In Washington, following the introduction of S. 889, the Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act, legislation by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), which contains a provision to extend the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to E15, Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy, issued the following statement: “We certainly support efforts by Senator […]
In the UK, Greenergy has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials’ sustainability certification for its production of biodiesel from used cooking oil. In addition to operating two biodiesel manufacturing facilities in Immingham and North Cave, Greenergy currently supplies more than a quarter of the UK’s road fuel. The company’s pre-processing enables the use of a […]
In Iowa, Iowa motorists purchased record-setting amounts of E85 in 2014, totaling nearly 3 million gallons in fourth quarter of FY 2014 and nearly 12 million gallons for the whole year. This represents a 1 million gallon increase over 2013. “The most impressive aspect of this record is that retail gasoline prices dropped significantly in […]
In Illinois, Chromatin has achieved unprecedented yields from its newly-introduced hybrid sorghum seed product, which the company is piloting across East Africa. Trials for Chromatin’s sorghum hybrids produced 2.45MT per acre, approximately five times the typical yield. Chromatin plans to distribute the seeds across East Africa to help meet the growing demands of the food, […]
In the US, ethanol production for last week averaged 947,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 39.77 million gallons daily. That is up 3,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 942,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.44 billion gallons. Gasoline demand for the week averaged 388.9 million gallons daily. […]
In Swaziland, a new report estimates that energy produced from bagasse could meet half of the country’s electricity demand. The Swaziland Renewables Readiness Assessment recommends the country undertake various measures to support the implementation of renewable energy including: extending existing tax credits to the sugar industry to incentivize investment in more efficient equipment for bagasse-based […]
In Florida, Aria Energy has announced the commencement of its commercial operations at its 4.8MW landfill gas-to-energy facility at the Sarasota County’s Central County Solid Waste Disposal Complex located in Nokomis, Florida. The amount of renewable energy produced at the facility is the equivalent of the electricity needed to supply over 2,800 homes, according to […]
In Ohio, Ohio State University has announced the filing of a US patent that alleviates problems associated with conversion of lignocellulose-derived sugars to biofuels and chemicals. Notably, inherent microbial inhibitory compounds which interfere with fermentation are generated along with sugars during biomass pretreatment. Key components of the technology include: • Robust tolerance to lignocellulose-derived microbial inhibitory […]
In Kansas, ICM has signed a contract to develop a gasification demonstration unit with JUM Global, a waste solution developer contracted with the City of San Jose, CA. The demonstration unit will process up to 10 short tons of urban waste biomass per day to produce a high-quality syngas. This gasification demonstration unit will be […]
In Hong Kong, Dragonair, part of the Cathay Pacific Group, will operate its first commercial flight using a biofuel blend later this month. The KA859 service from Shanghai’s Hongqiao Airport to Hong Kong on 21 March will take off with the aircraft tanks filled with a 50:50 blend of fossil-based jet fuel and bio-based jet […]
