Biofuel
Biofuels are fuels made of biologic raw materials such as biomass. This section examines different types of renewable biofuels including those made from plants and animal byproducts. We also explore bio fuel tax credits, renewable fuel standard mandates (RFS), and efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels by using biofuel to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and lower carbon footprints.
Waste Management Invests $22m in Plastic-to-Fuel Company
Waste Management has participated in a $22 million investment round benefiting Agilyx Corporation, a company that makes synthetic crude oil from waste plastic.
The ...
Obama Calls for Increased Natural Gas, Biofuel to Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence
President Barack Obama yesterday announced a plan to cut U.S. oil imports by a third by 2025.
Speaking at Georgetown University, the president ...
EPA Loosens Alternative Fuel Conversion Rules for Vehicles
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules to make it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems that allow vehicles ...
GM Leads Pack as Clean Patents Jump by Record 170%
Clean energy patents hit a record high in 2010, as GM took the leadership position from Honda, according to a patent index published by ...
The Bottom Line on Biofuels
The world has had several recent reminders how potential environmental impacts of energy production can become reality. We are nearing the one-year ...
Google Trials Plug-Free Electric Vehicle Charging; Invests in “Carbon Negative” Biofuels
Google is trialing the Plugless Power electric vehicle charging station at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
The search company will host the first public ...
Boeing: Biofuels Essential to Carbon-Neutral Growth
Boeing has said that biofuels will be essential to the company meeting its carbon-neutrality goals.
"Without biofuels we cannot get there. It is a ...
Genetically Modified Ethanol Corn Approved
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will deregulate a variety of corn genetically engineered to facilitate ethanol production, the agency has announced.
The USDA’s ...
Coca-Cola Signs Waste Pledge; Biofuels Fail Standards; Forests to be Leased
Coca-Cola, Kraft and Procter & Gamble are among the latest companies to join voluntary U.K. pledges to reduce packaging and waste.
The companies signed the ...
DOE Offers $1.2bn to Solar, Bio-Diesel Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has offered loan guarantees of $967 million to an Arizona solar plant billed as the world’s largest, ...
EPA Defers GHG Rules for Biomass and Biogenic Sources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is granting an exemption under its controversial greenhouse-gas requirements that will provide a three-year reprieve for biomass facilities that ...
Job Growth, Environmental Well-Being Tied to Biotechnology Advancement
Prospects for adoption of a national Renewable Portfolio Standard appear to have dimmed for the foreseeable future. That is at least the prevailing ...
Qantas Contemplates $312 Million Biofuel Plant
Australian airline Qantas is evaluating the costs and efficiencies of a trash-burning biofuel plant to be built in Sydney to stave off carbon ...
Another Year in the Sun for Tax Grant Program 1603?
Extension of an $858-billion tax credit package, including the suite of renewable energy tax cuts and grants outlined in Department of Treasury Section 1603 tax ...
Camelina-Based Biojet Fuel Cuts CO2 Emissions 75%
A life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel in the journal Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy concludes that the renewable ...
US Farmers Ready to Grow Energy Crops on Underutilized Land
A survey of U.S. growers showed that 71 percent of respondents were very interested or interested in growing dedicated energy crops to produce biomass ...
Environmental Enforcement Roundup: CARB Decision to Increase Ethanol Demand; Omega Superfund Settlement; EPA to Remove Lead at Schools and Day Care Centers
Environmental Leader’s daily roundup of key environmental enforcement news
California Regulator's Decision Will Increase Ethanol Demand. Trade Group Says
A decision on Thursday ...
Tyson Foods, Syntroleum Partner to Turn Grease into Fuel
Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 joint venture of Syntroleum and Tyson Foods, has opened the first U.S. commercial-scale biofuel production plant that converts ...
Energy Tax Incentive Legislation Targets Building, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) teamed up on Wednesday to introduce legislation providing tax incentives to the ...
UCS Creates U.S. Roadmap for Cleaner Biofuels
The U.S. set a goal to obtain one billion gallons of home-grown fuel from corn stalks, wood chips and other non-edible waste by 2013 ...
Texas Instruments Sustainability Report: Normalized Emissions Jump 23%
