In Switzerland, a new report from the World Economic Forum, “Clean Skies for Tomorrow: Sustainable Aviation Fuels as a Pathway to Net-Zero Aviation,” demonstrates the feasibility, scalability and potential cost of different technological pathways for sustainable aviation fuel production. It finds that sufficient sustainable feedstocks are available to meet the projected jet fuel demand for […]
In Washington, D.C., Chemical & Engineering News reports that because the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines need to be kept at super cold temperatures best done with dry ice, which is made by compressing and cooling liquid CO2 often captured from ethanol and ammonia production, it can impact the vaccine rollout. “The ethanol industry is […]
In the United Kingdom, Terravesta reports that Jonathan Scurlock, chief adviser, renewable energy and climate change for the National Farmers Union, believes Miscanthus can contribute significantly to UK net zero targets and be a feedstock supply for bioenergy, biobased materials, biofuels. “The NFU expects growth in land use for perennial energy crops like Miscanthus to […]
In Kentucky, Hemisphere Limited, the parent company of Continental Refining Company (CRC), is exploring plans to invest an additional $25 million to acquire, relocate and install a soybean crushing, biodiesel refining and blending facility at the current CRC oil refinery in Somerset, Kentucky. The ability to produce biofuels and soy-based products in Somerset would open […]
In Canada, Greenlane Renewables Inc. had record revenue of $6.5 million (Canadian dollars) in Q3 2020 representing a 30% year-over-year increase from $5.0 million reported in the third quarter 2019. Other Third Quarter Highlights Include: Gross margin of $1.7 million (26% of revenue), was 31% higher than the $1.3 million (26% of revenue) reported in […]
In Germany, Spectrolytic developed a completely portable analyser to measure FAME% content in a biodiesel blend. With each country’s own restrictions on the amount of FAME allowed in the biodiesel blend, Spectrolytic ‘s FAME analyser is calibrated for B0-B100 applications and can be tailored to the specific regulatory requirements. With the increasing global requirement for […]
In Washington, D.C., ethanol production scaled back by 1.5%, or 15,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 962,000 b/d—equivalent to 40.40 million gallons daily, according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association. Production remained 6.9% below the same week last year. However, the four-week average ethanol production rate rose for the sixth consecutive week, […]
In Australia, UFOP reports that 65% of all Germans have a positive view of biofuels and almost half consider biofuels to be of growing importance for climate protection in the future, according to a current representative survey. This is the result of a representative survey by the Kantar opinion research institute on behalf of the […]
In Japan, Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. succeeded in making formic acid from water, CO2, and light energy with his original catalyst material, which is composed of metal oxide and metal complex. He succeeded in synthesizing formic acid without any help of electrical energy from outside. This is artificial photosynthesis technology. […]
In Arizona, a just released International Energy Agency report shows that the biofuels industry has been strongly impacted by the Covid‑19 pandemic with global transport biofuel production in 2020 anticipated to be an 11.6% drop from 2019. Global transport biofuel production in 2020 is anticipated to be 144 billion litres (L), equivalent to 2 480 […]
