In Switzerland, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials offered updates on their “Fueling the Sustainable Bioeconomy” project powered by Boeing’s Global Engagement Portfolio, including the latest activities in three countries identified to be of key importance given their rapidly growing commercial aviation sectors and potential to produce significant volumes of feedstocks: Brazil, Ethiopia and South Africa. […]
In the Netherlands, Avantium N.V, a tech company in renewable chemistry, said that at their Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Avantium’s shareholders approved all resolutions which includes the adoption of the company’s 2019 financial statements, the appointment of Bart Welten to the Management Board and the appointment of Michelle Jou to the Supervisory Board. The […]
In India, Autocar Professional reports that the government permitted surplus rice to be used for the production of ethanol for biofuel usage as India struggles to reach its mandated blend of 10% ethanol in gasoline by 2022. The 2030 target is to double the blending percentage to 20 percent. “Government estimates indicate that total production […]
In Colorado, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a new machine-learning tool that has significantly speeded up calculating the thermodynamics of chemical reactions and is able to provide predictions that are used in development of detailed reaction mechanisms for combustion of biofuels. Developed as part of the Department of Energy’s Co-Optimization of Fuels […]
From the land down under arrives news of millions pouring in for renewable energy – $1.1 million (about $700K USD) funding pouring into renewable methane, $3 million (nearly $2 million USD) for building a world-first solar hydropower plant, and $1.7 million (a little over $1 million USD) to look at scaling up renewable hydrogen for […]
In California, Aemetis’ CEO said ahead of the quarterly earnings call that progress had continued on the carbon reduction and revenue expansion projects to drive significant revenue increases and positive earnings. For its dairy renewable natural gas project, it completed and tested the first two dairy digesters and began constructing the four-mile pipeline to connect […]
In Texas, ICIS reports that as ethanol demand begins to increase against the background of production well below consumption that is eating away as the significant stocks held nationwide, the spot prices for ethanol are beginning to widen. Underlying the market is a planned record corn harvest that should see upwards of 40% of the […]
In California, SCS Global Services is now approved by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as a verification body for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The goal of the LCSF is to reduce the carbon intensity of California’s transportation fuel pool. The program also provides a range of low-carbon and renewable alternatives ultimately reducing […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that Energy Information Administration data shows in its Short Term Energy Outlook that ethanol consumption is likely to remain under pressure through 2021 due to COVID-19. Although it expects negative impacts to be felt over about 18 months, it says the strongest hit will occur during Q2 2020 and then begin […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports that the Energy Minister wants to begin a dialogue with palm oil traders through the Energy Business Department regarding the potential for using blockchain in an effort to help palm oil producers get higher prices without going through a middleman. Oil palm planters say they get about a third […]
