In Washington, recent analysis by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) shows non-beverage ethanol has been the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export over the past decade by a significant margin. In 2018, U.S. ethanol exports totaled more than 6.5 billion liters (1.72 billion gallons or 609 million bushels in corn equivalent), valued at $2.7 billion. Using […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that Canaplan has increased its estimate of cane crushed for ethanol production during the 2019/20 season to between 65.5% and 66%, jumping from its estimate in April at the start of the crush of 62%. As a result, ethanol production for the season could reach 29.5 billion liters from its April […]
In Iowa, the Gazette newspaper reports that the White House has confirmed President Trump will visit Iowa on June 11 to attend a private Republican party fundraiser in West Des Moines and presumably to announce the implementation of year-round E15 blending, but the article didn’t confirm the rumored visit to an ethanol plant during the […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that Atvos, owned by Odebrecht, failed to make payments on its $250 million loans to Lone Star Funds and Castlelake at the end of 2017 so has filed for bankruptcy protection. The company currently produces around 10% of Brazilian ethanol. Atvos had pledged 30% of its sugarcane production as collateral […]
In Thailand, PetrolPlaza reports that B10 fuel officially went on sale this week when the country’s energy minister officiated at the first public sale, known as UltraForce Diesel B10 and retailed by PTT. In an effort to encourage drivers to switch to B10 from the current standard of B7, there is a 3 cent per […]
In Germany, the global biotechnology research and development community now has a commercial breakthrough microfluidic platform that revolutionizes the process of ultra-high throughput screening for the optimization of enzymes, antibodies, proteins, microbial strains and mammalian cells. Efficient Robotics GmbH has announced the commercialization of its Nano-Titer-Pipe (NTP) Screening Workstation for screening and optimizing millions of […]
In Belgium, 16 organizations teamed with the Bio-Based Industries Consortium and its members along with the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking’s the States Representatives Group and Scientific Committee to develop and publish their vision for a circular European bio-society by 2050 based on achieving global food security for all, contributing to a sustainable planet, and creating […]
As we wrap up the last day of the month of May, the pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of May 31st In today’s Digest, biomass-based 3D printing, renewable solvents, fermentation-based CBD, coffee waste upcycling, algae-based ink, limestone paper — these and […]
The Digest’s new “Stocks Worth Tracking” Multi-Slide Guide Series highlights hot companies that are making strides in the bioeconomy. Today’s “Stock Worth Tracking” is Pacific Ethanol. Pacific Ethanol was originally founded in 2003 as the first pure-play ethanol company and now has nine bio-refineries in the U.S. with a total production capacity of 605 million […]
In Florida, The Digest announced that the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference on Next-Gen Technologies and Markets (ABLC NEXT 2019) will be held October 30-November 1st, 2019 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, and outlined the agenda, themes and announced a first wave of event speakers. ABLC NEXT will feature the NEXT 40 onstage — […]
