In Washington, Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production shows ethanol production snuck back over the 1 million barrel mark last week to 1.003 million barrels per day on average. With ethanol stocks falling and demand expected to increase coming into the summer driving season with hopes that year-round E15 will be in place due […]
In Brazil, Mongabay investigation into land-grabbing in the Brazilian Amazon has led to the suspension of the sustainability certificate of the country’s second top palm oil exporter, as shown in email correspondence seen by this reporter, in addition to key sources of the case. Agropalma, the only Brazilian company with the sustainability certificate issued by the […]
In Thailand, the Bangkok Post reports the government is preparing to take biofuel support one step further by supporting the use of ethanol as feedstock for bio-based polyethylene. The move is in anticipation of electric vehicles eventually taking over, freeing up ethanol for industrial use rather than for fuel blending as the country currently does. […]
In the UK, a scientist from the University of Plymouth has played a key role in new research which has developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel, and turning food scraps and plastic rubbish into high-value products. The method, outlined in a study published in Nature Catalysis, […]
In Norway, Kuehne+Nagel has been in a trusting partnership with Norwegian technology company ScaleAQ since 2014. Their shared ambition is to drive a sustainable future and has now resulted in Norway’s first fully traceable biofuel cargo. ScaleAQ is a global technology supplier to the aquaculture industry worldwide, contributing to this success. The company’s commitment to […]
In the Netherlands, Platts reports European T2 ethanol prices are experiencing strong and increasing backwardation in part due to the closed import arbitrage that has existed for much of 2023, with prompt April/May paper trade having doubled to Eur20/cu m from one day to the next last week. Backwardation is seen through May-June trades but […]
In Brazil, the General Superintendence of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (SG/Cade) recommended in an order signed last Friday the prosecution of Miriri Alimentos e Bioenergia and its CEO for the practice of inviting cartelization in the national market for the production and sale of ethanol. Miriri Alimentos e Bioenergia is one of the […]
In the UK, Anglian Water Services Ltd (AWS) produces over 150,000 dry metric tonnes of raw wastewater derived sludge per annum that is treated at 10 regional sludge treatment centres. AWS treats the sludge using advanced anaerobic digestion technologies and biogas is produced which they currently use as a renewable fuel in combined heat & […]
In Singapore, Manifold Times reports PetroChina International has for the first time successfully delivered marine biofuel in the Port of Singapore, providing 500 metric tons of the fuel to oil tanker “New Award”. It is the first time the company has supplied marine biofuel into the international market. Last year, PetroChina was the second largest […]
In Malaysia, Bernama reports that the national biodiesel association wants the government to catch up with biodiesel mandates elsewhere, such as Indonesia, by ensuring the B20 mandate is implemented nationwide. So far, it has only been implemented in Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Labuan and Sarawak even though it was launched in February 2020. The government says […]
