In California, San Francisco Bay area’s Red and White Fleet, a sightseeing and cruise ferry business, added the Enhydra ferry to its fleet, which is the first aluminum hulled, lithium-Ion battery plug-in hybrid vessel built in the U.S.A. Red and White partnered with BAE Systems, which is supplying its HybriGen® propulsion system that includes large […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association celebrated the end of the government’s restriction on selling E15 in much of the country during the summer. The restriction was lifted yesterday, September 16 and “will once again allow consumers across the nation to have access to a fuel that is cheaper, cleaner and offers higher octane […]
In Nevada, NV Energy filed a request with state legislators to require Fulcrum Bioenergy to pay “impact fees” for Fulcrum’s biofuel plant which has applied to purchase power from an alternative electric provider. The impact fees include long-term recurring charges related to renewable energy projects and a $1.179 million lump sum payment. Fulcrum’s waste to […]
In Mississippi, Ergon BioFuels LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc., is closing its ethanol plant at the Port of Vicksburg in December, according to a press release sent to The Vicksburg Post. The plant was built in 2007 as a joint venture between Ergon Ethanol Inc. and Bunge North America Inc. and was originally designed […]
In Washington state, as part of Alaska Airlines’ ongoing efforts to fly greener and expand use of sustainable aviation fuels, Neste and Alaska have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In addition to Alaska’s efforts to increase fuel-efficiency and adopt innovative flight technology, the agreement will allow Neste and Alaska to more closely work together to design, create and implement solutions […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that Canadian National Railway cited oversupply and traffic congestion as reasons for halting its ethanol deliveries to Kinder Morgan’s benchmark Argo terminal on September 5 but could lift the embargo as early as Friday. With the market oversupplied and prices at multi-year lows, the temporary embargo hasn’t had any impact on […]
In Michigan, University of Notre Dame with counterparts in Uganda, Rwanda and Nigeria are working to bridge the gap through a program called Energy E3 — Empowering Nations to Power Their Nation, with plans underway for an inaugural energy innovation center in Uganda. Energy E3 enables education, engineering design and entrepreneurship by teaching local technicians and engineers […]
In India, thanks to the government’s policy to boost prices for ethanol produced from sugarcane juice by 25%, Bloomberg reports that Shree Renuka plans to boost ethanol production also by 25% -30% from the current 1.2 billion liters in the next half year. With the equivalent of the world’s sugar surplus sitting as surplus in […]
In China, already 40 gas stations in Shanghai are offering 5% biodiesel blends using fuel produced from overused used cooking oil known as “gutter oil” in response to the government’s push to get the dirty out of the food chain. Already more than 54 million liters of the fuel has been sold since the program […]
In Washington, Platts reports that USDA data shows corn stocks will grow in the next season well above market expectations to 1.774 billion bushels for 2018/19. As such, excess supplies will continue to weigh on prices, helping to improve crushing margins for ethanol producers who are suffering from multi-year low prices. Higher yields account for […]
