In India, the Economic Times of India reports that the push to blend methanol at 15% has been held up by procedural internal delays but there may be more behind the issue because the plan seeks to blend methanol exclusively instead of blending with ethanol as is currently done. There are four domestic methanol producers […]
In California, Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana, for the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. “Launching our business in Indiana is an important next step in expanding Fulcrum’s capabilities to new cities rich in innovation and opportunity,” said Jim Macias, President and chief executive […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post newspaper reports that CNG producer SKE plans to double its revenue next year on the back of investments in bio-CNG and biomass-based electricity production. Bio-CNG along with its fossil-based counterpart will likely be 60% of revenues next year with the rest coming from biomass-based power when the facility comes online […]
In Italy, Bio-on and Sociedad Cooperativa General Agropecuaria have signed an agreement to begin a technical collaboration, the first in Spain, to study and evaluate the opportunity to exploit at industrial scale the Bio-on technologies for the production of PHA bioplastics from sugar beets processing co- and by-products. The two companies will start working together […]
In India, on December 17, Experimental Test Pilots and Test Engineer from IAF’s premier testing establishment ASTE, flew India’s first military flight using blended bio-jet fuel on the An-32 transport aircraft. The project is a combined effort of IAF, DRDO, Directorate General Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum. On July 27, 2018, […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has published a notice in its official journal that it will begin an investigation into potential biodiesel dumping by Indonesia following a complaint made in October by the European biodiesel industry. The complaint alleges that Indonesia subsidizes its biodiesel industry though direct payments as well as tax breaks and government […]
In Indonesia, researchers are investigating ways to improve biodiesel production by using electrical fields to break open microalgae cells with varied results, according to a new study in the Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology. Lipids inside microalgae are a promising source of biofuel. Microalgae cells must first be broken apart in order to extract […]
In India, using agricultural waste, municipal solid waste, and cattle manure as feedstock, the Press Trust of India reports that the petroleum minister expects to see 5,000 bio-CNG plants online by 2023 producing 15 million metric tons of bio-CNG annually. The facilities are meant to sprout from the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation initiative that […]
Byogy Renewables is producing full replacement renewable fuels for all modes of transport, including heavy transport sectors. Kevin R. Weiss, President/Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Byogy gave this illuminating presentation on the upgrading of ethanol to advanced full replacement fuels at ABLC Global 2018 in San Francisco – and it’s ready for you now […]
In Digestville it’s Earnings Season and everywhere investors are pinning their stockings to the Industrial Chimney and hoping that Father Bioeconomy will leave presents for all the good de-carbonizing companies and less for the naughty ones who’ve yet to take the low-carbon path. Looking at earnings is like looking at quarks — you quickly sort […]
