In Washington, 100 environmental, community and public-health groups called on the Biden administration to set strong standards to cut airplane pollution and avoid industry-promoted biofuel greenwashing. As the letter notes, the Biden administration has yet to announce any efforts to replace useless Trump-era standards, despite saying they need review. Instead, earlier this month Biden officials […]
In India, the Hindustan Times reports that Fitch Solutions sees the successful implementation of the country’s push to boost ethanol blending in the next few years, driving demand for increased ethanol production. To achieve the 20% blending target would require conversion of 8 million metric tons of sugar to ethanol, flipping the country’s sugar surplus […]
In Washington, the National Biodiesel Board welcomed the U.S. Court of International Trade’s decision to uphold the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final determination in its changed circumstances review of duties on imports of Argentine biodiesel. Following a lengthy review process, Commerce in May 2020 determined that there were no “changed circumstances” in Argentina’s subsidies for […]
In the Dominican Republic, Maryland-based Ridge Partners will set up biodiesel production from solid waste in Jicomé, on the Northwest Line of the country, to produce and export the fuel to the United Kingdom. Exports will be made from Puerto Plata. The company will buy solid waste from all neighboring communities to process the biodiesel […]
In Germany, following an earlier announcement in February, Reuters reports the country has decided to ban palm oil as a biofuel feedstock by 2023, instead focusing on waste-based feedstocks such as used cooking oil, with a yet-to-be decided quota. Palm oil only accounted for 3.9% of biodiesel feedstock use in 2020 with rapeseed oil making […]
In the UK, engineers at Lancaster University have led research that discovers a way to generate renewable biofuel additives, using radiation that could be derived from nuclear waste. The renewable proportion of petrol is set to increase to 20 per cent over the coming years, meaning the discovery of a new production pathway for these […]
In Washington, Reuters reports it has seen a document showing the Environmental Protection Agency plans to reduce blending for 2021 to 18.6 billion gallons of ethanol, lower than the 20.1 billion gallons set for 2020. The proposal also seeks to cut the 2020 mandate retroactively to 17.1 billion gallons. The cuts in blending are meant […]
In Texas, American Airlines has become an anchor partner to Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, investing $100 million in a groundbreaking collaborative effort to accelerate the clean energy technologies necessary for achieving a net zero economy by 2050. In becoming one of Breakthrough Energy Catalyst’s first anchor partners, American is backing up its ambitious climate commitments with […]
In Georgia, Danimer Scientific, Inc. has received a $400,000 grant from the United Soybean Board to expand the Company’s evaluation of high-oleic soybean oil (HOSO) as a feedstock in the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a sustainable biopolymer that serves as a biodegradable alternative to traditional plastic. The grant marks the continuation of Danimer’s collaboration with […]
In Denmark, Crossbridge Energy Partners has acquired the former Shell Refinery in Fredericia, Denmark, with the associated Trading & Supply activities, effective as of July 1, 2021. Crossbridge seeks to acquire, manage, and transform traditional energy assets in the downstream refining sector into net-zero energy assets producing sustainable renewable fuels and products as well as […]
