In Washington, D.C., ethanol production expanded 2.0%, or 18,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 976,000 b/d—equivalent to 40.99 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Production remained 9.9% below the same week last year. The four-week average ethanol production rate ticked 0.4% lower to 974,000 b/d, equivalent to an […]
In Indiana, Newtown County Enterprise reports that Jasper County will soon have its first E15 fueling station thanks to efforts from two farmer-owned cooperatives and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ceres Solutions owns the CountryMark-branded station in Rensselaer, Indiana, where the new fuel will be made available later this year. “As we all look to […]
In the United Kingdom, grocery store giant Asda is taking delivery of 202 Volvo FH LNG tractor units, in what is believed to be the single largest order ever placed in the UK for heavy trucks running on renewable fuels, in this case biomethane. The supermarket has ambitions to transition its core fleet of 1,000 […]
In Colorado, Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. completed two contracts for the design and installation of its proprietary H2S removal systems as part of a multiple-site dairy methane to renewable natural gas (RNG) project with Aemetis, Inc. SEER is a provider of environmental, renewable fuels and industrial waste stream management services. Both projects are […]
In Germany, UFOP reports that the share of rapeseed oil methyl ester in 2019 rose back to about 0.8 million tons, compared to 0.67 million tons in 2018 and the reason was growing European competition for waste oils and fats resulting from the fact that many EU member states introduced double-counting towards renewable energy targets. […]
In Indonesia, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) made its submission to the EU Forests Regulation public consultation on reducing deforestation and forest degradation and is not supporting their position because it will affect the palm oil industry, disrupt trade between EU and Indonesia and undermine the recent signing of an EU-ASEAN Strategic Partnership. As […]
In the United Arab Emirates, The National News reports that researchers from United Arab Emirates University extracted a large amount of biofuel from date seeds from palm trees which will help boost the biofuel industry in the country. About one million tons of date seeds are produced from 40 million palm trees across the Emirates, […]
2020 showed us alot of things, but one thing it emphasized bigtime is that we are all connected on this planet. A virus spread like wildfire because of our connectedness with each other. If you had predicted we’d be in a global pandemic fighting an invisible enemy, cruises shut down, travel limited, healthcare workers hailed […]
Some of you may be celebrating the holidays with a bit of whisky – or ‘whiskey’ in some countries – but who knew this distilled alcoholic beverage could be so handy for the bioeconomy! The Whisky Project led by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, includes Horizon Proteins, MiAlgae, and BioPower Technologies working to maximize value […]
In Iowa, Fluid Quip Technologies announced a new partnership, making them an exclusive distributor of Trislot screens for the corn grind and biofuels industries. Trislot screens are utilized in fiber separation and washing in FQT’s patented technologies. The high-quality screens allow for optimal performance at critical points in the separation process. Trislot screens will be […]
