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Jan 11, 2017
US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office publishes biofuels report
Bioethanol News
Jan 11, 2017
A new US post-election survey shows that decisive voters in the 2016 presidential election are staunch supporters of American ethanol, Growth Energy says.
The survey of 3,000 Trump voters in the Midwestern battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota found that more than eight in 10 respondents agree with the President-elect's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 11, 2017
China has increased the anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) enacted on imports of US distiller’s dried grains (DDGS) from the levels proposed last year.
According to China’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC), the new anti-dumping duties will range from 42.2% to 53.7%, up from 38.8% proposed last September, while anti-subsidy tariffs will range from... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
The European Commission’s (EC) proposed phase-out of conventional biofuels by 2030 threatens to remove one of the EU’s best options for reducing greenhouse gases and decarbonising transport, energy experts told MEPs.
As the European Parliament gets ready to consider the controversial Renewable Energy Directive II proposal to phase out conventional biofuels... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
Renewable fuels will play a critical role in decarbonising the transport sector, and will complement the role of electric vehicles, Transport Minister John Hayes has said
The UK’s Department for Transport will spend £20 million on supporting twenty innovative low-carbon projects.
Speaking at a road transport conference in London, Transport Minister John Hayes... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 12, 2017
Global enzyme provider, CTE Global, has joined the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association as a vendor member.
"We are pleased to welcome CTE Global to our roster of vendor members. CTE Global shares our goal in growing Minnesota's ethanol industry," said Tim Rudnicki, executive director of the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association.
In the United States, CTE Global works closely with... [Read More]
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Jan 12, 2017
Global clean energy investment fell by 18% to $287.5 billion (€269.7bn) in 2016, dragged down by sharp falls in equipment prices and slowdown in key Asian markets.
According to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), Chinese investment totalled at $87.8 billion, down 26% from the 2015 record high of $119.1 billion, while Japan invested a meagre $22.8... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 13, 2017
US ethanol exports were off to a strong start for the first quarter of the 2016/2017 marketing year and were at their highest levels over the past five years.
Exports totaled 353.2 million gallons for the months of September, October, and November 2016, according to data recently released by the US Department of Agriculture’s Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS).
Brazil,... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2017
US President Barack Obama has urged the US to take bolder action in tackling climate change in his last presidential speech.
In his farewell address, delivered on 10 January in Chicago, Obama said: “We’ve led the world to an agreement that has the promise to save this planet. But without bolder action, our children won’t have time to... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2017
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new analysis on the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn-based ethanol.
The analysis, conducted by ICF, found that typical corn-based ethanol achieves a 43 percent greenhouse gas reduction when compared to 2005-era gasoline, and by 2022, corn-based ethanol is projected to increase to a 50 percent greenhouse gas reduction... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 13, 2017
German bioethanol producer CropEnergies has criticised the European Commission’s (EC) revised renewable energy directive (RED) proposals.
In the company’s third quarter forecast, CropEnergies chief executive Joachim Lutz said the EC could impair further progress, warning proposals to cut the amount of biofuels made from crops make no sense when it wants to... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2016
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he is concerned about the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the federal mandate that requires ethanol and biodiesel to be blended into the nation's fuel supply, according to media reports in the Des Moines Register.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated two RFS opponents to key agencies: Former Texas Governor Rick... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 20, 2016
The European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) has named Emmanuel Desplechin as its new secretary general effective immediately, replacing Robert Wright.
Desplechin, who joined ePURE in 2013, had previously been the association’s director for government affairs, and has a long career in the ethanol sector.
Prior to joining ePURE, Desplechin held public affairs... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 21, 2016
Brazil-based oil company Petrobras has agreed to sell its 49% stake in the sugar and ethanol joint venture Nova Fronteira Bioenergia SA to partner São Martinho SA.
Petrobras will receive 24 million new São Martinho shares as payment for the stake. Petrobras said in the filing that it will attribute a $133 million (€127m) value to the deal.
The... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2016
The US Enviornmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will extend the public comment periods for its Renewable Enhancement and Growth Support proposed rule and its proposed denial to change the point of obligation under the renewable fuel standard (RFS).
The original 60-day comment period on the proposed REGS rulemaking was set to close 17 Jan, 2017.
According... [Read More]