Jul 13, 2017
Irish MEP criticises RED II biofuel phase out
Bioethanol News
Jul 13, 2017
German biofuels producer CropEnergies has reported strong first quarter results.
In the company’s statement for the first quarter of the current financial year 2017/18 , CropEnergies said revenues increased by 38% to €231 million, compared to €168 million the year before.
The main reasons for the growth were the “significantly increased sales volumes... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2017
Fuel retailer the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and carbon-recycling company Lanzatech have signed a statement of intent to build what they claim is the world’s first refinery for off gas-to-bioethanol production in India.
The new facility is set to be constructed at IOC’s Panipat refinery Hayrana, at an estimated cost of 350 crore rupees. According to an IOC... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 10, 2017
Scientists have demonstrated how to design and genetically engineer enzyme surfaces to bind less with corn stalks and other cellulosic biomass, reducing enzyme costs in the production of biofuels such as ethanol.
A study detailing the research by scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University, has been published in the journal ACS Sustainable... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 4, 2017
EU sugar and renewable ethanol producers, sugar beet farmers and workers have called for no concessions on sugar and ethanol in the EU-Mercosur negotiations between the European Union and Brazil.
Globally, Brazil is the largest producer and exporter of sugar, and the second largest producer and exporter of ethanol. It is also the single biggest beneficiary of EU trade... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 4, 2017
A team of scientists from Arizona State University are working to break through the innovation bottleneck for renewable bioproduction of fuels and chemicals, to create a renewable biofuel technology that would lead to a cheaper alternative to gasoline.
Reed Cartwright and Xuan Wang have focused on the manipulation of microbes as biocatalysts to convert biomass such as... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 3, 2017
US-based Blue Flint Ethanol has celebrated a successful ten years of operations during an onsite celebration at its ethanol biorefinery near Underwood, North Dakota.
“We are proud to be celebrating ten years of successful operations at our Blue Flint facility. This success has been a team effort driven by our dedicated employees and supported by our business partners... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 3, 2017
US biofuels producer Pacific Ethanol has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Illinois Corn Processing, for $76 million (€66m), which includes $15 million in working capital.
ICP is a 90 million gallon per year fuel and industrial alcohol manufacturing, storage and distribution facility adjacent to the Pacific Ethanol Pekin facility and is located on the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 30, 2017
Cellulosic biofuels could provide an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs, providing certain principles are met, according to an article appearing on Science Daily.
“The climate benefit of cellulosic biofuels is actually much greater than was originally thought,” Phil Robertson, professor of Ecosystem Science at Michigan State University,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 29, 2017
The renewable ethanol association ePURE has responded to Hans-Olaf Henkel and Marijana Petir, two MEPs in the European Parliament who recently stressed the importance of biofuels in the decarbonisation of the EU’s transport sector.
In a recent article in The Parliamentarian, Petir and Henkel discussed the future of the EU’s energy sector and the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 27, 2017
Mexico’s energy regulator, CRE, has approved an increase in the ethanol content in gasoline for domestic consumption to as high as 10% from the current 5.8%, according to Reuters.
The move has been made despite environmental groups warning that the action could cause more pollution. The change will mean gasoline imported and sold in Mexico will be closer to that... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 23, 2017
A controversial new study claims that using corn for biofuels comes with greater environmental costs and fewer benefits than using it for corn.
The study from researchers at the University of Illinois and Urbana-Champaign has been published in the journal Earth’s Future. It aims to determine whether corn is better utilised as a biofuel or as a food source, addressing... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 22, 2017
Expanding growth output at the UK’s bioethanol plants is driving up wheat consumption, contributing to the country becoming a net wheat importer for only the fourth time in 25 years, according to an article on Agrimoney.com.
Defra, the UK’s farming ministry, pegged the country’s wheat exports at 1.5 million tonnes in its first forecast for the country’s... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 21, 2017
The Impact Assessment Institute (IAI) has raised serious questions about the ways the European Commission reached its proposed Renewable Energy Directive revision (dubbed RED II).
Suggested changes to the Directive under RED II would see a gradual phase out of crop-based biofuels such as ethanol from the European fuel mix. The legislation has proven deeply unpopular in... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 14, 2017
Rayeman Elements is expanding its business to include a biofuels division, intended to deliver a ‘bolt-on’ technology for the production of biodiesel at existing ethanol plants. It is hoped that this technology will allow ethanol facilities to diversify their product offerings, in turn increasing the value of their corn oil stream and expanding their advanced... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 14, 2017
Brazil-based ethanol specialist Raízen has offered 823 million reais (€221/$248 million) to buy two ethanol mills from Tonon Bioenergia, according to media reports.
Raízen is a joint venture between Cosan SA Indústria e Comércio and Royal Dutch Shell.
According to Reuters, Cosan said in a securities filing on Tuesday that Tonon Bioenergia,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 13, 2017
US ethanol trade body Growth Energy has released a new survey showing that US small engine owners are pleased with the performance of their fuel and find it easy to pick the best option, including regular unleaded blends of 10% ethanol (E10).
Conducted by Quadrant Strategies, the random poll of 500 owners of lawnmowers, snow blowers, leaf blowers, weed whackers,... [Read More]
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