Bioethanol News

Zimbabwe will need more biofuels to blend into its fuel supply as it pushes ahead with ethanol production, according to the Zimbabwe Mail. Zimbabwe will now increase its mandatory petrol blending from 5% to 10%. This comes after government in March reduced to 5% from 15% the mandatory amount of local ethanol to be blended with petrol as President Robert Mugabe’s cash-squeezed government…
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India-based bioethanol producer Praj Industries has announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2017 results. Income from operations stood at Rs. 311.7 crore (€4.31m) compared to Rs. 345.9 crore the year before for the quarter. Q4 profit before tax stood at Rs. 36.8 crore for the period compared to Rs. 45.8 crore the year before. Elsewhere, for the full-year, income from operations stood at…
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One person has been killed and two are still missing following an explosion at a corn milling ethanol plant in Cambria, Wisconsin, according to WBAY.com. The explosion occurred late at night on 31st May, triggering a power outage in Cambria. Cambria’s sheriff told a news conference that 16 people were inside the Didion Millon Plant when the explosion happened, according to WBAY.com. Most of…
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EXCLUSIVE - The biofuels industry has reiterated its commitment to tackling climate change in light of President Trump’s announcement that the US will withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor told Biofuels International: “Biofuels like ethanol stand ready to continue helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions - with or without the Paris deal. In…
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Colombian biofuels company Bioenergy will begin selling bioethanol to Bogotá-based oil and gas leader Terpel, according to media reports. According to a report in Finance Colombia, the move marks the beginning of the Bioenergy’s commercialisation process. Bioenergy has the capacity to produce up to 504,000 litres of ethanol per day, which will increase the mixing of this product…
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Spanish renewables and engineering company Abengoa has completed the sale of its bioethanol operations in Spain and France to private equity firm Trilantic Europe. The buyout firm has acquired the shares of Abengoa Bioenergy France , Biocarburantes de Castilla y Leoon , Bioetanol Galicia , Ecocarburantes Espanoles and Ecoagriicola for  € 140 million, including debt and working…
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Second-generation biofuels made from managed trees and perennial grasses may provide a sustainable fuel resource, according to newly published research. A team from the universities of Oklahoma and Pittsburgh investigated the full life cycle of second generation biofuel produced from short-rotation oak, in order to check if it really offered greenhouse gas emission reductions relative to…
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Scientists from the University of Hong Kong have developed a new strategy to enhance the efficiency of rice straw for biofuel production. Significantly, the authors of the study detailing the breakthrough claim the strategy can also be used to boost efficiency of biofuel production from other cereals like maize, wheat, and barley. As biofuel demand has rocketed in recent years, cellulose from…
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Denmark-based biotechnology company Novozymes has announced a $36m (€32m) expansion of its enzyme manufacturing plant in Blair, Nebraska. The company said that this investment will increase the plant’s capacity to meet growing needs within the bioscience industry and global biofuels market. Novozymes’ expansion efforts support the company’s long-term commitment to the…
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US ethanol producer Poet Biorefining is undergoing an expansion to more than double its capacity from nearly 70 million gallons per year to 150 million gallons per year at its Marion, Ohio-based facility. According to the company, this plan will improve the grain market for local farmers and adding new jobs to the community. With the expansion, high-protein animal feed production will also grow…
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Brazil is set to toughen requirements on imported ethanol to protect domestic producers, according to Reuters. The move, announced by Brazilian Energy Minister Fernando Coelho, is in response to a surge of imported US corn oil to the country. Those buying imported ethanol will now have to follow rules applied to Brazilian ethanol producers concerning minimum stocks to guarantee supplies in the…
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Diesel and petrol cars will disappear from the roads within eight years, according to a new report. The report “Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030: The Disruption of Transportation and the Collapse of the Internal-Combustion Vehicle and Oil Industries,” was released earlier in May by San Francisco think tank RethinkX. It was written by venture investor James Arbib…
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US ethanol trade body Growth Energy has filed comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to the agency’s request for comment following President Trump’s Executive Order, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda.” Growth Energy’s comments outlined multiple concerns with regulations that hinder the growth of American biofuel. Chiefly, Growth…
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US advanced biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire approximately 82 acres of land at its Geismar, Louisiana biorefinery from Lion Copolymer.  REG has agreed to purchase the land it has leased for its Geismar operations, as well as more than 61 adjacent acres, which the company plans to improve and utilize to support existing production…
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