In Malaysia, Bloomberg reports that biodiesel exports to China and the EU from both Malaysia and China have soared during the first quarter of 2019, perhaps as much as 30% to 145,000 metric tons. At least another five cargos totaling as much as 250,000 tons have been booked for China for delivery between March and […]
In Washington, Platts reports that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t believe RIN obligations that have been waived under the hardship waiver program can be reassigned to other obligated parties to make up for the missing ethanol gallons. The agency is reviewing 39 hardship waiver applications for 2018, one left over each for […]
In Brazil, researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Bioscience Institute have focused on studying the genes involved in sugarcane root cell separation with the aim of developing transgenic varieties of sugarcane in which the process occurs in other parts of the plant, such as the stem, where biomass and sucrose accumulate. The cell walls […]
In Japan, Reuters reports that the national trade and industry ministry has pushed back the requirement for palm oil used in biomass power plants to have Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification until 2021 rather than the previously planned March 31, 2019 deadline. The extension came as part of bilateral cooperation negotiations with Indonesia. Japan […]
Low Carbon Fuels Coalition (LCFC) is a technology neutral trade association dedicated to the support and expansion of market-based low carbon fuel policies. The LCFC tracks and analyzes developments in low carbon fuel policies, advocates for the expansion of sound low carbon fuel policies, and assists on policy design issues worldwide. Graham Noyes, the Executive […]
In the Netherlands, Finland will invest EUR100 million in several stages in a new and sustainable Dutch technology that makes it possible to produce oil from various waste materials including wood waste. This technology was developed by a successful spin-off from the University of Twente and is used to convert waste sawdust from sawmills into […]
In Washington, a new study released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) finds greenhouse gas emissions from corn-based ethanol are about 39 percent lower than gasoline. The study also states that when ethanol is refined at natural gas-powered refineries, the greenhouse gas emissions are even lower, around 43 percent below gasoline. The study, led […]
In Hawaii, Maui News reports that Pacific Biodiesel is looking to take advantage of the premiums offered by California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and will begin exporting its biodiesel to the West Coast state. Although diesel fuel is very expensive in Hawaii and comparatively cheap in California, at the moment there isn’t a fuel market […]
In Norway, since 2007 Quantafuel has developed and tested its own patented catalyst solution that converts plastic waste into low emission fuels and products for the petrochemical industry. The Norwegian company has previously opened a test production facility in Mexico, and in the third quarter of 2019 the first Scandinavian plant, located in Skive in Denmark, […]
In Angola, Biocom has secured a contract to export 8,500 cubic meters of ethanol to Europe for $3.5 million, the first time it has ever exported the fuel. The company produces 17,000 cubic meters of ethanol annually in addition to 75,000 metric tons of sugar on 24,000 ha of sugarcane and first came online in […]
