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Paper industry abuses alt-fuel tax credit to get some green and waste fuel

The law of unintended consequences strikes again. This time unscrupulous bean counters in the paper industry are using a loophole in a 2005 alternative fuel tax credit law to turn red ink into black. The paper industry is already the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases and now it's even worse. The alternative fuel tax credit was meant to encourage blending alternative fuels with gasoline or diesel. Doing so would earn the blender $0.50 per gallon back from the IRS. The paper industry uses one of its own by-products, a lignin rich sludge ... Read more →

Making biofuels from the papermaking industry's black liquor waste Jeremy Korzeniewski

Sometimes, people just need to make the best with what they have got to work with. This is what paper mills are trying to do by burning the "black liquor" waste which is a leftover remnant of ...

No, you don't drink the black liquor. Volvo invests in Chemrec AB for production of synthetic gases Sebastian Blanco

As Volvo's vehicles get cleaner and cleaner, the company is helping to create renewable fuels to power them. This week, the company announced that Volvo Technology Transfer AB is investing in Chemrec ...

Paper industry abuses alt-fuel tax credit to get some green and waste fuel 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The law of unintended consequences strikes again. This time unscrupulous bean counters in the paper industry are using a loophole in a 2005 alternative fuel tax credit law to turn red ink into black. The paper industry is already the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases and now it's even worse. ...

Making biofuels from the papermaking industry's black liquor waste 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sometimes, people just need to make the best with what they have got to work with. This is what paper mills are trying to do by burning the "black liquor" waste which is a leftover remnant of chemicals and the lignin. As part of the Kraft process (.pdf link), the leftovers are burned to create ...

No, you don't drink the black liquor. Volvo invests in Chemrec AB for production of synthetic gases 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As Volvo's vehicles get cleaner and cleaner, the company is helping to create renewable fuels to power them. This week, the company announced that Volvo Technology Transfer AB is investing in Chemrec AB, the "World Leader in Black Liquor Gasification" and a company Volvo says has developed a ...


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