In Germany, Spectrolytic developed a completely portable analyser to measure FAME% content in a biodiesel blend. With each country’s own restrictions on the amount of FAME allowed in the biodiesel blend, Spectrolytic ‘s FAME analyser is calibrated for B0-B100 applications and can be tailored to the specific regulatory requirements. With the increasing global requirement for […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 1.5%, or 15,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 962,000 b/d—equivalent to 40.40 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Production remained 6.9% below the same week last year. However, the four-week average ethanol production rate rose for the sixth consecutive week, […]
In Australia, UFOP reports that 65% of all Germans have a positive view of biofuels and almost half consider biofuels to be of growing importance for climate protection in the future, according to a current representative survey. This is the result of a representative survey by the Kantar opinion research institute on behalf of the […]
In Japan, Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. succeeded in making formic acid from water, CO2, and light energy with his original catalyst material, which is composed of metal oxide and metal complex. He succeeded in synthesizing formic acid without any help of electrical energy from outside. This is artificial photosynthesis technology. […]
In Brazil, S&P Global Platts reports that Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council said that imported raw materials can be used in the production of biodiesel. Previously, all biofuel sold at National Petroleum Agency auctions had to be manufactured from oils and fats of Brazilian origin. On Nov. 12, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) published the […]
In Australia, Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are working on producing bio-derived chemicals that could be used to develop more sustainable jet fuels and developed a method for increasing the energy content of aviation fuel derived from bio-based feedstocks. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office through the Chemical Catalysis […]
Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials may have started in biofuels, but their latest work to transform the chemicals and polymers industry by ensuring sustainability is of note and goes across the supply chain. For example, RSB-certified bio-naphtha is mixed with virgin fossil naphtha from UPM when it enters the INEOS O&P supply chain in Germany and […]
In Florida, The Digest announced the NEXT 50, “the 50 Next Companies to Disrupt the World”, for 2020. The NEXT 50 are companies whose emerging technology promises to disrupt markets (or is already doing so) and powering a transition from the old economy to the bioeconomy based on rapid innovation and the sustainable use of […]
In Arizona, a just released International Energy Agency report shows that the biofuels industry has been strongly impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic with global transport biofuel production in 2020 anticipated to be an 11.6% drop from 2019. Global transport biofuel production in 2020 is anticipated to be 144 billion litres (L), equivalent to 2 480 […]
In France, CMA CGM launches ACT with CMA CGM+, comprising of four services, enabling customers to analyze, reduce and offset the environmental footprint of goods’ transport by utilizing liquefied natural gas and biofuel generated from used cooking oil. CMA CGM made the groundbreaking decision to power 26 of its containerships using liquefied natural gas by […]
