In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.020 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 42.84 million gallons daily, — a 20 week low, according to EIA data released and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The 67,000 b/d shave off the prior week’s output reflects the largest weekly adjustment on record. The four-week average for ethanol production […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that consumption of road traffic diesel and petrol in the first half year of 2018 was lower than in the 2017 reference period. However, the use of biodiesel and bioethanol saw a significant rise. The strongest demand for biodiesel in the past six months and the largest quantity since August 2017 […]
In California, San Francisco Bay area’s Red and White Fleet, a sightseeing and cruise ferry business, added the Enhydra ferry to its fleet, which is the first aluminum hulled, lithium-Ion battery plug-in hybrid vessel built in the U.S.A. Red and White partnered with BAE Systems, which is supplying its HybriGen® propulsion system that includes large […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association celebrated the end of the government’s restriction on selling E15 in much of the country during the summer. The restriction was lifted yesterday, September 16 and “will once again allow consumers across the nation to have access to a fuel that is cheaper, cleaner and offers higher octane […]
In Nevada, NV Energy filed a request with state legislators to require Fulcrum Bioenergy to pay “impact fees” for Fulcrum’s biofuel plant which has applied to purchase power from an alternative electric provider. The impact fees include long-term recurring charges related to renewable energy projects and a $1.179 million lump sum payment. Fulcrum’s waste to […]
In Mississippi, Ergon BioFuels LLC, a subsidiary of Ergon, Inc., is closing its ethanol plant at the Port of Vicksburg in December, according to a press release sent to The Vicksburg Post. The plant was built in 2007 as a joint venture between Ergon Ethanol Inc. and Bunge North America Inc. and was originally designed […]
In India, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and the national government said that any green fuel vehicles including electric, ethanol, biodiesel, CNG, methanol and biofuel, do not need to apply for permits and are exempted from the government permit requirements. The government is doing this in a move to push public interest toward alternative […]
In Germany, a research project by the University of Rostock’s Chair of Piston Machines and Internal Combustion Engines (Lehrstuhl für Kolbenmaschinen und Verbrennungsmotoren), investigated to what extent modern diesel engines for agricultural machinery are suitable for long-term operation with biodiesel fuel according to EN 14214. The study showed how biodiesel can fulfill the strictest requirements […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.087 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 45.65 million gallons daily, which is a 17,000 b/d expansion from the week before and a four-week high, according to government data released and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. However, the four-week average for ethanol production dropped back to 1.076 million b/d […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that according to information published by the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany saw another rise in rapeseed imports in the 2017/18 marketing year. Imports hit a record high at just under 6 million tons. In the 2017/18 marketing year, the German oil mill industry imported around 6 million tons of rapeseed. […]
