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01.31.08
Cellulosic Ethanol Plant To Be Sited In Colorado
Canadian companies, Lignol Innovations and Suncor Energy are planning to build C...
01.30.08
US States Call for Tighter Carbon Credit Rules
Ten US states have called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to tighten the r...
01.29.08
Ultra Green Energy Begins NY Biodiesel Distribution
Ultra Green Energy Services LLC, a Bioheat heating oil dealer in the Northeast, ...
01.28.08
First US Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant to Begin Production
In Louisiana, Verenium said that it will begin operating the first enzyme-based,...
01.25.08
UAE Announces $15 Billion for Renewable Energy
In the United Arab Emirates, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi announced a $15 billi...
01.24.08
NYC May Adopt Biodiesel Heating Oil
New York City homeowners, businesses, and city government may be switching to bi...
01.23.08
European Union To Establish Biofuel Tariffs
The European Union will introduce measures today to establish tariffs on US biof...
01.22.08
Indonesia Suspends 10% Soybean Import Tax
The Indonesian government has removed a 10% import tax on soybeans and is studyi...
01.22.08
Crude palm oil prices have begun to fall in Malaysia as biodiesel demand drops o...
01.18.08
Shell To Develop Algae Biofuels
Royal Dutch Shell and Hawaii-based HR Biopetroleum Inc., a developer of large-sc...
US EPA Releases RFS2
02.05.10
US EPA issued RFS2 this week including some major changes from the previous rule:
- Renewable fuels must account for 8.25% of total gasoline and diesel sales in 2010 to meet a mandate of nearly 13 billion gal of renewable fuels this year.
- The cellulosic ethanol output target is set at 6.5 million gal this year instead of the proposed 100 million gal.
- The 2009/2010 combined biomass diesel output target is set at 1.15 billion gal. by year-end.
- Measuring carbon dioxide emissions from ethanol and other biofuels includes indirect land use change, but biodiesel and renewable diesel from soy oil or waste oils, fats, and greases will meet the 50% GHG reduction threshold.
- Ethanol from sugarcane complies with the 50% reduction threshold for advanced biofuels.
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