Banned in Boston: Massachusetts moves to strike algae, miscanthus, switchgrass, oil from microorganisms, from qualifying under Clean Energy Biofuels A

Biofuels Digest
August 19, 2009 Jim Lane

In Massachusetts, the state Department of Energy Resources, in coordination with the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, announced that it would ban all biofuels not made using waste feedstocks from qualifying under the state’s Clean Energy Biofuels Act of 2008.

The state announced that the Biofuels Mandate will begin July 1, 2010, and that mandated volumes would be waived in the first year but that “Early Action Credit” will be provided for all gallons of qualified advanced biofuels, which will be applied to 2nd- year mandate obligations.

Read the full story