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CME Group announces first trade of ethanol RINs futures
Tweet In New York, the CME Group announced the first Ethanol Renewable Identification Number futures contract was cleared yesterday over CME ClearPort. This trade was brokered by StarFuels Inc. “As the most actively traded market for North American gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel and ethanol futures contracts, our new RINs products make a good complement to our [...]
Doing it in the Dark: Fuel from thin air, and beyond light
Tweet Beyond fossil fuels, beyond light itself. And now, the direct production of drop-in biofuel blendstocks. All available from a microbial “cow”. This week in California, a research team from Shota Atsumi’s lab at the University of California, Davis have reported that they engineered Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria, to grow without [...]
California legislator proposes dropping ethanol mandate from RFS
Tweet In California, Assemblymember Kristin Olsen (R- Modesto) introduced AJR 21, which would urge Congress to swiftly enact House Resolution 1462, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Reform Act of 2013, to revise the requirements of the Renewable Standard program in order to alleviate the impact of rising feed costs. The RFS Reform Act will eliminate corn-based [...]
IEA drops US ethanol outlook, citing policy uncertainty
Tweet In France, the International Energy Agency released its 2013 Mid-Term Oil Market Report, projected that US ethanol growth will stall almost completely through 2018 due to political opposition to the US Renewable Fuel Standard, the ethanol blend wall, stalling gasoline demand, and rising feedstock costs. “Though there is no clear indication the RFS2 will [...]
Enerkem starts “drop-in” fuels R&D
Tweet Also, next-gen waste-to-biofuels biofuels pioneer expects to reach commissioning stage by summer at first commercial plant In Canada, Enerkem announced that the Canadian government will contribute $1.1 million to a project developing new catalytic processes for the conversion of waste into “drop-in” biofuels. These “drop-in” biofuels are fully interchangeable with hydrocarbon fuels, such as [...]
Out of the Shell: oil giant’s big biofuels ambitions
Tweet One thing to remember about Shell – it’s not your Dad’s oil company. In an exclusive Digest interview, Shell’s VP for Alternative Energy, Matthew Tipper, reveals the company’s thinking about RFS2, their increasing re-focus on North America and the EU. Plus, Shell’s ambition to “build, own and operate” a global biofuels business “to complement [...]
LCFS review drubs oil industry report: top 10 quotes
Tweet If you have been following events in California, oil refiners have been waging a well-funded war on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires oil companies to reduce the carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel by 10 percent by 2020. Centerpiece in their strategy was a June 2012 report from Boston Consulting Group (funded [...]
Biofuels Quick Takes: Solazyme, KiOR, E15, Farm Bill
Tweet Solazyme Q1 results. Cowen & Co’s Rob Stone writes: “We expect in-line Q1:13 results…stock performance likely hinges on status of construction at Lestrem and Moema, ramp timing at Clinton, and possibly new oils and new customers. We model positive cash EPS in 2014, and see 70% upside relative to the market in a year. [...]
Virent Delivers Plant-Based Jet Fuel to U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for Testing
Tweet Produces Drop-In Jet Fuel from 100% Renewable Plant Sugars In Wisconsin, Virent announced the delivery of 100 gallons of its bio-based jet fuel to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for testing purposes. Product testing will begin at Wright Patterson Air Force Base to validate Virent’s jet fuel against the standards required for [...]
Canergy taps Beta Renewables for 25M gallon advanced biofuels project in California
Tweet Energy cane for California’s Imperial Valley? Canergy lines up Beta, CHS, Certis as partners for greenfield low-carbon fuel project slated for 2016 opening. In California, Canergy announced that it has selected Chemtex and Beta Renewables for the development of their 25 million gallon per year cellulosic biofuels facility to be located in the Imperial [...]
