Articles and Case Studies from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

DOE Publishes ADO Workshop Presentations

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced the availability of presentations from its Advanced Development and Optimization (ADO) Workshop. As previously reported in the Biobased and ...

Feb. 2, 2018 Lauren M. Graham

WTO Rules on EU AD Measures On Biodiesel from Indonesia

On January 25, 2018, the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a ruling on anti-dumping (AD) measures on biodiesel from Indonesia, following Indonesia’s request for consultations with the European Union (EU) in June 2014. The ruling is the ...

Feb. 2, 2018 Lauren M. Graham

NBB Announces New Report On Biodiesel Benefits

On January 22, 2018, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) announced that a new study on lifecycle energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission effects of biodiesel updates and reaffirms the benefits of using the renewable fuel. The report was ...

Feb. 2, 2018 Lauren M. Graham

DOE Awards $40 Million in Funding for Bioenergy Research Centers

On July 17, 2017, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced that $40 million in Department of Energy (DOE) awards will be used to establish four DOE Bioenergy Research Centers (BRC) to be led by a DOE National Laboratory or top university. ...

Jul. 21, 2017 Lauren M. Graham

DOE Announces Up to $8 Million in Funding for Algae Biofuels Projects

On July 11, 2017, DOE announced the selection of three projects focused on reducing the costs of producing algal biofuels and bioproducts that will receive up to $8 million in funding. The projects aim to generate high-impact tools ...

Jul. 21, 2017 Lauren M. Graham

RICanada welcomes Quebec Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements

Renewable Industries Canada (RICanada), a principal stakeholder representing Canadian producers of clean-burning renewable fuels, announced that the Quebec Government’s 2017-2020 Action Plan under the 2030 Energy Policy included, for the first ...

Jul. 21, 2017 Lauren M. Graham

EIA Issues Short-Term Energy Outlook Report

On July 11, 2017, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its June Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA considered EPA’s recent rulemakings on the 2017 RFS volume requirements and proposed 2018 RFS volume requirements when ...

Jul. 21, 2017 Lauren M. Graham

BRAG Biofuels Industry Outlook for 2017

The biofuels industry is likely to face increasingly challenging times during the tenures of the new 115 th Congress -- which began on January 3 -- and the Trump Administration, scheduled to begin this Friday, January 20. Throughout his campaign ...

Jan. 20, 2017 Lynn L. Bergeson

Energy information administration issues short-term energy outlook report

On January 10, 2017, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) report, which includes forecasts for 2018. The report outlines expectations for regular gasoline to average a retail price of ...

Jan. 20, 2017 Lauren M. Graham

DOE Bioenergy Technologies office to request applications for Biomass Research and Development Initiative

On January 13, 2017, the DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), together with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), announced the intent to issue a request for applications (RFA) titled ...

Jan. 20, 2017 Richard E. Engler

Petition for Waiver of 2016 cellulosic biofuel volumetric requirements

On December 28, 2016, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) submitted a petition requesting that EPA waive the cellulosic biofuel volumetric requirements for the 2016 compliance year citing an inadequate domestic supply of the ...

Jan. 13, 2017 Kathleen M. Roberts

DOE Announces $22.7 million funding opportunity for integrated biorefinery optimization

On January 6, 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and USDA announced a $22.7 million funding opportunity to support integrated biorefinery (IBR) optimization, with DOE providing up to $19.8 million and USDA’s National Institute of Food ...

Jan. 13, 2017 Richard E. Engler

Extension of New York’s Clean Heating Fuel Tax Credit

The New York State Clean Heating Fuel Tax Credit has been extended through 2020. The personal income tax credit, which was initially authorized in 2006, is provided to eligible taxpayers for biodiesel purchases used for residential space and ...

Jan. 13, 2017 Lauren M. Graham

EPA Publishes Final 2017 RFS Requirements

On December 12, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule, Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2017 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2018, in the Federal Register. This final rule sets the ...

Dec. 16, 2016 Lauren M. Graham

China To Double Ethanol Production by 2020

On December 5, 2016, China`s National Energy Administration (NEA) published a five-year plan that aims to increase ethanol production to four million tons by 2020 despite the government maintaining strict control over the use of food grains. The ...

Dec. 16, 2016 Kathleen M. Roberts

India Launches Biofuel-Run Bus Service

On December 5, 2016, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) launched the Aapli bus service, India’s first green bus service, in Nagpur, which includes five buses that will run on ethanol biofuel. Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road ...

Dec. 16, 2016 Lauren M. Graham

BIO Writes Open Letter To Congress Encouraging Multi-Year Extension Of Biofuel Incentives

On October 18, 2016, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) sent a letter to Congressional Leadership, the Senate Finance Committee Chairs, and the House Ways and Means Committee Chairs calling for the extension of expiring renewable energy ...

Oct. 28, 2016 Kathleen M. Roberts

Non-Profits Release Report On Improvements To The European Commission’s Bioenergy Policy

On September 5, 2016, a group of non-profits, including Oxfam International, Fern, and Greenpeace, published a report outlining policy measures that should be taken by the European Commission (EC) to ensure that bioenergy is as low-carbon and ...

Sep. 9, 2016 Kathleen M. Roberts

University Of Michigan Researcher Publishes Controversial Study That Finds Gasoline Produces Fewer CO2 Emissions Than Biofuels

On August 25, 2016, researchers at the University of Michigan, led by research professor John M. DeCicco, Ph.D., published "Carbon balance effects of U.S. biofuel production and use," a study examining the impact of biofuel production on carbon ...

Sep. 2, 2016 Kathleen M. Roberts

USDA Reports On Increasing Ethanol Production Capacity In The Philippines

On August, 24, 2016, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service released an annual report on the Philippines` biofuel industry and ethanol imports. In January 2007, The Biofuels Act or Republic Act (RA 9367) was signed, ...

Sep. 2, 2016 Kathleen M. Roberts