In India, the Financial Express newspaper reports that Maharashtra mills were meant to supply 580 million liters of ethanol during 2019/20 but due to a serious lack of sugarcane to meet sugar production capacity, mills only offered to supply oil marketing companies 220 million liters for the season. Even though production is low, the state’s […]
In Spain, GRAIN has called out the EU-Mercosur deal saying it with further augment the global climate crisis, specifically pointing to six crops included in the deal, such as Brazilian sugarcane ethanol. The report says the EU’s increased ethanol imports through the FTA are expected to be used to meet Europe’s “green” transport fuel targets. […]
In South Carolina, Green Energy Biofuels says it takes up to six gallons of cooking oil to fry a typical turkey. Recycling holiday oil and grease is a much cheaper alternative to the cost of repairs. Every drop poured down the drain increases the size of a growing clog in the sewage system, so do […]
In India, the government is pushing for increased biodiesel production from used cooking oil and the industry has responded in kind with an “encouraging response” to Indian Oil Company’s calls for expressions of interest. The IOC announced via twitter that six companies have been offered Letters of Interest for the supply of 10,200 metric tons […]
In Montana, a scientist at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has discovered that special proteins can keep microbes from colonizing inside fuel tanks and degrading the fuels–especially biodiesel. Contamination and degradation is especially problematic for biodiesel, which often contains fatty acid methyl esters that can be metabolized by microbial organisms. In support of the […]
In South Dakota, American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed supplemental rulemaking to the 2020 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). ACE CEO Brian Jennings detailed three areas in which the proposal falls short in ACE’s written comments, including the proposed rule (1) does […]
“I can’t cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.” — Charlie Brown It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S. today and many are gathering around the table, chatting about the latest news, like the new Air Protein – air-based food – and whether it will be served alongside…or instead of…the […]
Earlier this week we talked about making protein and meat out of air, so taking CO2 and utilizing it seems right in line. C+C Music Factory’s song from the early 90’s “Everybody Dance Now” comes to mind with the exciting news that Cemvita Factory engineers microorganisms and enzymes that efficiently convert CO2 to specific chemicals. […]
If you missed ABLC NEXT in San Francisco, let’s go back to the future and look at BECCS – Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage – and examine the challenges, how it is fueled by methane and what methane pyrolysis can do, how we can go from carbon-neutral to carbon-negative, and more. Marc von Keitz, […]
The work at VTT Fuel Cells and Hydrogen focuses primarily on the most common low temperature and high temperature FC&H2 technologies: proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and solid oxide technologies (SOFC and SOEC), respectively. PEMFCs are commonly utilized, e.g. as vehicle and back-up power sources, whereas the high-temperature SOFCs are better suited for large-scale […]
