In Washington, hopes for an up or down vote on the ethanol tax credit and other biofuels provisions in the proposed Obama-GOP tax deal were rocked, when Senator Dianne Feinstein of California sought to amend the bill to slash the ethanol tax credit to 36 cents per gallon, and to repeal the ethanol tariff. Feinstein […]
In California, Wilson Sonsini has set up a webinar on USDA financing programs for bioenergy. According to WSGR, “We already have over 300 RSVPs and we just added John May from Stern Brothers and a speaker from Silicon Valley Bank.” The webinar will be Thursday at 1-2:30pm ET. More on the story.
In California, NASA has entered into a three year lease agreement with E Green Technologies to to bring the world’s largest airship to NASA Research Park at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field. NASA will lease approximately 24,000 square feet of hangar space in historic Hangar 2 for EGT/21st Century Airships to develop and test […]
In Washington, Reuters is reporting that the current Senate tax bill will extend the ethanol tax credit at 45 cents per gallon, for one year. Meanwhile, Smithfield Foods CEO Larry Pope told Bloomberg that “It looks like the credit’s going down”. POET’s Jeff Broin said that “We can’t live without that incentive today,” while Growth […]
In the UK, the country risks missing a crucial deadline on Sunday to implement the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive while it continues to implement its own policies under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. The government says it is working to align the RTFO sustainability standard with the criteria set out in RED so that […]
In Washington, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa told reporters that ethanol and biodiesel tax extensions are included in an omnibus tax deal struck by President Obama and Republicans. Grassley could not say the exact amount of the proposed ethanol tax credit, but said that the deal would extend both credits through 2011 and would apply […]
In Washington, Senate Finance chairman Max Baucus of Montana introduced a compromise on the ethanol tax credit. Under the proposed compromise, the ethanol tax credit would be cut to 36 cents and renewed for one year; a 54 cent tariff on Brazilian ethanol would also be renewed. However, the Senate rejected the proposal in a […]
In Washington, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced two research grants totaling $766,562 intended to advance the use of bio-based fuels and lubricants. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded $395,189 to North Carolina State University to continue its research into the use of biofuels for freight and passenger rail operations, which will result in […]
In Alabama, the Environmental Protection Agency has kicked Cello Energy off of its list of potential cellulosic biofuel suppliers for 2011 partially because it filed for bankruptcy in October, partly because it has had processing issues and because of its past litigation issues relating to fraud. As recently as July, the EPA was expecting the […]
In Ohio, the City of Columbus has initiated a waste cooking oil to fuel program, similar to the San Francisco program we previously reported on October 8, and for pretty much the same reasons. According to Columbus’ website, the program was started because: ” When residents improperly dispose of fats, oils and grease down the […]
