In Vietnam, Binh Phuoc Ethanol and Dung Quat ethanol plants will be brought back online in an effort to help supply fuel for the country’s 5% ethanol mandate thanks to capital injections from existing shareholders. The Binh Phuoc facility was mothballed in 2015 after coming online in 2012 and has a total production capacity of […]
In Singapore, Reuters reports that following naming and shaming from Greenpeace, Wilmar says it no longer purchases palm oil from those identified by the NGO as having deforested in order to plant their oil palm plantations as of June 20. Wilmar has a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation policy that it set up after […]
In Washington, a diverse group of trade associations delivered a letter to Congressional leaders announcing a unified position to maintain and extend the current biodiesel blenders tax credit. In a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), […]
In Minnesota, with the start of the boating season, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) wants to hear from boaters about their experiences with ethanol fuels in an online survey. The short, 13-question survey is an effort to gain an understanding about how ethanol fuels are affecting recreational boating this summer, gauge opinion, […]
In Brazil, the most recent biodiesel auction held by the country’s petroleum, natural gas and biofuels agency ANP sold 1.01 billion liters valued at $700 million at an average of 70 cents per liter. More than 97% of the fuel offered by 38 producers holds the social seal indicating feedstock had been sourced from smallscale […]
In China, a research team led from University of Science and Technology of China and the University of Toronto has uncovered a catalysis strategy producing intermediates during CO2 electrochemical reduction reaction, which sheds new lights on upgrading CO2 to engine fuels. When it comes to designing catalysts for CO2 conversion, many researches on the C-C […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will propose a 3% increase in biofuels blending for 2019 at 19.88 billion gallons. The increase will come from non-corn-based ethanol, volumes for which will remain unchanged at 15 billion gallons, while nearly 600 million more gallons of advanced biofuels will be required for a total […]
From California comes the news that Checkerspot closed its Seed Round financing for over $5 million. The round was led by KdT Ventures, and included Viking Global Investors, Refactor Capital, Sahsen Ventures, and Godfrey Capital. DIC Corporation also invested as part of its recently announced Joint Development Agreement with Checkerspot. Dr. Andrew Cain McClary, general […]
Bioenergy needs a new impetus based on up to date evidence and experience, according to this presentation deck on the IEA Bioenergy Roadmap. The authors contend that there is growing consensus on what constitutes sustainable best practice, and that bioenergy can be a major part of a low carbon energy system, providing low carbon transport fuels, […]
With summer heating up and many headed to shorelines and beaches all around the world, we focus on Hawaii which has been surfing up lots of news lately. Just a few days ago, the United States Geological Survey revealed that the Kilauea volcano is undergoing the “largest scale collapse” of its summit in recent history. […]
