In Australia, researchers at Monash University have published in Nature’s Scientific Reports a one-step peracetic acid pretreatment of hardwood and softwood biomass for platform chemicals. The process achieved 90% delignification in five hours at 90 degrees centigrade. Typically pretreatments require high temperatures of above 150 degrees C but researchers the world over are focused on […]
In Switzerland, at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on May 28, WTO members agreed to the establishment of a dispute panel at the request of Malaysia concerning European Union measures on palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels. Malaysia submitted its second request for a panel to examine certain measures imposed by […]
In Texas, Vertex Energy, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Mobile refinery located in Mobile, Alabama from Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US, Shell Oil Company and Shell Chemical LP, subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc, for $75 million. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter […]
In Washington, Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol stocks yet again fell to their lowest levels since 2016 at 18.98 million barrels, nearly half a million barrels lower than the week before. That stock drawdown was despite the fact that ethanol production was an average of 1.011 million barrels per day. Ethanol production at the […]
In Texas, My San Antonio reports that Valero has decided to “go all in” on renewable diesel, similar to other major oil refiners across the US, but the company already started conversions several years ago and began to truly reap rewards during the COVID-19 pandemic when others were suffering from lack of demand. With its […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that farmrs, technology providers and agribusinesses alike are looking for alternatives to soybean for biofuel feedstock with covercress, carinata and camelina currently the most promising. The challenge for those crops, especially or even in the face of soaring soybean prices, is scaling up in time to take advantage of those high […]
In Illinois, Bloomberg is trying to spark concerns about another potential food vs. fuel debate, linking the growing demand for biofuels with the recent high prices seen in corn and soybean especially but also palm oil and sugar. JPMorgan estimates that if all renewable diesel projects come online as planned by 2024, production would increase […]
In Germany, Adidas together with Allbirds announced the first product from its collaboration, FUTURECRAFT.FOOTPRINT. At 2.94kg CO2e it represents a personal best for both brands as the result of a collective ambition to make a performance running shoe with no carbon footprint. Seeing the possibilities of accelerating a carbon neutral future for sports and style, they teamed up to forge a unique partnership: opening up their materials, supply […]
In California, Aemetis has received a second patent for technology exclusively licensed to Aemetis that enables the production of low carbon intensity renewable fuels from waste wood feedstocks. U.S. Patent No. 2018/0346938 “High Gravity, Fed-Batch Ionic Liquid Based Process for Deconstructing Biomass” protects the use of ionic liquids to extract sugars from a wide variety […]
In Belgium, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands issued a statement saying it is crucial to ensure that the renewable energy, such as biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin, that is used in transport is without a doubt sustainable. However, recent biodiesel fraud cases have undermined the confidence that citizens, the market and […]
