In Germany, the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) updated and reissued its consumer information “Good Reasons for Biofuels”. The brochure provides the most important aspects on 24 pages justifying the need to continue promoting biofuels. These concern the desolate market situation in oilseeds and cereals, the importance of biofuels for […]
In Washington, DC, ethanol production averaged 1.025 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.05 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. That is down 32,000 b/d from the week before and a four-week low. The four-week average for ethanol production increased to 1.049 million b/d for an annualized rate of […]
In Germany, world soybean output in the 2017/18 marketing year will likely be lower than previously expected. According to USDA’s consumption forecast as reported by UFOP, global ending stocks could in fact dwindle. In its March crop outlook, the USDA forecast the 2017/18 Argentinian soybean crop down around 13 per cent from the previous month […]
In Germany, UFOP and the FOP – French Federation of Growers of Oilseed and Protein Plants, are appealing to the negotiating partners that are drafting the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) to find an appropriate compromise that protects existing investments and at the same time also encourages investment into the biofuel sector in future. Both […]
In Wisconsin, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) discovered a method to break down solvent effects, finding a new way to measure and analyze how a solvent alters the stability of two different points of a chemical reaction, the initial state and the transition state. The method, which relies on experimentation and […]
Ag-Grid Energy has a vision to convert agricultural and organic waste into renewable energy, compost and support local area practices that lead us towards a sustainable environment. The company intends to finance, build, own (jointly), operate the waste to energy conversion facilities in US, and has four projects underway in New England. Ag -Grid Energy […]
In Brazil, currently, ethanol is $1.50 per gallon at the Gulf Coast Ports in the United States, while ethanol in Brazil is $2.32 per gallon. Due to price competitiveness and strong demand, Brazil, the second largest global ethanol producer, is also the largest overseas buyer of U.S. ethanol. One contributing factor is the internal distribution […]
In California, Aemetis Advanced Products Keyes, Inc. has received third party validation from Leidos Engineering of ethanol and protein yields produced from the successful operation of its Integrated Demonstration Unit (IDU) at InEnTec’s Technology Center in Richland, Washington. Aemetis continuously operated its gas fermentation process for over 120 days, meeting the requirements for a USDA […]
In the Netherlands, Platts reports that T2 ethanol margins are at 18-month lows of Eur4.85/cu m and Eur3.50/cu m against EU milling wheat and corn due to oversupplies in the market with ethanol prices quoted at Eur449/cu m FOB Rotterdam on Tuesday. Demand typically eases in Q4 and Q1 but continued imports and more expected […]
In Canada, Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. announced it has completed a C$12 million investment round. In addition to new investor Desjardins Capital, the lead investor Cycle Capital Management and existing investors BDC Capital and Lune Rouge also participated in the round. “The biofuel developed by Agrisoma allows for a major change in the greenhouse gas emissions […]
