In Brazil, Reuters reports Brazil’s energy policy council CNPE has temporarily halted biodiesel imports while raising the biodiesel blending mandate to 14% from March 2024 compared to the current 12% and will increase again to 15% from 2025. With every 1% increase representing about a billion liters of demand, the move is an important one […]
In Brazil, BiodieselBR reports the CNPE (National Energy Policy Council) will hold an extraordinary meeting in December to discuss bringing forward the schedule to increase biodiesel blending. The meeting may also veto a resolution from the ANP (National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels) that authorized the import of up to 20% of the […]
In Brazil, agribusiness giant ADM is expanding its ability to supply renewable feedstocks by expanding its oilseed crush capacity at multiple facilities and acquiring a producer of refined glycerin. ADM expects to add 400,000 metric tons of crush capacity per year across its Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul; Porto Franco, Maranhão; and Uberlandia, Minas […]
In Brazil, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) adds around R$230 million in two new financings for biomethane production. In the Essencis Biometano SA project, the Bank contracted financing of R$93.8 million for the construction of a biomethane plant in the largest landfill in Latin America and the 3rd largest in the […]
In Brazil, with a deadline of March 2023 to meet the goals for 2023, distributors with obligations to RenovaBio would already be able to meet the program’s objectives – at least, technically. According to the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP), 5.5 million decarbonization credits (CBios) relating to the 2023 target were retired […]
In Brazil, Vale, working in partnership with Oldendorff Carriers, have just commenced their first biofuel voyage on a bulk vessel. The trial is taking place on an Oldendorff vessel performing a laden Vale voyage from Brazil to Asia, carrying a full cargo of iron ore. The Hinrich Oldendorff (209,113 deadweight built 2016) loaded the biofuel […]
In Brazil, publications on sugarcane have increased exponentially since 2006 worldwide, and Brazil has had more articles published on the topic than any other country in the period, according to a review in BioEnergy Research. The number of articles on the subject averaged about five per year between 1999 and 2006 but had reached 327 by 2021. Brazil […]
In Brazil, Petrobras signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Danish company European Energy, to investigate the business opportunities for developing an e-methanol plant in Brazil. Petrobras said that e-methanol is a low-carbon substance that can be used in various industrial processes and as a fuel, especially for maritime transport. It is produced from various […]
In Brazil, BiodieselBR reports a partnership that began around a year ago between Binatural and Brasil Geradores (BRG) validated the use of 100% biodiesel to power electric generators equipped with Volvo Penta engines – a manufacturer of high-performance engines for the naval and industrial sectors. To validate this new technology, three pieces of equipment spent […]
In Brazil, the ANP Board of Directors approved a resolution that regulates the import of biodiesel for use in the mandatory mixture with diesel oil of fossil origin, amending ANP Resolutions No. 777/2019 and No. 857/2021. The liberalization of biodiesel imports by Brazil could provide access to the product on the international market, with different […]
