Fiscally challenged governments around the world are likely to abandon the massive biofuels subsidies and mandates of prior decades and instead adopt biofuel blending targets, according to a new Hart Energy Global Biofuels Outlook consulting report debuting September 1.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced August 16 that its next “low carbon fuel standard” (LCFS) advisory panel meetings will be August 25-26 at Cal-EPA headquarters in Sacramento.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced August 15 a settlement with cargo terminals at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles regarding diesel emissions.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on August 18 announced that it modified its “executive order” verification for the Huss “FS-MK” series diesel particulate filter (DPF) for on-road vehicles to allow for installation of the system on vehicles that use certain closed-crankcase ventilation devices.

U.S. President Barack Obama announced August 16 that the U.S. departments of agriculture, energy, and the Navy will invest up to US$510 million during the next three years in partnership with the private sector to produce “advanced, drop-in aviation and marine biofuels to power military and commercial transportation.”

Volvo/Mack announced August 15 that they’re scheduled to receive US$19 million via the “SuperTruck” research program with the U.S. Department of Energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on August 10 announced more than US$175 million in grants over the next five years to a variety of companies aimed at accelerating the development of advanced-vehicle technologies.

Vancouver, Canada-based Dynamotive Energy announced August 16 that it has signed of a non-binding memo of understanding (MoU) with Genting Bio-Oil Sdn Bhd (GBO) of Malaysia “to explore cooperation for the development of pyrolysis oil market in the southeast Asia region.”

California-based Amyris and Wisconsin-based Virent have collectively won grants totaling US$26 million through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) “National Advanced Biofuels Consortium” (NABC) to develop two proposed “drop-in” biofuels technologies.

New York-based NewWorld Capital announced August 15 that it Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls, making of diesel particulate-matter (PM) and nitrogen-oxide (NOx) abatement products for on-road and off-road diesel applications.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on August 16 announced that it has verified the Global Emissions Systems Inc. (GESi) “6000DPF” diesel particulate filter (DPF) system as a “Level 3 Plus” device for Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 certified off-road diesel engines used in stationary prime and emergency standby generators and pumps.