By National Biodiesel Board | January 12, 2011/ NBB CEO Joe Jobe is among the five speakers presenting during the biodiesel symposium at the 2011 North American International Auto Show.

National Biodiesel BoardThe North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit has long been known as the event of the year for the latest vehicle technologies and innovations, setting the pace and direction for the world’s economic future. What more fitting venue, then, to also highlight the fuel that will be used increasingly now and in the future to power these vehicles in a cleaner, greener, more sustainable manner: biodiesel—America’s first advanced biofuel. Leer más »

ShareIn Washington, President Barack Obama today signed H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.

Last night, the US House of Representatives voted by a 277 to 148 margin to approve the Obama tax deal, which extends the ethanol tax credit through 2011, and retroactively extends the biodiesel tax incentive and the renewable diesel incentive through 2011. The bill also renewed the 54-cent tariff on Brazilian ethanol through 2011.

Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis was invited to the signing ceremony for the Tax Relief Unemployment Extension Bill. At the ceremony, Buis presented the President with a letter on behalf of the American ethanol industry and its supporters, thanking him for delivering a common-sense ethanol tax policy. Leer más »

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Oct. 21 urged Congress to reinstate the biodiesel tax credit and extend the ethanol tax credit. By: Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek.

Vilsack also announced a range of federal assistance for renewable energy development through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program established in the 2008 farm bill. Leer más »

The biofuel grows in the neighboring country due to the expansion of the internal market.

SAN PABLO (Reuters). – The international demand of ethanol would register an increase in the next months, but the Brazilian market will continue being the main production attractiveness in Brazil, the major world-wide biofuel exporter, an analyst said.

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