Latest News
If you would like to use our search facility - please log in or register above.
The results below are recent news items.
The results below are recent news items.
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a US-based global food processing and commodities firm, has reported an increase in its third quarter profit and said that its ethanol dry mill review is progressing.
Net income was $341.6 million (€312m), or 58 cents per share, in the quarter ending 30 September, compared with $252 million, or 41 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago. This was…
Read More
Read More
Brazil's Centre-South ethanol producers sold a total of 592 million litres (156 million gallons) of hydrous ethanol in the first half of October, declining by 15.94% compared to the last two weeks of September, official trade data shows.
According to local sugarcane industry association Unica, the sales decline can be attributed to the fewer working days in the period in review, lower exports to…
Read More
Read More
In the US, the city of South Portland has launched a pilot programme to run a proportion of its municipal vehicles on locally produced biodiesel.
During the year-long programme, the Maine city will trial the use of 20% biodiesel (B20) produced by Maine Standard Biofuels, which would upon success be expanded to the city’s entire vehicle fleet.
With a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
Read More
Read More
Renewable Energy Group reports a strong third quarter 2016, with revenues of $624.6 million (€562.8,) and 163.1 million gallons of fuel sold.
Net income attributable to common stockholders was $22.9 million, compared to a net loss of $15.7 million in the third quarter of 2015.
REG sold 36% more gallons of fuel, resulting in a 58.2% increase in revenue from $394.8 million in Q3 2015.
Adjusted…
Read More
Read More
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has offered more than $26 million (€23.6m) to buy Abengoa SA's cellulosic ethanol plant in Kansas, according to documents filed late Wednesday in bankruptcy court.
A report in Reuters, Shell's initial bid on Abengoa's bankrupt biofuels asset marks the oil major's latest push into renewable fuels as the US government is getting its over decade-old biofuels policy…
Read More
Read More
In a new twist to waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new way to turn CO2 into ethanol.
The finding involves nanofabrication and catalysis science, using an electrochemical process that produces tiny spikes of carbon and copper to transform greenhouse gas into biofuel.
“We discovered somewhat…
Read More
Read More
The European Commission’s (EC) decision to phase out first-generation biofuels was based on “public opinion” instead of scientific facts, an EU official is quoted as admitting.
According to the EurActive news site, EU director of renewables, research, and energy efficiency Marie Donnelly explained the reasoning behind the decision at a conference on 12 October.
She is quoted as…
Read More
Read More
US scientists have found a way to nearly double the efficiency with which a commonly used industrial yeast strain converts plant sugars to biofuel.
The newly engineered “super yeast” could boost the economics of making ethanol, specialty biofuels, and bioproducts, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research…
Read More
Read More
An illegal ethanol warehouse in Harare, Zimbabwe, went up in flames on Sunday afternoon, leaving eight people, including three firemen, critically injured.
The firemen are currently being treated in a hospital in Harare, but officials say they’re considering flying them to South Africa to receive special treatment due to the severity of their injuries.
Michael Chideme, the Harare city…
Read More
Read More
US exports of feed grains in all forms in 2015/2016 increased by more than 300,000 tonnes from the previous marketing year, US Department of Agriculture data shows.
Totalling at 100.5 million tonnes, the export products include US corn, sorghum, barley, distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS), corn gluten feed (CGF), corn gluten meal (CGM), ethanol as measured in corn equivalents,…
Read More
Read More
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC), aided by a $1.87 million (€1.7m) federal grant, has embarked on a three-year project to study the production of sorghum as biomass for fuel and high-value chemicals in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The project, involving scientists at land-grant universities in two Southeast US states and numerous industry partners, is enabled by the grant to…
Read More
Read More
Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has announced over £3 million (€3.3m) of investment across six synthetic biology projects, including a biofuels/biochemicals manufacturer.
Twist Bioscience with University of Edinburgh was granted £500,000 to engineer yeast strains for fuels and pharmaceuticals.
With its expertise in DNA, Twist Bioscience will be…
Read More
Read More
German biofuel producer CropEnergies increased its ethanol output in the first half of the 2016/17 financial year, despite falling revenues.
Bioethanol production at CropEnergies increased from 422,000m3 to 450,000 m3 in H1 2016/17, with the production of food and animal products correspondingly increasing.
The rise in production volumes resulted from a higher capacity utilisation mainly due to…
Read More
Read More
A joint investment between UK’s BBSRC and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in Brazil has been made to support collaborations between UK and Brazilian scientists in advanced biofuels research.
The funding – £3.5 million (€3.9m) from BBSRC with equivalent funding of £1.5 million from FAPESP – has been awarded to two partnerships between the UK and…
Read More
Read More
US biofuels producer High Plains Bioenergy, a subsidiary of Seaboard Foods, has officially opened its newest biodiesel production plant, HPB-St. Joe Biodiesel, located in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The plant will use vegetable oils as the primary feedstock to produce up to 28 million gpy of biodiesel, and it marks High Plains Bioenergy's second venture into the biofuels market.
“The addition of…
Read More
Read More
The Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio has signed legislation that will increase the amount of biodiesel in the city’s heating oil supply to 20%.
The bill, which passed by a 47-3 vote in September, will increase the biodiesel percentage from the current 2% level to 5% by 1 October, 2017, and eventually up to 20% by 2034.
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) estimates that the increase from a 2%…
Read More
Read More
CONNECT WITH US
Latest Video
The hidden challenge scaling sustainable aviation fuel
In this interview, Yannick Farine provides valuable insights into the rapidly evolving market for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). He highlights the key factors driving the rising demand, the current challenges in scaling up production, and the role that SAF will play in the future of aviation.
Poll
Loading ...
#Spain’s #Repsol is preparing to raise jet fuel output by 15–20% in response to mounting supply disruptions caused by the #Iran #war, which has unsettled global energy markets and tightened aviation fuel availability.
https://biofuels-news.com/news/repsol-to-lift-saf-output-as-iran-conflict-tightens-supplies/
#biofuels #SAF #aviation #output
#Nufarm Limited has expanded its strategic #partnership with #bp, reinforcing Nufarm’s ambition to scale sustainable biofuels and help meet growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD).
https://biofuels-news.com/news/nufarm-extends-saf-and-rd-partnership-with-bp/
#biofuels #feedstock #aviation #SAF
#Thailand has moved to restrict #palm #oil #exports as domestic demand for #biodiesel surges, a trend closely linked to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
https://biofuels-news.com/news/thailand-restricts-palm-oil-exports-amid-rising-biodiesel-demand/
#biofuels #feedstock #demand #supply #SEAsia #war #conflict
