Member News - 6.5.09
Barlow Leaves Ky Corn Growers

KCFC learned this week that Todd Barlow, Executive Director of the Kentucky Corn Growers Association for 17 years, will be leaving the organization for another professional opportunity. Barlow and the Ky. Corn Growers have provided instrumental support in developing Kentucky's ethanol infrastructure and promoting the renewable fuel. Good luck, Todd.

Ethanol - 6.5.09
Report says higher ethanol will have little impact on corn and fuel prices

Allowing 15% ethanol blends in gasoline would have only a modest impact on corn and fuel prices, according to a new report by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI). The think tank looked at 11 different potential modifications in the report, nine of which were suggested by Texas livestock and grain producers. Ethanol groups have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to increase the blend to as high as 15%, a move opposed by many livestock and food industry groups. View the complete report

Biodiesel - 4.15.09
Scientists Sign Declaration in Support of Biodiesel

Scientists are going on record in support of biodiesel. More than 60 scientists have signed the "Scientists for Biodiesel" declaration, launched in early February. Scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, Texas Tech and Penn State, and from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Sandia National Laboratories, just to name a few, recognize the promise of sustainable biodiesel.

"Scientists sometimes have differences of opinion, but this declaration is intended to show the broad consensus among scientists about the benefits of biodiesel," said Dr. Rob Myers, a director of the Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute. Dr. Myers and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center President Roger Beachy began the "Scientists for Biodiesel" declaration. More information, the full text of the declaration and a list of scientists who have signed as well as the sign up site for scientists join, are available at www.biodieselsustainability.com/scientists.html.

Biodiesel - 4.7.09
IRS Extends Deadline for Meeting ASTM D6751-2008 Biodiesel Standard

A newly revised American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D6751-08 biodiesel quality standard took effect on October 13, 2008. Under the IRS code, only biodiesel that conforms to the revised ASTM D6751-08 standard is eligible for the current one dollar per gallon federal biodiesel tax credit. In order to smooth the transition to the revised standard, the IRS (IRS Notice 2008-110) allowed product meeting the old ASTM D6751 quality standard - in effect before October 13, 2008 – to continue to qualify for the federal biodiesel tax credit until April 1, 2009. The IRS issued an announcement this week (IRS Notice 2009-34) that the April 1, 2009 transition deadline for conformance with the revised ASTM D6751 is being extended to October 1, 2009.
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Electric - 4.2.09
Morehead State Univ. Goes Electric

Photo credit: MSU

Read more at  http://www.government-fleet.com/News/Story/2009/04/Morehead-State-Univ-Goes-Electric.aspx

Member News - 2.5.09
UPS Picked for U.S. Project to Reduce Diesel Air Emissions

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Diesel Emissions Reduction National Program has selected UPS for an award of $473,939 to reduce particulate matter generated by diesel engines at the company’s Worldport^SM global all-points air hub.

The EPA funding will be disbursed to the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition, which in turn will distribute the monies to the UPS Airlines.  The grant will fund two projects to reduce particulate matter:  the replacement of diesel engines in ground support cargo tugs and the extension of ground electricity to parked aircraft. 

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