In Indonesia, the government has at last taken the decision to file a formal complaint against US anti-dumping duties on Indonesian biodiesel at the World Trade Organization after having been pushed up against a wall with a deadline to file by February 3. Anti-dumping duties in the US are almost as high as 65%. Angered […]
By Lorenz Bauer, Ph.D., Member Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest This is the sixth in a series of articles prepared by the experts at Lee Enterprises Consulting (LEC) who will be speaking at the ABLC 2018 conference in Washington DC, February 28 to March 2. In 2007 the US government established a national […]
When it comes to the future of the combustion engine, what are the future developments from a scientific viewpoint? That’s the ambitious topic that Gennadi Zikoridse of the University of Applied Sciences Dresden took onin this recent presentation. Combustion engines as carriers of mobility. Their current problems and solution approaches. Future developments and a forecast, you’ll find all […]
In the EU and Asia, the chaos continues about the proposed EU palm oil ban and outlook. The Backstory In case you haven’t heard about it and in a very simplified explanation, palm plantations have been expanding in several countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, leading to deforestation concerns. Environmental groups have long been against palm […]
In Portugal, five petrol station operators are charged with not adding the required amount of biofuel required by law to the diesel they import from Spain. When diesel reaches Portugal from Spain, it sometimes has biofuel already in it, but not enough to meet the legally required 7.5% by Portugal. The importers who have not […]
In Germany, UFOP responds to the vegetable oil price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which fell to a five-month low in December 2017, primarily driven by weaker prices for palm, rapeseed and soybean oil. UFOP said that in Germany, “wheat and other produce are valued at less than fuel […]
In Canada, a garbage audit shows that the city of Edmonton is not meeting its waste diversion goals, partially due to Enerkem’s biofuels project not running at full capacity. Enerkem turns Edmonton’s municipal solid waste into methanol and ethanol. The audit report also shows that the amount of waste diverted from the landfill has declined […]
In India, a new book published by the Central Agroforestry Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and the World Agroforestry Centre, will help farmers and planners know where to plant which trees. The publication compiles characteristics of useful trees to complement agroforestry policy and speed up its adoption throughout India. The book […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation need to be assessed realistically for optimal mitigation and that global default values overestimate nitrous oxide emissions. A network of eight partners investigated GHG emissions from the cultivation of rapeseed and found that the nitrous oxide emission factor for GHG accounting in rapeseed is […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.040 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.68 million gallons daily, according to government data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. That is down 23,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production increased slightly to 1.040 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.94 billion gallons. […]
