The Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest (SAFN) is the first stakeholder effort to review the challenges surrounding the production of sustainable aviation fuels and to develop a regional solution.
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Unused ARRA Grant Funds Related to Electric Vehicles, Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Infrastructure Projects
By John Laney on
Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition has announced that it has roughly $400,000 in unused ARRA grant funds available for alternative fuel vehicle and infrastructure projects.
Examples of eligible vehicles include:
- Vehicles using alternative fuels recognized by the Energy Policy Act (complete list here: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/epact/about/epact_fuels.html);
- Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles;
- Electric Hybrid Vehicles (including certain Plug-in
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LexisNexis Selects Renewable + Law Blog to its Top 50 Environmental Law Blogs List
By William H. Holmes on
Posted in Algae, Biofuels, Biomass, California, Cleantech, Climate Change, Feed In Tariff, FERC, Geothermal, Green Building, Hydropower, Integration, Litigation, Nuclear, Ocean/Wave Energy, Patent Applications, Regulation, Renewable, Smart Energy, Smart Grid, Solar, Sustainable Development, Tax, Transmission, Wind
Having first reported to our readers in February that LexisNexis had nominated the Stoel Rives Renewable + Law Blog for its Top 50 Environmental Law & Climate Change Blogs for 2011 award, we are pleased to announce we made the list of winners! In publishing its Top 50 list, LexisNexis declared that our Renewable + …
Budget Compromise Looks OK for Projects in DOE Loan Guarantee Pipeline
By Graham Noyes on
The current version of the budget compromise provides relatively good news for projects seeking DOE loan guarantees.
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Upcoming Energy Conference Highlights
By William H. Holmes on
Through industry presentations and publications as well as through our blog, our energy attorneys are dedicated to helping you stay informed and knowledgeable about legal developments that affect your business.
Visit our website for the latest calendar of events. Upcoming highlights include:
Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America 2011
March 8-10…
This Week in Biofuels, A Patent Perspective
By Edna Vassilovski on
Posted in Biofuels, Patent Applications
On December 7, 2010 the United States Patent Office published several new biofuels-related patents, including one to Amyris Biotechnologies relating to a jet fuel or diesel fuel including a bioengineered isoprenoid component.
- US Patent 7,846,712 (Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC) claims an isolated polynucleotide having an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical
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DOE Announces $30 Million for Next Generation Biofuels Research
By Janet Jacobs on
Posted in Biofuels
DOE announced on December 14, 2010 that funds will be made available for small-scale process integration projects that support the development of advanced biofuels. The biofuels could replace gasoline or diesel without requiring special upgrades or changes to the vehicle or fueling infrastructure. The funding opportunity announcement, reference number DE-FOA-0000337 (the “FOA”) will provide up to…
Energy Law Alert: EPA Publishes CO2 Geologic Sequestration Rule in Federal Register
By William H. Holmes on
On Friday, December 10, 2010, EPA published in the Federal Register its final rule governing the underground injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) for geologic sequestration (GS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). EPA released a pre-publication version of this rule back on November 22, 2010. Stoel Rives previewed the pre-publication version on our Renewable…
This Week in Biofuels, A Patent Perspective
By Edna Vassilovski on
On December 2, 2010, the United States Patent Office published two Novozymes applications relating to bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass and an Iogen application relating to bioethanol production from lignocellulosic. On the same date, the World Intellectual Property Organization published a Solazyme application relating to biodiesel, renewable diesel and jet fuel production.
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Biofuels Law Alert: EPA Releases Final Renewable Fuel Standards for 2011
By William H. Holmes on
Posted in Biofuels
EPA has completed the roll out of the complex RFS2 program by setting renewable fuel quantity requirements for 2011. EPA severely curtailed the cellulosic biofuels standard from 250 million gallons to six million gallons based on limited industry growth. Looking forward to 2012, however, the agency identified a potential surge to 300 million gallons of…