Biodiesel Industries, Inc. has picked up a nearly $1 million grant from the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program for its at a naval base in California. The company says the Biofuel Production Plant grants provide funding and financial assistance for the development of new biofuel production plants based in the Golden State and enhance …
Senators Write Letter Supporting Ethanol Incentives
While a group of senators yesterday urged an end to ethanol incentives, another group sent a letter supporting an extension of the current tax credit and associated tariff. The letter, sent to Senate leadership and signed by Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) with 13 others, asked that the ethanol incentives be “a high priority on the Senate’s …
Canadians Look to Up Biodiesel, Ethanol Requirements
On the heels of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency setting the Renewable Fuels Standards for 2011, our friends north of the border are looking at increasing the amount of ethanol and biodiesel in fuel in Canada. The Toronto Sun reports the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association wants to see the federal government double the ethanol-in-gasoline mandate from 5 percent to 10 …
Some Senators Urge End to Ethanol Incentives
U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Jon Kyl (R-AZ), together with 15 other senators, today sent a letter to the Senate leadership expressing their “lack of support for extending the current 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on ethanol imports and the 45-cent-per-gallon subsidy for blending ethanol into gasoline.” Calling the incentives for domestic ethanol production “fiscally indefensible,” the senators wrote that ending them …
Soybean Growers Fly-in for Biodiesel
In an effort to convey the urgent need for Congress to extend the biodiesel tax incentive, American Soybean Association (ASA) farmer-leaders are participating in a biodiesel fly-in today to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. Participating from ASA are grower-leaders Joe Steiner of Ohio, Bob Henry of Kansas and Darryl Brinkmann of Illinois. These ASA leaders are joining …
Loss of Tax Break Prompts Dumping of Biodiesel Plant
The loss of the federal $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax incentive is part of the reason a green energy company has decided to give its biodiesel plant to creditors. The Dallas Morning News reports that GreenHunter Energy Inc. made the move to give its Houston biodiesel plant to its debt holders to avoid being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange: GreenHunter …
Military, Biobased Products Seen as Top Trends for 2011
Military interests and biobased product value streams are seen as the biggest drivers for the biofuel industry in the coming year … that’s according to a new poll from the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and Biofuels Digest. The poll looked at “11 Hot Trends for 2011” and was launched during the recent Advanced Biofuels Markets 2010 conference in San Francisco: …
EPA Decision on E15 for Later Models Delayed
The Environmental Protection Agency says it will now be the end of the year before testing of 15 percent ethanol blended fuel in vehicles older than 2007 model year is complete. According to a very brief statement issued by the EPA, the Department of Energy has informed EPA that “lab testing of E15 in model year 2001-2006 vehicles will now …
Delay Expected on E15 for Later Model Vehicles
Reuters is reporting today that the Environmental Protection Agency is likely to delay a decision on the use of E15 in cars and pickup trucks built from 2001 to 2006 by up to a month. Using an unidentified source, Reuter’s reporter Tom Doggett said the agency wants to do more testing on the effects of 15 percent ethanol blended gas …
Greenfleet Website Features Navy’s Biofuels Efforts
A new website from the U.S. Navy features the service’s efforts to use biofuels, as well as environmental and climate change issues. Greenfleet.dodlive.mil is the latest place to point your browser toward to see how the programs actually help the Navy increase combat capability and ensure mission readiness: Energy Security The Navy’s energy programs focus on having an adequate, reliable, …