Aug 1, 2017
Biofuels International 2017: Q&A session with Ethanol Europe Renewables’ James Cogan
Bioethanol News
Jul 31, 2017
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was mistaken to use the methodology it did for lowering the 2016 renewable fuel standard. The decision is being hailed as a major victory for the biofuels industry.
The ruling was made on Friday (28th July, 2017). This decision was in response to a joint petition... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 27, 2017
Vivergo Fuels has responded to the UK government’s recently announced intention to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of its Clean Air Plan.
The UK based biofuels producer stresses that E10 fuel, containing 10% bioethanol, is a solution to air quality and climate change that is available now. The statement calls on the government to take advantage of... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 27, 2017
Air Canada and other Canadian airlines are seeking to procure biofuels from local sources instead of transporting it from abroad to meet demand, according to reports from Canadian Press Enterprises.
The country’s top airlines say resource-rich Canada has the potential to become a biofuel superpower by transforming forest residue and agricultural crops into energy... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 27, 2017
The Executive Management Committee of CAMEX, Brazil’s Chamber of Foreign Trade, has announced that a decision on a pending proposal to impose a 20% tariff on US ethanol imports will be delayed for 30-days.
The proposal would allow 500 million litres annually of US ethanol imports (132.1 million gallons) before triggering the tariff. This has prompted the following... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 25, 2017
Jeff Broin, CEO of US bioethanol producer Poet, has received a George Washington Carver Award at a ceremony at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Montreal, Canada.
He received the award for r Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology.
The Carver Award recognises “significant contributions by individuals in the field of industrial biotechnology and... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 25, 2017
Motorists are backing E10 fuel, according to a new poll.
A survey of over 25,000 motorists by Fair Fuel UK, the ‘independent voice of UK drivers’, revealed that over 82% of motorists supported the Government promoting E10 – a more environmentally friendly fuel consisting of 10% ethanol blended with petrol – as a method of lowering transport emissions.
Within... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 24, 2017
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor has released a statement in response to the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works’ (EPW) decision to not consider the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act (S. 517) before Congress adjourns for the August recess.
The statement from the US bioethanol trade body stated: “We are disappointed the EPW committee decided... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 24, 2017
US production of bioethanol has continued to grow in 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Through the first six months of 2017, US weekly ethanol production averaged 1.02 million barrels per day (b/d), an increase of 5% over the same period in 2016.
On a weekly basis, US ethanol production set a record of 1.06 million b/d in the week of January... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 18, 2017
Finnish firm Suomen Bioetanoli is looking for substantial new funding for two new biofuels plants, following the withdrawal of a major investor on the project.
According to yle.fi, a €200 million deal with Chinese investor fell through because the Chinese financier was unable to together the funding for the project. The result is a large funding hole in the planned... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 17, 2017
New research claims that the concentration of ultrafine particles less than 50 nanometres in diameter, which studies have shown to be harmful to human health, increases in the air when motorists switch from ethanol-to-gasoline.
Carried out by Franz M Geiger, a professor of chemistry at the National University of Singapore, the research found that when higher ethanol prices... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 13, 2017
MEP Sean Kelly, the lead negotiator for the largest group in the European Parliament on the Renewable Energy Directive, has heavily criticised the European Commission’s proposal to phase out conventional biofuels made from food or feed crops.
Proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Directive, dubbed ‘RED II’, would see a gradual phase out of crop-based... [Read More]
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]
Bioethanol News
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]
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