Archive for November, 2009
EDUCATIONAL SERIES: Where Do RINs Come From?
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
RINs are generated as a result of the production or importation of renewable fuel into the United States. The RINs serve as identification numbers for each gallon of renewable fuel placed into commerce, allowing EPA to monitor the movement and use of renewable fuel in the marketplace.
Viaspace Cultivating High-Biomass Grass
New Biofuels [...]
Viaspace Cultivating High-Biomass Grass
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
A California company is developing a crop in subtropical areas of southern China that it calls “Giant King Grass” — a high-biomass dynamo that contains two-and-a-half times more energy than switchgrass.
New Biofuels Investment Holds Risks Similar to Ethanol
Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Caught Up in Senate Wrangle
Zenergy Secures Feedstock; Will Restart Biodiesel [...]
Neeley Biofuels’ Profits Jump
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
DTN’s hypothetical Neeley Biofuels Inc. ethanol plant is showing a net profit of 21 cents per gallon as of Nov. 18, a 27-cent-per-gallon improvement since Sept. 24, due to a spike in the price of ethanol.
EIA Offers Brief History on Ethanol Production Capacity
Companies to Produce CO2, O2 for Biofuel Production from [...]
Paper Mills Drunk on Black Liquor
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Paper mills have received billions of dollars this year from a 2005 tax-credit provision originally set up for new, alternative biofuels. Meanwhile, the paper industry is looking at new cellulosic tax credits as a way to keep the federal tax tap open. And, as we indicated in the first installment in [...]
Pro-Ethanol Group ACE Elects New Leaders for 2010
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
The American Coalition for Ethanol’s board of directors met Thursday and elected officers for the upcoming year, bringing even more grassroots representation and diversity to the nation’s largest ethanol advocacy association, the group said in a news release.
Envirotek to Build Algae Farms in Nevada, Arizona
Canadian Government Invests in Saskatchewan Biofuels
Frontier Renewable [...]
Envirotek to Build Algae Farms in Nevada, Arizona
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Algae-to-biofuels development company Envirotek plans to build two 10-acre algae farms for use in the company’s ‘Extreme Biodiesel’ plant, according to a news release from the company.
Canadian Government Invests in Saskatchewan Biofuels
Frontier Renewable Supports Wood-based Ethanol Study
US House Vote Strips Paper Industry of Biofuels Tax Credit
Searchinger, Ag Clashes Not New
Ethanol “Villain”: [...]
Searchinger, Ag Clashes Not New
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Timothy Searchinger is perhaps best known for his controversial February 2008 paper that tried to quantify international indirect land-use changes as they relate to ethanol, but his work for the Environmental Defense Fund for several years before that often put him at odds with U.S. agriculture.
Ethanol “Villain”: Perceptions Wrong
Zenergy Acquires Biodiesel [...]
RFA’s Bob Dinneen Calls on Biofuels Leaders to Unite
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen Tuesday urged global biofuels leaders to work together to advance commonly-shared goals.
Bio-Clean International to Acquire Clean Energy Company
Ethanol’s Promises - 5
KAAPA Ethanol Keeps on Trucking
Engine That Runs on Any Fuel Advances Toward Chinese Patent
Researchers’ Find Could Make Cellulosic Ethanol Production More Economical
Zenergy International [...]
