In Washington, DC, the EPA released its first Renewable Fuel Standard proposal under the Trump Administration with numbers up for ethanol with a 15 billion gallon cap for 2018, but biodiesel staying the same at 2.1 billion gallons for 2019. Total advanced biofuels amount was slightly lowered for 2018 at 4.24 billion gallons (down from […]
In Illinois, the food versus fuel debate gets a new research study supporting the food side. Researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign completed their three year study to assign a dollar amount to each step in corn production for both food and biofuel measuring its value economically and environmentally. The study focused specifically on corn […]
In Italy, Eni signed an agreement with the City of Turin to run city buses on Eni Diesel+, a 15% biofuel made from used vegetable oils collected from residents and businesses in the area. The agreement allows the city to pay Eni the same price as regular diesel fuel and will use Eni’s biodiesel from […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that prices for conventional soybean meal have fallen significantly over the year with global supply exceeding demand and putting downward pressure on asking prices. Since the beginning of the year, asking prices for 48 percent protein soybean meal have dropped by 18 percent to the current lowest level since April 2016 […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, US ethanol production averaged 1.014 million barrels per day (b/d)―or 42.59 million gallons daily. That is down 1,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production increased to 1.006 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.42 billion gallons. […]
In Vietnam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is not extending the January 1, 2018 deadline for petrol wholesalers to switch to E5 biofuel made from cassava. The E5 biofuel requirement is an attempt by the government to hit two birds with one stone – protect the environment and rely less on fossil fuels and […]
In New York, New Planet Energy is moving forward with a 250,000 square-foot processing facility on 39 acres to sort through trash and convert an impressive estimated 86.5 percent of it into fuel using a steam reformation system gasification process. They estimate that half the materials will be recycled into EPA certified solid recovered fuel, […]
In the UK, Network Rail and Bio-Bean are expanding their coffee grounds to biofuel initiative to include two new stations in Bristol and Reading. By the end of this year, they plan to have coffee ground collections in place nationwide at all their rail stations. Since launch in 2015, they have prevented an estimated 5,500 […]
Delaware-based biotech company White Dog Labs, who you may remember for their innovative technology that boosts fermentation yields by around 50 percent and decreases emission of CO2, is looking to expand. While acetone (yes, that smelly nail polish remover acetone) and isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) are usually made using petrochemicals, White Dog’s plant-based process is […]
Bionema says yes, they can! As we hear about antibiotic resistance, we also hear about pesticide resistance. The more we use, the more they resist. Dr. Minshad Ansari of UK-based Bionema told Horticultural Week recently that the solution for the vine weevil pest, which has caused serious economic losses in the UK, is biochemical alternatives. […]
