In India, the Economic Times newspaper reports that Indian Oil Company Ltd. is to develop the country’s first green hydrogen project, co-located at its Mathura oil refinery. They hydrogen will be produced from the company’s wind power project in Rajasthan that will be “wheeled” to the Mathura refinery. The hydrogen produced from the project is […]
In Illinois, after years of financial troubles, lawsuits and a foreclosure, the BN National Trail Biodiesel LLC biodiesel plant will soon have a new owner. BN National Trail Biodiesel LLC, purchased and planned to complete the unfinished scalable 50 million gallon per year multi-feedstock capable biodiesel plant. During construction, the company fell behind on payments […]
In Denmark, Maersk Broker Advisory Services and McKinsey & Company have joined forces to assist shipowners and operators in defining their decarbonization roadmap and strategy. Based on market research from Maersk Broker Advisory Services and an AI-based solution from McKinsey’s QuantumBlack, which leverages technological and economic modelling of ship efficiency levers and alternative fuels, the […]
In Germany, a far-reaching new study of the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from passenger cars, including SUVs, draws sharp and meticulous distinctions between the climate impacts of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles on one hand and combustion vehicles on the other. The detailed findings can be summarized straightforwardly. Only battery electric vehicles (BEVs) […]
In India, the Indian Credit Rating Agency (ICRA) expects the credit profile of integrated sugar mills to witness material improvement in FY2023 aided by improving inventory position and higher profits from higher ethanol supplies post commissioning of enhanced distillery capacities. While higher ethanol sales, especially from B-heavy molasses, would drive the revenues and operating profits […]
In Washington, DTN reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production led to a slight building in stocks together with lower demand for blending. Production fell slightly to 1.028 million barrels per day, making it the tenth week in a row that production was over a million barrels per day. Ethanol stocks reached 22.518 million, […]
In Indiana, POET announced its further expansion into the production of all-natural, 100% plant-based purified alcohol, which exceeds the highest global quality standards for alcohol. POET Bioprocessing – Alexandria began production of purified alcohol this week after breaking ground in late 2020. The facility will produce purified alcohol which will include grain neutral spirits (GNS) […]
In California, Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells (BeFC), an innovator of bio enzymatic fuel cells, has selected and integrated multiple Keysight solutions to better understand the behavior and characteristics of biofuel cells. BeFC is a French start-up company that offers innovative paper biofuel cells for sustainable and eco-friendly energy generation, as well […]
In Pennsylvania, New Energy Blue announced its planned construction in Iowa of a biomass refinery designed to produce renewable carbon-negative automotive fuel, which replaces gasoline. The company is developing New Energy Freedom biomass refinery on a 155-acre site near Mason City, Iowa. 275,000 tons of crop residue (cornstalks and wheat straw) will be locally sourced, […]
In Washington, dozens of agricultural, ethanol, automotive, and manufacturing organizations are calling for higher octane in gasoline to help automakers increase vehicle fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gases. In a letter to President Joe Biden, signed by a range of agriculture and ethanol interests, they pointed to the role that higher-octane fuels could play in […]
