In North Carolina, Beroe says global corn production has risen by approximately 11 percent over five years as a response to the rise in corn demand by roughly 14 percent during the same period. The end-user industries, including corn starch and animal feed, are the main forces behind supply and demand, impacting price trends. The key […]
In Brazil, from December 2022, gradually, BR Aviation trucks operating at Galeão/Tom Jobim International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro, will start to operate with the mixture containing HVO diesel (acronym in English for Vegetal Oil hydrotreated or green diesel). HVO is a bet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and will be used in our vehicle […]
In Nevada, Comstock Inc. announced the demonstration of breakthrough cellulosic fuels pathways to produce renewable diesel, marine, sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) and gasoline from woody biomass at dramatically improved yield, efficiency, and cost in comparison to all known methods, thereby enabling a massive new renewable fuels feedstock capable of neutralizing more than 40% of America’s […]
In Canada, Canadian National Railway and Progress Rail have partnered with Chevron’s Renewable Energy Group (REG) to test high-level renewable fuel blends including both biodiesel and renewable diesel in support of the companies’ sustainability goals. Trials and qualifications of up to 100% renewable fuel are important steps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from CN’s existing […]
In Iowa, in 2022, Iowa ethanol production increased to a record-breaking 4.5 billion gallons, up from the previous record of 4.4 billion gallons in 2021. Observers credit fuel demand returning to pre-pandemic levels, Iowa ethanol plant efficiencies, and the ample local corn supply as factors in the upward trend. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) Executive […]
In France, an artist calling himself Monsieur Plant has expanded an ongoing sneaker sculpture series using natural materials sourced from the Breton region of France. Following creations such as “sneakerium” and “retro flower sneakers,” his latest work, dubbed “Mushroom Party,” includes five fully plant-based sneakers dotted with growing fungi. “Indeed, fungi fulfill essential ecological roles […]
In Oregon, the Oregonian newspaper reports that Red Rock Biofuels facility that has been under construction in Lakeview is facing foreclosure due to the inability to pay principal and interest payments on around $300 million in debt, with an auction scheduled for February 9 if the payments aren’t made five days before then. The wood […]
In Brazil, Portos y Mercados reports Petrobras carried out the first bunker filling with renewable content in the country on New Year’s Eve. At the Rio Grande Terminal (Terig), in Rio Grande do Sul, the vessel “Darcy Ribeiro”, from Transpetro, was fueled with the new fuel with a lower carbon footprint, a mixture of 90% […]
In Belgium, BluePlasma consortium has received approval from VLAIO to set up an R&D pilot project. In concrete terms, an infrastructure will be built in Antwerp to convert CO2 into CO via plasma technology. The idea is to capture greenhouse gas (CO2) locally and convert it into a high-quality chemical material (CO). This carbon monoxide […]
In Ireland, the Irish Examiner reports that a local official and a junior minister had cow manure thrown at them during a public meeting last week in County Galway where the recent planning decision had been taken to approve a biogas facility on the edge of the town limits of Gort. The meeting was organized […]
