ZeaKal Inc. said it has developed a new variety of corn with higher levels of oil as the San Diego-based startup seeks to capitalize on a boom in demand for renewable energy. The company, which is part funded by seed giant Corteva Inc., said in a statement that first-year field trials with corn hybrids genetically […]
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Annual celebration takes place on Rudolf Diesel’s birthday On National Biodiesel Day, March 18, the clean fuels industry celebrates a milestone in renewable fuel history while honoring the legacy of Rudolf Diesel, the visionary behind the diesel engine. Diesel originally designed his engine to operate on peanut oil, recognizing the potential of vegetable oils as
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The International Council on Clean Transportation recently released ‘Feasibility Study of Future Energy Options for Great Lakes Shipping,’ a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. The report scrutinizes the feasibility of diverse future energy options for Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway shipping through 2050. It evaluates alternative fuels and power
In a previous farmdoc daily article (November 13, 2023), we showed that the behavior of FAME biodiesel prices reported by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the USDA changed dramatically starting in August 2021. Before this date, the AMS price and an industry benchmark price provided by OPIS differed, on average, by only a few cents and
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The ICCT report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, scrutinizes the feasibility of diverse future energy options for Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway shipping through 2050. It evaluates alternative fuels and power options against a backdrop of environmental regulations and the pressing need for the maritime industry to mitigate greenhouse gas
Study Documents Significant Decrease in Soy’s Life Cycle Carbon Footprint from 2015-2021 A recent Life Cycle Assessment conducted by Sustainable Solutions Corporation (SSC) for the United Soybean Board (USB) and the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) reveals a significant reduction in the carbon footprint of U.S. Soy throughout its cultivation, harvesting, transportation and processing stages.
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Renewable energy advocates and soybean growers will be largely playing defense this year on provisions promoting biofuels in the 2024 farm bill fighting for their small piece of the agricultural legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since the 2018 farm bill has gradually increased mandates requiring blending of biofuels in gasoline while a recent climate
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U.S. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) this week introduced the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act to allow companies to preserve Renewable Identification Number credits (RINs) under the RFS program for renewable fuel, when the fuel for use is in ocean-going vessels. The legislation designates renewable fuel used in ocean-going vessels as an “additional
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The marine and rail industries could grow into significant markets for domestic renewable fuels in the future, a group of panelists at the 2024 Clean Fuels Conference said on Tuesday, but state and federal regulators must first create or bolster incentives to do so. “You need incentives for the rail and marine industries that want
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Producers of renewable diesel and biodiesel are facing a “serious headwind” after the Environmental Protection Agency set usage mandates so low that they’re restraining demand for the biofuels, Donnell Rehagen, CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America, said Tuesday. EPA last June issued renewable volume obligations, or RVOs, for 2023 through 2025 that will require increased