The US will be importing ethanol from Brazil as there was an 81% rally in domestic prices this year. Chembulk Ulsan is set to deliver 5.3 million gallons of ethanol to the Port of Tampa, Florida next month, after collecting it from Brazil's Port of Santos on April 3. The shipment will be sent from Brazil's largest ethanol exporter, Copersucar SA, based in Sao-Paulo. Tarcilo... [Read More]

Greenergy's Plymouth fuel terminal and biodiesel manufacturing facility at Immingham, UK, have both been awarded RoSPA Gold awards for occupational health and safety. The awards recognise Greenergy's commitment to ensuring the highest standards of health and safety performance and management. Andrew Owens, Greenergy Chief Executive said: 'Over the last 18 months operational... [Read More]

The Global Annual Ethanol Production Forecast predicts production of ethanol will peak at 90.38 litres in 2014. The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) and F.O. Licht, who published the forecast yesterday, are expecting nearly a 2.7% rise in the output of global ethanol this year. In 2013, global ethanol production reached 88 billion litres, but despite 'forecasts of... [Read More]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it is proposing to cut the biofuel production target this year. This comes in response to the EPA arguing that US energy markets are unable to obtain the necessary biofuel levels, required by law, for fuel supply.  At present, the EPA is putting together the final 2014 biofuel use targets, after releasing... [Read More]

Lawrence Livermore researchers and the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have discovered a new form of bacterial resistance to improve efficiency in the production of biofuels. This new type of bacterial resistance will speed up biofuel production by improving the overall efficiency of biomass to biofuel conversion. Research identified the genetic origin of the bacterial... [Read More]

Dyadic International Inc. has been awarded a new patent for enzyme composition and the development of plant biomass to fermentable sugar conversion. Mark Emalfarb, president and CEO of Dyadic, discusses how the patent can help biofuel production: 'Plant biomass provide a plentiful source of potential energy in the form of sugars that can be utilised to produce advanced... [Read More]

Germany's biodiesel industry proves to be strong competition for its international counterparts. The German biodiesel industry hit a new export record last year, with exports reaching almost 1.6 million tonnes. The Agricultural Market Information Company (AMI) gave an appraisal based on data from the Federal Statistical Office, which shows that the number of exports have... [Read More]

VIASPACE has signed a contract with Mesquite Lake Water and Power LLC to produce Giant King Grass at an advanced biofuels facility and biomass power plant in Imperial, California, the company announced on Monday. The American-based company first bought the 18MW biomass power plant and will reopen it as Mesquite Lake Energy Park Plant 1. VIASPACE now plan to restart it... [Read More]

Portuguese researchers are studying different methods of biodiesel purification that do not contain water. During the analysis, the University of Porto researchers carried out heterogeneous transesterification using a very active calcium glyceroxide catalyst, and then attempted to remove soaps through pre-treating the crude biodiesel with sodium carbonate. The fuel was... [Read More]

The company's 2013 sustainability report has announced that it has achieved its 2005 pledge to invest $8 billion (€5.8 billion) in alternative energy by 2015, two years ahead of schedule. The report states that BP has spent $8.3 million (€6 million) in alternative energy over almost a decade.  Despite the company not making a public commitment on future... [Read More]

Valero Renewable Fuels has purchased a 110-million gallon, idle ethanol plant at an Indiana port on the Ohio River, the company announced on Friday. The San Antonio-based energy company bought the plant, based at the Port of Indiana-Mount Vernon from Aventine Renewable Energy. Bill Day, Valero's spokesman, believes the company will be able to begin production at the plant... [Read More]

Fiberight LLC is closer to constructing a $15 million (€11 million) facility at its existing ethanol plant, which is currently under renovation in Blairstown. The facility, which will extract the organic material from waste and convert it into ethanol, has received an economic-development incentive worth up to $850,000 (€617,000) from Marion City Council. On... [Read More]

This week, the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) revealed that biodiesel sales fell by 300,000 tonnes in 2013. Last year’s sales figures stood at 2.2 million tonnes, compared to an average of 2.5 million tonnes, which remained stable throughout the period between 2009 and 2012.   The Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen... [Read More]

Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd. (JM Davy), an advanced process technologies company and Rennovia, Inc., a producer of chemicals from renewable feedstocks, have announced they are teaming up to undertake a start-to-finish catalytic process technologies project. The companies will develop, demonstrate and commercialise the project, which will concentrate on the production... [Read More]

German-based Petrotec AG has achieved record results during the 2013 business year. The waste to biodiesel producer has reported group sales of €193 million, 16% up from last year's results, and an operating profit of €4.9 million, an increase of €2 million. Their net profit has increased significantly from €0.9 million in 2012 to €4 million in... [Read More]

The majority of the Biofore Concept Car's parts, which would traditionally come from plastics, have been replaced with biomaterials.  UPM used materials to make up a number of the car's core components, and Metropolia University designed and manufactured the car, which 'has endless possibilities,' says Elisa Nilsson, Vice President of Brand and Communications at UPM. UPM... [Read More]