In North Dakota, Ethanol Producer Magazine reported that CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange released a report that predicts that both ethanol producers and soybean crushers will benefit from rising demand for biofuels in 2024. “The biofuel sector at large carries the momentum of historically large profit margins into the new year,” CoBank wrote in the report. With […]
In Germany, Reuters reports that Suedzucker has offered a nearly 70% premium to purchase the outstanding 25.94% of CropEnergies that it does not own in an effort to delist the company through 100% ownership. Suedzucker says that it has taken the decision based on its 2026 PLUS growth strategy, which is centered on biobased chemicals. […]
In Egypt, the Prime Minister held a meeting on Wednesday at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital to discuss the timeline for a new green hydrogen project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). The project will be carried out by the Saudi company “ACWA Power” and will require investments exceeding $4 billion. […]
In the Netherlands, ExxonMobil’s affiliate Esso Nederland BV plans to build a pilot plant at its Rotterdam Manufacturing Complex to test a breakthrough technology that could significantly reduce CO2 emissions from key industries. The pilot plant aims to obtain data on performance and operability of the carbonate fuel cell (CFC) technology, jointly developed with FuelCell […]
In Indonesia, Bloomberg Technoz reports the Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (Aprobi) said that the high demand for crude palm oil (CPO) as raw material for biodiesel will shift the need for food, especially after B40 is tested in 2024. However, Aprobi Chairman Paulus Tjakrawan said that entrepreneurs are not worried that the high demand for […]
In the Czech Republic, České dráhy will start testing diesel fuel with increased content of sustainable biofuel based on hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) in new 847 class diesel units supplied by Pesa Bydgoszcz. The partner of this project in the field of fuel research and supplies is ORLEN Unipetrol. The aim of the joint research […]
In Brazil, ANP made the Dynamic Methanol Monitoring Panel available. The tool aims to make public the data that the Agency uses to monitor movements of this type of solvent and identify possible signs of diversion of the product for irregular purposes (such as, for example, the adulteration of fuels). Internally, this data was already […]
In Finland, Neste has completed the strategic study launched in September 2022, and begins a gradual transformation of its crude oil refinery in Porvoo, Finland into a leading renewable and circular solutions refining hub. The planned transformation will proceed in phases, and requires multiple separate investment decisions during the next decade before targeted completion in […]
In California, West Biofuels, LLC announced $4 million from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (CAL FIRE) Business and Workforce Development Grant Award to support the development of clean, renewable energy. West Biofuels was awarded $2 million for their latest project, the Hat Creek Bioenergy Facility (Burney, Calif.), which is expected to be […]
In India, the Hindu Business Line newspaper reports the government may allow 280,000 liters of ethanol to be produced from sugarcane juice after banning its production earlier this month as it attempts to balance sugar production in light of a smaller cane crop. Already, about 150,000 liters has likely been produced before the Dec. 7 […]
