In New Jersey, DTN reports that Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production has continued to increase in light of growing demand for fuel, reaching a 16-week high at 931,000 bpd during the second week of July. But even with higher production and a 3.6% drop in demand, stocks were still drawn down for the […]
In Brazil, Platts reports mills are favoring hydrous ethanol production over anhydrous with 7.18 billion liters of hydrous produced this season through July 1. Conversely, only 2.82 billion liters of anhydrous was produced during the same period, 13% less than last year. Sugar mills have switched to more sugar production rather than ethanol because of […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports Pertamina has successfully produced renewable diesel from 100% palm oil at its Dumai refinery. The facility has a 1,000 barrel per day production capacity. The company said it has now demonstrated the technical capacity of its technology using proprietary catalysts developed by its researchers, a catalytic cracking process and hydrogen gas, […]
In Brazil, Platts reports Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock data shows ethanol stocks at the end of June jumped 42% on the year to 5.96 billion liters, the highest on record since Platts started tracking in 2010. The figure is just 124 million liters above that seen in June 2018, however, leaving analysts to think […]
In Ghana, Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has launched enterprise development for women-owned ventures in a green energy startup incubator with a call for applications announced. The startup incubator program is aimed at helping women turn their renewable and green energy enterprise idea into a product or service that customers want to buy. […]
In Germany, data from the AEE agency shows transportation emissions in 2019 fell by 6.3 percent overall compared to 2018 despite an increase in traffic of just under one percent. The share of renewable energies stagnated at 5.6 percent. Biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas saved a total of 7.8 million tons of CO 2 in 2019. […]
In Illinois, ethanol producers are getting an extra boost to their margins as Platts reports lower corn prices saw the margin jump to 34.41 cents/gal, more than 5 cents higher than last week. Corn prices have eased after concerns that a heat wave could negatively impact the bumper corn crop expected in the autumn when […]
In Russia, Mondi has commissioned a crude tall oil plant (CTO-plant) at its Syktyvkar pulp and paper mill. The new equipment allows processing of all sulphate soap generated as a by-product of the pulp production process in the mill. As a result of this investment, the mill will be able to produce up to around […]
In Turkey, the Anadolu news agency reports that as much as one-third of the country’s power needs could be provided by biomass, primarily through biogas with a focus on livestock waste. The country’s 17 million head of cattle could produce 120 million metric tons of manure which could be feedstock for biogas and later electricity, […]
In Ohio, even though Three Rivers Energy has been shut down since October, long before COVID-19 woes hit the industry, the company’s management believes that with improving margins it may be able to restart production soon. Originally the plant was meant to reopen in April, when corn supplies were expected to be in a better […]
