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California looks at emissions from crop to tail pipe and legislates

California's newly adopted low-carbon fuel standard may mark the beginning of the end of ethanol, according to a report on Planet Ark. The new legislation examines the carbon impact from seed to tailpipe, which seems sensible. Read More...

Published 1 May 2009 13:16 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Policy, biofuel, biofuels, Environment, carbon, California
Smart Choices for Biofuels

I missed this about a month ago, but it is worth looking at, The Sierra Club and World Watch Institute produced Smart Choices for Biofuels . It rounds up quite a lot of stuff we've gone over here. It is good to see the Ogallala aquifer getting a mention...

Published 26 Mar 2009 15:43 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, Policy, biofuel, biofuels, Biodiesel, Biodisel, Bioethanol, Ogallala, Sierra, Club, Worldwatch
Arkansas: promised land for biofuel

Could Arkansas be a promised land for biofuel. This article from Delta Farm Press seems to think so. Of course it doesn't explain how all the biofuel that could be producecd in the state could be got to the markets that need it? I Wonder how long...

Published 17 Mar 2009 15:41 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, cellulosic, Trees, Bioethanol, Arkansas
Two Michigan Universities gain grants to study sustainable biofuel from trees

Two universities in Michigan have won grants to study how to use the state's forests sustainably to make biofuels . Hopefully it will add some clarity to the current concern in the state about there being enough suitable timber in the forests of Michigan's...

Published 13 Mar 2009 10:48 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, biofuels, universities, wood, Trees, grant, timber, Michigan
EU puts tarrif on US Biodiesel

The European Union has started applying tariffs to biofuel exported from the US to the E U. The EU says that American biodiesel is being sold at less than the true cost of production in the US because of local, state and national subsidies to producers...

Published 13 Mar 2009 10:25 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, tariff, Policy, biofuel, biofuels, Biodiesel, EU, Trade
Phonix fire department needs to educate home brewers

Nice story about a lack of communication in Phoenix, Arizona carried by the New York times. It seems biodiesel home brewers are neglecting to get permits to make biofuel. Story is interestingly written in that it does not attempt to give the person who...

Published 24 Nov 2008 11:22 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, biofuels, Biodiesel, Veg Oil, Phoenix, Arizona, firebrigade, flamable, household
Listen to Barak Obama's take on biofuels

You can hear Barak Obama talking about biofuels on Good fuels. Read More...

Published 14 Oct 2008 13:00 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, Policy, biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, politics, 2008, Obama, election
Corn stover research gets started

Just how much corn stover can you remove from fields without destroying the soil structure or significantly reducing the amount of organic material in the soil? With luck this collaboration by Monsanto, John Deere and ADM will answer that question and...

Published 27 Aug 2008 16:11 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, Science, ADM, cellulosic, Deere, soil, Monsanto, humus, stover, John
Louisana signs advanced biofuels law into being

Lousiana has signed the HB1270 Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative into law. It features the use of hydrous and anhydrous ethanol as a fuel blend stock that will be derived from plants grown in Lousiana (but not corn) and capable of producing...

Published 15 Jul 2008 16:41 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, biofuel, Corn, biofuels, crop, sorghum, Lousiana, anhydrous, hydrouos
Switching to switchgrass isn't easy

Switching to switchgrass isn't going to be easy, according to this useful piece from redorbit. Worth reading. Read More...

Published 2 Jul 2008 11:24 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, technology, Science, power, switchgrass, cellulosic, plants, indianna, Panicum, gatum
Gulf of Mexico deadzone all bad for biofuels?

Interesting piece over on Maribo about the way that flooding in the Midwestern US could lead to a big increase in the size of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico . This is caused each year when excess fertiliser is washed out of farmland along the Mississippi...

Published 30 Jun 2008 12:54 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, Agriculture, biofuels, mexico, nitrogen, algae, flood, fertilzer, Gulf, dead, zone
Cellulosic biofuel could lower US carbon emissions by 370 megatons by 2030

"Lower carbon fuels, such as celluosic biofuels, could abate between 100 and 370 megatons of emissions, though this potential is highly dependent on innovation rates and near-term commercialisation of these technologies" With the kicker about...

Published 27 Jun 2008 16:29 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, biofuel, fuel, automotive, report, McKinsey
RFA comes out against Texas' plan for a biofuels waiver

The US Renewable Fuel Association has come out strongly against Texas' request for a standstill in the amount of biofuel it consumes . The Association's point of view is pretty much that this is a federal mandate and so should be followed because...

Published 25 Jun 2008 13:15 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, ethanol, biofuel, fuel, Texas, renewable, Assocation
Tyson to turn fat into fuel

Tyson, a big US food processor is to turn waste fat from its food processing business into biofuels and jet fuel with Syntroleum, according to Green Energy Trends. Tyson produces an estimated 300m gallons of animal fat each year. Read More...

Published 23 Jun 2008 11:21 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, biofuels, Tyson, fat, syntroleum
EU to probe alleged US biodiesel dumping - AFP

Story on ICIS news this morning , that the EU to probe alleged US biodiesel dumping. (Disclosure: I work for ICIS: About ICIS ) Good to see the EU getting up and protecting its biofuel producers from what it sees as unfair competition from US biofuel...

Published 13 Jun 2008 10:47 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: America, USA, US, biofuel, biofuels, EU, ICIS, dumping

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