In France, with Raisinor France Alcools’s ethanol produced from grape marc, the residue produced in the wine-making process, Citram Aquitaine is running the ED95-driven Scania’s Interlink LD Euro 6 bus between Bordeaux and Blaye. The collaboration between Scania and Citram is enabled by the key contribution of Raisinor France Alcools, which supplies the biofuel required […]
In India, under the auspices of Mission Innovation, the country has extended the Letter of Intent deadline to September 15 to undertake Joint Research & Development with member MI countries in the field of advanced sustainable Biofuels, which can be produced from non-food biological materials. Production of low cost high performance Enzymes and yeasts are […]
In the UK, new analysis from the Renewable Energy Association, the trade association which represents the renewable fuels industry, indicates that there are significantly fewer main household cars on the road that are unwarrantied to use E10 than the Department for Transport (DfT) presently estimates. The REA’s analysis indicates that, excluding older classic or hobby vehicles, […]
In France, by studying a particular fungus, scientists in the EU-funded ZYBIOM project have discovered a family of enzymes that can double the amount of glucose extracted from wood. Although biofuels are the most immediate application, as their production from glucose is already well understood, the new enzymes could also have a part to play […]
In India, just days after the government restricted imports of biofuels, the Financial Express reports that biofuel exports have been restricted now as well and will only be allowed with a license. Biodiesel exports doubled this year to nearly $5.4 million compared to last year. Previously, biofuel policy hadn’t encouraged and in some cases discouraged […]
We’re going to look in on Genomatica today and a shift in innovation which is important to all and particularly to the fans of ventures that find commercial success as well as commercial-scale, but we’ll not begin in San Diego or the usual ventureburghs of Silicon Valley or Boston. Instead, we’ll commence in the country […]
What’s Bunge up to, exactly? The company supplies a growing world with agricultural commodities, such as grains and oilseeds, which are inside many of the meals we eat. They transport crops, connecting farmers to customers in ways that help ensure food security and improve environmental efficiency. They provide ingredients and know-how to food processors and foodservice […]
In Zimbabwe, after focusing on R&D for the past dozen years, the government is jumping back into jatropha as a solution for fuel shortages with a new facility and 6,000 ha of plantations. Finealt Engineering, part of the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, has gotten biodiesel production costs down to 97 cents per liter […]
In Brazil, hydrous ethanol sales during the first half of August were nearly 42% higher on the year at 919.8 million liters while anhydrous sales were 20 million liters lower compared to the same period last year of just 371.34 million liters. Of the total 1.34 billion liters sold during the period, just 53.49 million […]
In Ireland, Platts reports that biodiesel sales fell to 14.8 million liters in July, down 4.7% on the year, but ethanol suffered more as sales shrunk to just 4.4 million liters, down 10% compared to last year. On a volumetric basis, the biodiesel blending rate was 5.65%, lower than July 2017’s 5.77% but higher than […]
