In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association released its 2023 Ethanol Industry Outlook and Pocket Guide this week during the 28th annual National Ethanol Conference in Orlando. The annual publications serve as the go-to source of ethanol industry information, facts, and statistics. In 2022, the U.S. ethanol industry regained the same momentum that fueled its remarkable growth following […]
In Singapore, IINO Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. (IINO) conducted a trial on one of its vessels using a marine biofuel blend delivered in Singapore on December 18. The chemical tanker “Chemroad Echo” was supplied with B24 marine biofuel, consisting of 24% fatty acid methyl easter (FAME), blended with very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO). The biofuel […]
In Iowa, twenty-three Iowa locations in 16 different counties were awarded more than $1.1 million in cost-share grants from the Iowa Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program (RFIP) during the latest quarterly application cycle. The RFIP helps fuel retailers provide higher blends of lower cost Iowa grown biofuels to consumers by incentivizing the installation, replacement and conversion […]
In Spain, Neste is aiming to establish an algae pilot production facility in Spain to further strengthen the growth of its global raw material pool. With this pilot, Neste strives to develop and demonstrate algae cultivation and processing. The project is currently in the planning phase with no final investment decision made yet. Due to […]
In Idaho, Hempitecture, a nonwoven building materials manufacturer that uses biobased, carbon-capturing natural fibers to create healthier, high-performing products, recently commemorated the completion and opening of the first U.S.-based nonwoven manufacturing facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new facility will produce a wide range of biobased nonwoven products to be used across multiple industries, including […]
In Washington, data released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration for 2022 show that ethanol volumes continued to recover from the pandemic-affected levels of 2020 and that the ethanol blend rate (i.e., the national average ethanol content of gasoline) hit a record 10.39 percent, pushing far beyond the so-called blend wall. U.S. ethanol production […]
In Massachusetts, a team of researchers at MIT says they may have found the key to a truly efficient and inexpensive removal mechanism to remove CO2 from seawater. The findings were reported recently in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. The existing methods for removing carbon dioxide from seawater apply a voltage across a stack […]
In Washington, U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, have led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in urging President Biden to permit the year-round sale of E15 fuel in 2023 in order to reduce the United States’ reliance on foreign sources of […]
In Spain, bp launched the green hydrogen cluster of the Valencia region (HyVal) at its Castellón refinery. Led by bp, this public-private collaborative initiative is intended to be based around the phased development of up to 2GW of electrolysis capacity by 2030 for producing green hydrogen at bp’s refinery. HyVal is expected to play an […]
In California, adding low-cost ethanol to the nation’s gasoline supply improves energy security and saves the average American household more than $750 per year, according to a new study conducted by energy economists from the University of California-Berkeley and leading universities in Brazil and the Czech Republic. The analysis concluded that “adding ethanol to gasoline […]
