Author Archive: Jim Lane

Dumpers! NBB files suit against Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel producers: “flooding the U.S. market”

March 23, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Missouri, the National Biodiesel Board filed an antidumping and countervailing duty petition, making the case that Argentine and Indonesian companies are violating trade laws by flooding the U.S. market with dumped and subsidized biodiesel. The petition was filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission on behalf of the National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade Coalition, which is made up of the National Biodiesel […]

DC’s climate change: renewables adapting to shifting political weather

March 22, 2017 | Jim Lane

There’s climate change in Washington; it’s the only kind that no one denies, and that’s political change. The hot air is blowing hotter than usual, and it’s impacting the US renewables community as the policy shifts initiated by the Trump Administration begin to bite. The Basket of Budget Deplorables The predictable response has issued from the messaging blast furnaces at […]

Researchers find fungal cell organelle could help boost biofuel production

March 21, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Minnesota, recent study revealed that an organelle within fungal cells called the endoplasmic reticulum acts as a cellular factory for synthesizing diverse natural products called sesquiterpenes in fungal cells. While some sesquiterpenes are toxins that contaminate cultivated grains and pose a health risk to humans, others are potential precursors to alternative fuels. Understanding how […]

As OPEC falls, what is the liberated market signaling to producers?

March 21, 2017 | Jim Lane

The biggest two pieces of news in renewable fuels in the past 12 months have been the collapse in RIN prices, and the complete offsetting of reduced Middle Eastern oil production with increases in US rig counts for fracking operations. In other words, OPEC has collapsed in terms of its goal of setting a global oil […]

The Zero-Emission Planet: IRENA says “affordable, achieveable”.

March 20, 2017 | Jim Lane

Eliminating Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Possible, New IRENA Study Finds Since the election of Donald Trump as US President, we’ve heard a great deal less about “reductions in greenhouse gas emissions” from friends of the advanced bioeconomy, but two new studies out this week may rally supporters with striking findings relating to the potential of biofuels to […]

Diamond Green Diesel expanding to 275M gallon capacity to meet booming renewable diesel demand

March 19, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Louisiana, the Diamond Green Diesel facility in Norco will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel from 10,000 barrels per day to 18,000 bpd (275 million gallons per year), using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining process technology. We originally reported that the project, which came to light in August 2016, as a project scheduled for […]

Clariant launches new generation of reforming catalysts with ReforMax LDP Plus

March 19, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Germany, Clariant has launched of a new generation of high-performance catalysts for the steam reforming process in the production of hydrogen, ammonia and methanol. The new ReforMax 330 LDP Plus and ReforMax 210 LDP Plus catalysts are designed with a unique and innovative 8-hole flower-like configuration that ensures an extremely low pressure drop in […]

Ample supply weighs on soybean prices: report

March 19, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Germany, UFOP reports that a bumper crop in South America has led to a strong increase in already ample global supply. Whereas consumption was only slightly up, supplies have grown significantly, putting downward pressure on soybean prices. In its March forecast, USDA raised its outlook for global soybean production in 2016/17 further. World output […]

US ethanol production boost to 15.85B gallon annual rate

March 19, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Washington, according to EIA data, ethanol production averaged 1.045 million barrels per day—or 43.89 million gallons daily, 2% higher than the prior week and the highest weekly production in more than a month. The four-week average for ethanol production bumped up to 1.034 million b/d for an annualized rate of 15.85 billion gallons. Stocks […]

Louisiana becomes 29th state to adopt E15 ethanol

March 19, 2017 | Jim Lane

The state of Louisiana has become the 29th state to offer consumers what Growth Energy termed “a better choice at the pump – gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol known as E15.” E15 saves consumers an average of 5 to 10 cents per gallon and burns cleaner and cooler than regular gasoline, allowing engines to […]

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Author Archive: Jim Lane

Dumpers! NBB files suit against Argentine, Indonesian biodiesel producers: “flooding the U.S. market”

DC’s climate change: renewables adapting to shifting political weather

Researchers find fungal cell organelle could help boost biofuel production

As OPEC falls, what is the liberated market signaling to producers?

The Zero-Emission Planet: IRENA says “affordable, achieveable”.

Diamond Green Diesel expanding to 275M gallon capacity to meet booming renewable diesel demand

Clariant launches new generation of reforming catalysts with ReforMax LDP Plus

Ample supply weighs on soybean prices: report

US ethanol production boost to 15.85B gallon annual rate

Louisiana becomes 29th state to adopt E15 ethanol