House Subcommittee Advances Bill to Restart Natural Gas Vehicle RD Program at DOE; $150M in Appropriations

EPA Extends Comment Period for Renewable Fuel Standard Program

EPA Finalizes Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program

Las Vegas Valley Water District Dedicates New Solar-Powered Hydrogen Station

Industry Tests Show Bio-Derived Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene Performs as Well as Petroleum Jet Fuel; Aviation Partners Push for Approval for Use

Researchers Propose a Renewable Energy Cycle Based on Co-electrolysis of Water and CO2 to Produce Syngas

Air Products to Supply H2 Fueling Equipment for Transportation Demo Project in India

California Governor Raises Renewable Portfolio Standard to 33% by 2020

CA Governor to Veto Bill with 33% RPS; Will Implement 33% RPS by Executive Order

New PNNL Geothermal Heat Extraction Process Optimizes Low-Temperature Resources; NYU Stern Study Finds Geothermal Most Efficient Renewable and Improving the Fastest

Amyris Opens Renewable Products Demonstration Facility in Brazil; Final Scale-up Before Commercial Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals

Greenland Launches Project to Store Renewable Energy with Hydrogen

Compromise Amendment to Waxman-Markey Bill Prohibits EPA From Using Indirect Land Use Change Metrics on Biofuels for 5 Years While National Academies Research the Issue

US DOE Awards POET Additional $6.85M for Feedstock Infrastructure for Cellulosic Ethanol

New Study Finds Flaw in Carbon Accounting for Bioenergy, Another Contends That Indirect Land Use Change Emissions for Biofuels Will Be Up To Twice Direct Land Use Change Emissions

Waste Management Invests In Terrabon Waste-to-Renewable Gasoline Venture

UC Riverside Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast; Potential to Make Renewable Fuel Production More Efficient and Economical

Consortium Win $2.2M ARPA-E Award for Direct Solar Bio-Hydrocarbon Fuel Research; Biocatalytic Coatings Using Bacteria Embedded in Latex

US Ethanol Demand Continued to Exceed Production in August

EPRI to Evaluate Adding Solar Thermal Energy to Natural Gas and Coal Power Plants

S. Korea Plans New Subsidies for Renewable Power Generation, Residential Fuel Cells

Darling International and Valero Considering Forming a Joint Venture for Renewable Diesel

Gevo Builds Up Downstream Business Development Organization; Isobutanol to Renewable Hydrocarbons

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Achieves 431 Mile Estimated Range; Toyota Targeting Commercialization Within Six Years

EPA Posts Peer Review of Renewable Fuel Standards Lifecycle Analysis

Toyota To Place 10 Prius Plug-ins in SmartGridCity Project in 2010

NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

Study Calculates Theoretical Maximum Oil Yield of Algae

Alberta Renewable Diesel Demonstration Shows Successful Cold-Weather Use of Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Blends

Ethanol Producers Group Calls for Congress to Repeal International Indirect Land Use Provision in RFS2

National Labs Developing Methodology for Estimating Real World Fuel and Electricity Consumption of Plug-in Hybrids Based on Dynamometer Data

Coskata Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility; Springboard for Full-Scale Commercial Rollout

Winery Demonstrating Production of Renewable Hydrogen Via Microbial Electrolysis System

BIO Asks Congress Not To Subject Biofuels To Double Jeopardy

UMass Amherst Licenses Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Technology to Startup Anellotech to Produce Renewable Biogasoline

DOE Selects Laboratory-led Projects for up to $11M to Support Development of Advanced Water Power Technologies

Boeing, UOP, Masdar Institute and Industry Team Launch Study on Sustainability Of Renewable Jet Fuel Made from Halophytes

Terrabon to Open New Demonstration Facility Next Week for Biomass to Renewable Gasoline Technology

EPA Raises Renewable Fuel Requirement to 10.21% for 2009; 11.1B Gallons

Biofuels Accounted for 2.6% of UK Road Fuel in First Reporting Quarter

EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

Boeing, Honeywell’s UOP and Government of Mexico Launch Research and Advocacy Collaboration to Drive Commercial Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels

President Obama Establishes Biofuels Interagency Working Group; Push on Biofuel Development/Commercialization and Flex-Fuel Vehicle Use

IEA Calls for Urgent Development of Renewables

ARPA-E Requests Input on Future Funding Opportunities

NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

$2B Cash for Clunkers Supplement Signed Into Law; Funding Taken from Renewable Energy Loan Guarantee Program

ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Rentech to Supply Up to 1.5M Gallons Per Year of Renewable Synthetic Diesel to Eight Airlines for Ground Service Equipment Operations at Los Angeles International Airport

Navy to Test 50:50 Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel Blend in F/A-18 Super Hornet; 590,000-Gallon HRJ Solicitation for Navy and Air Force

BP and Martek Biosciences Enter a Joint Development Agreement to Deliver Advanced Microbial Biofuels

Duke Energy Signs MOU with China Huaneng Group to Pursue Renewable and Other Clean-Energy Technologies

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Restores Hydrogen Research Funding in FY2010 Funding Legislation

Material Derived From Carbonized Chicken Feathers Could Meet DOE Hydrogen Storage Targets

US Joins International Renewable Energy Agency

US State Department Issues Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline for Oil Sands Crude Delivery to US

DOE To Provide Up to $30B in Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy Projects

Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

EERC Awarded Subcontract to Help Produce 100% Renewable Jet Fuel from Algae

Neste Oils Second Renewable Diesel Plant Commissioned at Porvoo

Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

DESC Awards Solazyme Contract for Naval Renewable F-76 from Algae, Sustainable Oils Contract for Renewable JP-5 from Camelina

Proposed Federal CEDA Designed to Help Risky Breakthrough Technologies Cross the Valley of Death; Working with $10+ Billion Fund

California Energy Commission Adopts $176M Green Transportation Plan

Hydrogen Assisted Renewable Power System (HARP) Demo in British Columbia

Honeywell Tests 50% Renewable Jet Fuel Blend on TPE331 Engines; Comparable Performance to Conventional Fuels, 15-50% Lower Emissions

Research Suggests Renewables Could Generate 40% of Global Power by 2050

Opinion: DOE to Award Up to $85M of Recovery Act Funding for Algal and Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels