Mar 10, 2017
US tops world ethanol exports charts in 2016
Bioethanol News
Mar 8, 2017
Vivergo Fuels, the UK’s largest producer of bioethanol, is warning that the UK’s bioethanol industry and the thousands of jobs it supports are at risk, unless the Government backtracks on a recent recommendation.
Vivergo welcomes the UK government’s recent proposal to increase renewables in transport, but it has major concerns around proposals to limit... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 7, 2017
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad has said that he has been assured President Donald Trump’s administration will support producers of ethanol and biodiesel fuels, according to media reports.
According to the Des Moines Reporter, Branstad was aware of reports to change the point of obligation in relation to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS).
"I know the rumors and I can... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 7, 2017
Renewable Fuels Nebraska, a trade body for the US ethanol industry, has issued a statement stating that it is “strongly opposed to any change in the point of obligation”.
The statement follows last week’s news of rumours from the Trump administration that it would remove oil refiner’s obligation to blend ethanol with petro under the Renewable Fuel... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 3, 2017
California-based sustainable energy production company Greenbelt Resources Corp. has unveiled a new waste-to-energy interconnected system designed to produce half a million gallons of bioethanol from a variety of feedstocks.
The system is called Paso Robles ECOsystem (PRECO). PRECO utilises such feedstocks as waste trub from the nearby Firestone Brewery and winery wastes... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 3, 2017
US biofuels technology company ICM will build a biorefinery showcasing its technology.
The company said its plant will be called ICM Element.
In a statement, ICM said: “We see every individual as an integral element to the success of the planned 70 MMGY revolutionary plant estimated at a cost of $175 million (€166m) to build. ICM plans to be the majority... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 2, 2017
US biofuels lobby group Fuels America has disassociated itself with the counterpart Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) over plans to change the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Fuels America represents a diverse coalition, including farmers and companies such as Archer Daniels Midland and DuPont.
The tumult began after Bob Dinneen, chief executive of the RFA, issued a statement... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Mar 1, 2017
Spanish ethanol producer Abengoa has announced a €7.6 billion loss for 2016, six times more than the previous year, as the multinational attempts to restructure.
Abengoa shareholders last year approved a €1.17 billion rescue package from banks and investment funds, following years of frenzied, unsustainable expansion worldwide.
The company has recently published... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 28, 2017
More than two thirds of citizens in EU Member States have a positive attitude towards plant-based biofuels, a Europe-wide opinion poll has revealed.
According to the poll, commissioned by the European Renewable Ethanol Association (ePure), 69% of the consumers surveyed in the 28 EU Member States think the use of biofuels should be encouraged, with 15% opposed and 16% with... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 27, 2017
Researchers at Egypt’s National Research Centre have produced a biofuel suitable for aeroplanes after successful semi-industrial experiments conducted last December, according to a media report from scidev.net.
The centre was officially commissioned by the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation to find a local biofuel to power aircrafts. This was to support... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 24, 2017
The European renewable ethanol association ePure has released a position paper on the European Commission’s (EC) proposed revision of the EU Renewable Energy Directive II (RED2).
In the paper ePure urges the EU not to abandon its climate and energy goals by phasing out conventional, first-generation ethanol fuels.
“Decarbonising the EU transport sector requires... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 24, 2017
Growth Energy has released economic analysis that it says “identifies numerous problems” associated with changing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) point of obligation.
The US ethanol trade body strongly supports EPA’s proposed denial to move the point of obligation.
“Changing the point of obligation would have a disastrous impact on the industry,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 23, 2017
Alliance BioEnergy Plus has submitted an offer to purchase an over 145 acre ethanol plant previously owned by Ineos New Planet Bioenergy in Florida.
If successful, Alliance will begin to retrofit the front end of the facility, located in Vero Beach, immediately with its patented CTS process and will quickly be converting local yard waste into cellulosic ethanol through... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 22, 2017
President Donald Trump has reiterated his support for American ethanol in a letter he sent to attendees of the National Ethanol Conference in San Diego, US.
President Trump sent the letter to the conference yesterday (21 February) as he was unable to attend. Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Bob Dinneen read the letter aloud.
“Rest assured... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 21, 2017
Iowa ethanol and biodiesel producers both set production records in 2016, processing a record amount of Iowa corn, soybean oil, animal fats and other feedstocks into clean-burning renewable fuels, according to a new report.
As that economic activity flowed throughout Iowa, it left a significant impact, according to an economic impact study commissioned by the Iowa Renewable... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 20, 2017
Zero-cost materials such as water hyacinth and grass have the potential can yield a high percentage of biofuel, Indian researchers have discovered.
Research conducted by a team from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITK) indicates that pore-scale phenomena can be used to increase the yield of fermentable sugars and bioethanol from hemicellulose.
Water hyacinth,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Feb 20, 2017
Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels will build an on-site enzyme manufacturing (OSM) facility in Emmetsburg, Iowa, pending state and local approvals.
The facility will be integrated into the Project Liberty technology package, replicable in future facilities.
For Project Liberty, the OSM will directly pipe enzymes into the Liberty production process without requiring downstream... [Read More]
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