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RFA posts issue brief on new RFS2 rule

Read the  Renewable Fuels Association issue brief on EPA’s final RFS2 ruling here.

25x’25 urges expansion of RFS biomass definition

From 25x’25:

The new rule announced by EPA last week implementing the federal Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) takes a major step toward a clean energy future by including forest biomass as a feedstock for transportation fuels. However, any effort to maximize this plentiful source of low-cost, domestically produced biomass is hamstrung by [...]

DARPA claims breakthrough in algae to jet fuel

From The Guardian:

The brains trust of the Pentagon says it is just months away from producing a jet fuel from algae for the same cost as its fossil-fuel equivalent.

The claim, which comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) that helped to develop the internet and satellite navigation systems, has [...]

Obama announces steps to promote biofuels

From DOE:

President Barack Obama announced on February 3 three actions that the federal government is taking to boost U.S. biofuels production. The measures include: the final rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) of 36 billion gallons by 2022; a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of [...]

Report looks at economic impacts of RES on North Carolina

A new report commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center compares the economic impacts of a 25% renewable electricity standard (RES) and a 20% RES to the impacts of the North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (NC REPS). The study projected impacts from renewable electricity generation, renewable electricity feedstock production, and from electricity [...]

Tennessee cellulosic ethanol facility opens for operation

From Dupont Danisco:

Leaders from DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol (DDCE), University of Tennessee and Genera Energy, cut the ribbon on one of the world’s first cellulosic ethanol demonstration facilities, located in Vonore, Tenn. The 74,000-square-foot plant has started producing ethanol and will deliver low-cost, fully-integrated technology for [...]

Georgia biopower plant put on hold

From Biofuels International:

In 2008, Georgia Power announced that one of its plants would convert from burning coal to burning woody biomass in an attempt to generate green electricity.  The conversion of Plant Mitchell would make it the largest biomass plant in the country and was given the go-ahead last March by the [...]

Responses to White House announcement on biofuels

From 25x’25:

The National 25x’25 Steering Committee applauds President Obama and the members of the Biofuels Interagency Working Group for the actions announced today recognizing the role of biofuels in a new, clean energy future. In a report issued by the working group this afternoon, the administration unveiled a plan that will [...]