In Washington, according to EIA data as analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association, ethanol production averaged 1.056 million barrels per day, or 44.35 million gallons daily. That is up 18,000 b/d from the week before and represents an eight-week high. The four-week average for ethanol production increased to 1.020 million b/d for an annualized rate […]
In Iowa, DowDuPont announced it is mothballing its cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada as it searches for a strategic buyer to take the business over. Until then, it will run on a skeleton staff of 90 people. The company says it wants to reposition its role in the cellulosic biofuels industry, focusing on supplying enzymes […]
In Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. will build a 65 million liter per year cassava-based ethanol plant in on 15,000ha provided by the government of Ondo State. Additional investors are expected to participate in the project with the NNPC in the lead, a project that it believes will create 1 million jobs and reduce […]
In China, Archer Daniels Midland believes the country will be a major importer of US corn and ethanol in its three-year run up to an E10 mandate in 2020 that will see ethanol demand increase more than five-fold to 12 million metric tons from the current 2.6 million. With the aim to rely on advanced […]
In Thailand, Japan’s IHI is seeking to have commercial microalgae-to-aviation fuel technology ready in time to supply the 2020 Tokyo Olympics so is preparing a large-scale trial in conjunction with Siam Cement Group at SCG’s land in Saraburi Province in central Thailand. The project aims to scale up technology developed by Japan’s New Energy Industrial […]
In Washington, the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy office announced an open meeting of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee to be held in Washington November 15-16. The meeting will share USDA and DOE updates on biomass R&D as well as presentations from industry, national laboratories, and federal agencies on […]
In the Philippines, a USDA Gain report estimates ethanol imports could jump more than 8% in 2018 to 325 million liters from the current 300 million liters while domestic production is only seen reaching 280 million liters from 274 million liters last year. With two new ethanol plants coming online this year, total installed production […]
In Pennsylvania, researchers at Penn State are investigating the role of giant clams as “solar transformers” because they are capable of absorbing bright sunlight at a very high rate and scattering it over a large surface area. When the light is distributed evenly among the thick layer of algae living inside the clam, the algae […]
In Washington, 64 bipartisan Members of the United States House of Representatives, led by Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Steve Womack (R-Ark.), and Jim Costa (D-Calif.), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt emphasizing the negative impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on American consumers and the economy and […]
“The bioeconomy is a catalyst for economic development in rural America, creating new jobs and providing new markets for farmers and ranchers. Investing in the businesses and technologies that support the production of biofuels and biobased products is not only good for farm incomes. The whole economy benefits from a more balanced, diversified and consumer-friendly […]
