Biofuel Blog War

They’re back up and running at Imperium Renewables’ Grays Harbor, Washington biodiesel plant.
This company press release says Imperium re-opened the facility after a glycerin tank rupture idled operations last December:
“We are thrilled to be producing again,” said John Plaza, founder and CEO of Imperium Renewables. “We have replaced the damaged equipment and re-designed the glycerin [...]

As expected, the federal $1-a-gallon biodiesel tax incentive has cleared the U.S. Senate on the back of the current jobs bill.
The 62-36 vote now moves the measure into a reconciliation phase with the House’s version of the bill.
I caught up with Michael Frohlich, the director of federal communications for the National Biodiesel Board’s office in [...]

It looks like the $1-a-gallon federal biodiesel tax incentive could be close to renewal, as the jobs bill to which it was attached has cleared a key vote in the U.S. Senate.
The vote came Tuesday as eight Republicans sided with 58 Democrats to end debate on the $150 billion measure.
The cloture vote clears [...]

Dutch shipping giant Maersk Line is joining with Lloyd’s Register to test biodiesel in its marine engines for the next two years.
This story from the Journal of Commerce says the feasibility study on the container ship Maersk Kalmar will be funded in part by the Dutch government:
Using fatty acid methyl esters – a biodiesel product [...]

During the general session of the 2010 Commodity Classic, American Soybean Association president Rob Joslin, who stressed the importance of getting the biodiesel tax credit back in place.
“We need it now,” Joslin said. “It’s costing U.S. soybean farmers 25 cents for every bushel. On my 500 acres of soybeans, that’s over $6000 a year. [...]

The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) has come out today calling a recent OPEC report “self serving.” The report, co-written by the former Secretary General of the OPEC oil cartel, criticized biofuels while according to GRFA, ignoring the overwhelming evidence on the devastating impact of crude oil on the environment and on our economies. The [...]

A man who is considered to be the father of genomics says that if algae-based fuel makers can’t start making billions of gallons of fuel, they are just playing with investors’ money.
This post on earth2tech.com says Craig Venter, the founder of synthetic biology startup Synthetic Genomics, made the remarks at the Wall Street Journal’s Economics [...]

One biodiesel standard is under review, while another one has been revised.
This post on Truckinginfo.com says ASTM International is considering a cold weather biodiesel standard:
Through the ballot, the group will decide if changes need to be made within the specification, D6751. If changes are needed, the group will determine whether they should apply to all [...]

As if to borrow a line from Monty Python, the Iowa biodiesel mandate is “not dead yet!”
The 5 percent biodiesel blend for every gallon of diesel sold in the state, although declared dead by many in the media (including yours truly), seems to be marching on. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the B5 legislation [...]

It looks like the federal biodiesel tax credit that expired at the end of last year could have new life.
An extension of the $1-a-gallon blenders credit has been attached to the new, $150 billion American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.). [...]