In Missouri, the University of Missouri’s Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) published an analysis update to its March 2018 U.S. Baseline Outlook for Agricultural and Biofuel Markets which shows that China’s tariffs are reducing U.S. soybean exports. The marketing year average (MYA) price for soybeans falls to $8.73 per bushel in 2018/19, the […]
In the United Kingdom, the impact of Vivergo Fuels’ closure will be felt beyond the 150 employees, as 900 farms across Yorkshire and the 1.1 million tons of wheat that the biofuel plant processes is now at risk. It is estimated that the closure will affect over 3,000 jobs directly or indirectly. As reported in […]
In Guatemala, sugarcane and palm plantations for biofuels are blamed for clashes and “liberating rivers” efforts by the people affected by its production, according to Assistant Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina, Simon Granovsky-Larsen. Granovsky-Larsen conducted research with the Comité Campesino del Altiplano (CCDA), a Guatemalan peasant social movement organization […]
In Pennsylvania, RNG Energy Solution’s proposed $120 million trash to biogas plant on 22 acres at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex in South Philadelphia is getting mixed reviews from the local community. The plant would turn 1,100 tons of commercial food waste from the Philadelphia region that otherwise would be burned or sent to […]
It’s not just you…it’s true, talk of gas is popping up everywhere. But it’s no longer a ssshh’d conversation whispered in the bathroom of a Mexican restaurant after eating too many bean burritos. It’s mainstream conversation now thanks to the growth of biogas around the world. And thanks to rainbow-farting unicorn memes of course. While […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. will be implementing the Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation ZEBREX membrane dehydration system at the 60 million gallon per year Aemetis fuel ethanol plant in Keyes, California. The Aemetis plant upgrade is the first ZEBREX system installation in North America and is the largest implementation of the ZEBREX system worldwide. The sales transaction […]
In Maine, CP Group broke ground on installing waste sorting equipment for Fiberight’s recycling plant in Hampden which will take about 3 months to complete installation. CP Group is installing the front-end system for the waste processing and refining facility, which will recover recyclable commodities and prepare residual waste for further processing on-site and serve […]
In Indonesia, the Indonesia Biofuels Producer Association, known as APROBI, said that Indonesia’s exports of unblended biodiesel this year will be around 1 million tons, up from around 300,000 tons last year, according to Reuters. APROBI members have exported 716,599 tons of biodiesel up until July, with an unblended biodiesel production estimated at 5 million […]
In Arkansas, University of Arkansas biologist Ruben Michael Ceballos is developing methods that could make the production of biofuel more efficient and environmentally sound using a protein derived from microorganisms that live in acidic geothermal pools and springs to enhance the process of turning organic material into fuel. Ceballos, an assistant professor in the Department […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the scarcity of supply of agricultural feedstock due to drought-related declines in yield had little impact on consumer prices. The main factors driving prices up were labor or energy costs. In the 2018 crop report for Germany, the German Minister of Agriculture, Ms Julia Klöckner, put the rapeseed harvest at […]
