In Washington, coalition of renewable fuel and agricultural trade organizations filed a petition Tuesday afternoon with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the process by which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempted certain unknown small refineries from their respective Renewable Fuel Standard obligations for 2018. The coalition includes the […]
In Austria, a high-resolution bioprinting process with completely new materials has now been developed at TU Wien. Via a special “bio ink” for the 3D printer, cells can now be embedded in a 3D matrix printed with micrometer precision – at a printing speed of one meter per second, orders of magnitude faster than previously […]
In Iowa, Sundeep Vani has joined Iowa State University to serve in the newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO) for biobased products, part of the State of Iowa’s Biosciences-based economic growth initiative. In his role as CTO, Vani will serve as a conduit between research and industry. He will work closely with both […]
In Washington, Growth Energy, the U.S. Grains Council, and the Renewable Fuels Association expressed disappointment with the news that the Brazilian government amended the recent August 31st rule that raised the quota on U.S. ethanol imports under the tariff rate quote (TRQ) from 600 million liters per year to nearly 750 million liters per year. […]
In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Foundation was awarded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding for its 2020 National Clean Diesel Project. In partnership with Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT), Optimus Technologies (Optimus), and Renewable Energy Group (REG), the project supports the purchase of three new replacement snowplows that will operate on B100 and retire older […]
In Portugal, SilicoLife’s patent application for “Method for n-butanol production using heterologous expression of anaerobic pathways” was published on October 3, 2019, under publication number WO 2019/185843. BUTANOVA technology, developed as part of a collaboration between SilicoLife and the University of Minho, consists of a novel and proprietary metabolic pathway for the production of n-butanol […]
In Indiana, Biosynthetic Technologies released its biobased synthetic motor oil for commercial marketts, using high-oleic soybean oil from soybeans grown by U.S. farmers. The Department of Defense and Washington, D.C. area fleet demonstrations found the product meets or exceeds their performance requirements. As of today Biosynthetic fully synthetic motor oil, 5W20 and 5W30 is available for purchase […]
In Finland, Neste reported a 3rd quarter operating profit of EUR 435 million, which was its highest quarterly result ever. Renewable Products improved its sales margin compared to the previous quarter, and sales volumes were at a high level. Overall, Renewable Products’ comparable sales margin was USD 635/ton, and cash flow before financing activities was […]
In Denmark, Novozymes announced organic sales growth for 2019 to date of -2% (Q3: +1%). In its segements, results were: Household Care 0% (Q3: +5%, Food & Beverages -1% (Q3: +1%), Bioenergy -4% (Q3: -5%), Agriculture & Feed -3% (Q3: +3%), Technical & Pharma -3% (Q3: -14%). EBIT margin at 27.6% and net profit down […]
In Denmark, Novozymes said that long-time President & CEO Peder Holk Nielsen will leave his position in early 2020, and a successor will be announced shortly. No more details have been made available. Nielsen will leave at a time of turmoil in two key Novozymes US markets, agriculture and ethanol. More on the story.
