In California, Bloomberg reports that carbon dioxide prices for the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard’s compliance program have been crumbling in light of the Air Resources Board’s rejigging of the fuels policy that would see less ambitious carbon cuts through 2030. Prices for CO2 were quoted in early March at $74 per metric ton, the […]
In South Korea, Platts reports that ethanol imports soared to 26,255 metric tons in February, more than 87% higher on the year and 14% from January. More than 88% of the 19,200 tons of denatured ethanol came from the US. While undenatured imports fell more than 35% to 7,054 tons with more than half coming […]
In Oman, researchers from Sultan Qaboos University have successfully transformed waste paper including waste office paper, newspaper and cardboard paper into fermentable sugars by enzymatic hydrolysis that was later turned into ethanol and bioplastics as well as biodiesel. Paper waste represents more than 35% of the sultanate’s 1.6 million metric tons of MSW produced on […]
In Washington, Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) introduced companion bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) by mitigating harmful environmental impacts and advancing the next generation of biofuels. The GREENER Fuels Act (Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible […]
News has arrived from the US East Coast that Evonik will be Modern Meadow’s worldwide development partner to industrialize and scale-up collagen production for use in the company’s bioleather materials technology. The long-term partnership was just announced, and ends a short but intense period of wondering for Modern Meadow’s many fans – who propelled the […]
Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions (SBAR) is a multi-level research project that will cultivate two desert-dwelling crops, guayule and guar, for a sustainable bioeconomy. Combined, guayule (perennial) and guar (annual) feedstocks can provide biomass year round for biofuel production. Both crops are drought and heat tolerant, grow on marginal lands, and provide economic returns. Scale […]
In Finland, Valtra has become the first tractor factory in the world to begin using Neste MY Renewable Diesel as the start-up fuel for all new tractors. As a result, around 700,000 litres of fossil diesel fuel will be replaced each year by 100-percent renewable fuel. When the tractors roll off the assembly line, the […]
In Spain, Platts reports that biodiesel consumption jumped in January to 93,328 metric tons, more than 18% higher on the year and marginally higher than in December. Fossil diesel consumption fell, pushing the blending level to 5.08% on a volume basis compared to 4.56% last year and 4.89% in December. Ethanol consumption fell in January […]
In California, Aemetis Inc. announced that it has achieved a major engineering milestone with its engineering firm, ATSI, by completing front end loading (FEL) engineering for its 12 million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol plant in Riverbank, California. In early 2017, Aemetis and ATSI began the design of the integrated gas fermentation facility at the […]
In Kansas, a $1.51 billion settlement by Syngenta is waiting for a federal district judge’s approval before being confirmed, bringing to an end the nightmare faced by the corn and ethanol industry after China closed its doors in November 2013 to DDGS produced from two GMO strains it had not yet approved. Despite the Syngenta […]
