Tag Archives: cellulosic

revised RFS biofuels mandates proposed: “slashing” not the right word

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Paul

Well, EPA has finally proposed the revised bioenergy production mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) retroactively for 2014, for this year, and for 2016.  Not a big surprise that it was less than the original mandates, and I’d like to put … Continue reading →

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3.5 M new cellulosic RINs in August?!? Or did EPA just sink the 2nd-gen biofuel market?

Posted on September 29, 2014 by John

What drove the registration of 3.5 million new cellulosic RINs in August, after less than 5,000 the month before??  Looks like EPA recently changed the rules in a huge way: http://bakken.com/news/id/218997/new-biogas-rules-renewable-fuel-standards/ Now, bio-methane produced from all sorts of sources (wastewater … Continue reading →

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New cellulosic RINs – torch passing from KiOR to POET?

Posted on September 8, 2014 by John

Anyone keeping an eye on our Cellulosic RIN Volumes page will have noticed that it hasn’t been updated in a while.  That’s not just laziness on our part- the glimmers of US cellulosic biofuel production that emerged this past winter … Continue reading →

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Abengoa plant featured in the Grey Lady

Posted on April 17, 2014 by John

Nice overview of the Abengoa 20 MGY cellulosic ethanol facility under construction in Hugoton: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/business/energy-environment/dual-turning-point-for-biofuels.html Apparently it’s supposed to come on line in just a few weeks!

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cellulosic industry reaching maturity?

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Paul

Nice status report on the cellulosic industry in the US.. http://www.nature.com/news/cellulosic-ethanol-fights-for-life-1.14856

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Video highlights research to improve crop residues for bioenergy

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Paul

We’ve been a bit quiet on here lately, but some other projects have taken some of our time – in my case, helping to produce a video of some of my Ph.D. research.  In it, we discuss our project with … Continue reading →

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analysis of proposed 2014 RFS volumes

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Paul

Nice analysis of the proposed 2014 volumes for the RFS here: http://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2013/11/proposed-rules-2014-rfs.html Remember, there is a 90 day comment period before a final rule is made.. interesting to see how this will play out.

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Update on cellulosic biofuel production and the RFS

Posted on September 11, 2013 by John

Here’s a quick roundup of recent news relating to the cellulosic biofuel mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard: The EPA has revised the 2013 cellulosic biofuel requirement down sharply, from 14 million gallons per year of ethanol equivalent down to … Continue reading →

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Corn, ethanol, RIN prices, and the blend wall!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Paul

As we’ve hinted at before, some interesting things are starting to happen with high corn prices, high RIN prices, the blend wall and ever compounding RFS requirements! We all know that corn prices have been high – so high in … Continue reading →

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The blend wall and what we will do with all the cellulosic ethanol

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Paul

While we’ve discussed production issues with cellulosic a bit on this site (here and here), if John is right and we do scale up in the next couple years, whatever are we going to do with it all? http://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2013/02/ethanol-blend-wall-biodiesel-RFS.html They … Continue reading →

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