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California’s looming showdown over waste feedstocks
by Biofuels Digest special correspondent Scott Miller
A showdown is looming in the California State Senate this summer over an issue that is at the heart of the nationwide drive to develop and deploy bioenergy conversion technologies.
In a state that prides itself on its landmark achievements in outlining Global Warming Solutions (AB 32) Bioenergy Action plans [...]
Rentech proposes 9 Mgy renewable diesel, power plant in California; wood, agricultural waste as feedstocks
In California, Rentech announced plans to construct a 9 Mgy renewable diesel plant that will also produce 35 MW of power, in Rialto.
The plant will provide sufficient power for 30,000 homes and the fuel equivalent for 18,000 cars at average residential usage rates. The plant is expected to easily surpass the standards of the new [...]
Brazil critiques proposed California Low Carbon Fuel Standard; Air Resources Board to vote this week on indirect land use change, low carbon standard
In Brazil, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) said that sugarcane ethanol’s carbon intensity is lower than calculated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). “Sugarcane ethanol has a verifiable reduction in greenhouse gases of 90% compared to gasoline. Sugarcane ethanol will easily meet the LCFS, not just in 2020 but today,” said Marcos Jank, [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “In a head to head contest between corn ethanol and doing nothing over a 50 year period, doing nothing would be better for the environment for the first 48 years.”
Brooke Coleman, New Fuels Alliance: “Today’s Air Board decision means Californians will be producing more greenhouse gasses over the coming years, not less. This proposal blurs the Governor’s vision of creating honest standards to judge all fuels equitably. Enforcing indirect effects against biofuels and not oil encourages petroleum companies to sell dirty oil — even [...]
Propel Fuels CEO aims for 500 renewable fuel kiosks in California
In California, new Propel Biofuels CEO Matt Horton confirmed that the company intends to build as many as 500 renewable fuel stations throughout the state of California. The company recently relocated to California from Seattle and opened five biofuels stations in the Sacramento area.
Addressing the proposed California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which may derail use [...]
California energy plan projects 4.4 billion gallon renewable fuel market by 2020
In California, more details emerged from the renewable energy plan approved by the the state Air Resources Board last month. The plan indicated that it projected a fall in gasoline consumption of 4.6 billion gallons by 2020, to 13.3 billion gallons, of which one third will come from renewable resources. The state also recently passed [...]
California retailers see biodiesel as cost-cutting alternative to installing diesel air filters required under new law
In California, the owners of local biodiesel operations are seeing strong potential for converting new customers, based on the requirement in the new emissions regulations that would force conventional diesel using fleets to spend up to $40,000 on filyters. The Air Resources Board greenlighted regulations that would force the retrofitting of fleets with particulate matter [...]
Algae is green gold, but “San Diego soda” too?
In California, the Voice of Sandiego profiled the rise of the algae-based industry – “green gold, San Diego soda” in the extreme south of the state, based around efforts at General Atomics, SAIC, the Scripps Institute and the University of San Diego. San Diego is home to two of the Digest’s “50 Hottest Companies in [...]
BlueFire confirms DOE-backed Mecca project on schedule; Lancaster project delayed to Q1 2009
In California, BlueFire Ethanol described for shareholders, in its annual letter, the delays in its BlueFire Ethanol Lancaster project, but confirmed that the BlueFire Mecca project is still on schedule in its permitting and design phase. The Mecca project received $40 million in DOE funds as one of four demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol supported by large-scale [...]
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7. Amyris Biotechnologies
8. Mascoma
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23. GreenFuel
24. Vital Renewable Energy
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28. St.1 Biofuels Oy
29. Primafuel
30. Taurus Energy
31. Ceres
32. Syngenta
33. Aurora Biofuels
34. Bionavitas
35. Algenol
36. Verenium
37. Simply Green
38. Carbon Green
39. SEKAB
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41. Dynamotive
42. Sustainable Power
43. ETH Bioenergia
44. Choren
45. OriginOil
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