In Canada, the government announced two investments totaling more than C$4.7 million in Woodland Biofuels. The investments will go toward two innovative initiatives that will create jobs, significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop first-of-their-kind technology in Canada’s forest sector. The first investment of C$1.9 million, funded by Natural Resources Canada’s Investments in Forest Industry […]
In Kenya, the Guardian newspaper reports that a local biogas company who teamed with global players like AstraZeneca and University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability to use the lake hyacinth that is choking Lake Victoria to produce biogas that can later be used for cooking. So far the project is in its early stages but […]
In India, the Hindustan Times newspaper reports that despite President Modi’s recent policy announcement pushing for the mass collection of used cooking oil for use as biodiesel feedstock, restaurants in Haryana are reluctant to participate in the supply drive because the prices offered are almost half as much as what they currently get from soap […]
In Brazil, Agencia Brasil reports that data from the national supply agency CONAB shows ethanol production could reach 31.6 billion liters this year with 1.34 billion liters coming from corn and the rest from sugarcane. More than 94% of the corn-based ethanol comes from the country’s center-west region. Anhydrous ethanol production was seen rising 12.6% […]
In Iowa, Radio Iowa reports that the governor is planning an emergency fly-in to Washington along with other Midwest governors to tell President Trump face-to-face about the impacts the Environmental Protection Agency’s hardship waivers are having on the ethanol industry and the communities it supports. The governor has recently been appointed Trump’s Iowa reelection campaign […]
In the UK, researchers from the University of Coventry have been looking at the impact of biodiesel fuel on ethanol/diesel (ED) fuel blends. The soybean methyl ester was used as a representative composition of typical biodiesel fuels. The heating and evaporation of ethanol–biodiesel–diesel (EBD) blends were investigated using the Discrete–Component (DC) model. The Cetane Number […]
In Washington, Growth Energy members, representing plants across the heartland, sent a letter to the White House urging immediate action to restore biofuel demand lost due to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continued abuse of small refinery exemptions. In their letter to President Trump, ethanol producers reinforced how important this issue is to rural communities […]
Klobuchar says “I will stop the oil refinery waivers”: In Iowa, US Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota said that, if elected President in 2020, would in her first 100 days in office order a moratorium on oil refinery waivers issued under the Renewable Fuel Standard, restore the biomass-based diesel tax credit, work to expand availability […]
Whitefox uses membranes to carry out industrial water separation steps, including membranes for biofuels. Their first industrial installation was in Europe in 2002 for pharmaceutical grade ethanol, but installations now have expanded to industrial and potable alcohol, perfume reactors, and even Vitamin C facilities. Check out this presentation by Gillian Harrison, CEO at Whitefox given […]
In China, Reuters reports that as part of another $75 billion in tariffs on US imports in the latest round of the on-going trade war, as of December 15 US-origin ethanol will face an additional 10% import duty on top of existing duties that already make US ethanol inviable for export to China. In response, […]
