In California, Brightmark Energy, a San Francisco-based waste and energy development company, announced that it has partnered with four dairy farms in central Florida to build and operate three anaerobic digesters that will convert a total of 230,000 tons of dairy manure per year from 9,900 cows into renewable natural gas. Brightmark will develop, own, […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that anhydrous ethanol stocks in the North-Northeast region are the lowest in more than a decade at 147 million liters, down nearly 9% on the year. Anhydrous is blended at 27% but the region is typically short the volume required for blending so imports from the US but the tariff scheme […]
In France, Euractiv reports that Total has scored a win in the long running battle over tax incentives for palm oil products with the Directorate General of Customs recently adding Palm Fatty Acid Distillate to those on the list of tax exemptions, much to the dismay of environmental NGOs who believe that anything that comes […]
In Malaysia, the Edge Market reports that analysts believe palm oil’s slip last week was just a blip and will return again to three-year highs by mid-year. Increased demand for soy oil as the US-China trade war appears to be easing is expected to help raise prices among the entire vegetable oil complex, including palm […]
In India, Bloomberg reports that the head of one of the largest sugarcane miller in the country, Balrampur Chini, believes that the government’s push to boost ethanol demand and align policies that will allow mills to supply that demand will bring stability for sugar millers who have long suffered from government intervention in ever-rising sugarcane […]
In Costa Rica, local press reports that the government is going to try again to introduce 8% ethanol blending starting in June after nine failed attempts. The state-owned oil distributor Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope) said in its 2020 budget that it is investing in three 10,000 barrel storage tanks for ethanol in addition to […]
In Massachusetts, chemical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are broadening attempts to convert waste into environmentally friendly biofuels, lowering reliance on fossil fuels, cutting the amount of municipal waste going into landfills, and reducing water pollution and unhealthy emissions from petroleum products and landfills. Now, with a $1,995,199 three-year grant from the Department of Energy […]
In Thailand, Malaysia’s Star newspaper reports that the Thai government is encouraging motorists to fill up with B10 and B20 which the energy ministry says can reduce smog by up to 25%. The country, and especially the capital, are suffering from severe smog conditions recently. Although all six Thai refineries have committed to produce Euro […]
It was a week of lots of deal-making, like edible straw startup Loliware’s raising of $5.9 million to scale production, and deal-breaking, like Itaconix and Nouryon’s break-up over biobased chelating agents for detergent applications. But it was also a week of innovating like the development of biobased food packaging films made from biopolymers based on […]
The first votes of the 2020 Presidential election season are due to be cast in Iowa in less than two weeks, and it is fitting that this farm state is where the journey towards Decision 2020 begins. Iowa touches all of us, as the epicenter of the world’s bioeconomy. The bioeconomy is the source of […]
