In Indiana, Louis Dreyfus Commodities is adding a glycerin refinery to its soybean crushing and biodiesel plant in Claypool, Indiana, with construction expected to be complete by the end of the year. The new refinery will be the second largest in the US producing USP-grade Kosher refined glycerin, with a capacity of 80 million pounds […]
According to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 965,000 barrels per day (b/d)—or 40.53 million gallons daily. That is unchanged from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 964,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.78 billion gallons. Stocks of ethanol stood at 18.6 million […]
In France, Global Bioenergies reports that they have produced isobutene by fermentation based exclusively on xylose as a feedstock. Performances using xylose were similar to those obtained when running the process on wheat-derived glucose or sugar beet-derived sucrose, the company said. The production strain’s central metabolism was remodeled using an innovative synthetic biology approach. An […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association said that the American Motorcyclist Association is engaging in misinformation in calling on motorcycle riders to support legislation that would amend the Renewable Fuel Standard by prohibiting gas stations from selling fuel that contains more than 10 percent ethanol, and requiring those that are already selling higher ethanol blends […]
In Iowa, Renewable Energy Group completed its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Imperium Renewables, Inc, paying $15.0 million in cash and issuing 1.675 million shares of REG common stock in exchange for substantially all of Imperium’s assets, including the 100-million gallon nameplate biodiesel refinery and terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor, WA. […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. MBI is a non-profit company committed to accelerating biobased and sustainable technologies to commercialization through its innovative derisking process. In addition to derisking technologies for clients, MBI is working to commercialize three major biobased technologies; the most revolutionary of these being AFEX biomass […]
You’ve heard perhaps from many quarters that Coal is Dead. The exception is the occasional Pro-Coal Dude, who says that Coal isn’t dead, it’s just resting. Maybe what we need is not a debate over coal power, but a better use case. Pro-Coal Dude: Coal lives! Emissions don’t matter as much as jobs and affordable energy. […]
In California, Intrexon Energy Partners and Dominion Energy said they are exploring the potential for commercial-scale biological conversion of natural gas to isobutanol, using Intrexon’s proprietary methanotroph bioconversion platform, which can convert natural gas into higher carbon compounds such as isobutanol and farnesene under ambient temperatures and pressures. Background on the announcement: The shale basins […]
Are these 7 companies the big winners from the EPA’s proposed rules for oil & gas well methane emissions? In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a set of new regulations for the oil & gas industry that the Obama Administration said would cut ultimately methane emissions by 40-45 percent from current levels. The proposal […]
What are the infrastructure hold-ups with renewable fuels? What are 7 Blend Wall Busters that can get renewable fuels back into high gear? 3 factors stand currently retard the expansion of renewable fuels volume in the United States and elsewhere around the world. 1. Sustainable, affordable, reliable, available feedstock. When the feedstock costs too much […]
