In Illinois, Honeywell announced that Diamond Green Diesel will expand its annual production capacity of renewable diesel using Honeywell UOP’s Ecofining™ process technology to meet growing demand for renewable fuels in North America and Europe. With the planned $1.1 billion expansion, the Norco, La.-based facility will become one of the world’s largest renewable diesel plants. […]
In Washington, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on information collections during 60 days, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 concerning Biofuel Producer Credit. Form 6478 is used […]
In Indonesia, Antara news agency reports that the state-owned railway is teaming with private railway service providers to trial 100% biodiesel use in trains. The railway is already using 20% biodiesel and has successfully completed trials of 30% biodiesel in line with the government’s aim to boost blending to B30, but now it is looking […]
In Belgium, Airports Council International Europe says more than 200 airports have signed onto the association’s net zero by 2050 for the carbon emissions by 2050, announced in June. ACIEurope has more than 500 members but sees this milestone as an important one in response to the global climate emergency. This commitment came alongside a […]
In China, Platts reports that ethanol imports in August fell to just 7,061 cu m, from 14,152 cu m in July, much of it denatured ethanol coming from South Africa. South Africa has exported a total of 24,277 cu m of ethanol in 2019 through August. Pakistan, which is typically the main ethanol supplier to […]
In Argentina, Clarín newspaper reports that the government has increased the price for ethanol and biodiesel by 6% for October in response to the domestic industry’s call for increased prices based on rising feedstock costs, partly as a result of the stronger dollar. The industry says that thousands of jobs are at risk from running […]
In the Philippines, Platts reports that even though the sugar industry isn’t currently crushing cane, molasses prices have fallen and therefore ethanol prices have fallen in line to $1,140/cu m during the first half of September, 1.57% lower than from H2 June. The price is nearly 6% higher on the year, however. Mills should begin […]
In Indonesia, Reuters reports that the government has decided it won’t collect export levies on palm oil of $10-$50 per metric ton until January 1 after putting them on hold in December 2018. The levy depends on the price of palm oil with a reference price of $570. Palm oil prices have been very low […]
In Denmark, NORDEN signed up to become a member of the Getting to Zero Coalition. Alongside a continued focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, NORDEN recently created a dedicated decarbonization unit and continues to test the use of biofuel. “We wish to increase the awareness of the need to develop real alternatives that can […]
In Finland, the production of biofuel by gasification of biomass residues was successfully validated in the EU’s COMSYN project. The process performance was verified with bark in an 80 hour-long test run at VTT. The syngas conversion to Fischer-Tropsch (FT) products was conducted by IneraTec GmbH. The main focus of the test was to study […]
