Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Biodiesel roars back with mandate, tax credits, B20 OKs

Biofuels Digest
Jim Lane February 7, 2011

Turns out that predictions of biodiesel’s demise were a tad premature. The fuel’s boosters are gathering this week at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo, touting a stream of good news. Highlights:

“The EPA has said that they are going to enforce the 800 million gallon volume RFS2 requirement” said National Biodiesel Board CEO Joe Jobe to Biodiesel magazine, “and we will have the tax credit in place. Last year we had neither in place.” He described the combination as a “powerful policy framework” and predicted that 2011 would be the biggest year yet for US biodiesel sales.

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