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 Iowa, producers more than tripled their biodiesel output in 2011, producing a total of 169 million gallons. The increased demand was credited to the reinstatement of the biodiesel tax credit and the renewable fuels standard. Despite the lapse of the biodiesel tax credit on Dec. 31, 2011, producers hope demand will remain steady under […]
In Iowa, producers more than tripled their biodiesel output in 2011, producing a total of 169 million gallons. The increased demand was credited to the reinstatement of the biodiesel tax credit and the renewable fuels standard. Despite the lapse of the biodiesel tax credit on Dec. 31, 2011, producers hope demand will remain steady under […]
Are reports of wholesale land grabbing fact or fiction? Could it restrict freedom to operate in sun-drenched lands where plants grow fast? A new report from PANGEA looks at the real causes and solutions. Biofuels Digest senior editor Meghan Sapp, in her other role as Secretary-General of the Europe-based PANGEA (Partners for Euro-African Green Energy), […]
Are reports of wholesale land grabbing fact or fiction? Could it restrict freedom to operate in sun-drenched lands where plants grow fast? A new report from PANGEA looks at the real causes and solutions. Biofuels Digest senior editor Meghan Sapp, in her other role as Secretary-General of the Europe-based PANGEA (Partners for Euro-African Green Energy), […]
MSW is an obvious kick-off feedstock for the emerging bioenergy industry, but its numerous advantages remain largely overlooked. by David Bransby, Professor, Energy Crops and Bioenergy, Auburn University, USA There is widespread disappointment in the rate of progress towards commercialization of cellulosic biofuels, and industry is lagging substantially behind RFS2 annual targets. Feedstock limitations are […]
Today on Twitter. BioeconomyInst: Natural gas: A threat to biofuels? theclimateguy: Second-generation ethanol processing, to ease pressure on corn and sugar, cost prohibitive: Shell: Electric? Hydrogen? Biofuels? See what #Shell thinks could power cars of the future SpenserVillwock #BioFuel ‘Super yeast’ gobbles up trees, spits out ethanol for biofuel – DVICE Growth_Force Tired of people […]
In San Francisco next week, Advanced Biofuels Markets opens with delegates from 16 countries. What are the 10 hottest topics right now – What’s the Buzz? Looking at the official activities, ABM will feature the live announcement of the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy for 2011-12, the winners of the Day in the Life of […]
By Larry Sullivan, ArborGen Inc. Kudos to Tim Sklar for his excellent article “What to Burn, Thermal Coal or Bio-Coal,” which examined the potential to replace coal with bio-fuel alternatives. However, I believe that Mr. Sklar has undervalued the potential for woody biomass due to several assumptions that mischaracterize current market conditions. One example where […]
Is bio-coal an economic alternative to traditional coal – or how close? Tim Sklar looks at the numbers, and finds that selecting bio-Coal over thermal coal can be a hard choice without clean energy mandates By Biofuels Digest contributor Tim Sklar Background For some time, thermal coal fired power plants all over the world have […]
