In Washington, D.C., in a letter sent to the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Renewable Fuels Association noted several misstatements in testimony offered recently to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and provided background information to help the Agency better understand the real impacts of small refinery exemptions (SREs). “In […]
In Germany, scientists at the Ruhr University Bochum and the University of New South Wales in Australia converted carbon dioxide into raw materials using nanoparticles. They looked at the principle for this from enzymes that produce complex molecules in many-step reactions. The team transferred this mechanism to metallic nanoparticles, also called nanozymes. For example, chemists […]
In Canada, Expander Energy Inc. announced it has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with Vanderwell Contractors (1971) Ltd., an Alberta family-owned company, to build Canada’s first commercial demonstration biomass/gas to liquids facility (BGTLTM project) in the Slave Lake, Alta., area. The plant will produce clean burning synthetic biodiesel (trade named SynDiesel and SynJet) […]
In Brazil, Cosan announced the preliminary results of its tender offer to purchase its Class A common shares, or the shares, at (i) prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not greater than $15.50 nor less than $13.05 per share or (ii) at the purchase price determined in accordance with the tender offer. The tender […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that the head of LMC sees Malaysian biodiesel production reaching 1.3 million metric tons this year while he expects Indonesia to produce 7 million tons. With palm oil stocks seen falling by Q2 as two years of low inputs begins to take its toll on palm oil yields, he expects European […]
In Washington, the US and Japan have come to an agreement on a limited trade agreement that will see staggered tariff elimination on US ethanol exports to Japan, among a host of other products. The rate of which the staggering will take place was not outlined in the announcement. Out of the $14.1 billion in […]
In Nebraska, DTN reports that according to their hypothetical 50 million gallon ethanol plant in South Dakota has seen margins improve slightly recently to a 34 cent per gallon loss compared to 43.9 cents per gallon estimated on August 1, taking into consideration debt service. Without having to pay debt, like many of the country’s […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that UNICA data shows sugar mills produced 1.69 billion liters of hydrous ethanol during the first half of September in addition to 683.79 million liters of anhydrous ethanol. Of the total, just 54.69 million liters were exported while the remainder was destined for the domestic market. Even so, hydrous ethanol […]
In France, Michelin announced the BioButterfly project has just reached a new milestone. After developing this new technology to produce bio-sourced butadiene from ethanol on a pilot scale, the project is now moving into a validation phase with the construction of a demonstrator at Bassens, in France. Scheduled for completion in late 2020, this demonstrator […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that President Trump’s whistleblower scandal over alleged illegal discussions with the president of Ukraine that have raised the clamor over potential impeachment may add further delays to any White House-brokered agreement between the oil and biofuels industries to break the impasse over lost gallons. The president said a “big package” was […]
