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3 hours ago

Koch Industries donates $1 million to Okla. tornado relief effort

BY Koch Industries Koch Industries, parent company of Flint Hill Resources, which just announced a JV with Benefuel to develop biodiesel plants across the U.S., is making a $1 million donation to support tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma after this week's disaster. READ MORE

4 hours ago

110M gallons of US biodiesel produced in April, 369M gallons YTD

BY The National Biodiesel Board The U.S. EPA said that 110 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in April, nearly the same volume produced in March. Last year, more than a billion gallons was produced. The 2013 biomass-based diesel mandate under RFS2 is 1.28 billion gallons. READ MORE

7 hours ago

UFOP demands consideration of Finkbeiner study in EU parliament

BY UFOP The study concludes that the calculations for the introduction of specific greenhouse gas values for raw materials used as a foundation for current biofuels is not supported by facts and, thus, cannot serve as a foundation for European legislation. READ MORE

7 hours ago

Iowa law ensures retailers' rights to offer higher biofuel blends

BY Ron KotrbaThe Iowa legislature passed H.F. 640 on May 22, legislation that protects retailers from Big Oil efforts to restrict competition by guaranteeing local retailers the right to offer the ethanol and biodiesel blends of their choice, such as B20 or E15. READ MORE

8 hours ago

With Costa Rican trials done, Fla. firm seeks jatropha scale-up

BY Alternative Fuels Americas Inc. AFAI operates a 25-acre pilot plantation with 40,000 mature jatropha trees in Tempate, Costa Rica. It concluded trials to establish best-practice protocols for maximum crop yield and production profitability. The firm now seeks commercialization. READ MORE

9 hours ago

Benefuel, Flint Hill Resources to develop US biodiesel projects

BY Benefuel Inc. Benefuel and FHR have an exclusive agreement to develop and operate U.S.-based biodiesel projects. The joint venture, named Duonix LLC, is actively developing the first project, which is a retrofit of the 50 MMgy facility in Beatrice, Neb. READ MORE

INDUSTRY EVENTS

International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo

June 10-13, 2013
America's Center
St. Louis, Missouri

Collective Biodiesel Conference

August 15-18, 2013
Colorado Mountain College
Breckenridge, Colorado

National Advanced Biofuels Conference & Expo

September 10-12, 2013
CenturyLink Center Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

Algae Biomass Summit

September 30-3, 2013
Hilton Orlando
Orlando, Florida

International Biomass Conference & Expo

March 24-26, 2014
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida