In Illinois, a new study recently published by a collaboration between Argonne National Laboratory, Purdue University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), represents the most up-to-date and comprehensive lifecycle analysis of biodiesel ever produced. Results confirm that biodiesel compared to petroleum diesel reduces GHG emissions by 72 percent and fossil fuel use by 80 […]
In Delaware, a Superior Court judge has ruled the Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board must go back and review whether the permit granted for Delaware City Refinery’s proposed ethanol transshipping hub should be overturned under appeal. Delaware Audubon and League of Women Voters of Delaware tried to appeal the project’s permit, saying the project flies […]
In Canada, a tanker truck hauling an unknown quantity of ethanol slammed into a rail car parked in a Canadian Pacific rail yard in British Columbia Monday evening, sparking a fire that led to evacuations of nearby homes and businesses as well as forcing the closure of the nearby highway for several hours. No injuries […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research, announce joint support for research in plant feedstock genomics for bioenergy. There is up to $6 million in funding available. The deadline for applications is […]
In Canada, group of researchers, led by the University of Toronto Ted Sargent group, just published results using waste CO2 to produce plastic. Using the Canadian Light Source and a new technique exclusive to the facility, they were able to pinpoint the conditions that convert CO2 to ethylene most efficiently. Ethylene, in turn, is used […]
In Belgium, Platts reports that the EU Council confirmed via Twitter it has withdrawn its appeals on six biodiesel duty cases against Argentina and Indonesia at the European Court of Justice, allowing biodiesel flows from the two countries to continue as they have since November when anti-dumping duties were lowered significantly. With rumors in the […]
It’s been a big week in plastics and nylons, all right — not only for those who value sustainability attributes, but for fans of lower costs and higher performance, too. Let’s look at 4 Biggies makin’ a stir. Wisconsin researchers report bioplastic precursor breakthrough In Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering […]
Not long ago, DuPont Industrial Biosciences and Archer Daniels Midland announced a new breakthrough process in producing FDME from fructose, with “the potential to expand the materials landscape in the 21st century with exciting and truly novel, high-performance renewable materials”, the companies said in a joint release. FDME is furan dicarboxylic methyl ester. The technology has […]
In Canada, Enerkem announced it has signed an agreement with Sinobioway Group worth over C$125 million in the form of equity investment in Enerkem Inc., future licenses, equipment manufacturing and sales, as well as for the creation of a major joint venture that will lead the construction of over 100 Enerkem state-of-the-art facilities in China […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that just as the government is looking to drop its 20% import tax on ethanol in exchange for renewed access to the US market for its beef, the arbitrage window for US ethanol has opened again, even with the tariff still in place, thanks to increased prices domestically. As much as […]
