In Minnesota, a local TV news station reports that a board member of Corn Plus announced the ethanol plant in Winnebago will be shut down due to a lack of export market that is keeping the facility from being profitable. He said the ethanol plant has made a lot of strides in improving production, but […]
In Germany, Platts reports that biodiesel demand rose 6.2% in June from May to 194,299 metric tons, but the figure was slightly down from June 2018. Fossil diesel consumption fell more than biodiesel consumption, so the volumetric blending rate was 6.4% compared to 5.6% in May. Ethanol demand fell slightly in June to 100,931 tons, […]
In Canada, Real Agriculture reports that Manitoba’s conservative party led by the current premier has pledged to double biodiesel blending in the province to 10% if reelected in two weeks. Currently the plan is for between 2% and 5% in 2020. With the higher blend, biodiesel demand would reach 76 million liters per year from […]
In India, Cogencis news agency reports that the government is looking to not only ask oil marketing companies to specifically buy ethanol produced from sugar rather than molasses or sugarcane juice in an effort to eat down huge sugar stocks weighing on the market, but a separate floor price for the sugar-based ethanol will likely […]
In South Dakota, AgWeb reports that with the state expecting the lowest corn crop in the Midwest this year, a shortage of feedstock for ethanol plants would start becoming an issue in November 2020. Already Nu Gen is bringing in corn from 100 miles away in the western part of the state. Having to bring […]
In the Philippines, ABS CBN news reports that OrbitX, the country’s first space start-up, is developing reusable rockets that will be fueled by liquid methane produced from biogas that uses algae as feedstock. The rockets will fly on a mixture of liquid methane with liquid oxygen. The Philippines recently created a national space agency but […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $64 million in funding for 25 university-led genomics research projects on plants and microbes for bioenergy and bioproducts. The plant research—12 projects totaling $29 million over three years—focuses on expanding knowledge of gene function in plants to be grown for bioenergy and bioproducts. The aim is […]
In New York, Raymond James issued an in depth analysis of the the energy and climate/environmental policy proposals of the leading Democratic candidates. The focus is on the three candidates who are consistently leading the national and early-state primary polls: former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, though we will […]
It’s all about the life cycle, right? That’s what the USDA set out to find out about corn ethanol – just exactly what are the GHG emissions associated with the production of corn-based ethanol in the U.S.? Back in 2010, the RIA LCA concluded that – on an energy equivalent basis – substituting corn ethanol […]
In Wyoming, in an effort to further business aviation’s carbon neutrality goals, Avfuel will make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available to operators fueling at Jackson Hole Aviation on September 3 and 4. For the event, Avfuel will supply 7,300 gallons of SAF to the FBO to fuel operators flying in and out of the airfield […]
