In Washington, D.C., Bloomberg sources say that President Trump may make Iowa voters very happy on Tuesday with the possible announcement at a campaign event near Council Bluffs, Iowa, of year-round sales of E15. The discussions come amid two sides pulling at the Trump administration – biofuel producers, farmers and Midwest politicians who are pushing […]
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In Canada, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) and the Sustainable Processes and Resources for Innovation and National Growth (SPRING) have signed a memorandum of understanding. The Italian Technology Cluster of Green Chemistry (SPRING) is a non-profit association founded by the initiative of four founding members: Biochemtex, Novamont, Versalis and Federchimica, the Italian Federation of Chemical industry. […]
In Belgium, StarchEurope told FoodNavigator that the European starch industry will start looking towards innovations such as bioplastics in an effort to compensate for the lack of isoglucose demand expected when EU sugar quotas ended last October. Global sugar prices have weighed heavily on European prices which are below the cheapest starches. The association says […]
In Germany, as Europe starts to shift into winter and the need for rapeseed-based winter spec biodiesel, Platts reports that rapeseed-based biodiesel has reached a four-year high at $1,135.50/mt FOB ARA on the back of smaller-than-expected rapeseed harvests the summer. Crushing margins are the best seen in five years at around $250/mt for prompt delivery […]
In India, the Business Standard reports that Uttar Pradesh government has approved six proposals for commercial scale biofuel investments worth a total of $230 million, including SunLight Fuels’ $210 million project to produce 175,000 liters per day of drop-in fuel from sugarcane bagasse. An unnamed Dutch company will provide the technology while the bagasse will […]
In Pennsylvania, David Tielle, who served as Director Business Development at Keystone Biofuels Inc. (Keystone), pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to one count of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. Keystone purported to be a producer and seller of biodiesel. Between 2009 and 2012, Tielle participated in a conspiracy to fraudulently claim tax […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that September ethanol imports fell 88% from the month prior at 5.7 million liters, 95% lower than last year and the lowest since September 2015 when just 15,000 liters were imported. September imports are traditionally low due to the ongoing sugarcane crush in the center-south region and the start of the […]
In Michigan, with $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, University of Michigan researchers aim to make the long-touted promise of algae as a biofuel source for diesel engines into a reality. Their goal: create biofuels that work with existing diesel engines and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent, compared with normal diesel […]
In Malaysia, the New Straits Times reports that foreign direct investment made up two-thirds of the $1.8 billion in investment in the country’s bioeconomy between 2012 and 2017. Of those projects that come under the Bioeconomy Community Development Program, 40 have been implemented as of last month including 33 biomass power plants producing 26.4GW. This […]
