In Washington, to aid U.S. policymakers and other stakeholders who make decisions about the nation’s food system, a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council offers a framework for assessing the health, environmental, social, and economic effects of proposed changes to the system. The report also offers six examples to illustrate […]
In China, the year-long trial of 104 buses running on a biodiesel blend in Shanghai has been deemed a success and will be rolled out further to 1,000 buses this year. The 104 buses ran a total of 2.3 million kilometers. Using biodiesel in buses provides an alternative market for used cooking oil rather than […]
In France, FuelsEurope and the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association expect logistics and supply costs to increase due to the country’s boosting of blending biodiesel to 8%, above the 7% approved for the remaining EU member states. The groups also warn that some vehicles may be outside of their warranty with biodiesel blends of higher than […]
In Malawi, the Energy Department has called for more investment in ethanol production so that the country can boost supply of domestically produced fuel to 49 million liters annually from the current 18 million liters. The national policy is E20 but the government wants to boost E100 supplies for flex-fuel vehicles. It will also look […]
In Iowa, 2014 biodiesel production went down from 2013 numbers, coming in at 227 million gallons, 3 million gallons down from the 2013 record of 230 million gallons. The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association attributed the drop to policy instability as Congress allowed the federal biodiesel blenders tax credit to expire, renewing it only in mid-December, […]
In Oregon, the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard was approved by the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission in a 4-1 vote on Wednesday. Carbon emissions of fuels sold in the state will have to emit 10% fewer emissions over the next decade which is expected to prompt demand for biofuel blending. California and British Columbia already […]
In Oregon, the state’s department of agriculture held a public hearing on Tuesday regarding the draft rules that would allow growing industrial hemp but biodiesel production remains far away as the proposal allows the use of seeds only for growing hemp but not for sale nor for producing oil.
In Australia, a proposed 115 million liter per year ethanol plant in New South Wales continued to be delayed, now with the state’s planning department seeking more details from developers. The A$90 million facility, that would source grain from up to 500km from its Deniliquin location, was meant to begin construction in June. Korean group […]
In Thailand, the country’s ethanol producers association is urging the government to maintain the price gap between ethanol and gasoline to ensure continued demand for ethanol, rather than allow falling petrol prices reduce ethanol demand. If the price gap is not maintained, the association estimates it could take five to six years to return to […]
In Iowa, ethanol production totaled 3.9 billion gallons during 2014, up from 3.7 billion gallons the previous three years, according to Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA). Iowa continues to be the number one ethanol producing state, and is estimated to account for roughly 27 percent of national ethanol production in 2014. For the first time, […]
