In Washington, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led bipartisan colleagues in reintroducing the Next Generation Fuels Act, legislation that would leverage higher-octane fuels to improve engine efficiency and performance. Allowing the sale of fuels with greater octane levels would increase the amount of ethanol that can be utilized in the fuel supply, in turn lowering prices […]
In Germany, Bloomberg reports that increasing demand for used cooking oil for biofuels together with ongoing drought in key oilseed countries such as Argentina have led Oil World to predict that the global UCO market will be in deficit by the second half of the year. Lack of UCO availability is likely to increase palm […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production have eased below 1 million barrels per day to 997,000 barrels per day last week, the lowest level seen in 10 weeks. Stocks followed production lower, moving away from the nearly one year high it was at week prior to 26.188 million […]
In Indiana, BioTown Biogas activated its new digester and processing facility, one of the largest on-farm biodigesters in the world. The activation was marked by an on-site commissioning ceremony and ribbon cutting, to be attended by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and other elected and business leaders. BTB sources food waste, dairy manure, beef manure, […]
In Washington, the Department of Energy announced $14 million in funding to support and optimize the production of affordable biofuels and biochemicals while significantly reducing carbon emissions. This funding will advance the Biden-Harris administration’s goals to address the climate crisis by building a clean and equitable energy economy and driving innovation in renewable energy and […]
In Singapore, Argus has extended its Argus Open Markets (AOM) real-time electronic price discovery platform to include used cooking oil (UCO) and used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) prices in Asia-Pacific. The Asia-Pacific UCO and UCOME markets are growing quickly as stricter emissions reduction targets around the world drive rising demand for renewable feedstocks and […]
In Latvia, with the aim to promote biomethane production and its free circulation in Latvia, the unified natural gas transmission and storage system operator AS Conexus Baltic Grid (Conexus) has developed a unique solution in the Baltics, allowing biomethane producers to deliver biomethane to a centralised biomethane entry point using special mobile gas containers to […]
In Washington state, AgTech OS Inc. has decided to seek an alternate location for their proposed biodiesel operation and will not occupy the site proposed by the Port of Whitman near US 195 and SW Old Wawawai Road in Pullman, WA. The Port of Whitman voted on March 2nd to move ahead with their plan […]
In Wisconsin, the aboveground part of plants where microbes reside, or the phyllosphere, represents the largest environmental surface area on the plant. Much of this area is grown as cultivated agriculture, and understanding the interactions between plants and the microorganisms that live on their surfaces may help us develop agricultural management practices that can increase […]
In Belgium, Reuters reports that Italy is fighting for the inclusion of biofuels along with carbon-neutral efuels-powered internal combustion engines post-2035, which it is demanding in exchange for allowing the proposed ICE phase out after that date. Germany is also fighting against the proposed law, insisting on the efuels waiver, while Poland and the Czech […]
