In Washington, DC, ethanol production averaged 1.034 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.43 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. That is down 3,000 b/d from the week before and the third reduction in a row. Yet, the four-week average for ethanol production increased slightly to 1.040 million b/d […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that in the EU-28, an estimated area of 6.8 million hectares is planted with winter rapeseed for the 2018 harvest. This translates to a more than 80,000 ha rise from 2017. The development of rapeseed area is very different in the different EU member states. According to Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (mbH), German […]
In the United Kingdom, British biofuel targets that took effect over the weekend “will double the use of renewable fuels in the UK transport sector in 15 years and reduce reliance on imported diesel,” the government told Reuters. The new targets demand transport fuel suppliers that sell at least 450,000 liters a year or more […]
In Virginia, a new study conducted by Virginia Tech on the disposal of wood pallets at landfill sites reveal that 95% of wooden pallets are being recycled. Wooden pallets get used, reused, and when they are no longer useful, they are converted to mulch, animal bedding or biofuel. Both municipal and solid waste (MSW) and […]
With 195 countries on the planet today, an impressive 53 countries are Commonwealth countries, including countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific. They include large, rich countries like Canada and Australia all the way to some of the smallest or poorest countries like Malawi and Sierra Leone. They are all meeting this […]
In Massachusetts, Veolia Energy Operating Services, LLC, a division of Veolia North America, was selected by Georgia Renewable Power to operate and maintain three biomass-to-energy facilities. As a result of this expanded relationship with GRP, Veolia will support the startup and commissioning of the biomass projects located in Lumberton, N.C., Carnesville, Ga., and Colbert, Ga. […]
In Connecticut, Gemma Power Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of Argan which includes biomass, biofuel, and other types of facilities, entered into an Engineering, Procurement and Construction services contract with NTE Carolinas II, LLC, an affiliate of NTE Energy, to construct a 475 MW state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The NTE […]
In Singapore, a team of engineers from the National University of Singapore discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose, a plant-based material, to biobutanol. Associate Professor He Jianzhong from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NUS Faculty of […]
In Washington, DC, ethanol production averaged 1.038 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 43.60 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. That is down 2,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production decreased to 1.038 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.91 billion gallons. Stocks […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that rapeseed oil prices fell to a multi-year low and weakened considerably, while soybean oil also came down sharply. The reduction of tariff rates on palm oil from Indonesia pushed through at the WTO and the lowered tariff rates on biodiesel from Argentina, which have been applied since September, increasingly weighed […]
