In California, the Energy Commission provided support for the biofuels industry by approving a grant to Crimson Renewable Energy of Bakersfield to design and operate an advanced commercial scale refinery that converts low-value feedstocks such as trap grease, inedible animal fats, and soap stocks into biodiesel fuel. The $4.4 million grant is funded through the […]
In Texas, with 2.5 billion gallons of installed capacity “ready to go”, Platts reports that the National Biodiesel Board believes the domestic biodiesel industry can produce enough to satisfy 2.1 billion gallons required under the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018 and 2019 without need for imports. Up to a third of biodiesel applied toward the […]
In Washington, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa told Iowa Public Radio that getting the 30 expired tax incentives for renewable energy including biodiesel renewed is at the top of his agenda now that the government shutdown ended. Also at the top of his legislative agenda is sorting out the provision in the recently passed tax […]
In West Virginia, Proton Power says it plans to use a completely different system for the proposed wood waste-based facility in Greenbrier County than the one it developed in California that suffered from sulfur challenges that kept it from meeting air quality conditions. Using a gasification system, the project aims to produce 6.5 million gallons […]
In Switzerland, new EU regulation aims to shrink the environmental footprint of biofuels starting in 2021. But an EPFL scientist thinks we should go one step further and take into account all compounds produced at biorefineries, not just biofuel. And he has developed a model for doing just that. The hitch is that until now, […]
In Malta, the government won’t be offered ethanol-blended gasoline because of various logistical and cost issues ranging from challenges to importing US-based ethanol to the fuel importation company’s lack of storage capacity for the blended fuel. Additional investment would also be required to dehydrate the fuel due to absorbing water from the air, an MP […]
We reported last week on the Silva Green Fuels JV between Sweden’s Södra and Norway’s Statkraft, using Steeper Energy technology to produce drop-in advanced biofuels in Norway. And we reported the stunning news this week that Enerkem signed an agreement with Sinobioway Group worth over C$125 million in the form of equity investment in Enerkem Inc., […]
The Brazil Bilateral is a co-operative R&D effort between Brazil’s Petrobras and the US National renewable Energy Laboratory. It aims to demonstrate technical and economic feasibility of co-processing raw fast pyrolysis oil in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) operation, establish collaborations with credible commercial partners, generate co-processing yield data at steady-state from FCC unit at Petrobras […]
In Illinois, new calculations show an estimated $1.2 million in health cost savings for Illinois communities where B20 biodiesel fuel is used routinely in diesel vehicles. The calculations come from data submitted by 15 members of the B20 Club, a partnership between the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) checkoff program and the American Lung Association in […]
In Zimbabwe, local newspaper News Day reports that questions abound as to why ethanol from Green Fuel costs 99 cents per liter while Triangle’s ethanol costs 88 cents per liter, both much higher than Brazilian ethanol that can be imported basis FOB between 60 and 65 cents per liter. The government sets the price paid […]
