Shhh! This is such Top Secret stuff that every announcement was, we surmise, buried in the hardest-to-find hole, on the loneliest street, of the most out-of-the-way town on Planet Neptune. Just shows what you might find down a rabbit hole. Share this at your peril, it rocks the status quo of pushing electric cars, electric […]
In China, Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., Ltd. a joint venture between carbon recycler, LanzaTech, Shougang Group, a leading Chinese iron and steel producer, and its New Zealand partner, TangMing, have successfully produced over 9 million gallons of ethanol from recycled steel mill emissions in their first year of operation. Currently […]
In the UK, the Guardian newspaper reports that among the 12% of European goods that will be subject to tariffs after Brexit includes ethanol, but it’s not clear how much the tariff will be. It’s possible that the current tariff won’t change at all, but be applied to “a narrower range of fuels” in an […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that President Trump estimates that the deal announced last Friday to make up for the demand destruction resulting from the 31 hardship waivers approved in August will bring ethanol blending up to nearly 16 billion gallons from the current 15-billion-gallon mandate. The missing gallons resulting from the hardship waivers brought that […]
In Canada, Biofuels International reports the province of Quebec has released a draft policy that would see 10% ethanol blending by 2021 and 15% by 2025, but those levels would fall to 9% and 13.5% if the ethanol itself has at least 10% cellulosic content. The province used 470 million liters in 2017 so the […]
In Minnesota, the West Central Tribune reports that the state’s supreme court agreed last month with the lower court’s decision regarding Chippewa Valley Ethanol’s five-year long dispute with Glacial Plains Cooperative. Chippewa Valley Ethanol ended its exclusive grain supply contract with Glacial Plains, but Glacial Plains sued because it had helped to start the company […]
In Belgium, the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking says that in Europe, the bio-based industries sector is already worth EUR700 billion and employs 3.2 million people directly, but it faces complex and substantial technology and innovation challenges. Since 2014, the catalyst for the development of bio-based industries in Europe has been BBI JU, a EUR3.7 billion […]
In Australia, the government is investing in the development of an Australian biomanufacturing sector that will use biological systems to produce commercial products, creating jobs and business opportunities. Minister for Education Dan Tehan announced the government was providing A$35 million to establish a research center that combines engineering with molecular biology to design and construct […]
In Norway, Maritime Executive reports that as part of the government’s action plan for green shipping that aims to reduce carbon emissions from shipping by 30% by 2030, the national environmental agency together with the maritime authority will look at the possibility of a blending mandate for biodiesel and biogas in shipping. The country is […]
First comes the techno-economic assessment, then comes the deployment, as perhaps someone once said, or should have. For the road to bioeconomy passes through the graces of a successful evalutation of the inputs anf the outputs and the costs and values thereof. Those thoughtful assessors are a TEA Party anyone can get behind. And as […]
