Politics Black Liquor Binge Bringing an end to the costly and unnecessary Alternative Fuel Mixture Credit Greg Beato | 12.29.2009 3:00 PM ...

It was not the intent of Congress to reward that behavior, but the industry and its accountants persuaded the Internal Revenue Service to allow black liquor to count as an alternative fuel in 2009.

The liquid, known as black liquor, was declared eligible for alternative fuel tax credits if mill operators mixed in a little diesel fuel. At 50 cents per gallon of black liquor, publicly held ...

During 2009, paper companies that converted black liquor (a byproduct of paper mills) into alternative fuel became eligible for an Alternative Fuel Mixture (AFMC) tax credit. The tax credit was an ...

"Black liquor is routinely burned in a recovery boiler," says Andre Boehman, professor of fuel science. "But it has more energy value as a synthesis gas which is then used to create other fuels." ...

s imported petroleum. In addition, there are other benefits to considering black liquor as a fuel option. ?It?s a renewable fuel,? he said. ?That?s an important distinction. Petroleum is not ...

In 2009 and 2010, U.S. paper companies even received a refundable tax credit by using black liquor as an alternative biomass fuel — a provision that angered environmentalists, who saw the tax ...

In opposing the tax incentive, ISRI notes that paper companies have been using black liquor as a fuel to run their mills for more than 70 years. Recently, paper companies have tapped into $6.6 billion ...

Black liquor is a by-product of the breakdown of wood and wood bark that’s generated in processes like the one used to make pulp at the paper mill. It can be used in place of fuel oil ...