Biofuels News

The Michigan Advanced Biofuels Coalition attended and sponsored the 2023 High Performance Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Summit in Speedway, Indiana, last week. The event was designed to foster an environment of industry expert collaboration and networking around ethanol, biodiesel, and the liquid fuels sector by bringing together stakeholders from across the fuels industry – from […]

By Maria Gerveni, Scott Irwin, and Todd Hubbs of farmdoc daily. The growth in renewable diesel production capacity in the U.S. has been dramatic in recent years, with capacity in just the last two years expanding by 1.8 billion gallons, or 225 percent (farmdoc daily, March 8, 2023).  The boom in renewable diesel production may be

By Maria Gerveni, Scott Irwin, and Todd Hubbs of farmdoc daily The continued expansion of renewable diesel capacity over the next few years remains dependent on policy and market conditions.  As shown in a previous article, recent growth in production capacity has been dramatic (farmdoc daily, March 8, 2023), with capacity in just the last two

By Maria Gerveni, Scott Irwin, and Todd Hubbs of farmdoc daily. Biomass-based diesel has long played an important role in compliance with the U.S. Renewable Fuels (RFS) mandates (e.g., farmdoc daily, July 19, 2017).  The two main types of biomass-based diesel fuels used to comply with the RFS mandates are “biodiesel” and “renewable diesel.”  Historically, biodiesel production

In response to sustainability goals, the freight rail industry is working to boost the use of lower-carbon intensity fuels in diesel-powered fleets to support global efforts in mitigating climate change. Biodiesel and renewable diesel are two types of biofuels, which are produced from organic materials including plants, agricultural waste and wet waste. While these two