By Haley Gershon, Beta Analytic Special to The Digest Biofuels maintain an important role in the fuel industry as environmental and human health concerns ignite the transition from using fossil fuels to more eco-friendly options. Alongside environmental benefits, biofuels also offer an opportunity for manufacturers to qualify for tax credits and other financial incentives. This article […]
In Greece, the European Union-funded project, BIOWAYS launched their latest online interactive tool in their efforts to raise people’s awareness of bio-based products and their benefits to society, called BioWatch. Through this platform, BIOWAYS aims to help other projects in the bioeconomy sector increase the awareness of their bio-based research findings. BioWatch can be likened […]
In Australia, University of Queensland researchers have stabilized biocatalyst enzymes that used to fall apart outside the body and at high temperatures so that they don’t do that anymore, which can be useful for carrying out chemical transformations under industrial conditions, such as producing biofuels. They made more heat tolerant and stronger versions of two […]
In Switzerland, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials published “Alternative Aviation Fuels: A Sustainable Future is Taking Off,” which sums up the aviation industry’s commitment to major action in the global fight against climate change, including carbon neutral growth from 2020 and a 50% reduction in emissions by 2050 compared to 2005 levels. The report said […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that wholesale prices for agricultural diesel, biodiesel and rapeseed oil surged considerably over the past several months. However, none of these transport fuels shot up as sharply as agricultural diesel did. October crude oil prices reached a four-year high, causing prices of agricultural diesel – the tax-privileged option for agricultural equipment […]
In Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. grains experts were laser focused on the outlook for U.S. corn and its co-products – highlighting the importance of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) – at Export Exchange 2018 in Minneapolis last week. Speakers on DDGS included Tyson Foods Poultry Nutritionist Philip Smith, Renewable Fuels […]
In Finland, Stora Enso’s sales increased 3.0% to EUR 2 585 (2 509) million, making Q3 the seventh consecutive quarter of sales growth. The growth was primarily due to favorable prices and active product mix management. Q4/2018 sales are estimated to be slightly higher than the amount of EUR 2 585 million recorded in the […]
In Washington, the first carbon fee anywhere in the U.S. could become reality in Washington State where voters will decide on election day if they want companies to pay a carbon emissions fee of $15 per metric ton of carbon. Washington-based companies like REI, Expedia, Microsoft and Northwest Energy are supporting the measure in order […]
In Indiana, POET is moving forward with full construction of a new biofuel facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. Final permit approval came this week for the planned 80 million-gallon-per-year facility. With full construction started, the expected completion date for the nearly $160 million facility is spring of 2020. “This is the right project in the right […]
Sometimes we feel like we are living in an alternate universe. You think everything is great – President Trump announces support for year-round E15 and things are looking up for ethanol. Then you open a newspaper (in your hands or on your web browser…) and the Halloween horror begins and you see an article attacking […]
