In Washington, D.C., the Algae Biomass Organization is supporting legislation, like the Financing Our Energy Future Act re-introduced earlier this month by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA-05) and Ron Estes (R-KS-04) that can level the playing field for algae companies that don’t currently qualify for many […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 21 leaders to participate in its 2019 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs), which provides non-technical business, governmental, and community leaders an opportunity to learn about advanced energy technologies, analytical tools, and financing to guide their organizations and communities in […]
In Germany, according to UFOP, due to the poor growing conditions that have been accompanying winter rapeseed since it was sown, Germany will only see a small rapeseed crop in 2019. The estimate is for around 3.1 million tonnes. This would translate to a 17 per cent drop from the already weak previous year and […]
In Canada, Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. announced the closing of $1,020,250 in gross proceeds in the third tranche of its previously announced private placement of convertible debenture units and announced an extension to the deadlines to complete the previously announced joint venture agreements with Renewable U Grande Prairie Inc., Renewable U Medicine Hat Inc., Renewable […]
In South Africa, the Gledhow sugar mill used to produce just sugarcane products like refined sugar, but is diversifying into biofuel now that the South African government has been more supportive of biofuel from sugarcane. Since the government’s new sugar tax a year ago, there has been a surplus of sugarcane in South Africa that […]
In Germany, with an organizational realignment, BASF is streamlining its administration, sharpening the roles of services and regions and simplifying procedures and processes. As a result, the company expects savings of €300 million, which is anticipated to contribute €2 billion to earnings annually from the end of 2021 onwards. In the course of the strategy […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium N.V. has been awarded €1.3 million (almost $1.5 million) for its Dawn and Mekong Technologies from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. The consortium, coordinated by Avantium, works on developing 100% plant-based chemicals produced from renewable raw materials. The […]
In Pennsylvania, Reuters reports that during the two months leading up to the Wednesday announcement that Philadelphia Energy Solutions would close, claiming that the decision was due to a fire, two sources said that the country had built up as much as 90 million dollars’ worth of short positions in RINs over the past several […]
In Iowa, POET told local press that it has a strategy in place to battle the likely shortfall of corn in Iowa and Indiana this season by shifting corn supplies among its 27 facilities across the Midwest where corn has been 100% or nearly 100% planted on schedule. The company also highlighted that though this […]
In Missouri, Maas Companies of Rochester, MN will auction Global Fuels’ $11 Million/5 Million Gallon per year biodiesel plant. Maas Companies specializes in the liquidation of specialized and renewable assets for private companies, courts, banks and lenders nationwide. The assets will be sold via a sealed bid auction as the owner is retiring; the deadline […]
