In Washington, Platts reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will likely publish 2019 ethanol blending and 2020 biodiesel blending volumes on time following records released by the Office of Management and Budget that showed EPA has submitted its proposals to the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. The agency is required to set […]
We usually say, ICYMIs for those In Case You Missed Its that show up in someone’s inbox. This week, we might re-purpose that useful acronym to: In Case Your Money Isn’t Sufficient — because there are three funding opportunities that have been flying slightly under the radar this week amongst a flurry of announces from the […]
Global Bioenergies is a pioneer in the development of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefin hydrocarbons, the key building blocks of the petrochemical industry. Since inception, the company focused its efforts on the production of isobutene, one of the most important petrochemical building blocks that can […]
Neste reaches 1B gallons renewable diesel sale, runs in fire trucks, ambulances and school vehicles In Texas, Neste U.S., Inc. is celebrating its 1 billionth gallon of Neste MY Renewable Diesel sold in North America which has effectively helped reduce more than seven million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere. This […]
In the Philippines, the Philippine Coconut Authority is calling on the National Biofuels Board to raise to five percent the Coco Methyl Ester content of biodiesel currently sold in the domestic market. The present blend of biodiesel now in the country consists only of two percent CME and 98 percent regular diesel. “The increase could […]
In the United Kingdom, Platts is reporting that Spanish ethanol consumption rose 16% year on year to 20,766 mt in March, which was also up 6.2% on the month, according to data released by Spain’s strategic oil reserves corporation CORES. In contrast, biodiesel sales lost 23% on the year to 99,768 mt, also losing 0.1% […]
In Brazil, data from industry association UNICA shows that Brazil’s Centre-South ethanol producers produced 1.3 billion liters of hydrous ethanol in the second half of April, up 115.7% year on year, and up 52% from H1 April. “This is a record for the H2 April period and the highest since the H2 August of 2015, […]
In Massachusetts, Cape Cod is seeing a huge growth in kelp fishing and farming thanks to farmers and fishermen who want to farm it for biofuel or sell it to food markets. There has been an increase in permits and requests for permits for kelp fishing over the last two years. According to WCAI Cape […]
In Washington, DC, the Renewable Fuels Association said that the recent White House meeting on the RFS had a down-side discussion of a potential proposal to allow exported renewable fuel volumes to count toward RFS compliance. Geoff Cooper from the RFA said, “Simply put, allowing exported ethanol to count toward compliance with an oil company’s […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations price indices for vegetable oils and cereals have recently trended in opposite directions. Whereas vegetable oils have been under considerable downward pressure, cereal prices have increased since the beginning of the year. Asking prices for vegetable oils decreased considerably over the […]
