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More prosperity, less pollution for China? In the East, the search is on for more sustainable, efficient energy, and flexible gasification answers the challenge. There, Synthesis Energy Systems is leading the way. Premier Zhou En-lai famously referred to China as “an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough”. Myself, I have […]
In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 1.003 million barrels per day (b/d)—or 42.13 million gallons daily. That is up 41,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 996,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 15.27 billion gallons. Stocks of […]
Who’s running the show? Inconclusive Aussie election points to minority government, hung parliament In Australia, the center-right Coalition parties are clinging to power after a Federal election Saturday which resulted in a sharp swing to the Labor Party, and to a plethora of minor parties. The government has secured 65 seats, 11 short of an […]
From Australia comes the news that the country’s former Federal Resources and Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, is now the chairman of the advisory board for Byogy Renewables, the California-based alcohol-to-jet fuel pioneer that has been working towards an Australia-based first commercial project. Now, many people wonder: with spot ethanol prices at $1.60 and spot jet […]
#10: Refocusing away from algae In April, we reported that Muradel is refocusing its commercial scale up of its Green2Black technology not using microalgae as it had been originally but instead using tires and biosolids from municipal waste as feedstock. The company had hoped to get production cost to under A$1 per liter but hadn’t […]
In Germany, Clariant announces its participation in the Carbon2Chem project, a cross-industry project for the reduction of industrial CO2 emissions of industrial facilities for steel production. The project aims at transforming smelting gases from the steel industry into valuable chemicals. Currently, these chemicals are only used energetically – as a source of power generation in […]
In Denmark, Novozymes have agreed that Novozymes will deliver enzymes for the coming DONG Energy REnescience plant in Northwich in the North West of England. It will be the first full-scale bio plant in the world capable of handling household waste by means of enzymes. The REnescience plant in Northwich is expected to be operational […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Foundations will host the second of five webinars focused on ethanol’s unique octane properties, its importance as a blend component in today’s gasoline supply, and its potential role as the low-carbon octane source of choice in future fuels. The webinars are being conducted by MathPro, Inc., a firm specializing in […]
In Germany, UFOP says that comparatively low producer prices have dampened trade in the upcoming rapeseed crop for a long period of time. June bids for rapeseed on the cash market saw a massive decline in the wake of substantially declining rapeseed prices in Paris and slow demand. Prices ‘free to the Lower Rhine’ as […]
In the UK, The Climate Bonds Initiative has published its 5th annual report ‘Bonds and Climate Change: the State of the Market in 2016’, finding that climate-aligned bonds market now stands at $694bn – A jump of $96bn (16%) from the 2015 figure. This total is comprised of unlabelled climate-aligned bonds at $576bn and labelled […]
