In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports that the government is looking to follow in Indonesia’s footsteps by introducing B20 fuels for heavy trucks and agricultural machinery and will work with vehicle manufacturers to ensure the higher blends are compatible with light trucks as well. Low oil prices due to bumper palm oil production is provoking […]
An interesting addendum appeared in recent days on the Anellotech website — a notation, not seen before from the Sultans of Stealth, that “Anellotech has raised US$80 million in cash and in-kind contributions to date. These considerable investments come from our highly-motivated and engaged strategic partners, who are working with us to develop and commercialize […]
In Oklahoma, Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc (EFT) has executed a license agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC under which EFT will provide its TL8a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to provide additional FT capacity for RRB’s biorefinery in Lakeview, Oregon, USA. EFT has also received a “notice to proceed” from RRB to commence design of its FT […]
In Germany, CropEnergies announced that due to the difficult market conditions, the company will pause ethanol production at its Ensus plant in Wilton, UK, from the end of November 2018 onwards. The notice came as part of an adjustment on its outlook for the current financial year 2018/19 due to ethanol prices – both spot […]
In South Africa, the country’s first project using LanzaTech’s ethanol technology from industrial waste gases has received the go ahead. Construction of the 60 million liter per year facility co-located at the Samancor ferrochrome smelter will begin next year. The $77 million plant is as a result of a grant from the U.S. Trade and […]
In India, the hemp industry is about to get a big boost thanks to an announcement by the national hemp association regarding a $150 million investment plan for Uttarakhand state that will lead to 90,000 additional jobs in the sector over the next five years. Ethanol from hemp as well as hemp for biomaterials and […]
In Iowa, Platts reports that its crush margin tracker shows corn-based ethanol plants in the Midwest continue to run at a negative margin, falling to 5.91 cents/gal on Monday compared to 5.31 cents/gal on October 15. Ethanol stocks continue to rise even with falling production, further weighing on prices and cutting into margins despite low […]
In Nigeria, the federal government has pledged $30 million towards the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.’s cassava-based ethanol project in Ondo state that will see 15,000 acres of land used to grow the crop. Land movement is expected to begin this week while the official groundbreaking for the project will take place in November. The project […]
In California, Greencar Congress reports that researchers from JBEI along with Chinese colleagues have produced three promising aviation jet fuel feedstocks whose results were recently published in open-access journal Biotechnology for Biofuels. Researchers undertook computational analysis looking at three sesquiterpenes—epi-isozizaene, pentalenene and α-isocomene—and found they were comparable to commercial fossil-based jet fuel. They were then […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports that the head of Statistics Indonesia is skeptical about the impact the B20 policy in place since September 1 has had on the country’s trade deficit. The agency’s deputy head called out the B20 policy during a press conference, saying it had yet to show results despite the country […]
