In Brazil, Platts reports that record high hydrous ethanol prices have finally reached the limit for drivers with demand falling off and ethanol prices dropping 2.5% in turn, combined with weaker economic data released last week and a drier-than-normal March. A dry March means an early kick off for sugarcane milling that will lead to […]
In Illinois, a new study from University of Illinois examines the best way to recover phosphorus as a co-product, which can then potentially be used as fertilizer for corn and soybean production. The researchers were able to recover 80% to 90% of the phosphorus through a simple process of increasing the alkalinity of thin stillage […]
In Estonia, ERR news agency reports that legislation to increase the flexibility in the biofuel blending mandate is making progress in the parliament which is meant to give fuel retailers more freedom in when biofuels are blended to keep prices down at the pump. Domestic biomethane will also potentially be included in the new law […]
By Mark Warner, PE, Founder, Warner Advisors LLC Special to The Digest Biotechnology funding is surging and contract fermentation options remain limited, so companies seeking to commercialize advanced biotechnologies are again evaluating options to build required production capacity. While the “build” approach comes with many benefits, capital costs and requisite funding required to build a […]
So far, more than 50,000 consumers a day are engaging with Amyris’s brands just in the U.S. alone. And they have 10 fermentation products currently in production. How did Amyris get to this mass market level? What is their current status in key markets like alternative sweeteners, flavors and fragrances, baby products, skincare? What makes their […]
In Washington, what must have become a weary if vigilant posse of the nation’s biofuel and farm advocates are out on the hustings again this week, over a fresh attack on the US Renewable Fuel Standard, this one led by officials in the Trump Administration, if a story reported by Bloomberg stands up against scrutiny. […]
In Canada, researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique developed a new approach to biodiesel production that uses microbes, sewage sludge, and glycerol, a biofuel byproduct and were able to lower the production cost down to $0.72/L with their new innovative new process. Processing sludge reduces GHG. “It keeps sludge out of landfills, […]
In Minnesota, a new state legislative bill was introduced, HF 3699 in the House and SF 3605 in the Senate, that proposes increasing Minnesota’s biofuel standard from 10% to 15% for all gasoline sold in the state. If passed, Minnesota would be the first state to put into a law an increase in the biofuel […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that German foreign trade in biodiesel was very brisk last year. The total volume of 3.7 million tonnes exceeded the previous year’s level by nearly 20 per cent. In the calendar year 2019, German foreign trade in biodiesel reached new record levels both in imports and exports. Above all, exports were […]
In Washington, D.C, U.S. ethanol exports accelerated to a fifteen-month high in January, increasing 3% to 151.2 million gallons (mg), according to data issued today by the government and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). Brazil purchased nearly twice as much U.S. ethanol as in December, solidly outpacing shipments to Canada. Two-thirds of all […]
