In Connecticut, local press reports that the city of Danbury is set to become the first in the state to collect FOG from its waste streams as part of a wider $100 million wastewater treatment upgrade, which it expects will allow it to process enough fats to produce 250,000 gallons of biodiesel in its first […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that the country expects palm oil stocks to total 2.1 million metric tons by year’s end, or at worst 2.5 million tons, compared to 2.3 million tons at the end of December 2018 that was a record high. With the implementation of the B20 blending mandate next year, stocks are expected […]
In Singapore, Platts reports that with crude palm oil stocks falling in both Malaysia and Indonesia, prices rose to $648 per metric ton in early December against around $500 per ton at the start of the year, but even with higher prices, the POGO spread between the cost of heating oil and palm oil futures […]
In India, the Financial Express newspaper reports that Maharashtra’s cooperative mills are looking for alternative solutions to help get them out of the financial rut they’re in that has kept them from taking advantage of soft loans offered by the national government. One proposal is for permission to blend ethanol directly at the mills’ fuel […]
In South Dakota, local radio reports that Glacial Lakes Energy has finalized its purchase of the ethanol plants formerly owned by Advanced BioEnergy in Aberdeen and Huron for $47.5 million, a deal first announced in August, bring Glacial Lakes’ total installed production capacity to 350 million gallons across four facilities. Though the deal was expected […]
In Canada, the Canadian Press reports that a school board in a small Saskatchewan community had to issue an apology following the annual Christmas school play that had the reindeer, elves and Mrs. Claus working to convert Santa “green” including using ethanol to fly the sleight. The community is in the heart of the province’s […]
In Iowa, the state’s renewable fuel association says the government needs to invest a lot more in converting gasoline pumps to E15, 66% more in fact, to $5 million compared to $3 million spent this year. Currently there are around 230 E15 pumps in Iowa compared to 2012 when there were none but the IRFA […]
In Pakistan, the Tribune newspaper reports that the national competition commission has ordered an end to the use of wheat straw as feedstock for power generation because the demand for use in biofuel has led to a shortage that is in turn negatively impacting the pulp and paper industry that relies on wheat straw as […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that the national supply agency CONAB has increased its ethanol production estimate for 2019/20 crush in the center-south region to 31.57 billion liters compared to its August estimate of 27.35 million liters. The estimate for the overall sugarcane crush was also increased to 589 million metric tons from 571 million tons […]
In Ireland, the UK’s Independent newspaper reports that Circle K in Ireland believes pushing biofuel blending to 10% in 2020 in line with the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive will increase fuel prices at the pump for drivers by EUR28 million while cutting fuel efficiency by around 1.8%. The retailer has called on the Irish […]
