Jan 13, 2017
CropEnergies CEO slams EC’s revised RED proposals
Bioethanol News
Jan 13, 2017
US ethanol exports were off to a strong start for the first quarter of the 2016/2017 marketing year and were at their highest levels over the past five years.
Exports totaled 353.2 million gallons for the months of September, October, and November 2016, according to data recently released by the US Department of Agriculture’s Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS).
Brazil,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 12, 2017
Global enzyme provider, CTE Global, has joined the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association as a vendor member.
"We are pleased to welcome CTE Global to our roster of vendor members. CTE Global shares our goal in growing Minnesota's ethanol industry," said Tim Rudnicki, executive director of the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association.
In the United States, CTE Global works closely with... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 11, 2017
China has increased the anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) enacted on imports of US distiller’s dried grains (DDGS) from the levels proposed last year.
According to China’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC), the new anti-dumping duties will range from 42.2% to 53.7%, up from 38.8% proposed last September, while anti-subsidy tariffs will range from... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 11, 2017
A new US post-election survey shows that decisive voters in the 2016 presidential election are staunch supporters of American ethanol, Growth Energy says.
The survey of 3,000 Trump voters in the Midwestern battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, and Minnesota found that more than eight in 10 respondents agree with the President-elect's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 6, 2017
Toray Industries, a Japanese synthetic fibres company, is looking to obtain sugarcane waste in Thailand to produce biofuels.
The company plans to spend 5 billion yen (€40m) to 6 billion yen on construction of one of the world's largest plants for processing bagasse, the fibrous remnant obtained from crushing sugar cane to extract juice for sugar production.
Thailand... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 5, 2017
US biofuels trade body Growth Energy recently announced that the most tested fuel in history, E15, has reached a “remarkable” milestone.
Based on sales and consumption data reported over the past twelve months by major gasoline retailers, drivers across the United States have more than 500 million miles driven on E15, highlighting the fuel’s performance,... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 4, 2017
Petrobras Biocombustível has announced an agreement to sell its shares in Guarani, a Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer, to Tereos Participations, an arm of French group Tereos, for $202 million (€192m).
According to Petrobras Biocombustível, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brazil-based oil company Petrobras, Guarani is the third largest sugar producer... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 4, 2017
A group of students from Philippines-based St Louis University have created alternative fuel derived from the taro plant, locally known as gabi.
According to media reports in The Filipino Times, Joji Tateoka, John Cyril Paco, Gregory Jones Ochoada, John Paul Galong, and Keanu Verzosa received the Business and Idea Development Award 2016 in October 2016 from the Philippines... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jan 4, 2017
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) has sent a petition to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requesting that it waives its 2016 cellulosic biofuels volumes “due to an inadequate domestic supply of such fuel”.
According to the trade body that represents oil and high-tech American manufacturers, it wants the EPA to waive the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 21, 2016
Brazil-based oil company Petrobras has agreed to sell its 49% stake in the sugar and ethanol joint venture Nova Fronteira Bioenergia SA to partner São Martinho SA.
Petrobras will receive 24 million new São Martinho shares as payment for the stake. Petrobras said in the filing that it will attribute a $133 million (€127m) value to the deal.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 20, 2016
The European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) has named Emmanuel Desplechin as its new secretary general effective immediately, replacing Robert Wright.
Desplechin, who joined ePURE in 2013, had previously been the association’s director for government affairs, and has a long career in the ethanol sector.
Prior to joining ePURE, Desplechin held public affairs... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 15, 2016
Recent data from the US Department of Energy (DOE) shows that gasoline consumed in 25 states and the District of Columbia contained more than 10% ethanol on average in 2015, demonstrating that the so-called “E10 Blend Wall” continues to crumble. The national average ethanol blend rate was 9.91 percent according to the DOE data.
According to the Renewable Fuels... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 13, 2016
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), an agency run by the Philippines government, is urging players in the industry to invest more in power co-generation and production of bioethanol from sugarcane amid volatile sugar prices in the world market.
SRA policy and planning manager Rosemarie Gumera said the agency is strengthening its product diversification by encouraging... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 9, 2016
Indian process solutions company Praj has entered on Wednesday into a binding agreement for cost sharing with Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) to set up two bioethanol plants.
These second-generation (2G) bioethanol plants – one to be located at Panipat, Haryana, and one at Dahej, Gujarat – will have capacity to produce 100,000 litres of ethanol per day.
This is a progress... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 6, 2016
China is aiming to produce 4 million tonnes of ethanol by 2020, doubling output from the current level, even as it keeps tight control over the use of food grains to make the biofuel, according to a plan published by China’s National Energy Administration.
According to Reuters, the world's largest energy consumer plans to raise the non-fossil fuel portion of primary... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Dec 2, 2016
Synata Bio, a newly formed Illinois energy company, has won the auction to purchase Abengoa Bioenergy’s Kansas cellulosic ethanol plant for $48.5 million (€45.5m).
With its final offer, Synata outbid Shell Oil Company’s $40.8 million offer by nearly $8 million, according to court documents.
Synata now owns cellulosic ethanol technology formerly owned by... [Read More]
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