In Brazil, Reuters reports that despite the economic and demand disaster that the global ethanol industry is facing, especially Brazil, one of the country’s soy crushers, CJ Selecta, is still planning to open its 12-million-liter ethanol production facility in Minas Gerais. Most of the ethanol will be destined for use at the company’s soy-crushing facility […]
In Washington, Bloomberg reports that President Trump has told the Secretary of Agriculture to bailout the agriculture industry, details of which are expected to be announced this week. Senators and House members from both sides of the aisle have been calling for financing across the agricultural supply chain to help battle losses as a result […]
In the UAE, Neutral Fuels has become the first biofuel company to successfully attain certification under the UAE’s new Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) biodiesel quality standard. The ESMA certification indicates that Neutral Fuels and its products and services satisfy the quality standards required by UAE laws, procedures and codes of conduct. ESMA […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that the national fuel agency ANP has rescheduled the second phase of its most recent biodiesel auction to April 15 following a meeting held last Friday between the agency, producers and the energy ministry following concerns about COVID-19. Questions had been raised by industry about how much blending should be […]
In Missouri, CoverCress Inc. (formerly Arvegenix Inc.) has closed a $5 million follow-on equity investment round to continue its development of a new winter oilseed crop named CoverCress®. This crop enables farmers in the southern half of the Midwest to grow three crops each two years, getting more from their existing farmland and equipment. CoverCress® […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that the agriculture minister says a bailout program for the country’s ethanol industry will be announced this week which will include dropping the Pis/Cofins levy on ethanol for a yet-to-be-determined period while the Cide tax on gasoline will also be increased in an effort to make ethanol more attractive to the […]
In Denmark, a team of researchers from the Department of Engineering and the Department of Bioscience at Aarhus University aims to convert lignocellulosic biomass into sustainable bioethanol special enzymes and microorganisms that, for millions of years, have specialized in the breakdown of this particular material in the intestines of pandas and slugs, and in ants’ […]
In Belgium, European renewable ethanol producers have asked the European Commission to consider addressing challenges that have arisen from shifting market conditions as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis. In a letter sent to several Commissioners, ePURE (the European renewable ethanol association) highlights the conditions facing the European industry as demand has shifted from […]
By Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor – Chemical Engineering (Energy & Sustainability), University of Louisville Special to The Digest In Kentucky, Louisville scientists add value to solid wastes from the hemp product industry. Their research exploits a simple process that transforms the waste into levulinic acid, a valuable chemical and a cement additive for green […]
“There is no substitute for a fully integrated pilot process,” said Mark Warner in this illuminating presentation on how to get from concept to commercialization for novel proteins. But what are the economic implications of each scale? What are 3 key areas for receiving project finance to get to commercial scale? What key lessons can […]
