Cellulosic ethanol startup Mascoma pulls IPO plans
A startup hoping to make cellulosic ethanol finally pulls its IPO plans after a year and a half.
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Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Obama wants $2 billion for Energy Security Trust for advanced vehicles
WASHINGTON — President Obama called on Congress Friday to set aside $2 billion over the next decade to support research of advanced vehicle technology as part of an effort...
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Biofuel rush wiping out America's grasslands at fastest pace since 1930s
Spurred on by the rush for biofuels, farmers are digging up grasslands in the northern Plains to plant crops at the quickest pace since the 1930s.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
EPA proposes 2013 standards for RFS; cellulosic biofuel at 14 million gallons
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program...
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Court says EPA can't set forward-leaning cellulosic biofuel production projections
A federal court delivered a blow to the biofuel industry Friday when it ruled the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must lower certain targets in a key...
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
European Commission proposes duties on imports of U.S. bioethanol
The European Commission has proposed an unusual country-wide duty on all U.S. producers of bioethanol after a 14-month investigation into complaints that exporters used...
Monday, December 17th, 2012
House GOP plans to put biofuel standard on trial in next Congress
House Republicans plan to put the renewable fuel standard on trial next Congress, a House Energy and Commerce Committee aide told The Hill.
Sunday, December 9th, 2012
BP Biofuels to invest $350M to expand sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil
BP Biofuels plans to invest $350 million to expand the ethanol processing capacity of Tropical, one of its sugarcane processing ventures in Brazil.
Saturday, December 1st, 2012
DuPont breaks ground on commercial-scale cellulosic biorefinery in Iowa
Goals of the DuPont cellulosic biorefinery. Click to enlarge. DuPont broke ground on its cellulosic ethanol facility in Nevada, Iowa—among the first and largest...
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
U.S. Senate strikes restrictions on military biofuel development from defense spending bill
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to eliminate restrictions in the annual defense policy bill that would have imposed limits on the...
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Trade group petitions EPA to reconsider biodiesel mandate
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The EPA is called to reconsider biomass mandates for diesel fuel because "unintended consequences" may affect refiners and...
Sunday, November 18th, 2012
EPA rejects bids to waive ethanol mandate
The Environmental Protection Agency is rejecting requests from states and meat industry groups to waive regulations that require the blending of ethanol into gasoline.
Friday, November 16th, 2012
GOP House energy leader does not expect to change biofuel mandate
A top House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican said he does not expect Congress to change a renewable fuel mandate, despite the oil-and-gas industry’s goal of...
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Algae fuel to be sold for the first time to regular drivers in Solazyme pilot program
For seemingly the first time in history, an algae fuel blend will be sold to regular consumers in select cities in Northern California through a month-long pilot program...
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Kior opens wood-to-gas plant as biofuel makers seek scale
Kior Inc. (KIOR), a producer of transportation fuels from wood waste and non-food crops, began production at its first commercial plant as other U.S. biofuel companies...
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
BP plant cancellation darkens cellulosic ethanol’s future
The plant would have been one of the industry’s first commercial-scale facilities.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Biofuels companies drop biomass and turn to natural gas
The high cost of making biofuel from cellulosic sources is prompting biofuel companies to adopt a new strategy. Calysta Energy, a recently unveiled startup based in Menlo...
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
NRC report questions the sustainability of algal biofuel
Algae-based biofuel has long been one of the dark horses in the race for sustainable transportation fuels, and the US National Research Council suggests that it may remain...
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
EU Commission weakens biofuel rule changes: draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has watered down proposals to reduce the indirect climate impact of biofuels, but is sticking to a strict new limit on the...
Monday, October 8th, 2012
EU drops US bioethanol trade investigation
The European Union is no longer investigating whether the United States illegally subsidized and dumped bioethanol on the European market, Reuters reports.
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