In Washington, in an effort to showcase the zero-emissions outlook of propane autogas, the Propane Education & Research (PERC) Council unveiled a new video highlighting renewable propane: the energy source for fleets now and into the future. Renewable propane is a byproduct of the renewable diesel and jet fuel production process, which converts plant and […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports the government will act as a third party in Indonesia’s existing complaint against the European Union for its trade practices against palm oil. Malaysia has been threatening such a complaint for well over a year while the European Union has remained confident that it would win should a complaint be brought […]
In Missouri, the state’s soybean farmers are investing in the future for soy in Missouri through biodiesel with a new infrastructure grant program. A new commitment from the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and Missouri Soybean Association provides up to $200,000 for businesses, cooperatives and other entities looking to build new or retrofit existing biodiesel infrastructure, […]
In Brazil, Correio Braziliense reports Petrobras will increase gasoline prices at the refinery for the seventh consecutive time. The increase will be 3% while diesel will also be increased by 6%. The new prices will take effect on July 2. Before the new readjustment, gasoline prices were still 20% lower on the year, according to […]
In Iowa, Reuters reports that Sen. Chuck Grassley told journalists he will back fellow senator Joni Ernst’s plan to block the confirmation of an Environmental Protection Agency official if the agency doesn’t make clear how it will handle SRE “gap” requests. With 52 requests hanging in the air in response to the January 10th Circuit […]
In North Dakota, Midwest AgEnergy Group (MAG), the parent company to ethanol biorefinery, Blue Flint, near Underwood, ND, received a $3.4 million grant from the North Dakota Industrial Commission and are moving forward with a project that will potentially capture and store carbon dioxide (CO2).The grant will be used to advance the development of a […]
In Washington, a broad coalition of ethanol, agriculture, and public interest groups are challenging the Trump administration’s recent fuel efficiency rulemaking, on that grounds that it downplays the harm from reduced emission standards, ignores the efficiency and health benefits of higher ethanol blends, and fails to realize the promise of increased octane in gasoline. The […]
In India, ethanol supply contracts for 1.70 billion liters have been entered into between ethanol manufacturers/sugar mills and oil marketing companies (OMCs) for the current ethanol supply year (Dec-Nov) 2019-20. Against this, 925 million liters of ethanol have already been supplied to the OMCs between Dec. 1, 2019 and June 22, 2020, achieving an average […]
In the Netherlands, rail operator Arriva has completed a trial using HVO on a train running between Groningen and Friesland ahead of the September roll out where the company plans to operate several of its routes using the biofuel. In an effort to reduce its environmental impact, the company has invested in 50 new trains […]
In Brazil, EPBR reports that despite Datagro trying to set the market for CBIOs at nearly $10 each in the first trade for the carbon credits, two operations concluded last week at the equivalent of $2.77. Four thousand credits were sold, according to data from B3. B3 does not identify CBIO issuers and buyers. The […]
