In Belgium, the European Commission has unveiled its Energy Roadmap 2050 that outlines different possibilities for reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. The options range from more and better renewables including advanced biofuels to more nuclear power. Critics said the EC missed the opportunity to provide fixed targets for 2050 but those negotiations are expected to […]
In Washington, the Obama administration has received over 130 submissions regarding suggestions for the Bioeconomy Blueprint from industry and academic professionals around the world. Some of the suggestions indicated that the plan should address the challenge posed by synthetic biology and should remove bioeconomy barriers by developing regulatory pathways for next-gen sequencing. Genetic & Engineering […]
In Washington, the Obama administration has received over 130 submissions regarding suggestions for the Bioeconomy Blueprint from industry and academic professionals around the world. Some of the suggestions indicated that the plan should address the challenge posed by synthetic biology and should remove bioeconomy barriers by developing regulatory pathways for next-gen sequencing. Genetic & Engineering […]
In Louisiana, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced loans and grants for agricultural producers and rural small businesses across the country to implement renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in their operations under REAP. The USDA is providing $1.95 million for 12 flexible fuel pump projects in eight states; Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North […]
In the Philippines, the Dept. of Agriculture is talking to San Carlos Bioenergy, who currently produces ethanol from molasses, to start producing ethanol from sweet sorghum in order to boost sweet sorghum production in the province of Negros Occidental. Discussions are regarding a new commercial-scale facility. In coordination with International Crops Research Institute for the […]
In Washington, 73 House members from both parties have sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asking them to “allow ethanol subsidies set to expire to do just that and to resist calls to expand or create new ethanol subsidies in the eleventh hour.” “Congress anticipated the […]
In Washington, 73 House members from both parties have sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asking them to “allow ethanol subsidies set to expire to do just that and to resist calls to expand or create new ethanol subsidies in the eleventh hour.” “Congress anticipated the […]
In Washington, D.C., a coalition of U.S. livestock and poultry industry associations is requesting a hearing to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard’s impact on the economy. The groups cited ongoing pressure on domestic feed grain supplies and a discovery of $9 million of fraudulent renewable identification numbers as justifications for a hearing in a letter […]
In Sri Lanka, economic analyst Bandula Sirimanna believes the sugar industry is in crisis. He blames a lack of coherent government policy towards growers and consumers of sugarcane for the rapid decline of the sugar industry. He asserts that government regulation of management in the private sector management must be expanded, but not ad hoc […]
In Washington, Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a new pilot initiative to reduce hurdles that prevent innovative companies from working with the DOE’s national laboratories. The new Agreements for Commercializing Technology will help businesses bring job-creating technologies to the market faster by allowing them to work with the DOE’s national laboratories from start […]
