In Utah, five individuals were sentenced this week to prison for their roles in a $1 billion biofuel tax conspiracy: Lev Aslan Dermen, aka Levon Termendzhyan, 56, was sentenced to 40 years; Jacob Kingston, 46, was sentenced to 18 years; Isaiah Kingston, 42, was sentenced to 12 years; Rachel Kingston, 67, was sentenced to seven […]
In Italy, Versalis, Eni’s chemical company and 36% shareholder of Novamont, and Mater-Bi, a company controlled by Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance, shareholder of Novamont’s remaining 64%, announce exclusive negotiations to finalise the acquisition by Versalis of Novamont’s entire share package. Novamont is one of the leading international companies in the chemistry from renewables […]
In India, the Bowenpally Vegetable Market has caught Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention for its innovative waste management system. PM praised the one-of-its-kind bioelectricity, biofuel and bio-manure generation project during one of Mann Ki Baat episodes. Stating that the market’s waste is now being turned into wealth, PM said, “We have observed that in sabzi […]
In Egypt, the Egypt Independent newspaper reports that the contract has been signed for the country’s first biogas project that will produce electricity as well. The 1MW facility in Sadat City will be supplied with 85,000 metric tons of cattle manure annually, which will also produce 80,000 tons of fertilizer. GHG emissions reductions are expected […]
In India, the Indian Express Newspaper reports ethanol supplies in Maharashtra are expected to fall this season due to lower sugarcane yields and production, with just 1.27 million liters produced compared to the 1.32 million liters expected. As such, sugarcane mills are not expected to meet their contracted volume commitments for ethanol supply, but there […]
In Malaysia, Bernama news agency reports that Malaysian Palm Oil Board data shows the country’s palm oil stocks shrank by a whopping 21% in March to 1.67 million metric tons while crude palm oil stocks fell even further, by 23% to under 900,000 tons. Stocks fell sharply due to a more than 31% increase in […]
In India, The Meghalayan Bureau reported that Assam state will start exporting methanol to Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal last this month as the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the methanol plant of the state-run Assam Petrochemicals Ltd (APL) at Namrup in Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district on April 14. “The quantity of methanol to […]
In Norway, Agilyx and INEOS Styrolution America announced that they are advancing the development of a previously announced 100 tons per day TruStyrenyx chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois. TruStyrenyx is a partnership between Agilyx and Technip Energies and provides an all-in-one solution for the chemical recycling of polystyrene back into a high purity styrene […]
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Grains Council, Growth Energy and Renewable Fuels Association issued a joint statement about the decision by the Japanese government to allow U.S. ethanol to access 100% of the Japanese biofuel market. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released its final proposed rule for partial amendment of the Act […]
In India, India Education Diary reported that Jakson Green has won a project from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to establish a methanol synthesis facility at Vindhyachal, in Madhya Pradesh state. According to the report, the methanol synthesis plant will be a part of NTPC’s Vindhyachal Thermal Power plant with a production capacity of 10 […]
