In Australia, Papyrus Australia Ltd announced it has completed a successful trial using its factory-produced refined banana fiber to produce commercial quantities of biodegradable molded food packaging products in a conventional, off the shelf, molding machine. This successful trial is a major milestone for the Company as it: proves banana fiber is a viable alternative […]
In the UK, Prodrive will be one of the first major teams in the world to compete with a new generation of advanced sustainable fuels in an FIA championship, when it competes in the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies later this year. The Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX) team will then use this […]
In Kansas, Governor Laura Kelly applauded plans from Bartlett, a Savage Company, to invest $325 million in a large soybean crushing facility project in Montgomery County that will create 50 new jobs in Southeast Kansas. “Agriculture-based and renewable energy businesses are major economic drivers in Kansas, and I am extremely pleased to see Bartlett recognize […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that even though palm oil stocks have been tightening in recent months, exports during the first 10 days of October fell by 7.5%, below expected levels, which in turn weighed on prices this week. The front month October delivery contract fell to $1,173.18 per metric ton, down nearly 1.3% at midday […]
In Washington, Food Business News reports that American Baking Association is calling for a freeze on biodiesel blending mandates, claiming that bakers don’t have access to enough soy oil due to increasing competition with biodiesel and renewable diesel. If the Environmental Protection Agency sticks with the status quo for renewable volume obligations for 2022, demand […]
In Massachusetts, Bloomberg reports that Boston Consulting Group thinks that sustainable shipping fuels is where the big money is in the future as the race to achieve carbon and other emissions targets speeds up and deadlines get closer. With about 70% of $2.4 trillion in required investment to achieve the marine energy transition will be […]
In Colorado, Gevo, Inc. and Axens North America, Inc. have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) projects in the United States. As part of the alliance, Axens brings technologies with over 60 related patents; engineering packages; proprietary catalysts; and certain proprietary equipment required […]
In Brazil, Raízen Energia has formed a joint venture with Grupo Gera whereby Raízen Energia will invest R$212 million for the acquisition of a stake in Gera Group companies, in addition to a capital contribution in the amount of R$106 million for new business development. Gera Group operates in the energy sector and is present […]
In India, the Government of India’s concerted efforts to replace 20% fossil fuels with ethanol blends by 2025 is attracting agricultural entrepreneurs to invest in renewable energy. This week, Lalit Jhawar and Mayank Gupta, two young IIT graduates running a profitable farming venture in Maharashtra, accompanied by biofuel experts YB Ramakrishna and Divakar Rao, visited […]
In Georgia, LanzaTech and LanzaJet welcomed Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Senator Jon Ossoff to the Freedom Pines Biorefinery in Soperton, Georgia. The site is a center of research, development and scale-up for LanzaTech’s commercial carbon capture and utilization technology with a specialized biomanufacturing center producing the “secret sauce” that is shipped from […]
