Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'subsidy'
Minnesota's auditor suggests ending state ethanol subsidy
A few days ago the auditor in Minnesota suggested that the state's use of subsidies to the ethanol industry may have outlived its purpose, since ethanol firms have been profitable. Also it is likely to cost $44m over the next...
Biofuels and the innovation ecosystem
Krisztina Holly has an interesting article on biofuels, the automotive bail out, evolution and the innovation ecosystem over on the Huffington Post. Part of her post is particularly resonant for the biofuels industry Big companies play an important role, too,...
Meatpackers say aid to ethanol plants would be unfair and discriminatory
US meat producers are saying in the Des Moines Register that aid to ethanol producers that are facing trouble because of movements in the price of corn over the previous year would be unfair and "would be a startling new...
Schafer says phases out ethanol incentives
Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer told a meeting in Kansas on 11 September that the blenders tax credit and the tariff on imported ethanol should be phased out when domestic production gets to 34bn gal/year, according to Good Fuels, which...
Abengoa gets 2% discount on new Plant
Abengoa bioenergy has persuaded the State of Illinois to put $4m towards the cost of a $200m biofuel plant to be built at Madison, Illinois, according to the St Louis Business Journal. That will be in addition to other state...
Ethanol plants recieve big subsidy cheques
A couple of plants in North Dakota have been heavily subsidised by the state in the past 18 months, according to the Grand Forks Herald and posted by Ron Steenblik onto Del.icio.us.For me the interesting thing is that the plants...
1000 entries and what have we learned?
Put out the flags. I've reached the 1000 post mark. I started this in October 2006 with an open if sceptical mind. Its been a lot of fun so far. I've met a whole bunch of people who have commented...
China to offer support for non-food biofuels
China is going to support growers of non-food derived biofuels. The Ministry of Finance will pay farmers a 3,000 yuan (about $405) subsidy for each hectare of forest products for biofuels, such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and 2,700 yuan for...
A smarter ethanol policy for the US?
I like this analysis of the US ethanol from corn market as it now stands and Geoffrey Styles, proposal for a smarter ethanol policy for the US. Styles points out that after 25 years' of subsidies the US ethanol market...
European Union's biofuels subsidies measured
The Size and scope of the European Union's biofuels subsidies is outlined in a new report from the Global Subsidies Initiative, which recently looked at biofuel subsidies in OECD members. Taking some of the key findnings Transfers per tonne of...
US ethanol subidy could fall
The US subsidy on ethanol could fall by a nickel (that's 5 cents to the rest of the world) to 51cent/gallon from about 2010 to help fund alternative fuels made from cellulosic sources, according to the DesMoines Register. Philip Brasher,...
US Farm Bill 2007
The US Farm Bill 2007 will underpin quite a lot of US agriculture through subsidies and price supports -- which make it hard for non US farmers to compete in that market. It must be one of the largest pieces...
US Energy Department may bail out failed biofuel investments
The US Energy Department may bail out failed biofuel investments under proposed regulations that were announced yesterday. There could be up to $4bn in this financial year and $9bn next year, according to Planet Ark. They're being optimistic. So taxpayers...
EU to restructure its sugar regime
The EU is to restructure its sugar regime, cutting production at the same time as it is promoting biofuels. Does the left hand talk to the right hand? I don't think so....
Should biofuels production be confined to the tropics?
The Biopact blog has looked at the commercial viability of a number of potential biofuel crops. The blogger suggests that people in temperate latitudes will only find growing crops such as rape seed and wheat making sense commercially when the...
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