In Zimbabwe, New Zimbabwe reports the planned expansion for the Green Fuel ethanol facility in Chisumbanje will produce 32MW of power with the majority going to the national grid to help alleviate electricity shortages. Ethanol production will reach 220 million liters per year from cane grown on 24,000 hectares. The government recently cut the ethanol […]
In Switzerland, Sulzer has been awarded by Yangzhou Huitong Biological New Material to supply technology and key equipment for its polylactic acid (PLA) production facility in Jiangsu Province, China. The facility will have a production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year. The plant will be able to produce a large portfolio of PLA grades […]
In Malaysia, the Edge Markets reports CB Industrial Product Holdings paid $ million to buy the remaining 30% of biofuels producer Gulf Lubes Malaysia from three shareholders who held 10% each. GLM had been suffering from shareholder disagreements since mid-2020 but with CBIP now owning 100% of the company, it plans to move forward with […]
In Mexico, the seeds of the wild castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, can be converted into biodiesel according to a new study in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology. The Mexican research team shows how the requisite transesterification reaction of oil from the seeds using methanol in the presence of sodium hydroxide […]
In Canada, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, launched consultations to develop Canada’s Clean Electricity Standard (CES) and drive progress towards a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. Work on clean electricity will also be key to reaching Canada’s ambitious and achievable emissions reduction target of 40 to 45 percent below […]
In Maryland, Atlantic Biomass, LLC has announced results of their Phase I Maryland Energy Innovation Institute Scale-Up project to verify the use of residual hemp biomass for the production of biofuels including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). Robert Kozak, President of Atlantic Biomass, said the results clearly showed that the very low-value biomass left over from […]
In Louisiana, Strategic Biofuels announced that its Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) has finished the Preliminary Engineering phase (FEL-2), and having successfully completed all success criteria, has moved into the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) or FEL-3 phase of engineering. Strategic Biofuels selected Hatch as its engineering partner and Koch Project Solutions as the Project […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports palm oil prices fell nearly 10% to around $1,475 per metric ton on Monday as profit taking took place amongst a number of oil futures contracts around the world. Palm oil prices rose by more than 20% over the past three weeks. Even though G7 agriculture ministers on Friday urged countries […]
In Minnesota, the Star Tribune newspaper reports that its analysis of data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program shows the state’s 19 ethanol plants are amongst the top 100 GHG emitters. In 2019, the 29 facilities produced more than 1.7 million tons of GHG emissions, the equivalent to burning 900,000 tons of […]
In Brazil, despite expectations that the sugarcane crush would start later than in recent years due to weather impeding the crop’s development, Reuters reports some mills will start up in the near term to produce ethanol, taking advantage of higher gasoline prices. UNICA data shows 159,000 metric tons of cane were crushed during H2 February, […]
