Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2013
In addition, the industry faces barriers from the impending “blend wall” of 10% ethanol in gasoline and uncertainty regarding policies and oil prices. The study identified four specific changes to the US tax code that could help accelerate the commercialization of second-generation biofuels. —Miller et al.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
The Obama Administration is proposing a three-part strategy that supports electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption through improvements to tax credits in current law, investments in research and development (R&D), and a new competitive program to encourage communities to invest in electric vehicle infrastructure.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2011
High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2009
As part of the report, which was requested by Senators Barbara Boxer (as Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) and Susan Collins, the GAO makes several recommendations to Congress and for executive (i.e. Federal tax credits, the RFS, and the ethanol tariff have primarily supported conventional corn starch ethanol.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2011
In 2005, Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard as part of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) and amended it in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). As of 2010, biofuel production was contingent on subsidies, tax credits, the import tariff, loan guarantees, RFS2, and similar policies.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 10, 2009
Cellulosic biofuels can compete with oil at $90/bbl without subsidy assuming: average conversion yield of 91 gallons per dry ton of biomass; average conversion plant capital expenditure of $3.60 Sensitivity analyses varying these assumptions individually gave potential cost-competitiveness with oil priced at $70/bbl to $120/bbl.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2010
annually) is a result of the rate of economic recovery and prolonged high unemployment rates in the early part of the projection. The generation share from renewable resources increases from 11% in 2009 to 14% in 2035 in response to Federal tax credits in the near term and State requirements in the long term.
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