In Washington, Growth Energy celebrated the 17th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), signed into law on August 8, 2005, by outlining the biofuel sector’s top priorities for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) fast-approaching update to the program. Under a consent decree agreement reached with Growth Energy, EPA will be required to formally propose […]
In Germany, Kuehne+Nagel has secured the equivalent volumes of a waste-based next generation biofuel to save CO2e emissions of 40,000 TEUs. In line with the company’s zero emissions targets, customers can participate to neutralize the CO2e emissions from their own shipments on any trade or service worldwide. The Kuehne+Nagel biofuel concept is based on next […]
In Washington, U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has achieved a significant milestone in decreasing the minimum fuel selling price (MFSP) of drop-in biofuels, which are fuels made from biomass and other waste carbon sources, and that are compatible with existing petroleum fuel infrastructure and conventional vehicles. BETO partnered with T2C-Energy, LLC (T2C) […]
In Kansas, ICM, Impacto Energia S/A and its sister company, Impacto Bioenergia, have agreed to build a new dry-mill ethanol production facility in Bahia, Brazil, with an estimated Q1 2025 start date. The greenfield plant, designed for a daily grinding capacity of 1,700 metric tons of corn, will be equipped with ICM’s proprietary Base Tricanter […]
In Montana, Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, has agreed to invest $250 million in Montana Renewables LLC in the form of a participating preferred equity security, which values MRL at a pre-commissioning enterprise value of $2.25 billion. The preferred equity investment is not interest-bearing and carries certain minimum return thresholds. In connection with […]
In Indonesia, the Malaysia Reserve newspaper reports Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) has teamed with EMB Business Sdn Bhd to use wastewater processing for ethanol and biogas production. The companies say that 1.5% of 15 liters of wastewater can become ethanol and 15% can become biogas. They expect to build a commercial scale facility for […]
In India, the Press Trust of India newspaper reports Maharashtra expects to produce 1.4 billion liters of ethanol from 90 facilities in the year beginning October 1. During the 2020/21 season the state produced just over 1 billion liters of ethanol at 78 facilities. So far this year since December 2021, the state has blended […]
In California, in comments filed with the California Air Resources Board today, the Renewable Fuels Association stressed that the next iteration of the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard must be technology-neutral and allow low-carbon renewable fuels to compete fairly as California endeavors to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. RFA submitted the comments in response to a […]
In Australia, a completely new-to-nature yeast chromosome has been developed, paving the way for engineered yeast to be applied to an array of industrial applications. Scientists from the ARC Center of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University and the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) have made a major breakthrough in yeast genome engineering, outlined in […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports the country’s parliament, Lok Sabha, has passed a bill that promotes ethanol, green hydrogen and biomass-based fuels, amongst other non-fossil fuels. Key to the legislation are penalties for failure to use fuels blended with renewable fuels, be they industrial units, vessels or manufacturers if the vehicles they […]
