In Germany, 13 companies applied for Biocomposites Conference Cologne’s Innovation Award and six finalists have been chosen and will be recognized at the December conference in Cologne where the audience will elect three winners. The six nominees all focus on biocomposite products. The six nominees include BASF SE & Sonae Arauco Deutschland AG for their […]
In Germany, a sustainability assessment carried out by nova-Institute and ordered by CropEnergies shows that first generation bioethanol is as advantageous as second generation bioethanol for a feasible climate strategy. The results indicate that the discrimination against first generation biofuels of the current EU Commission proposal is not founded on scientific evidence. The analysis of […]
Edeniq, Inc.’s President and CEO, Brian Thome, was elected to the Biotechnology Innovation Organization Industrial and Environmental Section’s Governing Board. In this new role with BIO, Thome joins other industry leaders to help set the organization’s policy and other priorities that will help facilitate the growth of the biofuel and renewable chemical industries. In a […]
In Washington, D.C., the Renewable Fuels Association reports that according to EIA data, ethanol production averaged 1.060 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 44.52 million gallons daily. That is up 17,000 b/d from the week before and just a hair below the record weekly output of 1.061 million b/d set in late January. The four-week average […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that while diesel and petrol consumption increased, the use of biodiesel declined in the first half of 2017, although the higher quota on GHG emission has been in force since January 2017. Bioethanol remained almost at the year-ago level. March 2017 recorded the highest demand for biodiesel over the past six […]
In the United Kingdom, scientists are not impressed with how the UK government plans on handling scientific relationships with the EU after it exits next year. As part of the Brexit plan, the government published a policy document pledging to “seek an ambitious science and innovation agreement” but the document did not offer any specifics […]
In Delaware, University of Delaware researchers invented a more efficient, and less costly, process for extracting sugars from wood chips, corn cobs and other organic waste from forests and farms. Their new process requires only one step to separate out the sugars from the lignin, instead of the usual two-step process that uses harsh chemicals […]
In Texas, Hurricane Harvey damage and impact has brought U.S. biodiesel prices near a five-month high, according to Platts. On Friday, prices in Chicago for biodiesel delivery were at $3.3950 per gallon and prices in Houston were at $3.2650 per gallon. Refineries in Texas and Louisiana that were impacted by Hurricane Harvey include the largest […]
In Norway, 140 buses that run on biodiesel, including 70 of them with hybrid technology, are being delivered to Kristiansand, south-west of the Norwegian capital Oslo. Scania is making the record delivery and will take full responsibility for repair and maintenance of the fleet. All of the buses can run on biodiesel. The buses will […]
In Europe, new biodiesel greenhouse gas calculations took effect on September 1st with new rules requiring all biodiesel that contains methanol to have reduced GHG savings. Producers now have to recalculate their GHG savings which is resulting in market uncertainty and impacted paper and physical trading. For countries like Germany, this is having an even […]
