In Washington, the $33 billion in USDA investments created 75,000 jobs in 2013. Since the start of the Obama Administration, USDA business programs have provided more than 18,000 guaranteed loans, direct loans and grants to help more than 74,000 businesses create or save more than 375,000 jobs. USDA is increasingly becoming the lender of choice […]
In California, the state’s energy commission has awarded $4.6 million to Pixley Biogas who will set up an anaerobic digester using dairy waste with the power then used to run the neighboring Calgren Renewable Fuels Biorefinery. The biorefinery produces ethanol in Pixley.
In Hungary, the CEO of Ethanol Europe Renewables says Europe’s Renewable Energy Directive has killed off private sector investment in biofuels, and that only a clear and stable policy that guarantees certainty in the European market until 2030 will reverse that trend. He argues that what is needed is a zero-ILUC policy that focuses on […]
In Hawaii, the state’s Board of Land and Natural Resources will evaluate a proposal from Hoku Kai Biofuels to use a 10-inch pipe to transport biodiesel from the Hilo harbor to storage tanks, a system that was initially constructed in the 1960s to transport asphalt products to the former Shell Oil location near the harbor […]
In California, the state’s Air Resources Board is set to hold two workshops on March 11, one providing general updates on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and the other on ILUC. Staff will discuss a proposal to update iLUC values for corn ethanol, sugarcane ethanol, and soy biodiesel, as well as proposed iLUC values for […]
In Washington, the USDA announced $60M worth of payments through the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program for over 195 producers across the nation. Agriculture Undersecretary Doug O’Brien announced the payments, which were reauthorized by the recently signed 2014 Farm Bill, to produce advanced biofuels from renewable biomass other than corn kernel starch. More on the story.
In Indonesia, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is preparing a new calculation for biodiesel prices that will come into effect in 2015 in an attempt to facilitate more diverse participation in the market. The move comes as a result of Pertamina’s failure to secure the 6.6 billion liters of biodiesel needed to reach B10 […]
In Indonesia, rising palm oil prices mean that it’s unlikely the country will hit its biodiesel blending target of 3.4 million metric tons. With prices currently at $840 per ton, supplies will instead be diverted for exports, leaving only 2 million tons for domestic consumption, 41% lower than the policy dictates. The biodiesel blend for […]
In Missouri, E15 is set to come online this summer after a major push by the state’s governor to overturn the anti-biofuel lobby. Back in October, the rule was temporarily blocked by the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules but the Senate didn’t manage to vote it out of committee so won’t come into […]
In Texas, the Secretary of Agriculture told the annual Commodity Classic that he has been talking with the EPA Administrator in order to get her to back down from lowering the ethanol and biodiesel blending mandates. He assured the industry however that he is looking for ways to support biofuels no matter what the EPA […]
