Section 9011 of the Farm Bill – the Biomass Crop Assistance Program – USDA deploys $9.6M in new investments in bioenergy crops as questions revolve around the program’s future and effectiveness. Is BCAP important? Will it survive? How will it change? In Washington, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $9.6 million for the creation of two […]
One of biofuels’ hottest companies transitions from research phase to operating phase with opening of its demo plant in Okeechobee – what’s next, and where? In the glades north of Lake Okeechobee, in rural Florida, a 135,000 liter fermenter column stands out against the landscape like Salisbury Cathedral rising over the plains of Thomas Hardy’s […]
In Delaware, Butamax Advanced Biofuels notes the U.S. Federal District Court in the District of Delaware order limiting Gevo’s commercial activities, effective immediately. The order specifies: It is ordered that, until further order of the court, defendant Gevo, Inc., … and those persons in active concert or participation with them who receive notice of the […]
10,000 ways to replace a barrel of imported oil? BioBased Digest launches today, to help sort out the news and products in this fast-growing sector. Also introducing BioBase, which will launch in conjunction with Advanced Biofuels Markets this October in San Francisco. When the USDA announced recently that there are 3,700 bio-based products now approved […]
Thermocatalytic biofuels projects are Going South – here’s who and why In US bioenergy as a whole, most of the attention has deservedly gone to the Midwestern states – by and large, that’s where the corn and soybean production calls home. Efforts to diversify the production of first generation biodiesel have been able to stretch, […]
What are the most-told myths for biofuels, and what does science actually tell us? The Digest separates the fact from the fiction. The EU and the United States are preparing for what appears to be an extended debate on the merits and structure of biofuels mandates. Especially in the US, where the Renewable Fuel Standard […]
In Washington, U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) introduced legislation to give investors in renewable-energy projects access to a tax advantage now available only to investors in fossil fuel-based energy projects. The Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act is a straightforward, powerful tweak to the federal tax code that could unleash significant private […]
Terrabon CEO Gary Luce says the biofuels industry must rethink the Renewable Fuel Standard, to create the stability for capital formation and prevail over a coalition of wealthy, entrenched opponents. “Brace yourselves,” warned Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dinneen in a keynote address this week at the Fuel Ethanol Workshops, noting the the looming battle […]
In Washington, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) is expected to introduce legislation shortly to allow master limited partnerships in renewable energy, according to a report in the New York Times. When the legislation is introduced, it will have bipartisan support in the Senate, although no action is expected on the Senate floor this year on the […]
In-field bioprocessing? Dramatically higher plant oil production? R&D breakthroughs offer new paths to victory for Millers vs Drillers. If you haven’t been getting most of your information on the Renewable Fuel Standard from the Grocers Manufacturing Association, you’ll note that biofuels manufacturers have been able to deliver all the fuel called for in the mandate, […]
