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10.26.09
Brasil Ecodiesel stock jumped 3.4% to $0.71 Friday, the highest price in 13 mont...
10.26.09
OriginOil Claims Highest Algal Oil Extraction
In collaboration with a research lab at California State University, OriginOil h...
10.21.09
Brazil May Reduce Ethanol Blend in Gasoline
In Brazil, the government is considering reducing the anhydrous ethanol blend in...
10.21.09
US Biomass Market Staying Local
Regulatory and permitting pressures are keeping US biomass markets largely local...
10.21.09
Verenium Contracts to Test Cellulosic Ethanol Technology
Verenium announced Wednesday an agreement with Value Prior to Pulping (VPP) to t...
10.14.09
Malaysian Biodiesel Exports Increase in October
Malaysia's biodiesel exports increased significantly in Oct. compared with a yea...
10.14.09
Oil hit a 2009 high above $75 a barrel on Wednesday on a weakening dollar, and o...
10.09.09
Bayer Claims Mapping of Rapeseed Genetic Code
Germany-based Bayer, the largest supplier of genetically modified rapeseed seeds...
10.09.09
BRENCO Announces Ethanol Expansion
In Brazil, BRENCO has announced a $3.5-billion expansion plan including ten new ...
10.09.09
More US Ethanol Plants Resume Production
Currently in the US, more ethanol plants are online and producing than earlier t...
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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