The discharge of treated and disinfected wastewater from municipal and private treatment plants to receiving waters, be they groundwater or surface waters, is increasingly unacceptable due to the presence of man-made chemicals and pharmaceuticals. The use of wastewater to grow valuable plants safely for biofuels is the highest use for the nutrients, organics, and water in what used to be called ‘wastewater’. This new Green Paradigm combines pollution prevention, economic savings, and energy production in one innovative concept.
While it was once hoped that biofuel would be a game-changer for transport emissions, evidence has since emerged of unwanted effects from biofuel production, including direct effects such as deforestation to grow biofuel crops, and ‘Indirect Land Use Change’ (ILUC) effects such as the use of previously forested land for agriculture (if agricultural land is used) for biofuel. Recent European Commission research that tries to capture these ‘ILUC impacts’ suggests European biofuel policy may...
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 for President, Trump repeatedly pledged his support for biofuels and the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Indeed, it is this support that helped Trump win in key Midwestern battleground states, including Iowa. Despite this, Trump has nominated fossil fuel...
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 “Fiscal Year 17 Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI).” Projects funded through BRDI must address one of the foll owing topic areas:
Feedstocks development: Research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) focused on feedstocks and feedstock...
Reuters, “Genscape Says It Will Fight EPA Move to Boot It from Biofuels Program”
University of Bath, “Scientists Make Plastic from Christmas Trees”
Washington Examiner, “Energy, Farm Policy Collide in the New Congress”
Growth Energy, “Poll: Trump Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ethanol”
PETROSS, “Dual-Purpose Biofuel Crops Could Extend Production, Increase Profits”
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 fuel. Based on the amount of cellulosic fuel produced through November, AFPM estimated that between 173.8 and 190 million gallons will be produced in 2016, which is approximately 40 to 60 million gallons below the 230 million gallon target set by EPA in December 2015....
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