In France, European Supermarkets Magazine reports that Strategie Grains expects European rapeseed production to fall to 17.05 million metric tons, down from its earlier estimate of 17.4 million tons and the lowest seen in 13 years. The estimate is also 15% down on last year’s crop. As a result of lower production, the analysts also […]
In Arizona, Bloomberg reports that an award winning green bond set up by Goldman Sachs to finance a mega cow manure-to-LNG project that is expected to supply public transportation in the Los Angeles area has had a number of challenges such as triggering a technical default with bondholders, missing milestones, going over budget by about […]
In Estonia, national news agency ERR reports that the finance ministry has rejected the economic affairs ministry’s proposal to change Liquid Fuel Act, highlighting the finance minister’s concerns that using biofuel for military use wasn’t a good idea because of alleged problems with blended fuel. Biofuel blending is set to reach 10% from January 1 […]
In the UK, Army Technology reports that after a first successful contract supplying the UK Armed Forces with its FireDragon portable ethanol-based cooking fuel kit, BCB International has won another four-year contract from the Ministry of Defence to supply an unknown number of kits. The company’s first contract in 2015 has led to more than […]
In Indonesia, the Antara news agency reports that the government is supporting the development of what’s being called the Red and White Catalyst, named after the country’s flag, that is meant to boost the efficiency of biodiesel production from palm oil as it works towards 30% biodiesel blending next year. The Pertamina Research and Technology […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and 33 of its members sent a letter to President Trump asking that he save small biodiesel producers harmed by his administration’s small refinery exemptions. The letter indicates that more than 200 million gallons of U.S. biodiesel production capacity has been idled as a result of policy instability. […]
By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC Special to The Digest In my previous articles on the contract fermentation landscape here and capital light scale-up here, I reviewed contract fermentation organizations (CMOs) and discussed how the market was tightening. The last article was over a year ago and I thought it was worth an […]
Camelina is one of those fascinating feedstocks but often the yields aren’t high enough to be profitable for farmers. That’s a problem Kristi Snell from Yield10 Bioscience is tackling by developing a camelina feedstock with significantly increased seed yield and/or seed oil content to maximize oil yields per acre using a genome editing technology as […]
In Italy, Venice is experimenting with hydrogen-fueled mobility, which only releases water vapor from exhausts. This afternoon in Mestre, as part of the events organized by Italy’s Japan Foundation for ‘Japan Week’, the Municipality and the Metropolitan City of Venice, Eni and Toyota signed an agreement to evaluate the construction of a hydrogen refueling station […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) expressed frustration with a Court decision declining to review the Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to properly account for its flood of retroactive small refinery exemptions. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit dismissed on technical grounds NBB’s petition on the 2018 Renewable Fuel Standard rule. NBB […]
