In Nevada, biodiesel and renewable diesel are included in the proposed legislation that would see a 5 cent per gallon tax lobbed on diesel by rural counties starting Jan. 1, 2020. The bill has passed the state’s senate and will now move onto the assembly for passage. Funds raised by the taxes in areas with […]
In Nevada and Washington, D.C., the Clean Energy Project and the Advanced Energy Economy delivered a policy roadmap to the Nevada gubernatorial campaigns of Republican nominee Adam Laxalt and Democratic nominee Steve Sisolak outlining how Nevada can grow as a clean energy leader and create jobs. The policy roadmap, “Nevada’s Clean Energy Roadmap: How the […]
In Nevada, the unassuming ice plant could become an ingenious weapon in the fight against a warming climate that threatens to limit regions suitable for growing biofuel crops. Biochemist and molecular biologist John Cushman at the University of Nevada, Reno will create a gene atlas for the common ice plant that will help find ways […]
In Iowa, a second lightning strike has hit the stover storage piles at DuPont’s Nevada cellulosic ethanol plant, this time impacting about 10,000 tons of feedstock. The fire earlier this month destroyed at least 10,000 bales of stover as well. Despite the summer storms wreaking havoc on outside storage, the company says the damage is […]
In Nevada, Glenn Miller is leading the effort in a project at the University of Nevada, Reno to convert roadside gumweed into biofuel, which could help contribute to fuel supplies for the military. “The plant grindelia squarosa, known as curly top gumweed, has extractable hydrocarbons with the potential use as a biodiesel or biomaterials crop,” […]
DuPont dreamed it, thousands built it, now see it. In Iowa, DuPont opened its 30 million gallon cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, IA — which becomes the world’s largest cellulosic biofuels refinery opened to date. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, Iowa senior Senator Charles Grassley, Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, and Congressman Steve King were the headliners […]
In Nevada, James , 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced in federal court in Las Vegas to ten years in prison for his role in illegal schemes to generate fraudulent biodiesel credits and to export biodiesel without providing biodiesel credits to the United States. Jariv was also ordered to make restitution in the amount […]
In Nevada, Methes Energies International Ltd. announced that it has closed on a $1.25 million registered direct placement with a small group of institutional investors. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, acted as the sole placement agent for the transaction. The additional capital will allow the company to get into production of Epoxidized Soybean Oil and Natural […]
In Nevada, Methes Energies announced that it has entered into agreements with certain institutional investors for a registered direct placement of approximately $1,250,000 of common stock at a price of $0.5435 per share. In addition, the Company will issue to the investors warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,781,292 shares of common stock (approx. 77% […]
In Nevada, Methes Energies International Ltd. announced that it will start offering, from its Sombra, Ontario facility, Epoxidized Soybean Oil and Natural Polyol. Both of these bio-based products help address growing global demand for the replacement of non-sustainable products, such as fossil fuel chemicals, across a wide range of industries. ESO can be used, among […]
