In India, the Business Standard newspaper reports 15 biofuel project proposals have been submitted to the state of West Bengal for approval. In an effort to achieve the national E20 blending mandate, the state is seeking to produce its own ethanol from its most abundant feedstock source, broken rice. The projects represent $362.3 million. In […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that in light of rising biodiesel prices that has forced the energy ministry to cut blending to 10% from the mandated 12% to keep prices down, a company is said to have imported 15,000 metric tons of soy oil from Argentina for biodiesel production. Platts did not report the price of […]
In Washington, Reuters reports Environmental Protection Agency data shows D6 RIN production fell by 600,000 in August to 1.21 billion. On the other hand, D4 renewable diesel RINs rose slightly to 421 million from the month prior when production was 359 million. With the renewable volume obligations still unclear for 2021 and 2022, the market […]
In the Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports the national bioenergy association is calling for the creation of a biofuel exchange for biogas plants to ensure they have a consistent supply of feedstock. It says the domestic biomass market is underdeveloped, causing challenges for the different energy producers that use biomass as feedstock to displace 4 billion cubic […]
In Iowa, POET released of its inaugural sustainability report, which outlines the company’s focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. POET established several ESG goals, including the achievement of net-zero carbon at its bioprocessing facilities by 2050. In addition, POET pledges to ensure that its renewable, plant-based bioethanol reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by […]
In the Netherlands, Uniper and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have entered into an agreement for developing the production of green hydrogen at the Uniper location on Maasvlakte. These plans build on the findings of a recent feasibility study and are in line with the new hydrogen infrastructure that has been planned and the growing […]
In Illinois, Honeywell announced the completion of a commercial refinery trial with Preem AB for co-processing of biomass-based pyrolysis oil in a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) unit. Utilizing UOP’s proprietary bioliquid feed system with OptimixTM GF Feed Distributor, pyrolysis oil was successfully co-processed in the FCC at Preem’s Lysekil refinery to produce partially renewable transportation […]
In California, Aemetis Biogas LLC has signed the Standard Renewable Gas Interconnection Agreement (SRGIA) with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company and funded the final $1.2 million payment for installation of PG&E’s interconnection equipment to deliver renewable natural gas (RNG) into the utility gas pipeline in Q4 2021. The PG&E RNG interconnect equipment has already […]
In Washington, Dow Jones reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol stocks slumped for the seventh week in a row, even below analysts’ expectations, to 20.01 million barrels compared to 20.09 million barrels as the low end of their estimates. Ethanol production rose to 937,000 barrels per day, 15,000 bpd higher than analysts expected. Brownfield […]
In the UK, Ship and Bunker reports MSC blended 850,000 metric tons of marine biofuel last year, with earlier reports saying that bunkering blends used out of Rotterdam had reached as high as 47%. The company’s CEO urged policymakers to enact carbon pricing to help bridge the gap between fossil-based bunker fuels and marine biofuels […]
