In Florida, Joe Jobe’s annual national biodiesel keynote and overlook highlighted that the Renewable Fuel Standard, the federal law governing renewable fuel blending, is back on track and on schedule for the first time in its history with volumes defined for biodiesel through 2017. Second, the industry secured an extension of an important tax law […]
The first Global Bioeconomy Summit in Berlin Germany released a communique: “We, a community of experts and stakeholders from more than 50 countries, met in Berlin to review the state of bioeconomy in different parts of the world and to identify opportunities for accelerated transition to a more biobased economy, i.e., an economy that fulfills […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association is reporting that the U.S. ethanol industry exported 836 million gallons of ethanol worth $1.8 billion in 2015. The RFA report finds that U.S. ethanol made its way to all six inhabited continents in 2015, reaching more than 75 countries. The top five countries receiving U.S. ethanol last year […]
In South Dakota, the American Coalition for Ethanol has targeted April 13-14 for its annual grassroots lobbying effort in Washington, DC this year. “The most persuasive and effective spokespeople for our industry are real people, whose everyday life experiences and authenticity illustrate how the decisions made in Washington, DC impact their businesses and communities. Given […]
In Germany, UFOP relates that the January dive of New York crude oil prices widened the gap with prices of palm and soybean oil even further. In looking at the trends, UFOP commented: “Global surplus put strong downward pressure on crude oil prices on the futures market. Positive stimuli usually only had a short-term effect. […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 959,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 40.28 million gallons daily. That is down 2,000 b/d from the week before and the lowest in nine weeks. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 976,000 b/d for an annualized rate of […]
In Tennessee, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Colorado State University and Envirofit International report that up to the 4 million premature deaths each year attributed to indoor cookstove smoke might be prevented because cleaner biomass cookstoves. With 3 billion people in developing countries using open fire cookstoves, the need is great for durable, low-cost […]
In Iowa, the America’s Renewable Future advocacy group said that 83% of voters supported candidates who recognized that the RFS is crucial to over 852,000 American jobs, our lowered dependence on foreign oil, and consumers’ choice at the pump for a clean, less expensive fuel. “83 percent of Iowans supported pro-RFS candidates in 2016. In […]
The Digest Bioeconomy Index, an index of publicly traded advanced bioeconomy stocks, dropped 1.56 percent to 48.67 as advanced bio and ethanol retreated. For the day, BioAmber (BIOA) fell 6.28 percent to $3.73, while Aemetis (AMTX) lost 4.86 percent to $1.95. Among other equities, Solazyme (SZYM) tumbles 7.59 percent to $1.46. Overall, declines led advances […]
Real-world Industrial Ecology Projects and NREL’s Sustainable Mobility projects show a way forward that EPCOT once charted in our stars. This year marks the 50th year since Walt Disney died, and every year it becomes more clear how transformative he was at changing the way we bring stories to life. He was more than a […]
