In the UK, Wood Mackenzie says green hydrogen project pipeline more than doubled in five months. As of March 2020, almost 8.2 GW of electrolyzer capacity is now in the proposed pipeline for new projects. The outlook for hydrogen is getting more and more attractive. Larger integrated energy, industrial and financial players are advancing innovative […]
In Washington, the US Grains Council says that while U.S. ethanol exports are up by three percent year-over-year according to new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the outbreak of COVID-19 will have structural impacts on demand for the rest of 2020. The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is working to keep end-users around […]
In Brazil, Reuters says BR Distribuidora told the news agency the company has proposed to reduce by a quarter the minimum mandatory percentage of biodiesel withdrawal to be contracted from producers in the next biofuel auction, claiming that it is not possible to predict the consumption of the product in the coming weeks and months […]
In Germany, Clariant together with CropEnergies has started monthly production of 2 million liters of disinfectant at Clariant’s facilities in Gendorf, Germany. This disinfectant is then directly or via repacking partners provided to regional hospitals and other vital institutions in Bavaria, who are currently facing limited availability of this critical product during the COVID-19 outbreak. […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that the 10th Circuit District Court has rejected the request for a rehearing filed by HollyFrontier and CVR Energy to the court’s January ruling that has turned the Environmental Protection Agency inside out trying to figure out how to change the way it approves small refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel […]
In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports that with falling fuel demand and therefore ethanol demand due to the lockdown called to slow the spread of COVID-19, sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh want oil marketing companies to call a third ethanol tender after the first two tenders failed to secure sufficient quantities of pre-coronavirus demand. […]
In Washington, DTN reports that Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell to its lowest level since April 2009 last week to 672,000 bpd but that was still well above the blending demand of 502,000 bpd, the lowest since May 2008, leading for further buildup of stocks in all five regions. Stocks grew a […]
In Finland, a three-year Business Finland BioFlex project, VTT and partners are exploring how suitable fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics are for power plants and ship diesel engines. The aim is to determine the most ecologically and economically sustainable way to replace fossil fuels. Internal-combustion engine power plants use natural gas or […]
In South Dakota, POET announced it will idle production at its bioprocessing facilities in Chancellor, S.D., Ashton, Iowa, and Coon Rapids, Iowa, and delay the start-up of its new plant in Shelbyville, Ind., as producers across the United States continue to grapple with the economic fallout of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On an annualized basis, […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that in addition to lower DDGS production for the livestock industry as a result of ethanol producers shutting their doors in the face of low oil prices and low fuel demand due to COVID-19, meatpackers are also set to suffer due to the lack of carbon dioxide ethanol producers make that […]
