In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 3,000 b/d for an average of 1.070 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 44.94 million gallons daily, according to government data released and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. However, the four-week average for ethanol production increased to a 35-week high of 1.079 million b/d for an annualized […]
In the United Kingdom, University of Kent researchers in the School of Biosciences teamed up with other university researchers in England to develop a new method that manipulates organelles to create cell factories for biofuels and vaccine production. “To create the reproductive cell factories, the researchers improved on systems within cells that enable the synthesis […]
In Indonesia, threats of sanctions and fines are coming from the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan for any company that doesn’t adhere to the B20 regulations. “If the BU do not carry out the mandatory, they will be subject to sanctions in the form of payment of a fine of IDR6,000 per […]
While Labor Day in the U.S. started in the late 19th century to honor the American labor movement, today we are dealing with biofuel fraud cases that might lead to hard labor in prison. Biofuel fraud is making it to mainstream media with Friday night’s CBS News airing a segment featuring biofuels fraud whistleblower, Alex […]
In India, SpiceJet is planning to operate a turboprop, Q-400, from Dehradun to Delhi using biofuel for the first time in India today. India has been promoting biofuels lately to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel and fuel imports. The Prime Minister recently release the national biofuels policy on “World Biofuel Day 2018,” as reported […]
In China, MotionEco launched one of the country’s first commercial efforts to collect and process used cooking oil and gutter oil for conversion to biodiesel. Gutter oil has been a big issue for China and MotionEco hopes this will help solve the problem by converting it into biofuel that can be used for road, marine […]
In Australia, Leaf Resources Limited received commitments to raise $5 million via a private placement to new and existing domestic and international institutional and sophisticated investors. The Placement will involve the issue of approximately 66.7 million new fully paid ordinary shares in the Company (“Shares”), at an issue price of $0.075 per share. The proceeds […]
In Wisconsin, Sustana, a recycled fiber production company, was able to reduce fresh water consumption, which comes from an onsite well, at their Fox River Fiber mill by just under 8% per ton of fiber recycled since 2016 when the change was made. Phil Nysse, Production Superintendent at Sustana’s Fox River Fiber Mill said, “Water […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the disappointing 2018 EU rapeseed crop and brisk demand from compound feed manufacturers pushed rapeseed meal to a three-year high. The rise has reduced the price advantage over GMO-free soybean meal. Wholesale prices for rapeseed meal firmed considerably over the past few weeks. Since the beginning of July 2018, asking […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production averaged 1.073 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 45.07 million gallons daily, up 1,000 b/d from the week before, according to government data released and analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. The four-week average for ethanol production reached 1.077 million b/d for the second consecutive week—a high for 2018. This is […]
