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12.11.07
Pacific Ethanol Halts California Plant
Pacific Ethanol Inc. has halted construction of a 50 million gallon ethanol plan...
12.07.07
US May Adopt 36 Billion Gallon RFS
The US House of Representatives has passed the Energy Independence and Security ...
12.05.07
Global Ag Production Projected To Decrease
The world's agricultural production is projected to decrease by 16% by 2020 due ...
12.04.07
US & EU Seek To End Trade Barriers for Green Technology
The US and the EU jointly launched a proposal in world trade talks aimed at coun...
12.03.07
Bionor Looks To Jatropha in the Philippines
Global feedstock firm Bionor Transformacion S.A. is planning to invest $200 mill...
11.30.07
At the EBB General Assembly in Brussels today, a unanimous decision was reached ...
11.27.07
France May Cut Biofuel Tax Advantage
France may cut tax advantages for biofuels by one-third as part of a review of i...
11.27.07
Analysts See Rise In European Biodiesel Output
European biodiesel output will increase from 7.15 mt in 2007 to 11.7 mt in 2008/...
11.21.07
Biodiesel Production May Lower South American Soy Exports
Increased biodiesel production in Brazil and Argentina is likely to reduce the t...
11.20.07
China To Import 6 Million Tons of Palm Oil in 2007
China will import more than 6 million tons of palm oil in 2007, according to an ...
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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