In Iowa, the Sioux City Journal reports the mess around the idled Big Ox Energy biofuels plant continues to grow, with the City under pressure from lenders to pay millions in tipping fees to the company that has shuttered the facility since 2019. The City says it does not owe tipping fees, and what’s more, […]
In Washington, DTN reports 10 refining companies have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over rejection of their small refinery exemption applications, the latest of which is a farmers cooperative operating in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. CountryMark supplies mostly farmers at its 100 retail stations around the region and is a big supporter of […]
In Louisiana, an energy storage and power generation system being designed at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette could make flying the friendly skies less harmful to the environment. Solid oxide fuel cells are “a key component” within that system, said Dr. Xiao-Dong Zhou. Their inclusion in the next generation of electric aircraft could cut […]
In Washington, Reuters reports biofuels groups and companies including POET have held calls with President Elect-Biden’s transition team to discuss biofuel blending, including higher ethanol blends, and the next administration’s climate response plans. The groups have also had calls with the man nominated to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Biden has […]
In Brazil, Renewables Now reports that Petrobras has agreed to sell its 50% stake in BSBios, which owns two biodiesel plants with a combined capacity of 414,000 cubic meters, to RP Participacoes em Biocombustiveis SA for $62.5 million. Shareholders of Petrobras’ biofuels arms PBios must still approve the transaction that is part of a wider […]
In the UK, Atlantis has now formally entered into a joint venture agreement with industry leading alternative fuel production and supply partner, the Netherlands based N+P Group. This follows the announcement on 7 August 2020 of the signing of Heads of Terms. Atlantis owns 50% of the new company, NPA Fuels Limited (NPA). NPA will […]
In Nebraska, Bloomberg reports that as ethanol demand continues to be hit by the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the US, ADM has taken the decision to idle its Columbus dry ethanol mill through December 27 due to excessive corn supplies. The company’s two dry mill plants it idled in April at […]
In Washington, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) have introduced the Renewable Chemicals Act, legislation that will create an allocated tax credit for production of qualifying renewable chemicals from biomass or investment in production facilities. The bill will accelerate commercialization of the renewable chemicals and biobased products and help build a […]
In the UK, UKIFDA’s strategy and vision for a liquid fuel future highlights the key role liquid biofuels can and should play in heating 1.5m homes across the UK and 686,000 in the Republic of Ireland together with industry including farming, transport, construction and marine and sets five key challenges to government to: • Introduce […]
In Brazil, UkrAgroConsult reports Brazil’s biodiesel blending mandate will rise to 13% in March. The biodiesel industry has been pushing for the government to allow for higher blending volumes ahead of the scheduled increase in an effort to offset lower demand due to the COVID-19 mandate, but those attempts were unsuccessful. The mandate is set […]
