Rayon was valued as a $16.3 billion market in 2019 and growing at over 10%, so what Nanollose is doing is super smaht as Bostonians would say. Nanollose is taking liquid organic waste from the beer, wine and food industries as feedstock to go through fermentation, purification and conversion into microbial cellulose that is spun […]
In Italy, NextChem announced its alliance with Saola Energy to license in the international market a technology for the production of Renewable Diesel from vegetable oils and residual fats and kicks up a roadshow for its promotion on the American market which took off from Houston with the “National Ethanol Conference”, with next steps in […]
In Malaysia, the Star newspaper reports that Elevance Renewable Sciences is undergoing restructuring and as a result its JV partner in a 200,000 ton biodiesel facility in Sabah, Genting Plantations, is taking back the 25% equity stake it sold the US-based technology company because it can no longer contribute equity to the project. Elevance will […]
In Spain, the Olive Oil Times reports that the Spanish farmers unions are looking to potentially allow the use of 600,000 metric tons of low quality “lampante” olive oil as feedstock for biodiesel rather than pay for it to be stored until market conditions improve or private storage aid from the European Union can be […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that Sao Martinho is considering the integration of corn as ethanol feedstock at its Pradopolis mill, the largest sugarcane processing facility in the world. Doing so would allow it to produce ethanol year-round, taking advantage of high prices during the inter-harvest season of January through March as several other producers in […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post newspaper reports that the country is set to kick of trials of 40% biodiesel blending in March. B30 was brought into the market in early January as part of the country’s attempts to reduce FX spend on oil imports and boost its palm oil industry. Two vehicle models will be […]
In China, UK Investor Magazine reports that China New Energy is doing its part to help combat the outbreak of coronavirus in China by donating 5 metric tons of medical grade ethanol produced by its clients to 17 local hospitals. Although the company designs technology to produce ethanol for transportation as well as potable alcohol, […]
In Botswana, the University of Botswana Biodiesel Research Unit in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) has commissioned a biodiesel processing unit, designed to produce 380 liters of biodiesel per batch from different feedstock. The biodiesel production is a joint research project between the University of Botswana, Department of Agricultural Research and the Department […]
In Germany, UFOP (Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen e.V.) says the “Green Deal” announced by the European Commission could and should create the necessary “impulse” reliable sales alternatives to stabilize European agricultural revenue. Sustainable biofuels from cultivated biomass need to be a part of the overall strategy toward the decarbonization of the agricultural […]
We all will die eventually, but one burial-garment designer and one bioengineer are thinking of future human burials on Mars with a new death garment made of four 100% biodegradable layers from silk and they plan to run experiments in which they dissolve the Martian death garments using alkaline hydrolysis to ensure residues do not […]
