Renewable Energy Report: June 2009 Newsletter

The Renewable Energy Newsletter provides information and analysis from agricultural economists and others on current issues facing the emerging renewable energy industry. More information on renewable energy can be found at our website. Please send comments on issues or topics by contacting me at dhof@iastate.edu or 641-423-0844. You can sign-up...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter June 2009 Dr. Robert Wisner Biofuels Economist Ag Marketing Resource Center Iowa state University rwwisner@iastate.edu The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (1) requires a gradual increase in the volume of various kinds of biofuels to be blended with U.S. motor fuels in the...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter June 2009 Dr. Robert Wisner Biofuels Economist Ag Marketing Resource Center Iowa State University rwwisner@iastate.edu As we noted last month, a wide variety of fats and oils can be used for biodiesel. We noted that a large number of biodiesel plants in the U.S. have been...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter June 2009 Robert C. Brown Bergles Professor of Thermal Science Department of Mechanical Engineering Iowa State University Director of the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies and the Office of Biorenewables Programs. The prairies of North America are among the world’s greatest natural resources, their soils providing...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter June 2009 Douglas G. Tiffany Assistant Professor University of Minnesota Extension Service Ethanol is in the news a lot these days featuring a variety of issues ranging from effects on the environment to effects on engines when using higher blends to economic viability of individual firms....