In Germany, UFOP reports that Global production of grains in the 2017/18 marketing year, an estimated 2.1 billion tonnes, is intended for human consumption, but also used as a livestock feed and feedstock in bio-ethanol production. At 44 per cent, the largest part of the grain harvests goes into feeding troughs, trending upward. By contrast, […]
In the United Kingdom, Argus Media reports that French biodiesel imports from outside the EU must have a minimum 60pc greenhouse gas savings value from 1 January — a measure that could have considerable impact on trade flows from Argentina. The law, thought to be an attempt to protect French biodiesel production from swelling Argentinian […]
In India, Madurai Kamaraj University signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based Extreme ProTech to collaborate on research together in the fields of extremozymes, biopolymers and biofuel production based on micro-organisms. MKU also signed another MoU with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology which involves a staff exchange, student and faculty visits between the […]
In Washington, a new study released today by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, which is hosted at the United Nations Foundation, has found that replacing traditional cookstoves that burn wood and kerosene with clean-burning ethanol cookstoves can have a positive impact on birth outcomes, further evidence of the link between clean cooking and improved health. After controlling […]
In New York state, Anellotech announced the completion of the commissioning of its 25 meter tall TCat-8® pilot plant, and the commencement of the critical development and testing program. An integrated team of Anellotech and IFPEN research engineers and technicians will optimize process variables and generate data for process development and scale-up. Commercial Bio-TCat™ plant […]
In India, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh will attend the grand opening of Kisan Sahkari Chini sugar mill’s new ethanol 40,000 liter per day distillery in Sathiaon. The project was part of a wider expansion program for the mill that was re-commissioned in March 2016. The mill was originally built in 1974 and commissioned […]
In Finland, as part of the legislative motion submitted by Members of Parliament and approved by Parliament, the government plenary session decided today to donate state-owned shares of Neste Corporation to the Itla Children’s Foundation. The Foundation will receive 922,168 shares worth a maximum of EUR 50 million in honour of the centenary of Finland’s […]
In New York state, Platts reports that the ethanol price for New York Harbor continue to soar as a result of short-term logistical hiccups that began last week in Pennsylvania but have expanded across the region including the Midwest where most supplies originate due to extreme cold weather, pushing the prompt barge premium to a […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded nearly $3 million to improve biorefinery technologies through the Integrated Biorefinery Optimization (IBO) program. The funding comes from NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), which addresses challenges in food and agricultural sciences through research, extension, and education. Through […]
In Iowa, a research team led by a scientist from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has demonstrated for the first time that the magnetic fields of bacterial cells and magnetic nano-objects in liquid can be studied at high resolution using electron microscopy. This proof-of-principle capability allows first-hand observation of liquid environment phenomena, and […]
