In Florida, the TCPalm newspaper reports that after Alliance Bioenergy’s plans to buy the former INEOS Bio plant in Indian River fell through despite an $8 million financing offer from the USDA, a consortium of investors from half a dozen states came together under the leadership of David Frankens with the newly incorporated Frankens Energy […]
In Minnesota, in preparation for the state’s shift to B20 later this year, the Soybean Research & Promotion Council has teamed with the Diesel Brothers, stars of Discovery Channel’s DieselSellerz, to soup out a Ford 550 that will debut in February at the Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California and will air on the show later […]
In the Netherlands, VARO Energy subsidiary REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker and GoodFuels Marine will work together to make European inland shipping more sustainable. As a result, the sustainable advanced biofuels from GoodFuels Marine are now also available at the port of Rotterdam, and will be available along inland shipping routes in the Netherlands through the REINPLUS […]
In Brazil, domestic corn-based ethanol is quickly becoming king during the sugarcane interharvest season with 30.55 million liters of the 42.5 million liters coming from corn during the first half of January. With most of the new corn ethanol production capacity coming from Mato Grasso, making it too far to think of exports, demand from […]
In Nebraska, a team at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is exploring sweet sorghum ethanol as a future income source for dryland agriculture in western Nebraska. Considering factors such as yield and the cost of processing, researchers estimate that the current sorghum to ethanol pathway is a barely break-even prospect in western Nebraska. Another consideration which […]
In India, the transportation minister announced two models of the long-awaited E100 bikes will debut by month’s end. The government is pushing for auto companies to offer flex-fuel engines and see the bikes as a first step toward demonstrating demand for high blend capacity vehicles. In Mumbai, E100 retails at about half the price of […]
Enerkem bolted into the #2 position and Braskem reached the top 5 in the 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy ballot, as subscriber balloting began to near the February 2nd conclusion for the 2018 poll. Overall, LanzaTech remains in the lead, followed by Enerkem, Amyris, Novozymes, Braskem, BASF, DSM, Genomatica, Renewable Energy Group and Poet-DSM. The […]
Can you build a catalytic process to produce alpha, omega diols from lignocellulosic biomass? Such a process, using inorganic catalysts for conversion of biomass into 1.5 pentanediol (PDO) and 1,6 hexanediols could reduce the cost of cellulosic biofuels. In this DOE-supported project, a team led by George Huber at the University of Wisconsin is developing […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that ethanol producers are rehydrating anhydrous ethanol in light of soaring demand for hydrous due to its remaining competitive against gasoline mixed with anhydrous ethanol. During the harvest season, the premium for anhydrous ethanol typically runs between 6% and 10% but has recently hovered between 2% and 4.5%, triggering the rewatering […]
In Algeria, the government has lifted a value-added tax (VAT) on U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and corn gluten feed (CGF) for 2018, affording new opportunities this marketing year. For the last two years, the Algerian government has imposed regulations and made decisions to restrict imports in order to offset the persistent drop […]
