All Entries Tagged With: "RFA"

US, Canadian, European renewable energy groups band to form Global Renewable Fuels Alliance

Industry organizations in the US, Canada and Europe have bended together to form the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance, which will represent more than 60 percent of worldwide biofuels production, according to the founders. The Alliance will promote policies that advance global investment in biofuels, with a focus on not only developed nations but also the [...]

February 26, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

RFA says study that finds corn ethanol produces more GHG emissions is fundamentally flawed; land-use change controversy revives

In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association issued a stinging rebuke to a study published last week that concluded that corn ethanol can increase greenhouse gas emissions by as much as two times over conventional gasoline.
The RFA response stated that “The report’s erroneous finding…is completely predicated on the baseless assumption that additional corn demand for increased ethanol production will cause conversion of large amounts of grassland enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).”
The RFA added: “There is not a shred of empirical, peer?reviewed evidence existing today that positively links increased corn ethanol production to
conversion of non?agricultural lands such as grassland or forest. Increased demand for corn so far has been met largely through higher
productivity per unit of land; this trend is expected to continue at an accelerated rate in the future.”
The RFA pointed out that, if land use change emissions are [...]

February 09, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Today in Biofuels Opinion: “The ASA ruled…referring to biofuels as a “sustainable answer to OPEC’s oil” was misleading

From Business Green (UK): “A complaint by environmental journalist George Monbiot that advertisements in the national press by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) misrepresented biofuels as “sustainable” has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) this week. The ASA ruled yesterday that large text at the bottom of the adverts stating referring to biofuels [...]

January 16, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

RFA’s Dineen says 1-2 billon may be in stimulus package for renewables

In Washington, Renewable Fuels Association president Bob Dineen speculated that the economic stimulus package would include “something in the range of a billion, maybe two billion dollars, of appropriated dollars” for loan guarantee programs and program funding for the commercialization of advanced biofuels.
Curt Rich, of Van Ness Feldman added “on the tax side, the tax [...]

January 09, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0