71% of industry executives believe that for their organizations, there is much more of their story to get out than they are successful in doing so far, but struggle to allocate resources to building and maintaining attention though 80% believe that establishing and hitting awareness goals is important to their company’s success. One of the […]
In Zambia, local press reports that planting of cassava for SunBird’s $800 million ethanol project has begun, creating 1,000 new jobs as a result. The project was commissioned by the president back in 2015 but is finally starting to get off the ground now with cassava seed planting underway. An estimated commissioning date for the […]
In India, Cogencis reports that the government is looking to invest $372.7 million in soft loans for developers of standalone ethanol distilleries, following the successful uptake of soft financing for sugar mills to add on ethanol production to existing facilities. The government has already approved loans for 114 projects attached to sugar mills while new […]
In Peru, local press reports that that Petroperú has canceled the purchase tender of $81 million worth of biodiesel, the volume required for half a year’s consumption, on December 20 when the winning offer was meant to be announced. The tender’s closing date was December 17. The state-owned oil company has not indicated why the […]
In Sweden, the World Alpine Skiing Championships to be held in February will be fueled by HVO in 2019, from bus transportation around the temporary set up in Åre to mini-trains operating around the ski village, as well as biodiesel that heated the buildings. The HVO was provided by Colabitoil in an effort to boost […]
In South Dakota, the Yankton County Commissioners have approved the conditional use permit for a proposed $200 million ethanol plant in Napa Junction which will allow the project to continue development with an eye to start construction this summer after securing state and federal permits. The facility will produce 70% of fuel ethanol and 30% […]
In California, Amyris, Inc. announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Xinfu of China for a significant initial payment and a long-term minimum annual share of an existing nutritional product royalty arrangement. This agreement enables Amyris to monetize a portion of the long-term royalty opportunity for this product upfront to better manage volatility […]
In Mexico, researchers from the Autonomous University of Baja California have developed biosensors they say will help improve the efficiency of biodiesel production. The nanostructured sensors can quickly determine the catalytic activity of lipases, a technology that can be applied to other uses of the enzyme such as detergents. The researchers said that the sensors […]
In Malaysia, Reuters reports that the country sees Norway’s ban on palm oil for biodiesel beginning in 2020 as a major roadblock to concluding multilateral trade negotiations between Malaysia and the European Free Trade Area, which includes the European Union plus Switzerland and Norway. The Malaysia-EFTA trade pact last held negotiations in May 2017 but […]
Sometimes we need to look back in order to move forward. So on this last day of 2018, join the Biofuels Digest in looking back at our most visited and popular stories of 2018. March 6th was a big day for The Digest with the most visits on that day when people from all over […]
