In India, Outlook India reports that Bharat Petroleum, which is the national coordinator for ethanol blending by state-owned refiners, is confident of meeting the new government target of blending 10 percent biofuel with petrol by 2022 with the latest addition of maize to the approved feedstock list for biofuel. “State-run oil marketers are required to […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced a funding opportunity under its SBIR and STTR programs. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are highly competitive programs that encourage domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development with the potential for commercialization. BIOENERGY The […]
In Massachusetts, Manus Bio Inc., a company that produces complex natural products through advanced fermentation, and BBGI Public Company Limited, Thailand’s largest fully integrated biofuel producer, formed a new joint venture for the manufacture and distribution of high value natural ingredients in Southeast Asia. The new entity, called WIN Ingredients, will establish additional bio-fermentation manufacturing […]
In Washington, D.C., S&P Global Platts reports that D6 RIN prices have more than quadrupled in 2020, starting at 15.25 cents on Jan. 3 and climbing to an annual high 70 cents on Nov. 9 with a post-election day spike based on the belief that a Biden administration would result in stronger enforcement of biofuel […]
In Australia, CSIRO and Monash University developed a device that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and its inventors say it’s the most cost-effective method of capturing CO₂ yet devised. In the short term, they hope their Airthena device will be used to produce the 100 million tonnes of CO₂ that Australia imports each […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that Indonesia is unlikely to proceed with plans to raise the bio-content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% next year as it struggles to fund the program, an energy ministry official told parliament on Monday. Instead, the Southeast Asian country will retain its biodiesel B30 programme which makes it compulsory […]
In California, Pacific Ethanol, Inc. entered into an agreement with Liberty Basin, LLC to sell 134 acres, rail loop and grain handling assets at its Pacific Ethanol Magic Valley plant in Burley, Idaho for $10 million in cash, but Pacific Ethanol will retain the ethanol production facility and terminal on remaining 25 acres. Pacific Ethanol […]
In Portugal, PRIO will launch Eco Bunkers, a green fuel for ships with 15% biodiesel incorporation, developed from recycling processes of residual raw materials, produced at the PRIO Biodiesel plant, in Aveiro. This new product, innovative in the Iberian Peninsula, marks the entry of PRIO in the “green” segment of maritime transport, with a highly […]
In Australia, biotech company Circa Group, who produces versatile, bio-based platform chemical levoglucosenone (LGO) from waste cellulose, launched a new e-commerce shop which enables LGO and some of its derivatives to be directly purchased for research and discovery purposes. LGO is an outstanding building block with applications in a wide range of areas, such as […]
In India, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Adani Group, BASF SE, Germany and Borealis AG, completed a Joint Feasibility Study for a chemical complex that comprised of a propane dehydrogenation plant, a polypropylene production and an acrylics value chain complex, but the project has been put on hold […]
