In India, the Hindu Business Line reports that despite the controversy created by approving the use of spoiled, surplus rice for ethanol feedstock, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices now believes that using corn as ethanol feedstock should be allowed as well. Corn prices have collapsed nationally, so much that the government has had […]
In Washington, the Food and Drug Administration has taken additional action to help ensure widespread access to hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The agency has updated its guidances to provide additional clarification on the manufacturing and compounding of certain alcohol-based hand sanitizer products to help ensure that harmful levels of impurities are […]
In Texas, HollyFrontier Corporation said that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to convert the Cheyenne Refinery to renewable diesel production and to construct a pre-treatment unit located at the Artesia Refinery. Including the previously announced renewable diesel unit at the Artesia Refinery, HollyFrontier is expected to have a combined capacity to produce […]
In Finland, UPM Raflatac launched UPM Raflatac Forest Film PE™ to complement its range of sustainable film labeling solutions. The new PE film label takes UPM Raflatac forward in its quest for a smarter future beyond fossils, decreasing the use of fossil-based virgin raw materials in home and personal care labeling applications. The Forest Film […]
In Texas, Rex American Resources says it is in the process of bringing its One Earth Energy ethanol plant back online after being temporarily idled. NuGen was also idled in response to negative crushing margins brought about by COVID-19 impacts on demand together with falling oil prices but that facility remains offline. The company says […]
In Argentina, El Ciudadano newspaper reports the Santa Fe provincial legislature has proposed the massive migration of the use of diesel to biodiesel in transportation which the local industry says it has the production capacity to supply in its entirety. Supply the provincial capital’s public transport network with biodiesel would require 400,000 metric tons per […]
In Barbados, the Barbados Advocate newspaper reports that the government has decided to collect Sargassum seaweed to produce biofuel, biomaterials and fertilizers as a way to reduce the negative impacts of the seaweed that has plagued the island since 2018. Lab tests on different products from the seaweed have been underway since 2019. The Ministry […]
In the UK, Business Daily News reports that HSBC UK funded South Yorkshire-based Biofuels & Oils, said to be “six figures” but without providing a specific sum, to help the company supply biofuel to a National Health Service hospital. The hospital recently expanded by another 80 beds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the funding […]
In Germany, UFOP criticized the “Farm-to-Fork Strategy” presented by the European Commission, saying “This is not what perspective and collaboration look like” and “With this document, the EU Commission is far from taking this collaborative approach. On the contrary, agriculture is more or less directly denounced for undesirable nutritional developments and the use of technical […]
In Washington, D.C., according to EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association for the week ending May 22, ethanol production shifted 9.2%, or 61,000 barrels per day (b/d), to 724,000 b/d—equivalent to 30.41 million gallons daily and the largest volume since March. However, production remains tempered due to COVID-19 disruptions, coming in 31.5% below […]
