Biofuels News

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released its Assessment of BQ-9000 Biodiesel Properties for 2022 with more data collected than ever before. The annual report is produced under the direction of Clean Fuels Alliance America to document the quality of biodiesel from U.S. and Canadian-based producers that participate in the industry’s voluntary quality assurance program,

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the USDA will invest $300 million through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry. The new investments, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, will advance priorities set by

Turning waste into energy has usually meant incineration – that is, burning our trash. But this method has major environmental drawbacks. Gasification could be a better alternative. It’s an old technology that proponents hope to repurpose as a cleaner and more economical waste-to-energy solution, and now a number of companies in this space say they’re

On June 14, the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a package of guidance documents on new options for taxpayers to receive direct payment or transfer new energy incentives enacted in last year’s the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including: The guidance package is open to public feedback, with comments due on the two

Last week, legislation was introduced in Michigan creating a new incentive program for the in-state sale and production biodiesel. HB4847, introduced by Representatives John Fitzgerald (D – Wyoming), Kristian Grant (D – Grand Rapids), Jennifer Conlin (D – Ann Arbor), Matt Hall (R – Richland Township), and Reggie Miller (D – Van Buren Township), provides a

Beginning July 1, 2023, $450 million will be available for the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP). Each quarter, $90 million will be made available to support a variety of fueling operations: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to open five application windows for HBIIP between July 1, 2023, and Sept. 30, 2024.

By Erin Voegele A group of 16 senators on June 16 sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the agency to adopt the U.S. Department of Energy’s GREET model as the secondary methodology for calculating tax credits for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). According to the senators, adopting GREET will dramatically enhance the

By Erin Voegele The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has opened a public comment period regarding its intention to request Office of Management and Budget approval for a new information collection related to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) grant funding included in the Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA was signed by President Biden in August 2022.