In Belgium, in line with expectations, Reuters reports that the European Commission has confirmed interim anti-dumping duties on imports of Indonesian palm oil-based biodiesel of between 8% and 18% while an ongoing investigation looks into potential damage caused to European biodiesel producers continues, perhaps through December. The investigation was launched after a formal complaint filed […]
In China, China Dialogue reports that Brazil is likely to be the main origin of ethanol imports that will be required to bridge the gap between its 3 million metric tons of ethanol production and the 15 million tons required to achieve its planned E10 blending mandate by 2020. Estimates are that domestic ethanol production […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that Brazilian hydrous ethanol sales jumped nearly 13% on the year in July to 1.94 billion out of a total of 2.92 billion liters sold during the period. Just 222.34 million liters were destined for export markets. Total ethanol production during H2 July was 1.81 billion liters, reaching a total […]
In Zimbabwe, the national broadcasting corporation reports that the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority says prices for gasoline blended with 10% ethanol have fallen below diesel prices at the pump which typically doesn’t happen. Using 150,000 liters per day of domestic ethanol reduces the foreign exchange burden on the country’s already challenged economy. The country has […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that biodiesel consumption between January and July reached 2.95 billion liters under the higher B20 mandate, but total consumption for the year is expected to reach 6.2 billion liters. The country is aiming for B30 by the end of next year which could see consumption rise to 9.6 billion liters. Indonesia […]
In Louisiana, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Tulane University, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Early Career Award. The $507,000 award will allow the researcher and his team of graduate students to continue their work on a type of bacteria with potentially important applications in biofuels, carbon capture and […]
In Washington, in a joint petition filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals, a broad alliance of ethanol, agriculture, and clean fuel organizations requested judicial review of a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rulemaking that would limit ethanol blending and restrict the use of blender pumps. The Urban Air Initiative (UAI) and National Farmers […]
By Ron Cascone and Steven Slome, Nexant Special to The Digest Filling the tank on the road to the future The term “fatty acid methyl ester” or FAME has been synonymous with biodiesel for the better part of the last two decades that have seen its widespread promotion and use. This has been due to […]
Innovation is great but without implementation, the story ends there. Not so for ICM, a Kanasas-based company that took its small business roots in a farming community and an idea and turned it into 1/3 of the world’s ethanol produced every year by ICM technologies. With over 21 patents they don’t just have the innovations […]
Axens Solutions is covering the entire project development cycle and working on things like BioTfuel and Vegan which are renewable diesel and jet fuels, Futurol, a celluloscic ethanol using biomass enzymatic fermentation, Atol made from ethylene using ethanol dehydration, and other feedstocks for fuel. David Schwalje, Business Development Manager at Axens, offered this illuminating overview […]
