Sep 15, 2020
Oneworld member airlines commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Bioethanol News
Sep 15, 2020
Brazil’s tariff rate quota (TRQ) has been extended for a further 90 days after expiring on August 31 and a 20% tariff was temporarily applied to all US ethanol.
A joint statement from Ryan LeGrand, president and CEO of the US Grains Council; Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy; Jon Doggett, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association; and Geoff Cooper, president and... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2020
Neste is planning to restructure its refinery operations in Porvoo and Naantali in Finland.
The company is exploring the shutdown of its refinery operations in Naantali and focusing the Naantali site on the terminal and harbour operations, as well as transforming the Porvoo refinery operations to co-processing renewable and circular raw materials.
The sustainable solutions... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 10, 2020
Velocys has been invited to sit on the boards of influential industry groups - the Renewable Transport Fuel Association (RTFA) and the Biotechnology Innovation Organisation’s (BIO) Industrial and Environmental Section Governing Board.
The RTFA is newly formed and made up of predominantly producers and suppliers of greener transport fuels. The group will work to support... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 9, 2020
PKN ORLEN is the first oil company in central Europe to declare an aspiration towards achieving emission neutrality by 2050.
In order to reach this goal by 2030 the company will reduce CO2 emissions from its current refining and petrochemical assets by 20% and emissions from power generation by 33% CO2/MWh.
It will invest in projects that will facilitate mitigation... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 8, 2020
Corn farmers in the US, Argentina and Brazil have united through MAIZALL - the international maize alliance, which works with both individual countries and international regulatory bodies to advocate for science-based policies.
MAIZALL is a coalition of maize farmer associations from Argentina (MAIZAR), Brazil (Abramilho) and the US (the National Corn Growers Association... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 7, 2020
South Korea imported 58.9 million gallons of US ethanol (20.9 million bushels in corn equivalent) for industrial uses from January to July 2020, up nearly 53% year on year.
This total constitutes 55% market share, with competition primarily from Brazil, China and Pakistan.
This uptick in demand is opening doors for the US Grains Council (USGC) and partners to build... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 4, 2020
Germany imported a total of 5.4 million tonnes of rapeseed and field mustard in the 2019/20 season.
This was down 7% year-on-year with the main reason being harvest declines in some EU countries that are vital to Germany's supply of rapeseed.
France is traditionally the most important supplier of rapeseed to Germany. The country supplied more than 1.5 million tonnes... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 3, 2020
Alliance BioEnergy (Alliance) has leased 18 acres of land in south-west Florida to establish a test plot for Giant King Grass as a renewable cellulosic feedstock.
Giant King Grass grows all year round up to 20ft tall and can be harvested multiple times. According to Alliance, the crop can produce up to 44 tons per acre of cellulosic feedstock, which has a composition... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 2, 2020
POET has announced a partnership with the Farmers Business Network (FBN) to boost profits for farmers while promoting sustainable agricultural practices through the new GRO Network.
The GRO Network creates environmental transparency and matches farmers who use environmentally friendly practices with buyers who pay a premium for low-carbon corn.
“At POET we know that... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 1, 2020
European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced 5.6 billion litres of ethanol and 5.33 million tonnes of co-products in 2019, according to new data.
The new figures confirm the importance of European renewable ethanol biorefineries to achieving EU Green Deal objectives for reducing emissions.
Of the total ethanol output from ePURE members in 2019 more... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Sep 1, 2020
Supply chain services provider Czanikow Group has revealed it will start operations in the Brazilian ethanol and power markets.
The British company plans to expand its business with local sugar mills that also produce fuel and electricity.
Czarnikow has been given the go-ahead from Brazil’s oil and fuels regulator ANP to open a new company called CzEnergy to trade... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 28, 2020
Dr Roger Marshall, US Congressman and co-chairman of the House Biofuels Caucus, is working to boost ethanol exports.
Kansas is home to 10 biofuel facilities, which provide high-quality jobs for plant workers in rural areas and use more than 25% of all corn grown in the state, as well as thousands of bushels of soybeans and milo annually.
In total, the biofuel industry... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 26, 2020
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has allocated approximately $100 million (€84.7 million) of federal CARES Act relief funds for a range of agricultural programmes to offset the impact of COVID-19 on farmers, producers, and agricultural industries.
A large portion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funding will directly support the biofuels industry.... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 18, 2020
Clariant’s Business Line Biofuels and Derivatives has formed a strategic partnership with Chemtex Global Corporation (Chemtex) for the realisation of second-generation biofuels.
The announcement was made on 15 August during a joint presentation at the 7th Asia-Pacific Biomass Utilisation Summit in Guangzhou.
Under the partnership, the two firms will collaborate... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 14, 2020
South East Asia represents one-third of all US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) exports, and that market share continues to grow, according to the Department of Agriculture and the US Grains Council (USGC).
The region imported 3.07 million metric tonness of US DDGS from September 2019 to June 2020, slightly higher than the 2.95 million tonnes over the... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Aug 13, 2020
Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, is supplying three airlines with SAF for flights from San Francisco International Airport.
The low-carbon and high-quality fuel for Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways will contribute to each airline’s efforts... [Read More]
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