Jul 25, 2014
China releases new rules on US DDG imports
Biodiesel News
Jul 25, 2014
Agri-Energy plans to integrate renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas, US.
The plant will use its corn distillers oil (CDO) along with other feedstocks to produce renewable diesel.
Construction on the US facility, which will produce 3 million gallons of hydrocarbon fuel per year, will start shortly and will be complete in approximately a year's... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 24, 2014
Aemetis has received a $3 million (€2.2 million) matching grant award from the California Energy Commission (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programme.
Industrial biotech company Aemetis received this award following the company's 'low-carbon sorghum ethanol project application to the 'pilot-scale and commercial-scale advanced biofuels production... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 24, 2014
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed rules that create a programme to control fraud and adopt new technologies.
The programme will tackle fraud in biodiesel credits and will also add new technologies to its list of approved renewable fuels.
As the fraud rule aims to prevent biofuel refiners from becoming the victims of fraud, an auditing system has been... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 23, 2014
Following the launch of its new business unit Leaf Technologies, Lesaffre has announced the acquisition of start-up company Butalco.
Research company Butalco focuses on yeast technology and the development of yeast strains for second generation biofuels.
The move follows the establishment of Leaf Technologies, which concentrates on the development and sale of fermentation... [Read More]
Biodiesel News
Jul 23, 2014
Cellana, a biofuels company based in Kailua-Kona, will receive a $3.5 million (€2.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to pursue an integrated, high-yield algae biofuel feedstock production system at their Kailua-Kona, Hawaii demonstration facility.
Cellana's research efforts have led it to use algae to produce various products including a new form... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 22, 2014
Genscape's LandViewer website offers an insight into current corn crop condition and price correlation.
The data, which covers over 1,400 counties, provides information of pricing at a national, state and county level.
Genscape's new LandViewer platform offers dual-level, real-time images of developing variables, which allows growers, traders, and grain buyers to correlate... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 22, 2014
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected ten projects to receive funding aimed at furthering genetic breeding programmes.
The programmes will improve plant feedstocks for the production of biofuels and bio-based products.
'Biofuels and bio-based products offer the potential of home-grown US resources that can reduce our dependence... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 21, 2014
A multi-billion naira ethanol plant has opened at Igbesa, Ogun State, Africa.
Allied Atlantic Distilleries is the first ever cassava-based ethanol plant to produce extra neutral alcohol in Africa (ENA).
The ethanol facility was built as a result of a government-backed initiative to supply raw material to a number of distillers and industries. Along with ethanol, the plant... [Read More]
Bioethanol News
Jul 21, 2014
A senior official at the Ministry of Petroleum reports that Egypt is currently evaluating the proposal of three petrochemical projects to the UAE, two of which focus on bioethanol production totalling $490 million (€362 million).
One project involves the construction of a factory to produce bioethanol from molasses, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and an... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 18, 2014
The aviation industry urges a reduction in its reliance on fossil fuels.
The Sustainable Aviation Council wants a combination of government regulatory action and private investment to help create alternatives to petrol, arguing that biofuels could contribute to the EU's climate objectives and the industry's aim to cut its carbon emissions in half by 2050.
'The most critical... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 18, 2014
Brazilian state-development bank Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) will provide 1.9 billion reais (€624 million) in funding to companies looking to grow operations at ethanol and sugar plants.
BNDES and Brazil's research-financing agency Finep have so far chosen 35 projects from 29 companies for loans under the PAISS programme.
The budget... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 17, 2014
Honduras has opened its first ethanol production plant in the city of Catacamas in the department of Colancho.
Located at the headquarters of the National Agricultural University, the country's plant is part of a wider initiative led by the Organisation of American States (OAS) to expand biofuels activity within the area.
Its development is supported by the Brazilian and... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 17, 2014
The US Navy expects to get bids for biofuels for ships and aircraft that are the same price as conventional fuels.
'We've got a very, very good set of analysis that shows us that it's going to be coming in under $3.50 (€2.59) a gallon,' says Dennis McGinn, assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment.
The Navy intends to buy at least 37 million gallons... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 16, 2014
Two US senators have urged federal regulators to investigate allegations made by a biofuel trade group that the oil industry uses 'strong-arm tactics' to block the extensive use of higher blends of ethanol in petrol.
A report produced by the Renewable Fuels Association argues that major oil companies discourage the sale of ethanol by implementing levels of 15% per gallon... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 16, 2014
The US Energy Information Administration has published the July issue of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), which increases its 2014 and 2015 ethanol production forecasts for the second month running.
The EIA expects ethanol production to average 932,000 barrels per day this year, up from the June forecast of 920,000 barrels per day.
In the week beginning the 9 June,... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 16, 2014
Petrobras has announced a joint venture with agricultural research firm Embrapa to expand ethanol production in southern Brazil.
The partnership aims to develop varieties of sugarcane that can be adapted to temperate climates, Brazil's federal energy Petrobras said in a statement. The new crop is thought to be resistant to plagues and designed thrive in cool, dry climates.
Research... [Read More]
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