In Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia announced it would begin moving toward the use of aviation boifuel in a drive for greater sustainability, but failed to give any specifics as to when or to what extent. “We are going for biofuel,” said Emirsyah Satar, the airline’s president director, at the Business for the Environment Summit in Jakarta […]
In Wisconsin, a new property tax exemption awarded as a parity measure for biofuel efforts with solar and wind could potentially cost the state hundreds of millions of property taxes. The most recent change, made in the Legislature, expanded the tax exemption to synthetic biomass facilities, a controversial measures. The cost impact, however, could be […]
In Denmark, Novozymes is looking into the Indian market for food and detergent applications. “India is unique as most of the laundry is hand-wash. We have developed unique stain pallets for India and a unique way of presenting results to the customers. All these things are being locally adapted,” Novozymes CEO Peder Holk Nielsen told […]
In Romania, the Romanian Commercial Bank has entered a financing deal with First Biogaz to construct a 1.5MW biogas plant in northern Romania. The plant represents a $8m investment, and the output will cover the energy consumption of around 4500 households. First Biogaz is a member of Austria’s Biogest, which has worked on over 90 […]
In Texas, a new biopower report is available via RnRMarketResearch.com that analyzes the market scenario in the US, UK, and China through 2025. The report details the global biomass power market with installed capacity and generation trends, installed capacity split by region in 2012, installed capacity split by major biomass power countries in 2012, investment […]
In Washington, the RFS must be adjusted to reflect commercialization realities, rather than completely thrown out, argues a University of Illinois paper. The paper also argues that the categories of the RFS should be expanded to include all emerging technologies, as well as relaxing the sourcing constraints on biomass. The paper argues in favor of […]
In Washington, ethanol may find an enemy in the hunting lobby as Pheasant hunting groups speak out against the effect ethanol production has on wildlife acres. The groups claim that while Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has lauded the success of conservation efforts despite dwindling conservation lands, the amount of land enrolled in the grassland […]
In Washington, in the wake of the EPA rollback, the Big Five oil companies reaped a combined $23 billion windfall. Average valuation of outstanding shares jumpedby more than 2% in just one day after the announcement, quadrupling the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Contrary to their argument, however, gas prices are actually slightly […]
In Illinois, Patriot Holdings has approved the formation of Patriot Fuels, Biodiesel, a subsidiary that will build a 5mgy biodiesel production facility adjacent to the current Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant in Annawan. The plant has been selling corn oil to other biodiesel producers since the facility opened in 2011, and sees this transition as […]
In the EU, the European Commission has begun imposing anti-dumping duties on biodiesel imports coming from Argentina and Indonesia. The rates hover around 25% for Argentina and 19% for Indonesia, and will apply for five years. The policy follows the conclusion of a 15-month investigation which found that Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel producers were dumping […]
