In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production dipped slightly last week to 1.095 million barrels per day as margins tighten slightly, pushing stocks higher by more than half a million barrels compared to the week prior to 23.723 million barrels. Demand by blenders for ethanol was up 4% on […]
In Brazil, Brazil’s biofuel production reached a historical record in 2023, with robust growth and diversification of the country’s renewable energy sources. Ethanol and biodiesel production totaled almost 43 billion liters, reaching a historical record. The Brazilian Statistical Yearbook on Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels 2024 (Anuário Estatístico Brasileiro do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis […]
In the UK, Oils & Fats International reported that Brazil’s privately owned Grupo Potencial will be investing $37 million in building two biofuel pipelines in the south of the country. Scheduled for construction next year and subject to regulatory approval, the 55km pipelines would be the longest of their type in the South American country, […]
In Washington, Brownfield AgNews reports that Energy Information Administration data reports flooding that impacted ethanol transportation last week lowered production volumes slightly by 10,000 barrels per day to an average of 1.054 million barrels. Even so, stocks grew slightly 23.603 million barrels as input purchases by refiners and blenders fell slightly. Ethanol exports jumped to […]
In Illinois, carbon dioxide is leaking from industrial operations into the atmosphere, causing a cascade of dangerous changes to Earth’s climate. But some scientists wondered if instead it could instead be captured and converted to useful chemicals. A group of scientists with Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago, Northern Illinois University and Valparaiso […]
In Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association reports U.S. ethanol exports reached the highest level ever for the month of May at 154.4 million gallons (mg), though this represented a 28% decline from a near-record in April. In a shift from recent trends, shippers targeted just twelve markets. Canada was the largest importer for the 38th consecutive […]
In Denmark, a new technique to monitor contamination in bioethanol production could increase revenue by more than $1.6 billion and reduce CO2 emissions by 2 million tons. For the first time ever, researchers at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) have investigated the contaminant population from the sugarcane bioethanol production process at […]
In Nigeria, Voice of Nigeria reported that the country’s Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, in partnership with Montserrado Investments Limited and the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to establish a cassava-based ethanol plant in Ekiti State. The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief […]
In Pakistan, the News International newspaper reports the prime minister has established a committee led by the minister of petroleum with the minister of finance, minister of state for finance and secretary of the Petroleum Division as its members to explore ethanol blending in gasoline. The committee will explore international best practice as well as […]
In Iowa, the Des Moines Register newspaper reports a new coalition is calling for a shift to food production from corn for ethanol production for the state’s farmland. The plan, Setting the Table for All Iowans, launched by the Iowa Food System Coalition aims to see the conversion of farmland to food production for local […]
