In Indiana, Newtown County Enterprise reports that Jasper County will soon have its first E15 fueling station thanks to efforts from two farmer-owned cooperatives and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ceres Solutions owns the CountryMark-branded station in Rensselaer, Indiana, where the new fuel will be made available later this year. “As we all look to […]
In the United Kingdom, grocery store giant Asda is taking delivery of 202 Volvo FH LNG tractor units, in what is believed to be the single largest order ever placed in the UK for heavy trucks running on renewable fuels, in this case biomethane. The supermarket has ambitions to transition its core fleet of 1,000 […]
In Colorado, Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. completed two contracts for the design and installation of its proprietary H2S removal systems as part of a multiple-site dairy methane to renewable natural gas (RNG) project with Aemetis, Inc. SEER is a provider of environmental, renewable fuels and industrial waste stream management services. Both projects are […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the share of rapeseed oil methyl ester in 2019 rose back to about 0.8 million tons, compared to 0.67 million tons in 2018 and the reason was growing European competition for waste oils and fats resulting from the fact that many EU member states introduced double-counting towards renewable energy targets. […]
In Indonesia, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) made its submission to the EU Forests Regulation public consultation on reducing deforestation and forest degradation and is not supporting their position because it will affect the palm oil industry, disrupt trade between EU and Indonesia and undermine the recent signing of an EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership. As […]
Nuseed (which acquired Agrisoma’s technologies last year) has four focus crops – carinata, sorghum, canola and sunflower – sound more like a cooking ingredient list but they are in fact fantastic feedstocks for a range of things including biofuels, non-GMO high protein meal, and great cover crops. Check out this illuminating slide guide from ABLC […]
In the United Arab Emirates, The National News reports that researchers from United Arab Emirates University extracted a large amount of biofuel from date seeds from palm trees which will help boost the biofuel industry in the country. About one million tons of date seeds are produced from 40 million palm trees across the Emirates, […]
2020 showed us alot of things, but one thing it emphasized bigtime is that we are all connected on this planet. A virus spread like wildfire because of our connectedness with each other. If you had predicted we’d be in a global pandemic fighting an invisible enemy, cruises shut down, travel limited, healthcare workers hailed […]
In Colorado, Brownfield Ag News reports the CoBank Knowledge Exchange believes exports will be the main driver for ethanol demand growth, especially in countries like Brazil that recently put its 20% duty on US origin imports back in place, and China where it is slowly growing its own ethanol blending mandate. Though it does believe […]
In Washington, Platts reports the US Grains Council expects demand for ethanol will increase domestically and globally thanks to the recent approvals of COVID-19 vaccines that mean life can return “to normal” in 2021. USGS expects industrial ethanol demand for sanitizers and other uses to fight the pandemic will continue to support demand through Q3 […]
