Photo: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
April 8, 2014
BY Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
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Kansas State University biochemists have used synthetic biology techniques to significantly increase the amount of acetyl-triacylglycerols in pennycress and camelina. The achievement could benefit biofuel producers.
The Soil and Water Outcomes Fund has begun a pilot project with Chevron REG as part of the larger Midwest Climate-Smart Commodity Program. The initiative represents a notable step toward integrating biofuels into sustainable agriculture outcomes.
The U.S. DOE has announced $52 million in funding for six university and industry projects to advance the production of low carbon intensity, purpose-grown energy crops critical to accelerating a clean energy bioeconomy.
CoBank predicts that U.S. production of renewable diesel and associated fuels will experience a modest boost in 2025 but cautions that policy uncertainty looms over administration of the RFS program, SREs and the impact of potential tariffs.
Surging biomass-based diesel feedstock demand has led to a boom in used cooking oil imports, and when combined with current policy mechanisms, U.S. soybean oil is at a disadvantage.