In India, Amyris’s preliminary unaudited financial results for the third quarter demonstrates strong revenue growth with a Q3 2019 GAAP revenue of $35.0 million, up 144% over GAAP revenue of $14.3 million for Q3 2018. Their Q3 2019 GAAP revenue of – Year to date GAAP revenue of $112.0 million, up 137% over $47.2 million […]
In California, Spero Renewables LLC sealed a $2 million cooperative agreement with the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Department of Energy to advance its SperoSet technology towards commercialization. Spero’s proprietary technology produces lignin based thermoset polymers that are renewable and recyclable. Spero will first target its SperoSet technology for the manufacture […]
In Texas, Bloomberg reports that Valero has mothballed two of its ethanol plants just a year after buying them from Green Plains. The shutdown of the ethanol plant in Riga, Minnesota and the biorefinery in Bluffton, Indiana is on the back of market weakness provoked by demand destruction for biofuels by the Environmental Protection Agency’s […]
In Switzerland, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) launched the CEO Guide the Circular Bioeconomy, a call for the shift towards a sustainable, low-carbon, circular bioeconomy. The Guide gives business leaders a clear understanding of the topic and the business opportunities it offers to their company. The Guide is intended for CEOs and […]
In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports that the state of Chhattisgarh in the heart of India’s “rice bowl” is set to invest in six 2G ethanol plants using paddy straw and husks as feedstock. The capital is currently choking from extreme air pollution, so bad that some flights were diverted earlier in the week, […]
In the Netherlands, Tank Terminal News reports that Hes Botlek Tank Terminal has commissioned its new set of six biodiesel storage tanks from SJR Group at the Port of Rotterdam, boosting its biodiesel storage capacity by 20,000 m3. The ready-to-install tanks were delivered in July. The total project expansion will be of 15 tanks bringing […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports that on the back of flattened sugar prices due to India’s continual production and export of too much sugar, COFCO has invested heavily in ethanol production with projects ongoing to expand capacity at three of its four sugarcane mills in the country. With 14 cents per pound of sugar seen triggering […]
In Italy, Novamont has now announced a 10 million-euro investment program as part of the expansion and diversification of its production plant in Terni, for the construction of a demonstration plant dedicated to a new monomer of vegetable origin derived from sugars (2.5 furandicarboxylic or FDCA). FDCA is a platform for multiple applications and Novamont […]
In Sweden, a test turbine has been installed at Rya CHP Plant for the validation of 3D-printed burners which in the extension phase makes it possible to test different fossil-free fuels in the plant. “The gas turbine technology we have developed at Siemens can be used both as a base power and a balancing power depending on […]
In Oregon, SeQuential, the longest running commercial biodiesel producer on the West Coast, announced that it has completed an expansion to its Salem facility that increases production capabilities by 30 percent. The upgrade enables the production of 12 million gallons of low carbon biodiesel annually. In addition to its plant improvements, SeQuential recently expanded its […]
