In Germany, world soybean output in the 2017/18 marketing year will likely be lower than previously expected. According to USDA’s consumption forecast as reported by UFOP, global ending stocks could in fact dwindle. In its March crop outlook, the USDA forecast the 2017/18 Argentinian soybean crop down around 13 per cent from the previous month […]
In Germany, UFOP and the FOP – French Federation of Growers of Oilseed and Protein Plants, are appealing to the negotiating partners that are drafting the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) to find an appropriate compromise that protects existing investments and at the same time also encourages investment into the biofuel sector in future. Both […]
In Wisconsin, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) discovered a method to break down solvent effects, finding a new way to measure and analyze how a solvent alters the stability of two different points of a chemical reaction, the initial state and the transition state. The method, which relies on experimentation and […]
In India, Praj Industries is a step closer to setting up two second generation ethanol plants in two European Union countries that were not disclosed yet. The announcement that Praj is in the advanced stages of discussions to build those plants came at the EU-India Conference on Advanced Biofuels on Friday. A delegation from Europe […]
In Thailand, natural gas provider, Sakol Energy, is on a role with three bioenergy deals in the last three months following it’s listing in Thailand’s stock market. Sakol is moving towards becoming an integrated power producer and acquired Mae Krating Biomass Power Plant. They plan on starting construction as soon as possible and to start […]
In France, SUEZ, through its subsidiary SERAMM, officially began the construction of a biomethane production and injection plant, produced from wastewater treatment process. Starting on January 1, 2019, the biogas produced in the sludge digestion process will be collected, converted into biomethane and injected into the public natural gas network at a rate of 2.3 […]
In Texas, while European oil companies like Statoil and Total talked about moving away from oil and toward natural gas and renewable energy at CERO, the world’s biggest oil and gas conference, there was little mention of biofuels or renewable energy among American oil companies like ConocoPhillips. Statoil and Total shared their long-term plans towards […]
In Washington, DC, the American Chemical Society is exploring studies that look at how microbes are becoming a concern for airlines and fleet operators who use biofuels. Operators are noticing contamination of microbes in biodiesel blends that wasn’t an issue before and scientists are looking into how to rectify the issue. A recent scientific study […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that according to the EU Commission’s first forecasts, the 2018/19 oilseed output in the EU-28 could top last year’s production. The rapeseed crop in particular is estimated higher. In its latest monthly report, the EU Commission pegged the 2018 EU-28 oilseed harvest at 35.5 million tonnes. Consequently, production of rapeseed, sunflower […]
In Missouri, researchers from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center studied the earliest stages the evolution of male and female sexes in a group of freshwater photosynthetic protists called volvocine green algae, which could have implications for breeding algae for biofuel applications. James Umen, Ph.D., a member of the Enterprise Rent-a-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels and […]
