In Washington state, a team of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory performed a detailed analysis of cattle waste, wastewater, sludgy grease ensconced in restaurant and cafeteria grease traps and food wastes’ potential for biofuel production on a site-specific basis across the conterminous United States. The results of the team’s […]
In Malaysia, the palm oil industry is hopeful the new plantations minister will push a stronger biodiesel agenda in the country to help provide added value markets domestically for its CPO rather than as a low-cost commodity for export. With higher minimum wage increases, the price of CPO is expected to rise in comparison with […]
The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of significant product and service advances. For now, we’re going to be tracking these on a weekly basis to keep pace with the changes. Here are the top innovations for the week […]
In Washington, DTN reports that US Department of Agriculture data published Friday shows May ethanol exports fell by nearly a quarter compared to last year at 91.9 million gallons with Canada retaking its place as the top import destination, pushing out Brazil who had jumped into the top spot in April. Canada took more than […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports that Energy Absolute expects to launch Green Diesel production by Q1 2019, starting with 40,000 liters per day and eventually ramping up to 800,000 liters per day, using palm oil as feedstock. Already 60% of the company’s revenues come from biodiesel production. As Green Diesel is more expensive that […]
In Belgium, Politico reports that Canada’s Agrisoma has hired Germany lobbying firm Alber and Geiger to help it get carinata included in the Renewable Energy Directive’s list of approved feedstock, a move that would allow for production across the EU-28 (future EU-27 by the time it’s likely approved). Already they report that the proposal has […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that June ethanol imports fell to their lowest levels since November at 50.3 million liters, almost all of it into the North-Northeast region from the US. Total imports through June stood at 1.22 billion liters, 5% lower than last year. The NNE region saw record ethanol prices last week due to […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a public hearing to be held in Ypsilanti, MI on July 18, 2018 for the proposed rule “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2020.” This proposed rule will be published separately in the Federal Register. The pre-publication version of this proposal can […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reports that despite record ethanol prices in the North-Northeast region, a glut of ethanol in the Center-South region has mills looking at producing sugar again in an effort to boost their returns. Stocks are 72% higher than last year, in part due to the trucker’s strike that kept supplies stranded while also […]
In Tennessee, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using neutrons to understand why certain hydrocarbons produced by blue-green algae are important to their biology, so new strains can be engineered to sustainably produce biofuels. Neutron scattering makes it possible to non-destructively see inside living algae at real world temperatures and in real time. Researchers […]
