In California, Aemetis, Inc., an advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, showed strong growth from their India plant with a 200% year over year increase in biodiesel sales volumes from 4,282 metric tons to 12,960 metric tons, according to their Q2 financial results. Aemetis’ second quarter of 2019 included significant announcements related to the market […]
EPA might have a new name in some circles – Exemptions for Petroleum Agency – thanks to the 31 small refinery waivers issued on Friday which has the biofuels and agriculture industries reeling after promises made by President Trump to look into why big oil companies were getting these exemptions intended for small biorefineries and […]
In Washington, U.S. ethanol exports increased to 128.4 million gallons (mg) in June, according to data issued by the government and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). This was a 29% jump from May. Canada was the top destination for the second consecutive month, with a 28% increase in sales at 29.5 mg of […]
In Iowa, Governor Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize reform clarifying that CO2 emissions from agricultural feedstocks are not pollutants subject to regulation under the federal Clean Air Act. The letter […]
In Washington, Platts reports that the Bo-Ho factor that tracks the relationship between soybean oil and heating oil that indicates the profitability of higher biodiesel blending rose to its highest level in six months at 30.75 cents/gal as crude oil prices slid on the back of growing stocks in the US and from the ongoing […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. announced the successful completion of the City of Seattle’s Phase I trial pilot of fleet vehicles utilizing Gevo’s low carbon, renewable drop-in isobutanol blended gasoline to reduce greenhouse gas emissions form its fleet of vehicles. The City confirmed they saw 18 metric tons of carbon reduction during the Phase I pilot […]
In Washington, data released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Commerce prove that the marketplace is already responding to President Trump’s elimination of a decades-old regulatory barrier severely limiting the sale of E15 in the summertime. In June 2019—the first month following elimination of the summertime E15 restriction—sales of the blend virtually doubled when compared […]
In the UK, the Department for Transport’s preliminary report on 2019 biofuels use shows: • 804 million liters equivalent (eq.) of renewable fuel has been supplied, which constitutes 4% of total road and non-road mobile machinery fuel for the year. • 256 million liters eq. (32%) has been verified so far under the Renewable Transport […]
In North Carolina, sixteen high school science and career and technical education (CTE) teachers attended a four-day hands-on professional development workshop at NC State in July. The workshop was part of the USDA-funded Sustainable Bioproducts and Bioenergy Program (SBBP), a collaboration between NC State’s College of Natural Resources and College of Education. The high school […]
In Switzerland, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its new Special Report on Climate Change and Land that there are limits to the contribution of land to addressing climate change, for instance through the cultivation of energy crops and afforestation. It says that bioenergy is vital if society is going to keep under the […]
