In California, Greenbelt Resources signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Georgia-based Duckweed DAYS. Duckweed DAYS is a new entity formed by entrepreneurs to commercialize and further the research carried out by the Andrew J. Young Foundation (AYF) focused on utilizing duckweed as a vegetable source of rich protein to fight malnutrition worldwide. The Duckweed Project […]
In Alabama, Auburn University is hosting the 2018 edition of the Thermal and Catalytic Sciences Symposium, October 8 – 10, 2018. TCS 2018 focuses on thermochemical biomass research and development and providing early career scientists and engineers an opportunity to present their research and interact with the senior researchers in the community. The conference organizers […]
In India, reports have surfaced in local media that the Indian Oil Corporation will acquire a 4% stake in LanzaTech for $20 million, in a transaction that values the #1 ranked company in the Hot 50 at $500 million. The investment will be made through the IOC Singapore Pte Ltd subsidiary. Last July, we reported […]
In Iowa, due to rising retailer interest in offering higher blends of biofuels, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program Wednesday awarded all of its remaining FY18 funds during its third quarter meeting. During the third of its four scheduled meetings, the RFIP board awarded funds to 15 projects for retailers around the state to install […]
In Argentina, the government has raised yet again the price oil companies must pay for corn-based ethanol by 10.5% for March with another 7.96% expected for early April, reaching more than 64 cents per liter. Sugar-based ethanol prices will rise as well, though not as much, by 7.5% in March and another 3.54% in April, […]
In the UK, Platts reports that biodiesel consumption growth outpaced fossil diesel consumption in February with a 27.5% increase of biodiesel demand over January compared to just a 15% increase for its fossil counterpart, which in and of itself was nearly 4% lower on the year. The demand shift pushed the blending by volume to […]
In Pennsylvania, last week ASTM emerging fuels division voted in favor of a new global specification that can now open the floodgates to significant volumes of renewable aviation fuel. This historic jet fuel specification is a direct nexus between the global ethanol industry and the aviation sector, connecting two mature industries that could never be linked […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that President Trump’s advisors have urged him to allow Congress to resolve the impasse between oil and corn states and when between integrated oil refiners and merchant refiners when it comes to reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard, only falling back on executive action if a resolution can’t be found. Texas Republican […]
In Hawaii, Lamplighter Energy is looking at buying the famous 85-square-mile Molokai Ranch in order to, in part, grow 31 square miles of hibiscus for biofuel production. The move is controversial because the local community wants the ranch to be used by small farmers to produce food as has been done for generations. The company’s […]
In Denmark, researchers at DTU have combined the pyrolysis method and the catalyst reaction with hydrogen in a step called catalytic hydropyrolysis. It works by feeding a reactor with solid biomass, while the catalyst is in constant motion. Hydrogen is fed in to the base of the reactor, partially lifting the biomass so it can […]
