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May 28, 2015
Renewables share of US energy consumption highest since 1930s
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
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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
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]
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
China New Energy (CNE), a bioenergy technology solutions provider, has invested €250,000 to acquire a 24% stake in the Hungary-based Visontai Bioetanol Fejlesztő Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság (Visontai) bioethanol plant.
In November 2013, CNE was contracted by Visontai to design and construct a biorefinery for the production of 150,000... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 11, 2015
Natura Cosméticos, one of Latin America's largest cosmetics and personal care products company, and renewable oils and ingredients company Solazyme have announced that, after completing testing and product validation phases over the past year using Solazyme's oils, Natura is purchasing Solazyme's AlgaPūr Microalgae Oil, which will be incorporated into the company's... [Read More]
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