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From Global Renewable Fuels Alliance: A new report commissioned by the UK Government has unequivocally concluded that biofuels was not to blame for the so-called food crisis of 2007/2008. The report, ‘The role of demand for biofuel in the agricultural commodity price spikes of 2007/08‘, determined that speculators responding to rapidly declining [...] From Southern Governors’ Association: The Kentucky Agricultural Development Board, chaired by Gov. Steve Beshear, approved the Kentucky Forage & Grassland Council for $100,000 in Agricultural Development Funds and $100,000 in American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds for the expansion of research related to switchgrass as a renewable energy source. This project [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] From ELPC: Conceived in the 2002 Farm Bill, REAP [Rural Energy for America Program] is responsible for the development of thousands of new clean energy projects across rural America. Farmers and rural businesses are using REAP to build new clean energy projects for wind and solar power, biodiesel, anaerobic digesters and other biomass, geothermal, and energy-saving [...] From Biomass Magazine: The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center has permission from the Board of Regents to establish the Louisiana Institute for Biofuels and Bioprocessing (LIBBi), a research, education and outreach initiative within the AgCenter. The LIBBi will not occupy its own facility, but will be a “virtual center” that will provide the roadmap needed to [...] From Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet: An executive task force formed by Gov. Steve Beshear has forwarded to the governor its recommendations for advancing the discussion on the development of a biomass and biofuels industry in Kentucky. A report from the 22-member group lists five key recommendations that can create a viable alternative energy industry for [...] From American Farmland Trust: To help address the confusion over the economic implications of climate policies on U.S. agriculture, a team of seven Kansas State University (KSU) researchers completed an analysis and comparison of six key economic studies that looked at the effects of the Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454—also known as [...] From 25x’25: Net returns for virtually all major crops are positive under a properly constructed cap-and-trade program, according to a University of Tennessee study released today by 25x’25. However, the study goes on to show that if carbon emissions are regulated by EPA as prescribed under a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, net [...] |
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