In Nebraska, Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company and KAAPA Ethanol Holdings, LLC announced a joint venture involving Aurora Cooperative’s ethanol and grain facilities located west of Aurora, Nebraska. The joint venture plans to make significant investments with the goal of increasing production and efficiency at the ethanol facilities so that the facilities remain a destination for […]
In Canada, TrustBIX Inc. announced a Biomass Traceability Pilot Project with members of the Biomass Quality Network of Canada. BQNC is facilitating the commercialization of agricultural biomass through the development of quality standards and methods for industrial applications, including biofuels, green chemicals, bioplastics and biomaterials. The pilot project will run until March 2023 with selected […]
In Spain, Camelina Company España, Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed producer, held the opening of its new innovation center in Daimiel, Spain last week. Camelina is grown for use by Camelina Company’s parent company Global Clean Energy to produce ultra-low carbon renewable fuels. Renewable diesel produced from camelina is a drop-in replacement for […]
In Washington, according to Energy Information Administration data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association for the week ending September 23, ethanol production dropped 5.1% to 855,000 b/d, equivalent to 35.91 million gallons daily and the smallest volume since February 2021. Production was 6.5% less than the same week last year and 10.5% below the five-year […]
In France, the most recent cooperation agreement between FlixBus and Volvo Buses is focused on testing the use of Oleo100 biodiesel, made from rapeseed. Oleo100 fully meets the latest environmental criteria by transforming renewable biomass into fuel. The rapeseed is pressed to obtain, on the one hand, non-GMO vegetable proteins intended for feeding animals on […]
In South Africa, Kibo Energy PLC is proceeding with a proposal for an IPO to be named Ultimate Sustainable Energy Ltd in advancing its Corporate Strategy towards significant renewable/clean energy developer status. The Company will furthermore seek admission to the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange for the IPO. The IPO will seek to […]
In Wyoming, Raven SR Inc. and Emerging Fuels Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate their respective technologies into an advanced system for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel. The resulting production platform will include Raven SR’s patented Steam/CO2 Reformer process and EFT’s patented Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and Maxx Jet™/ Maxx Diesel™ […]
In Malaysia, the New Straits Times reports Bioeneco has included the Philippines into its agreement with Orion as a port of call. The original deal was for two monthly shipments of palm kernel shells from Malaysia to Thailand but that has been expanded to include the Philippines, with the annual total to the two countries […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that as many as 10 soybean crushers have temporarily halted crushing in response to negative margins. Vegetable oil stocks are on the rise in response to weak domestic demand for biodiesel, decimating margins, so some crushers chose to bring forward annual maintenance that traditionally takes place at the end of the […]
In Germany, BASF introduced CircleStar, a new dehydration catalyst to process renewable feedstocks. The firm said that this news catalyst achieves a 99.5% selectivity for the ethanol-to-ethylene (E2E) conversion. With an operating temperature that is more than 25°C lower compared to conventional processes, CircleStar helps to decrease the carbon footprint in the bio-ethylene value chain […]
