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In Energy Outlook - Posted 2 years ago

This morning I ran across a news item indicating that Dow Chemical was installing a biomass cogeneration unit at its facility in Aratu, Brazil to prov...

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Senators Write Letter Supporting Ethanol Incentives

In Domestic Fuel - Posted 2 years ago

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 ...

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2011 Renewable Fuels Standards Set

In Domestic Fuel - Posted 2 years ago

The EPA has finalized the 2011 percentage standards for the four categories of fuel under the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). As such, each producer ...

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Splitting the Baby on E15

In Energy Outlook - Posted 2 years ago

I've been going over the EPA's ruling yesterday partially granting the waiver request from Growth Energy, an ethanol trade association, to allow gasol...

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Dirty oil's direct land change impact

In BioConversion Blog - Posted 4 years ago

Photograph by Peter Essick for National Geographic magazine.Once considered too expensive, as well as too damaging to the land, exploitation of Albert...

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Bias in California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard

In BioConversion Blog - Posted 4 years ago

California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is a good initiative but it is flawed in its current form. Consider:Ethanol is an alcohol with a fairly s...

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Join ACORE's Biomass Coordinating Council

In BioConversion Blog - Posted 4 years ago

The Biomass Coordinating Council of the American Council of Renewable Energy is an ever-present resource and meeting place for biomass professionals -...

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Economic Impacts of Biofuel Development

In BioConversion Blog - Posted 4 years ago

The impact of biofuel development should be significant to the economy of any nation that successfully deploys it. By becoming more energy self-suffic...

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Everyone Hates Ethanol?

In BioConversion Blog - Posted 4 years ago

It is a sad day when even the Wall Street Journal takes a page from the petroleum industry playbook and chop blocks the only national defense that mak...

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The Impact on Renewable Energy from Obama's Nominations

In BioConversion Blog - Posted 4 years ago

Who ARE those guys? The bad news is that the economic crisis threatens to suspend deployment of renewable energy facilities. Coupled with the meteori...

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