In Germany, UFOP applauded the European Commission for extending anti-dumping duties introduced in 2009 to include biodiesel extended to so called “evasion countries“, such as Canada. “The EU Commission resolution closes the „loophole“ that had been left in the context of the ongoing anti-dumping process. UFOP reiterates that other exporting countries, such as Argentina and […]
In India, the food ministry has been shot down again—this time by the law ministry—for trying to get permission to produce ethanol directly from sugar juice rather than just from molasses. The food ministry was trying to get the Sugar Control Order changed to allow ethanol production, but as ethanol is not considered an ‘essential […]
In Washington, Australia’s Biomass Technologies Pty. Ltd. has been awarded a full US patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its biomass processing technology that the company says greatly improves manufacturing efficiencies in ethanol production and sugar cane processing, including lower water consumption.
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In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board is highlighting the significant health and air quality improvements from blending biodiesel with petroleum diesel, as Congress continues to look at supports for the biofuels industry in this budget-slashing year. “According to the EPA,” the NBB said, “biodiesel has the following emissions properties compared with petroleum diesel: Carbon Monoxide […]
In New York, Bloomberg News is reporting that “A presidential decree in April gave Brazil’s fuel regulator Agencia Nacional do Petroleo, Gas Natural e Biocombustiveis authority over managing supply, imports and exports of ethanol,” and that “Ethanol producers that are building or expanding refineries to meet growing demand may reconsider their investments because the government […]
In Washington, the House Armed Services Committee OK’d a defense budget bill that exempted the Department of Defense from Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act, which had since 2007 required that fuels purchased by the military be no more carbon-intensive than standard fossil fuels. The provision, if passed by the Congress and […]
The Biofuels Digest Index™ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, fell 0.60 percent to 89.03, as renewables fell across the board. For the day, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) fell 0.31 percent to $32.20, while Aventine (AVRW) fell 6.15 percent to $18.30. Among other equities, Pacific Ethanol (PEIX), down 6.25 percent to $0.45. Overall, declines […]
What exactly is happening in Brazil? Is it becoming an important place to do business, or an important place to study how business in the future will be done? In our new three-part series, we look at attitudinal changes powering the huge growth in Brazilian renewable energy. In our last installment of the series “Attitude […]
By Bob Dinneen CEO, Renewable Fuels Association and Digest columnist We are now more than a decade into a new century but you likely wouldn’t know it by listening to the energy debate on Capitol Hill. Confronted by high gas prices, many lawmakers are clamoring for a drill, baby, drill approach to develop what is […]
