New E15 Analysis Confirms No Issues with Engine Durability and Maintenance
Oct 24, 2013
Despite feverish attempts by Big Oil to villianize ethanol GRAND FORKS, ND - October 24, 2013: In the latest edition of ETHANOL WEEK its Managing Editor Holly Jessen provided details of the latest U.S. government testing that one again confirmed that E15 and E20 fuels (15% ethanol and 20% ethanol, respectively) has no ... Continue reading
Oct 18, 2013
2013 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy --Biotechnology innovations and commercialization of renewable chemicals will be featured topics of plenary sessions at the 2013 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy. ... Continue reading
Ethanol Blending Provides Another Proxy for Gasoline Demand
Oct 7, 2013
graph of gasoline product supplied vs gasoline blended with ethanol, as explained in the article text Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Measuring current U.S. gasoline demand can be difficult, as there are 160,000 retail gasoline stations and more than 250 million vehicles in the country. EIA traditionally ... Continue reading
Cool Planet Signs Agreement with Acritaz Greentech
Oct 6, 2013
Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small-scale bio refineries for the conversion of non-food biomass into biofuels and soil enhancing biochar, and Acritaz Greentech, a group of companies that bring biomass processing and bio-technology innovation to plantations, today announced that they have signed an agreemen ... Continue reading
Gas Prices Lower Than Last Year, I Hear That You've Stopped Beating Your Wife
Aug 30, 2013
U.S. national average retail price for regular gasoline has fallen 13 cents per gallon below the apparent summer peak of $3.68 per gallon, reached on July 22. Last Monday, August 26, it was $3.55 per gallon, despite an increase in crude oil prices since early July. At $3.55 per gallon, the average U.S. retail price for ... Continue reading
USA Alt Fuel Auto Loans Resume
Aug 28, 2013
U.S. to Revive $25 Billion Auto Loan Program A U.S. alternative-vehicle loan program criticized by Republican lawmakers for financing two failed startups will resume marketing to industry groups and possible applicants, an Energy Department spokeswoman said yesterday. Bloomberg reports that the $25 billion Advanced Tec ... Continue reading
Growth Energy Launches "You're No Dummy" Advertising Campaign +VIDEO
Aug 26, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC â Ethanol industry advocacy group Growth Energy has launched an advertising campaign called âYouâre No Dummyâ in an effort to help Americans better understand that the oil industry is trying to stop the growth of clean, green renewable fuels to protect their own bottom lines. âFo ... Continue reading
Who's Supply, Who's Demand? World Petroleum Use Sets Record High In 2012
Aug 26, 2013
The world's consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2012, as declining consumption in North America and Europe was more than outpaced by growth in Asia and other regions (see animated map). A previous arti ... Continue reading
Project LIBERTY First Commercial Cellulosic Biorefinery HIRING Staff
Aug 23, 2013
POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels is now hiring full-time, quality team members to operate its 20 million-gallon-per-year cellulosic ethanol plant, which is set to open in early 2014. Project LIBERTY is a cellulosic biorefinery under construction today in Emmetsburg, Iowa that will use crop residue (corn cobs, leaves, husk, s ... Continue reading
Aug 22, 2013
Klobuchar, Grassley Call on Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Allegations of Possible Anticompetitive Practices by Oil Companies that Hurt Consumers Recent concerns indicate that oil companies may be taking steps to undermine efforts to distribute renewable fuels, including higher level eth ... Continue reading
Oil Industry Pushes for Reduction in Renewable Domestic Ethanol Mandate
Aug 15, 2013
​WASHINGTON August 15, 2013; API filed a waiver request for EPA to lower the ethanol mandate to below 10 percent of gasoline demand for 2014. API Downstream Group Director Bob Greco said the move is designed to protect consumers and the U.S. economy. âThe RFS is broken beyond repair, and we are calling on th ... Continue reading
BIO Welcomes Release of Final 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rules
Aug 6, 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organization today welcomed the release of the final rule and 2013 Renewable Volume Obligations for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), noting that EPA's carefully balanced implementation of the RFS has provided advanced biofuel developers and investors with confidence that if they can produce ... Continue reading
NACS Testifies at Renewable Fuels Standard Hearing
Jul 23, 2013
Washington Report: NACS Testifies at Renewable Fuels Standard Hearing A two-day hearing in a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is putting the RFS in the hot seat, where panelists are sharing their insights on whether the mandate should be repealed or restructured. ​ WASHINGTON July 23, 2013; ... Continue reading
Oil Industry Launches Ad Campaign to Repeal RFS (E15)
Jul 17, 2013
The American Petroleum Institute is focusing its new ad campaign on what the Renewable Fuels Standard will cost consumers. ​ WASHINGTON July 17, 2013; The American Petroleum Institute (API) is taking its message that the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is costing consumers, The Hill reports. The ads, which ... Continue reading
EPA's Tier III Rule Can Encourage Adoption of Biofuels, BIO Says
Jul 7, 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a final Tier 3 Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards rule that maximizes investment in and adoption of advanced biofuels. ... Continue reading
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