Tue Jan 31, 2012 03:43 PM CST
The Renewable Fuels Association Tuesday wrote to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, asking him to investigate the news that the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo was imposing a 25% tax on all imported ethanol.

Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:25 PM CST
Poet said Friday it has decided to put a dedicated ethanol pipeline project on hold, citing slim prospects for a federal loan guarantee.

Wed Feb 1, 2012 10:51 AM CST
Domestic ethanol inventories posted a build of 1.14 million barrels (bbl), or 5.8%, to a record high of 20.945 million bbl for the week-ended Jan. 27, putting total supply 10.9% higher than the level seen a year ago.

Fri Jan 20, 2012 04:59 PM CST
The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, American Petroleum Institute and Western States Petroleum Association jointly filed a petition Friday requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency waive the 2011 cellulosic biofuel volume mandate in its entirety because it appears no cellulosic biofuel was actually produced last year.

Fri Jan 27, 2012 03:29 PM CST
The U.S. biodiesel industry produced nearly 1.1 billion gallons of biodiesel in 2011, a new industry record.

Thu Jan 12, 2012 09:10 AM CST
BlackGold Biofuels formed a partnership with SLM Facility Solutions Nationwide that allows BlackGold to obtain hospitality-industry trap grease for a feedstock for biodiesel.

Wed Jan 11, 2012 02:16 PM CST
Cool Planet BioFuels received approval from the California Air Resources Board to begin fleet-testing its negative carbon gasoline.

Mon Jan 23, 2012 02:15 PM CST
POET said in a news release Monday afternoon it does not plan to utilize the loan guarantee it was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:33 PM CST
The California Air Resources Board said Tuesday it plans to appeal the denial of its request to stay the injunction against the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:12 AM CST
A patent for Gevo's GIFT(R) separation unit, an element in fermentation technology for the production of iso-butanol from biological feedstocks, was awarded Tuesday.

Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:51 AM CST
The Environmental Protection Agency announced in its Federal Registry on Friday that palm oil biodiesel and renewable diesel does not qualify under the Renewable Fuel Standard due to lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions.

Tue Jan 31, 2012 03:40 PM CST
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. in a news release Tuesday announced the resumption of work on its ethanol plant in Canton, Ill.

Fri Feb 3, 2012 03:27 PM CST
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Violation of the Clean Air Act's Renewable Fuel Standard to Absolute Fuels on Thursday. That means any obligated party holding fraudulent biodiesel renewable identification numbers from that company must now replace them with valid RINs.