In Washington, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to certify biofuel infrastructure for E15 and remove unnecessary labeling which will increase consumer access to E15 – a cleaner, cheaper choice at the pump. In a letter to Administrator Wheeler, Ernst wrote, “Two years ago, I worked successfully […]
Avantium has two lead products – PEF and MEG – that are plant-based with one (PEF) entering commercial manufacturing and the other (MEG) in pilot phase. Check out the newest slide guide from Avantium’s CEO, Tom van Aken’s presentation at ABLC Digital, where they dig into the latest on renewable polyesters, their progress in building commercial scale, […]
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc, innovative companies are finding ways to make a difference in tackling the beast, like antiviral jeans that protect you from COVID-19 using a 72% biobased “Viroblock” which kills 99.9% of COVID-19 within 30 minutes—much quicker than the two days the virus can linger on fabrics at room temperature. Or […]
In Brazil, Platts reports ethanol production during the first half of July was at 2.1 billion liters, more than 2% lower on the year, while ethanol production for the season through July 16 was down nearly 6% on the year at 12.1 billion liters. Sugar mills have been focusing more on sugar production than ethanol […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol says it is expanding its production capacity of USP grade high quality alcohol at its Pekin, Illinois facility by 30 million gallons per year. The new capacity will be online in the fourth quarter of 2020, supplying the growing demand for the company’s USP grade high quality alcohol with existing and […]
In Iowa, CN said that as part of its strategic investments to support growing demand and enable supply chains, it plans to invest approximately $35 million across Iowa in 2020. The investments will focus on the replacement of ties and maintenance of bridges, level crossings, culverts, signal systems and other track infrastructure as well as […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports the most recent ANP biodiesel auction saw 72.75 million liters of biodiesel sold for a total of $63.9 million at an average of 89 cents per liter. More than 94% of the volume sold for blending during the month of August had the social seal attached to it, indicating the […]
In the UK, the Government’s current reluctance to support renewable liquid fuels as part of the UK’s green heat agenda is based on flawed evidence, says OFTEC following the initial outcomes of widespread field trials. Data from an ongoing European project testing various renewable liquid fuel options across 100 sites, shows that Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil […]
In Illinois, Platts reports rising ethanol prices and lower corn prices helped to push up ethanol crush margins over the past week to 13.58 cents per gallon, up 6.51 cents on the week. On Monday, Platts said Chicago Argo ethanol was at $1.2965/gal, up 5.35 cents on the week. Ethanol production fell the week before […]
In China, an interdisciplinary team of scientists in China, the Netherlands, and Germany, rationally designed proton-conducting protein constituent materials that exceeded previously reported proteinaceous (consisting of or containing protein) systems. They developed the structures through stepwise exploration of peptide sequences from intrinsically disordered coils to protein-supercharged polypeptide chimeras. The new design paradigm offers potential for […]
