In Iowa, Reuters reports that former Vice President Joe Biden is touring the state as part of his campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for President where he’s coming face to face with his 2014 involvement with cutting biofuel blending mandates to help struggling refiners. His campaign platform strongly supports advanced biofuels and increasing its […]
In the UK, local press reports that the Ensus ethanol plant has only been running at a low rate since March and has had several shutdowns due to the lack of demand for ethanol because the government has yet to enforce E10. Currently the policy is only for E5. The company says that the country […]
In Washington, Platts reports that the Environmental Protection Agency is on track for releasing the ethanol blending mandate for 2020 under the Renewable Fuel Standard by the November 30 deadline, having already sent the proposal to the White House on May 6 and to the Office of Management and Budget on May 20. The biodiesel […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that 984.44 million liters of biodiesel were sold at the Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency’s most recent biodiesel auction at an average of 60 cents per liter worth a total of $589.3 million. A total of 1.12 billion liters of biodiesel were offered for sale at the 67th auction, […]
In Finland, a researcher from the University of Turku has determined how the use of cyanobacteria and other tiny blue-algae interact with wastewater that not only cleans the water but also produces feedstock for biodiesel production. Of the different kinds of wastewaters tested, municipal wastewater was found to create the most fats in the bacteria […]
In the UK, the All Party Parliamentary Group for British Bioethanol has published its Interim Report, ending the first part of its Inquiry into Introducing E10 in the UK which launched in March. E10 is a blend of fuel containing ten percent bioethanol already sold in many other developed countries including Germany, Belgium, France, Finland […]
In Washington, a new report concludes that emissions from petroleum-based gasoline “are one of the biggest health threats facing the American public”. The report links a wide range of respiratory and even neurological diseases to toxic carcinogenic compounds refiners used to increase octane in gasoline. A fact book — entitled “What’s in Our Gasoline Is […]
The Digest’s “Stocks Worth Tracking” Multi-Slide Guide Series highlights hot companies that are making strides in the bioeconomy. Today’s “Stock Worth Tracking” is Aemetis. Aemetis is implementing the first biomass-to-biofuels plant using the LanzaTech process. They also have a 12 mgy cellulosic ethanol plant project being developed in Riverbank, California that is of interest. Eric […]
In Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization has released a new study looking at the sustainability of the bioeconomy, which is says it not intrinsically inherent, by looking at lessons learned from 26 case studies to understand how to ensure the bioeconomy of the future is developed in the best way possible considering that there […]
In Zambia, the Daily Mail newspaper reports that the Energy Regulation Board is expected to greenlight a 15 million liter per year ethanol plant following a final expectation later this month. The $1.5 million plant is expected to commission in September. The country has been trying to find ways in order to increase domestic fuel […]
