In Canada, Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and Progress Rail, a Caterpillar Company are partnering with Renewable Energy Group (REG) to test high-level renewable fuel blends including both biodiesel and renewable diesel in support of the companies’ sustainability goals. Trials and qualifications of up to 100% bio-based diesel fuel are important steps in reducing greenhouse […]
In Sweden, Vattenfall, SAS, Shell and LanzaTech will together investigate the production of the world’s first synthetic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using the LanzaJetTM “Alcohol to Jet” technology on a large scale in Sweden. Instead of using virgin fossil material in the production process, the synthetic SAF will be produced from fossil free electricity and […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol product last week got closer to the record set in December 2017 but not quite, reaching an average of 1.107 million barrels per day with production capacity running at about 97%. Stocks rose as a result to 20.129 million barrels, 204,000 barrels higher […]
In India, Autocar India reports Maruti Suzuki is exploring the manufacture of flex-fuel vehicles for the domestic market following the push by the government for all OEMs to do so. Already the company manufactures CNG vehicles and is exploring EVs. No date has been set for flex-fuel vehicles however as it requires R&D and the […]
In Washington, the USDA’s new Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry program should prioritize projects that will help farmers and downstream processors—like ethanol biorefineries—measure, verify, and monetize carbon sequestration and emissions reductions that result from new technologies and more efficient practices. This recommendation was one of many suggestions submitted by the Renewable Fuels Association Monday in response to […]
In Missouri, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered a new way to train microbes to make a readily usable biofuel. A team of biologists and engineers modified a microbe called Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1 (TIE-1) so that it can produce a biofuel using only three renewable and naturally abundant source ingredients: carbon dioxide, […]
In Peru, the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) dismissed questions about the initiation of an examination procedure due to the expiration of measures to the anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of biodiesel, which began in September of 2020. According to Resolution No. 265-2021 / CDB-INDECOPI, published […]
In Brazil, Volkswagen do Brasil, Raízen and Shell announced a partnership to decarbonize the automotive sector. The agreement includes a series of initiatives, mainly encouraging the use of ethanol, combined with a complementary strategy between electric, hybrid and flex cars, the installation of charging stations for the brand’s electric cars, and the supply of renewable […]
In Louisiana, Wood is advancing a project for Renewable Energy Group (REG) that will expand REG’s renewable diesel fuel offering to help meet the world’s growing demand for lower-carbon, sustainable fuels. The engineering, procurement, and construction management services contract will support REG’s improvement and expansion project at its renewable diesel biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana. The […]
In Brazil, Platts reports hydrous ethanol prices reached yet another high on Oct. 28 at $810.62 per cubic meter, up 86% this year, driven by tight stocks and a return to pre-COVID demand levels. Anhydrous ethanol is also up 80% on the year at $801.89 on the same date. It’s not yet clear how high […]
