
Jun 8, 2015
CNE acquires 24% equity of Hungarian ethanol plant
Bioethanol News
Jun 8, 2015
FCStone Merchant Services is to originate and supply corn for Gevo's plant in Luverne, Minnesota after the two companies entered into an agreement.
Engaging FCStone to conduct Gevo's corn purchasing at Luverne is expected to free up more than $1 million (€900,000) of working capital, which has previously been tied up in corn inventory.
By leveraging FCStone's scale... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 8, 2015
In Brazil, Solvay has opened its first fully dedicated Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory (IBL) to boost the development of innovations and solutions based on sustainable chemistry, used in a growing range of end-markets.
The fully integrated laboratory in Paulinia will chiefly focus on researching new processes and molecules derived from biomass, which is mostly plant... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 8, 2015
Gevo has announced a breakthrough to its fermentation technology that will allow it to produce isobutanol from cellulosic feedstocks such as wood waste which can then be converted into Gevo's alcohol-to-jet fuel.
Gevo currently makes isobutanol from corn at its plant in Luverne, Minnesota, but its process has always had the flexibility to adapt to other feedstocks.
The... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 8, 2015
St1 Biofuels Oy's first Etanolix ethanol plant has been delivered to the international market and was inaugurated on 5 June in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The 5 million litres per year ethanol plant, which was delivered to North European Bio Tech Oy (NEB), converts bio-waste and process residues from local bakeries and bread from shops into ethanol for transport fuel.
The production... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 5, 2015
Archer Daniels Midland Co. is temporarily stopping production at its biodiesel plant in Leer in Germany due to uncertainty about the future of biodiesel in the country, it said on Tuesday, according to Reuters. ADM states it will reassess biodiesel market requirements in the third quarter of this year.
Targets for biodiesel use in Germany have been... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jun 4, 2015
Alaska Airline is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to advance the production and use of alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the tree limbs and branches that remain after a forest harvest.
As the airline partner for NARA, Alaska Airlines intends next year to fly a demonstration flight using 1,000... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 4, 2015
At the end of April, Genscape D6 ethanol Q-RINs were generated within the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) for the first time.
Four ethanol facilities are now generating Q-RINs, with more expected to come online in the coming months. Genscape is the EPA approved QAP provider for all four of these facilities, including three Poet plants.
'Poet understood early on... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 4, 2015
Ensyn Fuels, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ensyn , has signed a contract with Youngstown Thermal for the supply of RFO – Ensyn's advanced cellulosic biofuel.
Ensyn Fuels is to provide Youngstown Thermal up to 2,500,000 gallons of RFO per year, with deliveries to begin as soon as the fourth quarter of 2015, in time for the 2015-2016 winter season. Youngstown Thermal... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 2, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced proposed volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme for 2014, 2015 and 2016, and also proposed volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2017.
The proposal would boost renewable fuel production and provide for ambitious yet responsible growth over multiple years, supporting future... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 2, 2015
CHS, North American farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, has acquired the Patriot Renewable Fuels ethanol plant from Patriot Holdings.
The Annawan, Illinois facility produces 125 million gallons of ethanol annually, and is the second ethanol plant that CHS has purchased; in June 2014 it acquired the former Illinois River Energy plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 1, 2015
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest up to $100 million (€91 million) in a Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership to support the infrastructure needed to make more renewable fuel options available to American consumers.
Specifically, USDA will administer competitive grants to match funding for state-led efforts to test and evaluate innovative and comprehensive... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jun 1, 2015
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), together with other producer syndicates and associations and Brazil's Cane Technology Center (CTC), has announced a projection for the 2015/2016 South Central sugarcane harvest of 590 million tonnes. This would represent an increase of 18.66 million tonnes from the 571.34 million tonnes processed in 2014/2015.
The higher... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
May 28, 2015
Renewable energy accounted for 9.8% of total domestic energy consumption in 2014, report the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). This marks the highest renewable energy share since the 1930s, when wood was a much larger contributor to domestic energy supply.
Renewable energy use grew an average of 5% per year over 2001-2014 from its most recent low in 2001. The... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 28, 2015
Palm oil is predominantly consumed for food applications, however in the last decade palm oil consumption for biofuels has increased considerably.
According to Frost & Sullivan, global palm oil production is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 5.9% in the period 2011 to 2020 to reach 84 million tonnes. The majority of this growth is expected... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 27, 2015
Ceres, an agricultural biotechnology company, has been awarded a US patent for a genetic sequence derived from soyabean, covering uses of the gene in areas such as research, product development and plant transformation.
The company believes that its gene is useful in regulating key biosynthetic processes that are the target of a class of commercial herbicides. Ceres plans... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
May 27, 2015
Methes Energies says it will start offering epoxidized soyabean oil (ESO) and natural polyol from its facility in Sombra, Ontario.
Both of these bio-based products help address growing global demand for the replacement of non-sustainable products, such as fossil fuel chemicals, across a wide range of industries. Among other things, ESO can be used in the production of... [Read More]