In South Carolina, local press reports that World Energy will develop a $5.4 million biodiesel plant in Hampton County, taking over an abandoned biodiesel facility in Estill. The company plans to upgrade the existing equipment on site to bring it up to state-of-the-art production standards. The facility will be World Energy’s first investment in the […]
In Vietnam, drivers have been reluctant to switch to E5 RON92 despite various rounds of incentives and communications campaigns by the government but now they’re left with little choice but to use the fuel as the country’s largest refiner shut down earlier in the year, leaving filling stations with only about half of their RON95 […]
In Washington state, a Washington State University research team for the first time has developed a promising way to recycle the popular carbon fiber plastics that are used in everything from modern airplanes and sporting goods to the wind energy industry. The works, reported in Polymer Degradation and Stability and Green Chemistry, exemplify two efficient […]
In Argentina, local press reports that the soy industry is blaming a shift in government policy that no longer favors value-added products to a decimation of biodiesel exports during the first two months of the year. During January and February there were no biodiesel exports at all compared to exports valued at $176 million during […]
Sierra Energy has created what is billed as “the world’s most efficient gasifier,” FastOx, developed in conjunction with UC Davis, US Army and California Energy Commission. Gasification is the missing link between complex feedstocks and a clean synthesis gas for use in a wide variety of biofuel applications. The medium BTU synthesis gas is 70% […]
“The Times Have Found You and Caught Up with your Vision,” said former Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus in his opening keynote at ABLC 2019, as the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference got underway in Washington DC. “Now, make sure you do not make perfect the enemy of good. Deploy the technologies of today and […]
In the UK, liquid biofuels accounted for 4.1 per cent of gasoline and diesel consumed in road transport in 2018, up from 3.1 per cent in 2017. Generation from bioenergy was up by 12 per cent on 2017, to a record 35.6 TWh, partly as a result of power stations converting to plant biomass following […]
In Washington, DTN reports that Energy Information Administration data shows the impact of floods in the Midwest may have finally started to trim ethanol stocks, with stocks down 1.8% in the week ending March 29 at 23.992 million gallons but production still rose 2.5% higher. East Coast, Gulf Coast and West Coast regions all saw […]
In Ghana, Quality Control Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Ghana Cocoa Board, purchased biodiesel earlier this year to dilute Ultra Low Volume (ULV) insecticides for disinfestations activities of cocoa replacing traditional oil-based diluents. The use of biodiesel is being evaluated in accordance with international standards as well as ensuring value for money. A recent […]
In India, against a requirement of 3.30 billion liters of ethanol for 10% ethanol blending in the country, excluding J & K, North Eastern States and island territories, ethanol supply contracts have been signed for 2.37 billion liters for the ethanol supply period 2018-19 (Dec. – Nov). This is the highest ethanol supply contracts ever. […]
