In Illinois, a University of Illinois crop scientist will lead a team of researchers on a five-year study of new crops that could contribute to the production of affordable, sustainable sources for market-ready fuels and other valuable products. They were awarded $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a study titled “Next-Generation […]
In Malaysia, the Bernama news agency reports that the industries ministry will at last put forward a white paper by the end of this year looking at the switch to B10. The country has run up against resistance from truckers and engine manufacturers who say higher blends will damage vehicles but the government is looking […]
In South Africa, Verda Waste aims to be at the forefront of industrializing the process of converting waste coffee grounds into biofuels by recycling 17 million kilograms/year of spent coffee grounds into 1.8 million liters/year of biodiesel and 4.5 million kilograms/year of biomass pellets and fire logs. According to Verda Waste, due to the great […]
In Nebraska, Fluid Quip Process Technologies announced the commissioning of the FQPT Maximized Stillage Co-Products system at the Flint Hills Resources Fairmont, Nebraska, facility. The largest co-product technology system in the ethanol industry—MSC is operational and producing protein within specification requirements. FQPT’s engineering and project management teams along with Flint Hills Resources’ operational team brought the project […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reports that the energy minister said in a speech electricity company PLN could convert its 2,000MW of fossil fuel-powered production to crude palm oil-based biodiesel in the next two years. He called on the company to fall in line with others like Pertnamina in reducing fossil fuel use whose imports […]
In India, the Business Standard reports in an interview with managing director of Triveni Engineering that if just half of the 200 ethanol distilleries that have applied for soft funding come to fruition over the next four years, it could represent more than $1.78 billion in investment. Those hundred facilities could lead to an average […]
In Indiana, the legal legacy of E-biofuels’ fraud regarding tax credit and government incentives continues with its parent company Imperial Petroleum ordered by a district court judge last week to pay nearly $32 million including interest to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to reply to an enforcement action in 2012 related to the […]
In Brazil, the Ministry of Mines and Energy will hold a public hearing on Friday to discuss whether ramping up biodiesel blending should happen faster or slower. Two proposals have been put on the table, so the hearing seeks to get opinions as to which of the options should be implemented. Price and supply will […]
In Switzerland, EPFL researchers have developed a chemical method that stabilizes simple sugars and prevents them from being degraded. This method could mean that chemists no longer have to balance deconstruction of the plant with avoiding degradation of the product. The new method changes the chemical susceptibility of the sugars to dehydration and degradation by […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that the country’s antitrust watchdog CCI has fined 18 sugar mills as well as the Indian Sugar Mills Association and Ethanol Manufacturers Association of India more than $5 million for rigging bids in ethanol tenders held by national oil companies in 2013. The penalties were calculated based […]
