In Denmark, bp and Maersk Tankers, with support from the Danish Maritime Authority, have successfully completed trials using biofuel-blended marine fuel in product tankers, demonstrating that sustainable biofuels can be used as a marine ‘drop-in fuel’ to help reduce carbon emissions in shipping. The trials were completed on Maersk Cirrus and Maersk Navigator – product […]
In New York state, Waga Energy is joining forces with Steuben County on a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project at the county’s Bath landfill. The RNG produced will be injected in the local grid and used as a biofuel to decarbonize mobility. The Steuben County landfill will be the first in the US to adopt […]
In Illinois, Brownfield Ag News reports USDA data shows corn use for ethanol rose less than 1% in November compared to October at 468.655 million bushels but it was 9% higher than November 2020. DDGS production rose 2% over October at 1,997,444 tons, 11% higher than the year prior. The soybean crush was a different […]
In North Carolina, GESS RNG Biogas USA LLC announced four Renewable Natural Gas projects across the United States, thanks in part to successful development of a proprietary swine manure collection process that reduces the amount of manure fed into lagoons and significantly increases efficiency. This proprietary new process, which GESS RNG Biogas’s teams have been […]
In Brazil, Platts reports data from the ANP fuels agency says the new direct sales contracts for biodiesel—rather than the previous auction model that ended in October—led to 1.3 billion liters supplied for January and February blending, 50% higher than the volume required for the 10% mandate. The biodiesel industry was concerned the implementation of […]
In Washington, in a virtual hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed renewable volume obligations for 2020 through 2022, Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper noted that EPA’s proposal marks “an important and long-awaited step toward restoring order, integrity and stability to the Renewable Fuel Standard program.” However, Cooper noted in his […]
In Massachusetts, using a new robotic platform, MIT researchers can simultaneously track hundreds of microbial populations as they evolve new proteins or other molecules. Natural evolution is a slow process that relies on the gradual accumulation of genetic mutations. In recent years, scientists have found ways to speed up the process on a small scale, […]
In Belgium, Platts reports European ethanol demand will rise 10% to 6,490 million liters in 2022 thanks to biofuel mandates. With new E10 mandates in the UK and Sweden last year together with France and Germany expanding their mandates this year, demand will increase in the short term, but production will only increase 4% to […]
In Germany, materials manufacturer Covestro has started supplying the world´s first climate-neutral polycarbonate from its Uerdingen site in Germany, delivering on its promise to introduce these products by the end of 2021. These Makrolon polycarbonate grades are climate-neutral from cradle to gate, thanks to the usage of renewable electricity for Covestro production processes and the […]
In Brazil, Platts reports there were no longer be biodiesel auctions held to supply biodiesel for the country’s 10% blending mandate but instead will move to a direct-sales contract model this month. The law originally meant for the blend to be 14% by March 2022 but the CNPE ruled in late November to keep the […]
