In Washington, D.C., the RFA reports that EIA released its Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the week ending April 3, which reflected the deepening impact on the ethanol industry from the social-distancing and stay-at-home restrictions associated with COVID-19. Ethanol production plunged 20.0%, or 168,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 672,000 b/d—the lowest level since the […]
In Minnesota, Calyxt, Inc., a plant-based technology company, licensed a new method to help increase plant gene editing efficiency from the University of Minnesota. The method has the potential to reduce the time needed to edit plants from approximately one year to several months. This new technology could help Calyxt bring consumer-desired products, like better […]
In Iowa, a report released by the Iowa Department of Revenue shows biodiesel-blended fuel represented 69.9 percent of the total reported sales of on-road diesel last year in Iowa. Furthermore, blends of 11 – 20 percent biodiesel (B11 – B20) made up most of those sales. Iowa fuel retailers reported selling 636.9 million gallons of […]
In Denmark, Novozymes is suspending its 2020 outlook following the COVID-19 outbreak, says social distancing is negative for bioenergy as demand for gasoline and ethanol drops in the U.S. and other main business areas likely to remain largely intact but with higher volatility. Since Novozymes’ most recent full-year outlook, issued on January 23, uncertainty about […]
In Italy, Snam, a leading energy infrastructure company, and RINA, a global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the hydrogen sector, in order to realize the significant potential of hydrogen as a fundamental energy carrier in the fight against climate change and industrial decarbonization. The […]
In Sweden, CELLINK, a 3D bioprinter provider and the first bioink company in the world that focuses on developing and commercializing bioprinting technologies to allow researchers to print human organs and tissues for pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, reports an increase of 56% in net sales in their second quarter compared to the second quarter of […]
In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended the comment period on the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for the proposed rule, “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science.” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said they wanted to give the public ample time to participate in the rulemaking process. On March 18, 2020, EPA issued a supplemental […]
In Germany, researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum identified several thousand proteins, determined their respective amounts in mutant and reference lines and combined the results obtained with measurements of photosynthetic performance. They found that the combination of two mutations could help convert carbon dioxide into biomass by plants more efficiently. One of the mutations is characterized […]
As many stay home doing their part to flatten the curve, people will be singing the annoyingly popular “99 bottles” song but with a new twist: “99 bottles of pop on the wall, 99 bottles of pop…you take one down, you run it through Carbios’s tech, still 99 bottles of pop on the wall.” News […]
The Midwestern Clean Fuels Initiative, facilitated by the Great Plains Institute, is a broad coalition of fuels producers and marketers, nonprofit and research organizations, scientists and engineers, and agriculture and industry stakeholders. The coalition works to create economic benefits for the region through policy, research, and education on the production and use of cleaner fuels.
