In Switzerland, Clariant has entered into a strategic partnership with ETH Zurich spanning an initial period of ten years. It will support innovation in the area of catalysis as well as sustainable chemistry. The aim of the partnership is, firstly, to improve understanding of catalyst properties – from the nanolevel to the macrolevel – and […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that President Biden’s pick for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency told the Senate committee interviewing him for the role he needs to discuss the situation of small refinery exemptions with general counsel to understand the current legal intricacies of the case. He said that waiting for the Supreme Court’s ruling […]
In Pennsylvania, UGI International announced a new supply and development partnership with Ekobenz, a Polish technology specialist in catalytic conversion of bioethanol to bio-gasoline and bioLPG. Per the terms of the agreement, UGI International has secured the exclusive rights to Ekobenz’ supply of bioLPG, a renewable form of propane-butane produced from advanced bioethanol. The primary […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports former Secretary of Agriculture and Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack voiced his continued commitment to renewable fuels during his Senate hearing to again take up the post of Secretary of Agriculture. There are concerns amongst the biofuels industry because of President Biden’s vocal and active support of a transition […]
In Illinois, the Ohio Country Journal reports Wisconsin ethanol producers United Wisconsin Grain Producers, Didion Ethanol, Ace Ethanol, Fox River Valley Ethanol, Badger State Ethanol and Iowa producer Pine Lake Corn had until Wednesday to respond to ADM’s intent to have their antitrust cases against the company dismissed. ADM filed for dismissal of the suit […]
In Washington, DTN reports that Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol blending fell for the first time in four weeks, which together with ethanol production that rose to 936,000 bpd led to the highest ethanol stocks in 39 weeks to 24.316 million bbl. Stocks grew in all regions last week except for the East Coast […]
In Brazil, Platts reports data from the ANP fuels agency shows ethanol sales were down nearly 12% in 2020 at 28.93 billion liters, largely as a result of people staying off the roads due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hydrous ethanol sales were down 14.6% while anhydrous ethanol sales fell 6.1% last year compared to the […]
In Washington, in a recent perspective piece in Energy and Environmental Science, researchers led by the Carnegie Institute for Science argue that specially engineered lighting modifications through the use of photoluminescent material could drive a next big leap in the green revolution that started in the 1960s. Most plants’ use sunlight very inefficiently; less than […]
In Washington, on Friday, January 29, Growth Energy, along with others in the biofuels industry, filed an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Case No. 20-1046) challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) failure to properly establish 2020 biofuel blending targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard. In their brief, […]
In Germany, Rolls-Royce has conducted the first tests of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a business jet engine, as part of its ongoing ambition to play a leading role in enabling the sectors to reach net zero carbon by 2050. The tests on its latest business aviation engine in development, the Pearl 700, in […]
