In Canada, Dr. Jennifer Holmgren has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 BIO Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology at the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. According to BIO, Dr. Holmgren’s work and commitment to the advancement of her field of industrial biotechnology embodies the spirit of Rosalind Franklin and […]
In Brazil, SJC Bioenergia has purchased FQPT’s technologies to integrate corn ethanol production into its sugarcane-ethanol plant in Quirinopolis, Brazil. SJC Bioenergia will utilize FQPT’s SGT milling, BOS front-end corn oil, Fiber Separation, and MSC Protein Recovery technologies, which will produce a corn based starch slurry stream which gives high yields of ethanol and co-products […]
In the US, NatureWorks has announced a partnership with Green Sports Alliance to advance environmental stewardship with professional and collegiate sports teams, venues, leagues, and events. The partnership announced today will offer Alliance members enhanced access to NatureWorks expertise in developing cost-competitive waste diversion programs through the use of renewably sourced, low carbon footprint products […]
In Europe, E4tech has just completed a new study, ‘From the Sugar Platform to biofuels and biochemicals’ for the European Commission (DG ENER), a comprehensive evidence base for policymakers and industry. The report found that the global market value of the sugar platform is today of the order of $65 billion, with bioethanol (from sugar […]
In the US, ethanol exports for March declined 1.6% from February, but still represented the third-highest monthly volume in the last year. Year-to-date exports stood at 237.7 mg – in line with exports during the same period last year, and implying an annualized total of 951 mg for 2015. Brazil (25.1 mg) and Canada (17.3 […]
In California, Amyris previewed the launch of its new consumer branch, Biossance. The product features the company’s Neossance squalane, an advanced emollient that replenishes moisture in the skin by using a moisturizer already present naturally in the human body. The Biossance products will be distributed beginning in May, 2015. During the launch event, John Melo, […]
In Nebraska, Clean Fuels Omaha has been joined by the Urban Air Initiative as the coalition gears up to launch support measures outlined by the Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) for aggressive regional pollution control measures. Other partners include the Nebraska Ethanol Board, the Nebraska Corn Board, the Nebraska Ethanol Industry Coalition, the Nebraska Soybean […]
In the United States, the “State of the Air 2015” report by the American Lung Association (ALA) reports that “more than half of all Americans live in counties in the U.S. where ozone or particulate emission levels are meeting EPA clean air standards. The downside is that about four in 10 Americans live in communities […]
In the UK, Robert Wright, Secretary-General of ePURE, the European renewable ethanol industry association, responded to the UK Supreme Court ruling that the UK Government must revise its national air quality plans to tackle nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions: “17 Member States of the EU are in breach of their air quality targets and this is […]
In the US, ethanol production averaged 921,000 barrels per day (b/d), 38.68 million gallons daily, down 9,000 b/d from the week before. The four-week average for ethanol production stood at 928,000 b/d for an annualized rate of 14.23 billion gallons. Gasoline demand for the week averaged 374.6 million gallons daily. Refiner/blender input of ethanol averaged […]
