Netherlands-based GoodFuels Marine is on the move. We reported last month that VARO Energy subsidiary REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker and GoodFuels Marine will work together to make European inland shipping more sustainable. As a result, the sustainable advanced biofuels from GoodFuels Marine are now also available at the port of Rotterdam, and will be available along […]
For a number of years we have been pointing to Iowa’s intriguing combination of feedstock, infrastructure and political consensus on renewables as a potent force in bioeconomy deployment. But these days, toss in some serious innovation chops, too — a corridor of invention stretching from St. Louis to Minneapolis and running hot across most of […]
In Washington, Platts reports data from the US Department of Agriculture showing corn consumption for ethanol in February fell nearly 9% from the prior month but was 2.4% higher on the year at 433.622 million bushels with 90.7% for dry milling and 9.3% for wet milling. So far, for the marketing year that began September […]
In Kenya, the Business Daily newspaper reports that beleaguered Mumias Sugar will continue to produce ethanol despite the lack of cane supplies forcing the mill to temporarily stop crushing. Cane poaching is running rampant in the area where a lack of supplies to forcing mills to secure cane out of their catchment areas, forcing up […]
In New York state, Reuters reports that continued uncertainty about the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard forced RIN prices down to their biggest quarterly loss in a year with Oil Price Information Service data showing a range of 72 cents as a high on January 2 to a low of 35 cents in mid-March, […]
In the Philippines, Platts reports that domestic ethanol prices soared more than 7% in March to $1,035.2/cu m, the highest in 13 months. Higher prices were driven by a more than 20% increase in molasses prices, themselves at a six-month high. With sugar-based drinks taxed less than those made from high fructose corn syrup, sugar […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that the government will use biodiesel consumption in the rail sector from May at B5 and in the mining sector from July at B10 to boost demand to 3.46 billion liters, including the B20 blend mandate for road fuel and power production. Of the total, 1.47 billion liters to be allocated […]
In Washington, the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 4-0 in favor of the National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade Coalition’s position that the industry has suffered because of unfairly dumped imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia. This affirmative vote on injury is the last remaining procedural hurdle before final antidumping orders can be […]
In Illinois, with feed costs and the worldwide demand for meat growing, livestock producers are increasingly turning to co-products from the ethanol and human food industries. Research from the University of Illinois is helping to determine the feed value of wheat middlings and red dog, two co-products of the wheat milling process that can be […]
In Kentucky, the Associated Press reports that Senator Mitch McConnell will support hemp legalization legislation, removing the crop from the controlled substances list and introducing it as an agricultural commodity. The state is a leading hemp producer with more than 12,000 acres licensed to grow the crop and 57 processors producing a wide range of […]
