Fuels Association has released an analysis of recently published data on California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, noting grain ethanol provided nearly half of the greenhouse gas reductions achieved through 2015.
California Air Resources Board has completed review of all ethanol pathway applications submitted by Jan. 31 through the alternative fuels portal. The submissions included both new applications and requests to have legacy pathways recertified.
As Mexico works to implement energy reforms, the U.S. Grains Council's staff there has been working to educate end-users and energy policymakers on the advantages of using ethanol as an oxygenate in fuel.
Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management have released a study that reveals insights into the transportation of biofuels and crude oil by rail around and through the state.
Global road transportation accounts for a sixth of all global carbon dioxide emissions, and its share is rising. A new analysis from Lux Research finds that low-carbon fuels and vehicle efficiency will cut emissions by 29 percent in 2030.
On April 21, the Iowa House of Representatives passed legislation that aims to extend state tax incentives for renewable fuels. The measure passed the state Senate in mid-April and will now go to Gov. Terry Branstad for consideration.
On April 25, the Indiana Office of Development and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council awarded more than $789,000 to fuel retailer Family Express under the Hoosier Homegrown Fuels Blender Pump Program, supporting the deployment of 45 blender pumps.
Executives from New Energy Investors were in North Dakota recently, looking for support to explore the feasibility of a cellulosic ethanol plant -- building on a project first proposed a decade earlier.
Increasing demand for meat, dairy and poultry products is a key driver for growth in the feed industry all around the world, including Turkey, where rising household incomes are leading consumers to demand more and higher-quality protein products.
With many new retailers preparing to offer E15, the Renewable Fuels Association is concerned that retailers could potentially order equipment that cannot legally dispense E15 and has issued new information about how to properly offer E15 at retail.
On April 22 a ceremony was held at United Nations headquarters in New York to coincide with Earth Day during which several nations signed the COP21 agreement. The ethanol industry has criticized the U.S. plan for not including biofuels.
The U.S. EPA has published renewable identification number (RIN) data for March, reporting nearly 1.52 billion RINs were generated during the month, bringing the total for the first three months of the year to more than 4.37 billion.
The growing interest for ethanol in the Asia-Pacific region is driven in part by ever-growing environmental concerns, especially those related to rising greenhouse gas emissions and deteriorating air quality associated with increased fossil fuel use.
On April 20, the Iowa Senate adopted a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress, U.S. EPA, President Obama and the next president of the United States to continue to support the renewable fuels standard (RFS) through 2022.
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a new biobased fuel, known as Alcohol to Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (ATJ-SPK). It is created from an alcohol called isobutanol that is derived from renewable feedstocks such as sugar or corn.
Alliance BioEnergy Plus Inc. has developed a technology that the company said will allow corn ethanol plants to process their own distillers grains and corn kernel fiber into cellulosic ethanol, adding millions of gallons to their annual output.
The effort to stop the U.S. EPA from implementing a model that unfairly blames ethanol for increased emissions hit a “temporary setback,� according to the Urban Air Initiative in response to action by the U.S Court of Appeals.
Comet Biorefining Inc. has signed an offtake agreement with bio-succinic acid producer BioAmber for high-purity dextrose from Comet's planned commercial plant in Sarnia, Ontario. The dextrose will be produced from agricultural residues.
Legislation pending in the New York State Assembly aims to allow filling stations located within marinas to sell motor fuel that does not contain ethanol.
Green Biologics Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based Green Biologics Ltd., announced two distribution agreements in April. The company is currently retrofitting a corn ethanol plant in Little Falls, Minnesota, to produce n-butanol and acetone.
Researchers have developed a process that makes lignin biodegradable and turns it into the large rolls of mulch film that farmers use to block weeds, retain moisture and soil temperature, and improve crop yield.
April 18 is tax day. While hardworking Americans will receive an average of more than $2,800 in refunds, oil producers and refiners receive $4 billion–6 billion in federal tax incentives and subsidies every year.
The U.S. EPA delivered the proposed rule for the 2017 renewable fuel standard (RFS) to the White House Office of Management and Budget on April 15. OMB review marks a final step before the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register.
Iowa motorists purchased a record 13.1 million gallons (mg) of E85 in 2015, an 8.3 percent increase over 2014, while also purchasing 8.7 mg of mid-level ethanol blends (ranging from E15 to E69), a 121.1 percent increase over 2014.
The U.S. EPA recently approved a renewable fuel pathway filed by Joule Unlimited Technologies Inc., allowing the company to generate D5 advanced biofuels renewable identification numbers for its algae-based ethanol under the renewable fuel standard.
The U.S. EPA recently announced it has finalized an amendment proposed last year that clarifies an aspect of the renewable fuels standard (RFS) program that was inadvertently put in place with the Quality Assurance Program rule.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released new information on ethanol and biodiesel movements by rail. The new monthly estimates are integrated with EIA's existing Petroleum Supply Monthly.
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