In India, Tribune India reports that scientists at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry devised a method employing micro-organisms to break down pine needles into ethanol. Pine needles are often a source of forest fires in India causing huge losses every year. The scientists of the Department of Basic Sciences had been on […]
In Brazil, Argus Media reports that President Jair Bolsonaro blamed Brazil’s anhydrous ethanol blend for high gasoline prices, hinting that he could push to reduce the blend, in yet another potential blow to the biofuels industry. In his weekly broadcast on social media, Bolsonaro said that “the price of gasoline could fall a little if […]
In Nebraska, the U.S. Department of Justice and state of Nebraska finalized a settlement with Big Ox Energy – Siouxland LLC and NLC Energy Venture 30 LLC for alleged violations of federal and state environmental laws at its waste-to-energy facility in Dakota City, Nebraska. Under the terms of the settlement, the defendants will pay a […]
In South Dakota, Environment & Energy Leader reports that MBL Bioenergy entered into definitive agreements to develop several clusters of dairy farm digester projects to produce renewable natural gas from multiple farms in South Dakota. The clusters are expected to produce 650 million cubic feet of RNG annually when complete by the end of 2024. […]
In India, Godavari Biorefineries filed draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to raise funds via IPO and is planning to expand ethanol capacity to 600 klpd in 2022 as their aim is to deliver more than 100 million litres to this programme, says Samir Somaiya, Chairman, […]
In Washington, D.C., the United States Department of Agriculture announced a $7.5 million investment in the American Coalition for Ethanol-led Regional Conservation Partnership Program project to secure farmers premier access to low carbon fuel standard markets based on their adoption of USDA climate-smart agricultural practices. ACE, together with RCPP partners South Dakota Corn Growers Association, […]
In China, wavering and uncertain polices and prices continue to limit fuel ethanol consumption in China, according to a recent report by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. The blend rate in 2021 is forecast at 2.1 percent, while China declared in 2017 that it was moving to a nationwide E10 ethanol […]
In Denmark, Novozymes launched the Myco-protein Innovation Call, a global platform to cultivate new business collaborations to scale up the most promising innovations and ideas around how to use fungi as a source of protein as a way to rethink the way we manufacture and source protein globally. Novozymes has created a space where companies […]
From Sweden comes news that one of the world’s leading tanker shipping companies, Stena Bulk, signed the Global Maritime Forum’s Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization with milestones that include three carbon neutral-ready methanol powered MR tankers into Stena Bulk’s fleet, exploring low carbon fuels and the feasibility of using carbon capture to cut emissions […]
Using astronaut blood to build infrastructure on Mars sounds like part of a sci-fi movie but researchers are working on doing just that thanks to a protein in human blood and an acid in human urine that can bind to Mars dust to create a material strong enough to build infrastructure. In today’s Digest, there’s […]
