In Pakistan, the Business Recorder newspaper reports that the government’s attempts to divert dirty used cooking oil from the food supply chain into biodiesel is running into challenges to create real change as demonstrated by another group of oil smugglers who were caught recently by police. Four vehicles containing nearly 25,000 liters of rancid oil […]
In Brazil, Canal Rural reports that increasing demand for soybean oil for biodiesel, due to increased diesel blending, is expected to reduce the idleness of soybean processing industries, according to the Center for Advanced Studies in Applied Economics (Cepea). Biodiesel blending recently increased to 11%, moving to 12% in March, and will continue to increase […]
In the UK, to help customers prepare for the potential impact of increased FAME content, Certas Energy has developed a free guide that covers the problems caused by FAME, best practice maintenance and storage guidance, and FAME-free alternatives to gas oil and road diesel. The UK’s RTFO requires all fuel suppliers to increase the volume […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports Indian Sugar Mills Association data shows that as many as 20 sugar mills in Maharashtra are diverting B-heavy molasses to ethanol in line with the government’s intent to not just reduce sugar production in the face of low global and domestic sugar prices but also to increase […]
In Washington, Reuters reports that Energy Information Administration data shows October biodiesel production at 144 million gallons, 2 million gallons more than in September. Of the total feedstock used, about 51% came from soybean oil, about 558 million pounds. In September, however, 599 million pounds of soybean oil was used as feedstock. Biodiesel production is […]
In India, the Hindu newspaper reports that the government has launched an online portal to help facilitate tracing the source of used cooking oil, Repurpose Used Cooking Oil (RUCO). The project was announced in August in an effort to help increase UCO collection for biodiesel production as well as to remove UCO from the food […]
In Denmark, a passenger car was the first in the world to drive 80 kilometers on a blend containing biofuel from seaweed. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research produced the biobutanol from sugars from seaweed. The successful experiment stems from the Horizon 2020 project MacroFuels. Wageningen Food & Biobased Research worked closely on this development with […]
In Texas, Platts reports that the total corn acreage planted in 2020 will be a key factor in next year’s ethanol market, as farmers look to potentially expand acreage for corn while reducing for soybeans in the face of ongoing trade wars and that the planting window for corn is wider than for beans. The […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, announced its intention to grant to Hunter Farms dba Whispering Green Energy of 684 County Road #2 Hillier, Ontario K0K 2J0, Canada, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application No. 15/882,078, “Low Temperature And Efficient Fractionation Of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Recyclable Organic Solid Acids”, filed on […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that in an effort to reduce carbon emissions from power production, the state-owned utility NTPC will buy 6 million metric tons of pellets produced from agricultural waste to co-fire with coal. Currently it is cofiring pellets at one of its facilities but in 2020 will expand cofiring […]
