Low Rhine levels weigh on ethanol prices but sees biodiesel soar
October 22, 2018
| Meghan Sapp
In Germany, record low levels on the Rhine river are impeding biodiesel and ethanol production and trade, among challenges for a host of other energy and agri commodities. Without ethanol able to move, stocks are building and pushing prices to five-month lows in the ARA region. Movement of rapeseed to biodiesel producers has drawn to a halt, pushing up biodiesel prices and their associated margins but there are few who can take advantage due to the lack of feedstock supply. Biodiesel prices are hovering around five-year highs.
Tags: biodiesel, ethanol, Germany
Category: Fuels