In Germany, UFOP published a current list of commercial vehicle manufacturers that are approved for operation with biodiesel and gives an overview of approved commercial vehicles and engines as well as the compliance with emission standards. According to UFOP, biodiesel is the most important biofuel in Europe and fleet operation with pure biodiesel (B100) or […]
In Massachusetts, Texas-based Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. and Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. jointly announced the leadership team for the new Keurig Dr Pepper, effective upon the expected July 9, 2018 close of the merger transaction. Keurig Green Mountain also recently published their 2017 Sustainability Report which outlined their progress against 2020 environmental, supply chain […]
In Scotland, the Scotland Borders Council launched a new service that allows the public to recycle their leftover cooking oils. The new service will see the collected oil cleaned, filtered and processed into biofuel, for use as vehicle fuel or for power and energy generation. The service is now available at all seven community recycling […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that world soybean production could grow significantly in the 2018/19 marketing year. However, output will unlikely be sufficient to satisfy demand, which would lead to a further reduction in stocks. In its June report, the USDA has projected global soybean production in 2018/19 at 355 million tonnes. This translates to an […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.072 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 45.02 million gallons daily, according to government data released this morning and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Output grew 8,000 b/d over the week before, climbing to a 26-week high. The four-week average for ethanol production lifted to 1.057 million b/d—the highest […]
In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc., a company developing new technologies to create step-change improvements in crop yield to enhance global food security, published research describing the development of its Camelina platform as a model crop for novel yield trait discovery. The research paper titled “Camelina sativa, an oilseed at the nexus between model system and […]
In Washington, D.C., the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee has appointed several new volunteers from industry, academia, nonprofits, and local government to the TAC which advises the federal government about its bioenergy R&D programs. These are the first appointments to the TAC by the current Trump administration. New members include Doug Faulkner (Co-Chair) […]
In Connecticut, Bridgeport Biodiesel 2 LLC, a fully permitted, commercial-scale biodiesel refinery with a capacity of 13 MMgy, has retained Equity Partners HG to find an investor or buyer for the company. Bridgeport is one of only four commercial-scale biodiesel refineries in New England, and is the closest biodiesel plant to the largest mandated market (New […]
In the Netherlands, following a spill of 217 metric tons of heavy fuel oil at the Port of Rotterdam on Saturday, trade of ethanol, methanol, butanediol (BDO), vegetable oils, biofuel products and refinery products have been significantly impacted as ship owners wait for the clean up to be further along before ships go in or […]
In California, Greenbelt Resources Corporation announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Purnol, a California-based distribution company. Purnol plans to purchase, brand and resell bioethanol produced in Greenbelt’s California BioEthanol Project which uses proprietary technology to convert local brewery and agricultural waste into various biobased products including bioethanol and high protein animal feed. […]
