In Washington, animal fats and used cooking oil are increasingly joining the likes of lithium, cobalt and copper as energy transitional materials where supply constraints are of growing concern, according to a new analysis of trade flows by S&P Global Commodity Insights Agribusiness Consulting group. The analysis, entitled Biofuel Feedstock Trade Flows: First Come, First […]
In the Netherlands, a greenwashing lawsuit against airline KLM challenging its misleading advertising has been granted permission to proceed to a full hearing by a Dutch court. The lawsuit – the first of its kind to challenge airline industry greenwashing – argues that KLM’s climate ads and offset marketing breach EU consumer law standards by […]
In Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforcement investigation, Denco II LLC violated several industrial wastewater, stormwater, and air quality regulations between 2017 and 2022 at its ethanol production facility in Morris, Minn. MPCA staff inspections confirmed that the company had applied about 1.25 million gallons of wastewater to area agricultural fields […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post newspaper reports that Pertamina will launch its E5 blend this month using ethanol produced from domestic sugarcane. In the future, the company hopes to use corn and cassava as ethanol feedstock as well. The country has been wanting to introduce ethanol blending as it is a leader in biodiesel blending […]
In Belgium, Platts reports ePure says it is difficult to predict ethanol demand due to fluctuating ethanol blending policies around the European Union. Even though E10 has become available at fuel pumps across the EU, Spain and Italy haven’t yet introduced the higher blend despite the mandate to do so, creating a major market gap. […]
In Virginia, NATSO, representing truckstops and travel centers, and SIGMA: America’s Leading Fuel Marketers, recently urged the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the blending mandate for biodiesel and renewable diesel under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The associations, representing more than 80 percent of retail […]
In India, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) announced the successful launch of a groundbreaking pilot study on vehicles using E27 fuel and Ethanol Blended Diesel Fuel. With this milestone achievement, HPCL becomes the first Oil Marketing Company in India to initiate such a comprehensive research program, in line with the “Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in […]
In China, Bloomberg reports an association representing China’s largest biodiesel exporters has promised to be better at ensuring compliance and export standards for supplies going into Europe following complaints from the European Waste-Based & Advanced Biofuels Association that fraudulent biodiesel exports were sinking the EU market. EWABA has encourage the European Union, German and Dutch […]
In Florida, Royal Caribbean Group will set a new industry milestone in alternative fuel use when Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Apex and Royal Caribbean International’s Symphony of the Seas, set sail in Europe using sustainable biofuel to meet part of the ships’ fuel needs. The test will contribute critical data and research on the fuel’s capabilities […]
In Germany, a CO2 capture process, jointly developed by Linde, Heidelberg Materials, and BASF, and based on BASF’s advanced OASE blue technology, will be used for the first time at a large-scale CO2-capture facility operated by Capture-to-Use (CAP2U) – a new joint venture established by Heidelberg Materials and Linde. The plant will be the world’s […]
