In California, Amyris has started industrial scale production of what it believes is “the world’s best tasting and lowest cost zero calorie natural sweetener” and therein lies a tale. Of Amyris and, by extension, almost everyone else who will — soon or later — follow in its wake. Originally, it was going to be fuels, […]
In France, Reuters reports that Total has decided to delay the start up of its $227 million La Mede biofuel refinery revamp until Q1 2019. The 500,000 metric ton per day facility was meant to start up over the summer but the company’s CFO didn’t say what the reasons were for the delay when the […]
In Maine, bluShift successfully tested its rocket last week fueled by a biofuel the company developed using farm waste that it says performs better than petroleum-based rocket fuel. They say the fuel isn’t harmful and the developer’s two-year-old daughter could safely ingest it, though he admits she may be a little constipated afterwards. The non-toxic, […]
In the UK, although full results aren’t yet available, local press reports that a three-month trial of buses running from Portsmouth to London on HVO have shown positive results. Seven on the National Express fleet’s buses running the route ran on 100% HVO produced by Neste while the other seven ran purely on fossil diesel […]
In Israel, Evofuel Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. and Fantini s.r.l announced the successful development of a mechanical harvesting solution for castor bean plants. The solution developed has shown a significant decrease in yield losses, from up to 50% with the current solutions to as low as 5% with the combination of […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that following a complaint by a local doctor to the National Green Tribunal that the central government must implement its 10% ethanol blending mandate for the health of the community and not just talk about it, as alluded to by only achieving 2% blending so far, the […]
In Finland, Reuters reports that Neste is sticking to an internal deadline of December to make its investment decision regarding the potential new aviation biofuel production facility in Singapore. The company already produces biofuel in Singapore but increased demand for renewables spurred by the most recent IPCC report and Norway’s 0.5% aviation biofuel mandate has […]
In Colorado, though algal biofuels are a more sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, there remains room to improve the production of the algae used to create them. Researchers at Colorado State University are leading a $2.1 million project that aims to increase algae yield by improving carbon dioxide utilization. The three-year project is part of […]
In India, rather than divert 2 million metric tons of sugar towards ethanol in response to the government’s deregulation of feedstocks allowing production from ‘B’ heavy molasses and sugarcane juice, mills are only likely to divert a quarter of that volume towards ethanol production. Mills say the reason is because the government only announced prices […]
In California, World Energy announced a $350 million investment over the next two years to complete the conversion of its Paramount, California facility into one of the cleanest fuel refineries in the world. The project will enable World Energy Paramount to process 306 million gallons annually. The conversion to renewable jet, diesel, gasoline and propane […]
