In California, the Construction Equipment Guide reports that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and San Diego Association of Governments are using renewable diesel to power off-road construction equipment during the construction of state Route 11 (SR-11)/Otay Mesa East Port of Entry project on the Mexican border. The senior project manager overseeing the construction site […]
In Iowa, Fluid Quip Technologies is creating a space for all to share and all to learn. Last Thursday at 1:00 PM CST, FQT launched a weekly live webinar series to help plants solve their most pressing issues and provide any of the 1000’s of tips and techniques the company has developed over the years […]
In the UK, biotechnology company Circa Group – who produces bio-based solvent CyreneTM in one step from levoglucosenone (LGO) – is offering its LGO manufacturing capability to experts looking for building blocks for coronavirus therapeutics, including ribonolactone. Circa’s continuous process for producing levoglucosenone from waste cellulose at its FC5 prototype plant in Tasmania, Australia, with partner Norske […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post newspaper reports that despite plans to boost ethanol blending to 10% this year using domestically produced ethanol, challenges in sugarcane production will lead to further delays in implementation. Sugarcane yields have been falling over the past four years in East Java, the country’s key cane-growing region, which has led to […]
In Belgium, FO Licht estimates that biodiesel consumption in the EU-27 could fall by 2 million metric tons in 2020 as drivers stay home due to coronavirus travel restrictions. As European countries sought to comply with the Renewable Energy Directive’s 10% renewable energy content mandate by 2020, biodiesel consumption was estimated to rise to 14.3 […]
In the Netherlands, HoSt is once again turn-key supplying a Microferm Green Gas installation within the ‘Jumpstart’ initiative of dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina. This time at a dairy farm in the Frisian Boornbergum. In this manure digester, only proprietary manure is digested to produce 40 Nm3 (cubic meter) of biomethane per hour. Thanks to the Microferm, […]
In the UK, ICIS reports that COVID-19 has significantly tightened the availability of glycerin and as a result prices have tripled to EUR670-900/metric ton, basis free delivered northwest Europe. With expectation that biodiesel production is going to continue to slow through Q2 due to the virus and the resulting drop in non-GMO glycerin supplies, the […]
In Illinois, Reuters reports that corn futures slid to 3.5-year lows on Monday to $3.29-1/4 a bushel as ethanol plants shutter due to negative margins in the face of crashing demand brought about by COVID-19 response measures. Low oil prices are adding further pressure to ethanol demand with a further $3 per barrel shed from […]
In the UK, the Northern Echo newspaper reports that Teeside-based Biofuels Corporation is negotiating more than GBP100 million in debt with Barclays that could end up eroding shareholding as well as delisting from the Alternative Investment Market, a move that saw its overall value shed by £8 million has investors pushed down the price’s AIM-listed […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that the country’s largest ethanol companies have kicked into crisis management mode, creating teams charged specifically with developing strategies to ensure the companies don’t collapse as a result of the current COVID-19 crisis and its economic aftermath. With Raizen already having called force majeure and concerns that Petrobras had as well, […]
