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April 7, 2014
Pacific Biodiesel was notified by the county that continuing the current operation would require multiple permits and extensive upgrades to comply with new requirements. With two years left on its contract, the firm couldn't justify the expenses.
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April 7, 2014
Lignol Energy Corp. signed an MOU between M Energy Co. Ltd. establishing the framework by which the two companies will work together to restart LEC's 140 MMly (37 MMgy) biodiesel plant and incorporate M Energy's proprietary pretreatment technology.
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April 3, 2014
The Senate Finance Committee passed a tax extenders package April 3 that includes a two-year extension of the $1-per-gallon biodiesel credit through 2015, retroactive back to Jan. 1 after its expiration Dec. 31. NBB called on Congress to act swiftly.
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April 2, 2014
Mark your calendar for one of four dates on which Paul Nazzaro (NBB petroleum liaison) and Jeff Fetkenhour (Gorge Analytical) will present a webinar on fuel supply chain logistics issues and opportunities as they relate to biodiesel blends.
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April 2, 2014
As part of its proposed tax extenders package released April 1, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee included two items critical to soybean farmers, including a two-year extension of the $1-per-gallon biodiesel tax incentive that expired Dec. 31.
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April 2, 2014
Springboard Biodiesel has donated a BioPro 380 processing unit to the Center for Sustainable Energy Farming, a Torrance, Calif.-based nonprofit research organization. The BioPro 380 can make 100 gallons of biodiesel in 48 hours from a variety of FOG.
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April 2, 2014
The IRFA commended the Iowa Senate for voting unanimously (48-0) to pass Senate File 2344, showing tremendous, bipartisan support for renewable fuels. The bill would extend the state's biodiesel production tax credit set to expire by end of year.
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March 31, 2014
Earlier this month, U.S. EPA announced it was asking RFS fuel pathway petitioners to wait six months before submitting their requests so the agency can improve the petition process. BIO's Brent Erickson said six months is too long of a wait.
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March 31, 2014
Political bodies must recognize, outside the media spotlight and sometimes highly emotionally laden discussions, what successes have meanwhile been achieved in European Union climate protection policies with first-generation biofuels.
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March 31, 2014
The Biofuels Isoconversion process seamlessly processes renewable feedstocks such as plant oils, tallow and waste vegetable oil into 100 percent drop-in diesel and jet fuels, as well as naphtha that can be used as a gasoline blend stock.
