It’s at the start of a slew of biofuels, biomaterials, and biobased products. You can say it’s the spark of light that starts it all. The big bang. The origination point. The beginning of life. With the hype of new technologies, the hottest innovations, fast-changing times, we forget sometimes that it often starts with a […]
Dupont Industrial Biosciences develops innovations for society to thrive – helping customers in a range of industries improve the sustainability and efficiency of their processes. Simon Herriott, Vice President of Bioactives at Dupont Industrial Biosciences, gave this illuminating overview of how Dupont approaches innovation’s velocity, design thinking, prototyping, and more at ABLC Global 2018 in […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that oilseeds were Cargill’s bright spot for fiscal Q2 following reporting that saw net earnings fall 20% on the year. Biodiesel production in Europe was one of the company’s highlights in addition to strong crushing in both Europe and North America along with grain exports from North America. With soybeans at […]
In California, California Fueling LLC filed suit Dec. 10 in the Los Angeles Superior Court against Best Energy Solutions and Technology Corp., doing business as “Best Corp.,” asserting claims for, among other things, unfair business practices under California’s Business & Professions Code § 17200, et seq. The complaint, which is captioned California Fueling, LLC. v. […]
In India, the New Indian Express newspaper reports that despite a successful commercial passenger flight using aviation biofuel four months ago, the government does not yet have plans to introduce aviation biofuel as a regular part of the energy mix. The Spicejet flight in August used 450 liters of biofuel when one of two engines […]
In Florida, Frankens Energy that bought the former INEOS-Bio plant is now selling the ethanol facility, biomass plant and two tracts of land of 75 acres and nearly 69 acres for $130 million. Bids can be received until Tuesday, January 8. If a single buyer doesn’t pick up the entire package, then it will be […]
In India, the Economic Times reports that Indian Oil is teaming with a German company to upgrade its biogas production facility to bio-CNG in a 50/50 joint venture. The company currently uses the biogas for power generation but decided it would get more value by upgrading the biogas into transportation fuel. The $3.56 million investment […]
In Argentina, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed to the European Union that the country doesn’t subsidize its biodiesel industry in an effort to end the current investigation that could lead to the EU setting new anti-dumping tariffs on Argentine biodiesel imports. The ministry says that should the EU decide to go ahead with […]
In China, research team led by the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has discovered two novel diacylglyceryl transferases (DGAT2s) that preferentially attach linoleic acid (LA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), respectively, to the glycerol backbone to form triacylglycerol from algae. By modulating the ratio of these specialist enzymes […]
In Washington, Platts expects that how the Environmental Protection Agency decides to handle hardship waivers in 2019 will be the biggest challenge for the future of the RIN market and the Renewable Fuel Standard overall. The EPA has yet to reallocate RINs waived during 2018 although industry players say the agency must do so by […]
