In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production reached 1.04 million barrels per day last week, the highest in nine weeks that helped to rebuild stocks to 21.398 million gallons after hitting a two-year low the week before. Even with the higher stocks, volumes were 893,000 barrels below last year’s […]
In Singapore, Honeywell announced the availability of technologies and digital solutions to enable customers in Asia Pacific to produce renewable fuels from multiple sources of renewable feedstocks. To help customers address this challenge and the rapidly growing demand for renewable fuels, Honeywell UOP offers solutions that enable the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable […]
In Germany, Evonik is introducing a new grade of its polyamide 12 powders that is designed to unbound sustainable 3D printing at scale. INFINAM® eCO PA12 is the world’s first PA12 powder material for industrial 3D printing that substitutes 100 percent of fossil feedstock with bio-circular raw material from waste cooking oil in a mass […]
In Japan, Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The development of this technology is one of the projects supported by the NEDO Green Innovation (GI) Fund. The company will work to complete […]
In Denmark, bio-based aviation fuel reduces the number of ultrafine particles that are emitted from the aircraft engines, thereby improving air quality. This is one of the conclusions drawn from a large-scale international study using a SAS aircraft at Copenhagen Airport. Researchers measured an aircraft with 34 percent bio-based fuel (known as Sustainable Aviation Fuel, […]
In the Philippines, CNN Philippines reports the country plans to raise its voluntary ethanol blend to 20% from the current 10% after the new rules are approved before year’s end. The shift comes as the country intents to cut gasoline prices at the pump and imported ethanol is cheaper than gasoline. The US supplies most […]
In India, Fermbox Bio and BBGI formalized a joint venture to establish cutting-edge precision fermentation facilities in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Initially, these precision fermentation facilities will focus on enzyme production, expanding into innovative Synthetic Biology (Synbio) products for global customers with an expected total fermentation capacity of up to 1 million liters, equipped with […]
In Mississippi, Alden Group Renewable Energy is opening a new facility in Smith County. The project is a $12.535 million investment that will create 30 new jobs. Alden Group works with area poultry processors to transform waste products into a dry matter that is then sold to refineries to make biodiesel. Alden Group’s strategic new […]
In Japan, Toyota Tsusho supplied biodiesel fuel to the container liner INTEGRATIVE EARTH operated by KAMBARA KISEN Co., Ltd. at Fukuyama Port in Hiroshima Prefecture for trial operations using biofuel in August and October of this year. The biofuel supplied to the INTEGRATIVE EARTH is, as in the previous trials, refined as part of the […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration says prices of ethanol (D6) and biomass-based diesel (D4) renewable identification number (RIN) credits each fell by more than one third between September 1 and October 16, the agency’s data shows. As of October 16, biomass-based diesel RINs (D4 RINs) were $0.90, and ethanol RINs (D6 RINs) were $0.89; […]
