In Germany, BASF is significantly expanding the production of disinfectant at its Ludwigshafen site and has now started production of hand sanitizer based on bioethanol, in addition to the isopropanol-based hand sanitizer manufactured to date. With the additional quantities of up to 100,000 liters of hand sanitizer per week, the company will support the new […]
In France, Amoeba, a pioneer of amoeba- based technologies for the biocide and plant protection markets signed an evaluation and testing agreement with Syngenta, one of the world’s leaders in agriculture. In response to the growing demand for effective and sustainable solutions against fungal diseases, Syngenta will test different concepts based on Amoeba’s Willaertia magna […]
In Texas, INFRA Technology Group and PETRONAS Research entered a research and development collaboration agreement for the development of a specialist Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalyst. The project will be phased over several years to identify and develop a catalyst with optimum yield based on the required project parameters. The collaborative team, comprising members from INFRA’s R&D […]
In Germany, Bavarian ship management company MINSHIP and its subsidiary MINMARINE said a bulk carrier in their fleet of managed vessels, M/V Trudy, has successfully bunkered GoodFuel’s biofuel at the Port of Rotterdam. The biofuel bunkered by the 2009-built, 30,790-dwt bulk carrier on April 17 was GoodFuels’ sustainable Bio-fuel Oil MR1-100: which is a second […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports that Energy Information Agency data shows ethanol production fell to a new low last week of 570,000 barrels per day as the industry contracts in an effort to battle falling demand and record low petroleum prices. Ethanol production fell by 102,000 barrels from the week prior which was already […]
In Malaysia, the Today newspaper reports that the national biodiesel association says the government is going to hold off on further implementation of the B20 mandate that was launched in January in some regions and was expected to be nationwide by mid-June 2021. Malaysia has been one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic in […]
In Louisiana, Platts reports that as demand for ethanol shrinks in response to COVID-19, demand for corn has shrunk as well and is seeking exports markets, which has in turn pushed prices for CIF New Orleans prices for barges falling to the lowest level since August 2017 at just $3.6926 per bushel on Wednesday while […]
In Georgia, GranBio Technologies, via its wholly-owned subsidiary AVAPCO LLC, (Atlanta, Georgia), has converted its biorefinery research facility in Thomaston, Georgia to the production of hand sanitizer to assist organizations and consumers that are experiencing difficulties obtaining hand sanitizer products during the Nationwide COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Targeted customers include nursing homes, small businesses, hospitals, […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reported palm oil futures fell nearly 3%, weighed down by domestic stocks and falling export demand as the world shuts down to battle COVID-19. The government has decided to postpone the roll out of its B20 blending mandate as well, which will further add to stocks and put more pressure on prices. […]
In the UAE, the International Renewable Energy Agency has released its annual report on production capacity statistics between 2010 and 2019 which shows that of the total 2,537 GW of installed renewable power globally, only 124 GW was bioenergy. Hydropower has the largest share by far with 1,190 GW. In 2019, bioenergy production increased 5% […]
