In India, The Hindu BusinessLine reported that the Indian Sugar & Bio Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) announced that it has signed agreements with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and PRAJ Industries to advance sustainable bioenergy solutions. The MoUs focus on sustainable aviation fuel and explore the potential of bioethanol, biogas, green bio-hydrogen and green […]
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Grains Council intensified efforts to promote ethanol blending across Central America at the recent “Cultivando Energía” conference in Costa Rica, where more than 80 industry leaders and policymakers from countries including Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama gathered to discuss the future of biofuels. The event underscored ethanol’s critical role […]
In Florida, Blue Biofuels said it has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Department of Energy amounting to $1.15 million. The firm said that this funding will support the final stages of scaling the company’s patented Cellulose-to-Sugar (CTS) process, a technology that efficiently converts plant-based cellulose into […]
A handful of industrial biotechnology companies have the strength and purpose to make it as a public company — others remain private, are acquired, or wind down. What makes companies able to succeed with public investors? What combination of product mix, experienced management, technologies that excel, capital at work, and effective vision make it possible […]
In India, Reuters reports India’s drive to boost ethanol production from corn turned the country into a net corn importer for the first time in decades, pushing domestic prices to record highs and impacting global supply chains. The policy shift, which began with a January hike in procurement prices for corn-based ethanol, aims to reduce […]
In India, Chini Mandi reports in Rajgoli, Maharashtra, global commodity leader Olam Agri announced a $60 million investment to develop a multi-input bio-ethanol plant adjacent to its existing sugar factory. The facility, expected to be operational by March 2025, will produce ethanol from sugarcane and corn, aligning with India’s shift to mixed fuels like B20. […]
In Brazil, on September 2, 2024, at the Goiana Automotive Center in Pernambuco, Brazil, Stellantis began fueling its Jeep and Fiat flex-fuel vehicles—including the Renegade, Compass, Commander, and Fiat Toro models equipped with T270 Flex and Turbo 270 Flex engines—with 100% ethanol directly from the assembly line, an initiative launched in the presence of Brazil’s […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the government has decided to again allow ethanol producers to use sugarcane juice, sugar syrup, B-Heavy molasses as well as C-Heavy molasses as feedstock beginning with the new marketing year in December. The food ministry said it would periodically review the sugar supply situation in light of […]
In Illinois, ever on the lookout for new ways to improve the fermentation of corn sugars into ethanol fuel, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have devised an approach for using genetically modified baker’s yeast to prevent a top cause of costly ethanol plant shutdowns—namely, contamination by unwelcome bacteria. A paper detailing the advance is published […]
In India, the Deccan Chronicle newspaper reports that in spite of the government significantly restricting ethanol production from sugarcane juice in fear of a sugar shortage, ethanol blending still managed to surpass 15% as of May thanks to ethanol production from grains. Ethanol demand increased 19% during the first nine months of the 2023/24 season […]
