Archive for 2018

ABLC 2018 Preview: deployment dawns, products proliferate, and techs land major venture deals as the bioeconomy advances into a big 2018

ABLC 2018 Preview: deployment dawns, products proliferate, and techs land major venture deals as the bioeconomy advances into a big 2018

February 27, 2018 |

In Washington, ABLC 2018 opens amidst a flutter of government rollbacks of deployment support but the hope of regulatory relief, breakthroughs in financial structuring, a decisive shift in early-stage projects to nutrition & health, and an increasing number of deployments in advanced biofuels and a surge in exports and overseas expansion for corn ethanol. On […]

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Trump escalates RFS drama in DC, as ABLC opens, asks to meet with industry leaders

Trump escalates RFS drama in DC, as ABLC opens, asks to meet with industry leaders

February 27, 2018 |

In Washington, President Trump has requested a face-to-face meeting on Thursday with leaders of the US biofuels industry after talks between Big Oil and pro-biofuels forces over the Renewable Fuel Standard concluded today with what Senator Charles Grassley described as “No deal on RFS reform and no assurances or commitments” either to petroleum or biofuels […]

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Brazilian B10 mandate to boost soybean exports by 1.2 million tons

Brazilian B10 mandate to boost soybean exports by 1.2 million tons

February 26, 2018 |

In Brazil, thanks to the B10 blending mandate and reduced availability from Argentina due to drought, the country’s soymeal exports are expected to jump to 16.2 million metric tons in 2018 from 15 million tons in 2017. About 40% of the domestic soy crush goes towards biodiesel production, demand for which it will grow by […]

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Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and ICM team on marketing ZEBREX to US fuel ethanol industry

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and ICM team on marketing ZEBREX to US fuel ethanol industry

February 26, 2018 |

In Kansas, Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and ICM Inc. recently announced a strategic marketing collaboration to provide ZEBREX to the fuel ethanol industry in the United States. ZEBREX  will improve production capacity and reduce energy costs through the use of proven state-of-the-art zeolite membrane dehydration technology.  MCC and ICM including Matheson Tri-Gas Inc., who has been […]

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Mahle Group develops technology that boosts ethanol production 10%

Mahle Group develops technology that boosts ethanol production 10%

February 26, 2018 |

In Brazil, using third-party patents combined with its own expertise, after four years of laboratory research and two years of field tests, Mahle Group has developed MBE2 (Mahle Bioethanol 2), technology that boosts ethanol production by 10%. Using software that stimulates and controls biochemical reactions along with some technical adaptations to the fermenters themselves, the […]

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Public safety concerns surround leftover stover bales after DuPont sells Nevada plant

Public safety concerns surround leftover stover bales after DuPont sells Nevada plant

February 26, 2018 |

In Iowa, with DuPont selling its second-generation ethanol plant in Nevada, local authorities are concerned about the safety risk posed by the half million stover bales stored in 23 sites around the central Iowa region that will be leftover when the plant changes hands. The bales pose a serious fire hazard and could lead to […]

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Brazil changes ethanol carryover stock rules

Brazil changes ethanol carryover stock rules

February 26, 2018 |

In Brazil, the country’s ANP fuels agency announced the required volumes of ethanol carryover stocks mills must hold will drop to 4% of traded volumes from 8% as of March 31. The agency also changed rules regarding volumes of anhydrous ethanol domestic producers and importers must have on hand during the inter-harvest season, setting it […]

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Study shows New Zealand could build renewable low-carbon transport fuels industry

Study shows New Zealand could build renewable low-carbon transport fuels industry

February 26, 2018 |

In New Zealand, the country could build a renewable low-carbon transport fuels industry – but only if the nation decides to act. A report by Crown Research Institute Scion outlines how the country could grow, process feedstock crops into green fuels particularly aimed at the heavy transport, shipping and aviation industries. Scion undertook extensive stakeholder […]

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DOE awards University of Illinois $10.6 million grant for energycane

DOE awards University of Illinois $10.6 million grant for energycane

February 26, 2018 |

In Illinois, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6 million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in America into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel. The new research project Renewable Oil Generated with Ultra-productive Energycane–or ROGUE–kicks off on Feb. 25 with a team meeting held […]

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European farmers want conventional biofuels included in new “protein strategy”

European farmers want conventional biofuels included in new “protein strategy”

February 26, 2018 |

In Belgium, Euractive reports that European farmers are urging the European Commission to keep conventional biofuels in mind as part of the upcoming “protein strategy.” A third of the EU’s animal feed 45 million metric tons consumed annually is from soybeans, of which only 5% is produced within Europe. The rest is imported, and poses […]

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