In Jamaica, local press reports that over the course of the next eight weeks, 4,300 barrels of contaminated ethanol owned by Petrojam will be burned by Caribbean Cement in an effort to dispose of it. The contaminated ethanol was discovered during a bad gas episode between 2015 and 2016 and has been stored ever since […]
In Washington, Platts reports that Energy Information Agency data shows that biodiesel production rose in May to 154 million tons, 2 million tons higher than in April. Of the total, 69% was produced in the Midwest while nearly 56% of feedstock was soybean oil. Corn oil and yellow grease were the two largest feedstocks after […]
In the Philippines, Business World reports that the shortage of molasses that has led to prices so high that ethanol production will soon become inviable due to oil companies refusing to pay top dollar for domestic ethanol despite the quota system requiring its purchase will now come under investigation by a Congressional committee following the […]
In Canada, Canadian Biomass Magazine reports that the world’s largest anaerobic digestion facility located at a pulp mill is providing significant dividends to the Millar Western mill in northern Alberta. The mill’s waste water is used to produce biogas that is used to power 10% of the facility’s energy demand while the steam from is […]
In California, the United States could produce enough energy each year by harnessing waste — from landfill refuse to cow manure — to power the states of Oregon and Washington, all while cutting the equivalent of 37 million cars’ worth of carbon. That’s according to research published in Nature Energy from UCLA. Researchers examined this variability […]
In China, Reuters that extensive negotiation between China and the US is expected to take place over the next month before the next round of face-to-face talks in September as the two countries look to break the trade deadlock, including specific discussions on opening the Chinese market up to US ethanol again. In person talks […]
Can you really produce anode materials from trees? Stora Enso says absolutely yes! And they are investing a nice chunk of change to build a pilot plant for lignin-based battery materials. Ok, sounds great, but come on, biodegradable cling wrap using cellulose nanofibers from canola straw to store my leftovers in? Yes, these things are […]
Oceans are the largest untapped growth opportunity for biomass and that macroalgae is the quintessential ocean crop, according to ARPA-E. But, it says that with the current state of technology, it will never scale to meet energy and CO2 capture demands. So what to do? That’s where the MARINER program comes in. Marc von Keitz, […]
In Singapore, following up from the EUR1.4 billion investment to expand its renewable products production capacity in Singapore, Neste held a foundation stone ceremony to officially mark the extension of the new production line. The construction started at the beginning of the year. As a result of the investment, Neste will have more options to […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that meat processing giant JBS is going to invest $47.5 million in a biodiesel plant using pork and poultry fat and processing scraps from its Seara facility in Santa Catarina state. When the plant comes online in 2021, it will double the company’s biodiesel production capacity to 600 million liters annually. […]
