In another small but sharp blow to the Trump Administration’s strategy for American manufacturing revival, news arrives from Texas of a second smaller biodiesel shuttering owing to “ challenging business conditions and continued federal policy uncertainty,” as Renewable Energy Group phrased it in announcing the closure of its15 million gallons per year New Boston, Texas […]
In Brazil, ICC Brazil announced that it has entered into a long-term global partnership with Lallemand Animal Nutrition (LAN) for the research, development, and supply of inactive yeast products and derivatives derived from sugar cane ethanol. Over recent years, LAN has developed a unique expertise in the qualification of the chemical and physical structure of […]
In Minnesota, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Biofuels) released its 2019 First Half Report to its members last week outlining how MN Biofuels directly engaged with over 58 state and federal lawmakers and agency officials, delivered more than 1.5 million monthly ad impressions promoting E15 in the Twin Cities metro and continued market development initiatives […]
In the UK, BP has agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture with Bunge that will create a leading bioenergy company in one of the world’s largest fast-growing markets for biofuels. BP will combine its Brazilian biofuels and biopower businesses with that of Bunge to create a world-scale, highly-efficient producer of sugarcane ethanol in Brazil, BP […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that a survey of analysts shows ethanol production during H1 July could fall 9% on the year to 2.167 billion liters despite hydrous ethanol prices paying the equivalent of 14.02 cents/lb for raw sugar last Friday, more than 2.5 cents per pound higher than for VHP, or an equivalent of 59.30/mt […]
In South Africa, the Lowvelder reports that using rudimentary techniques on a very small scale, some ingenious local entrepreneurs are producing gasoline, diesel and usably byproducts for candles and floor wax from waste plastic collected around the area. From the waste plastic collected in 250 corn bags, he can produce 5 liters of fuel. He […]
In the UK, Heathrow Airport supports the goal of net zero carbon by 2050 and as such is calling on the UN’s aviation body ICAO to set targets for the use of biofuels in aviation, as recommended by the Energy Transition Commission. The airport is also calling on the UK government to invest some of […]
In Canada, University of British Columbia research designed to turn ‘black liquor’—a by-product of pulp and paper manufacture—into consumer goods has received funding from Genome BC and the BC Pulp and Paper Bio-Alliance. The project valued at C$500,000 will develop biological methods that can be used to transform ‘black liquor’, a mixture of lignin and […]
In Washington, Growth Energy launched a new ad campaign featuring a fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer who is asking President Trump to ensure that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers the devastating impact some of the agency’s policies are having on family farms. The ads spotlight Scott Henry, of Longview Farms in Nevada, Iowa, who […]
By Dennis Zeedyk, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Glycerin Traders LLC’s flagship operation, based in Defiance, OH, takes in waste raw glycerin from biodiesel companies and acidulates it to remove the fats, methanol and some water that is then further distilled to nearly 100% purity. This year the Defiance plant spent an average […]
