In Wisconsin, Reuters reports that Marquis Energy has decided to cut ethanol production at its Necedah facility following the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to award 31 hardship waivers to small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The 100 million gallon per year facility will wind down production for an unknown period of time but the […]
In Zimbabwe, local press reports that drivers are accusing the government of boosting the ethanol blend to 40% from the mandated 20% while keeping prices high, but cars are only going half as far on a tank of fuel. The permanent secretary of the energy department dismissed the allegations but also said that she would […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that an Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said in a statement that there is zero evidence that last week’s approval of 31 hardship waivers for small refiners under the Renewable Fuel Standard has negatively impacted ethanol producers. Both ethanol and biodiesel producers from POET to World Energy have announced over the past […]
In Illinois, Bloomberg reports that following a telephone threat made to a USDA employee, allegedly related to escalating tensions in farm country due to President Trump’s continuing policy shifts that are jeopardizing the ag economy such as the recent approval of 31 hardship waivers and the ongoing trade war with China, the USDA decided to […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that the ANP energy regulator’s most recent biodiesel auction to secure fuel for the national 11% blending mandate saw 1.14 billion liters of biodiesel sold at an average price of under 70 cents per liter. The total volume of fuel contracted was worth about $804 million, of which 99.74% had […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that biodiesel exports for the year through June fell to just 500 million liters compared to 800 million liters during the same period in 2018 on the back of reduced demand from both the European Union and China. Domestic consumption during H1 2019 was 3.24 billion liters, however, according to the […]
In France, a team of researchers affiliated with French several institutions has found a way to improve the conversion of CO2 into fuels by mimicking the behavior of the diving bell spider. In their paper published in the journal Nature Materials, the group describes using captured air bubbles to improve the conversion efficiency of carbon […]
In Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlining the damaging effects of the 31 new small refinery waivers (SRE’s) undermining the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Reynolds and Naig also extended an invitation to Administrator Wheeler to come to Iowa and see the devastating […]
From College Station and North Carolina comes the news that Texas A&M researchers have completed a round of scientific evaluations of Arbiom’s alternative protein ingredient for use in aquafeed. Studies come out every day, including studies on aquafeeds. What’s different about this one is that Arbiom is making aquafeed out of scrap wood that you […]
Organisms are interesting creatures and genetic tools and biochemical pathway knowledge is changing the way we look at them. Brian Davison, Chief Scientist for Biotechnology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, gave this knowledge-filled presentation on how to leverage organisms for biofuels and bioproducts, consolidated bioprocessing, barriers and solutions to enabling transformation, improved tools for gene […]
