The Bihar government approved Bihar Biofuels Production Promotion Policy, 2023, which will pave the way for production of compressed biogas (CBG) apart from ethanol in the state. CBG is produced from biomass and waste sources like agricultural residue, cattle dung, sugar cane press mud, municipal solid waste and sewage treatment …
A detailed but accessible overview of the concept of indirect land use change and the way that ILUC emissions are estimated. Identifies factors that determine the size of ILUC effects when biofuel demand increases and shows how they are handled in the most important models used in the U.S. and …
US and EU moves to reduce overarching biofuels targets may damage the industry's growth and its place in tomorrow's renewables mix. According to consultancy firm GlobalData, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may cut some three billion gallons from 2014 targets; from 18.2 billion to 15.2 billion gallons. Elsewhere, the …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday extended for a third time the deadline for refiners to show compliance with 2013 federal biofuel use targets, a move quickly criticized by the oil industry. Annual compliance reports would be due 30 days after the pending publication of the final rule on …
This twentieth edition of the Agricultural Outlook published jointly by OECD and FAO provides market projections to 2023 for major agricultural commodities, biofuels and fish across 41 countries and 12 regions: OECD member countries (European Union as a region), key non-OECD agricultural producers (such as India, China, Brazil, Russian Federation …
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a dispute over whether California’s low-carbon fuel standard discriminates against out-of-state ethanol producers. The court let stand a federal appeals court ruling that rejected claims the standard was unfair to Midwest ethanol producers and amounted to an illegal regulation of business outside California. The standard …
Nagpur is set to be the first city in the country where 100% ethanol-fuelled bus would ply on a pilot basis. Government sources said the bus, which has already reached India, would be launched in the city in next 2-3 weeks. Strangely, municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane, leader of ruling party …
The days of "king corn" could be numbered as climate change brings higher temperatures and water shortages to America's farmland, a new report warned on Wednesday. Nearly one-third of US farmland is devoted to raising corn and the country produces about 40% of the world's corn crop. But the $1.7tn …
U.S. corn farmers are among the most productive and technologically advanced in the world, generating a record harvest of nearly 14 billion bushels in 2013—enough corn to fill a freight train longer than the circumference of the Earth. This production supports a mammoth agricultural sector comprised not just of farmers, …
Pune: The progress of five sustainable urban transport projects in the country including the BRTS project in Pimpri Chinchwad will be evaluated through an internal audit. All five are green transport projects being implemented by the ministry of urban development, with support from Global Environmental Facility’s (GEF) sustainable urban transport …
Ethanol was pitched as the new hope for alternative fuels in America, but what if it’s actually worse than conventional gasoline? That’s exactly what a new government-funded study is saying in an analysis of cellulostic ethanol — fuel made from byproducts like the leftovers from growing corn. The study suggests …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency slashed its target for 2013 use of cellulosic biofuel to less than a million gallons on Tuesday after the industry failed to meet goals for production of the fuel last year. The agency lowered the mandate to 810,185 gallons in a new rule, well below …
Critics say bioenergy, carbon capture, among draft report's 'false solutions' to sustain business as usual economics A British environmental organisation that has reviewed the draft of a forthcoming UN IPCC report on mitigating climate change has questioned many of the document's recommendations as deeply flawed. Dr Rachel Smolker, co-director of …
Federal judges on Monday pressed the Obama administration to explain delays that have plagued its implementation of the U.S. biofuel mandate, as the government attempted to fend off an oil industry challenge to renewable fuel use targets. In a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington D.C., the …
In what seems to be curtains for the much-appreciated green initiative of KSRTC, the State-run corporation is no longer able to run its buses on biofuel, thanks to the Ministry of Petroleum changing its policy on the price of bulk fuel being provided at subsidised rates to state transport undertakings …
The study estimates carbon impacts of bioenergy from ten biomass feedstock harvesting pathways feeding into three different production pathways. The harvesting pathways include forestry, agricultural residue, and dedicated energy crops. The production pathways are electricity generation, biochemical ethanol production, and thermochemical ethanol production. This is the first study to analyze …
The leaders of the three U.S. states along the Pacific Coast and the Canadian province of British Columbia agreed on Monday to align carbon-cutting policies in the coastal region, which together is equivalent to the world's fifth-largest economy. Under the agreement aimed at aligning climate change strategies, the U.S. states …
California's pioneering efforts to combat global climate change got a big boost on Wednesday from a federal appeals court, which upheld a state program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for transportation fuels. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the central argument by fuel producers and allies that California …
As the United States gets closer to being unable to meet federal biofuel targets, a regulatory adjustment would lessen the need for legislation to change the nation's renewable fuel policy, said a lawmaker who is examining the future of the ethanol program. Representative John Shimkus, a Republican from Illinois and …
The governments, both at the Central and State levels, have realised the need to reduce the use of fossil fuels and implement the biofuel programmes, said Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner, V Umesh on Monday. Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of the World Biofuel Day programme, he …
Road transport accounts for around a quarter of final energy consumption, and renewable energy technologies and fuels can help countries meet their policy goals for secure, reliable and affordable energy and reduced price volatility. They can also promote social and economic development. However, governments will find it difficult, if not …
