“Brexit serves as an impetus to reinvigorate the Commonwealth,” Commonwealth head and Maltese Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat told the delegates at the Commonwealth Innovation Forum in Brisbane. Highlights of the discussion will be fed into the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting dialogue later this month. Blockchain, gene editing and protein CHOGM delegates will hear […]
Gevo has two proprietary technologies that combine to make it possible to retrofit existing ethanol plants to produce isobutanol, a four carbon alcohol which serves as a hydrocarbon platform molecule. They have developed an industrial scale yeast biocatalyst to produce isobutanol without typical byproducts operating at parameters equivalent to commercial ethanol producers. The second piece […]
In Minnesota, Advanced BioEnergy, LLC announced it will build an initial 800,000 bushels of year-round corn storage and related grain receiving capabilities at its Aberdeen, South Dakota ethanol plant. The plans include the ability to expand the total year-round corn storage by an additional one million bushels in the future. The grain receiving facility will […]
In Malaysia, the country expects to gain market share in the US after the country confirmed anti-dumping tariffs against Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel imports that would all but block imports from those origins. Last year, Malaysia exported 235,259 metric tons of biodiesel. Although Indonesia and Argentina have all but lost access to the US market, […]
In Massachusetts, the B10 mandate for heating oil that came into effect on January 1 changed saw demand for Rhode Island’s Newport Biodiesel soar, and now the company wants its own state to implement a similar policy. Currently Rhode Island has a B5 mandate for heating oil and a state representative has already promise to […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that hydrous ethanol prices fell more than 8% during the first week of the new crop year to $1.84 per gallon as mills focus on ethanol production rather than sugar as is traditional during the early part of the season when rains can still impact the quality of cane. Despite the […]
In the Netherlands, Platts reports that 90%-91% GHG savings UCOME is stuck in a bearish market until the FAME 0 supplies can be worn down and push prices for the fuel up higher. With FAME 0 so cheap, demand is almost non-existent for UCOME. With more biodiesel imports from Indonesia on its way, prospects for […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that demand destruction for corn from a dismantled Renewable Fuel Standard could be far more damaging to the rural economy than President Trump’s trade war with China and the impact on soy imports. US soy exports to China represent about $14 billion in receipts to the agri economy while ethanol accounts […]
In Turkey, a European Union-funded project is helping researchers from Turkey, Slovenia, Spain, Italy, Germany and Latvia to further develop technology to produce biofuels from olive oil processing wastewater. The Rhodolive project looks to ferment the organic load of olive mill wastewater that can then be turned into biodiesel, animal feed and higher value products […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that five Senators wrote a letter to President Trump calling for an end to hardship waivers for oil refiners that allow them to skirt around their ethanol blending or RIN compliance requirements until a more transparent process for their approval can be developed. They say the raft of waivers being issued […]
