In Brussels, the joint venture between Shell and Brazilian sugar and ethanol giant, Cosan, has been approved by the European Commission. Shell and Cosan plan to supply ethanol to the downstream market of ex-refinery, non-retail, and retail sales of motor fuels, where Shell is active. The joint venture was approved by the European Commission after […]
In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced that Boeing, Air China, PetroChina, Algenol, Lee County (FL), Enerkem, the state of Mississippi, the The US Department of Agriculture , Ineos BIO, the US Department of Energy, the US Navy, Cosan and Shell won Partnership of the Year awards, among this year’s roster of Biofuels Digest Award winners. The Corporate […]
The Latest News: In September, Cosan announced the inauguration of their newest ethanol, sugar and electricity facility in Caarapó. Listed as part of the Shell/Cosan joint venture Biofuels reported on August 26th, the facility will process 2.5 million tons of sugarcane to produce 90 Mly of ethanol (23 Mgy), 185,000 tons of sugar and cogenerate […]
In Brazil, Petrobras has set up an ethanol distribution network with five companies including Cosan SA Industria e Comercio SA, 20%; Copersucar SA, 20%; Odebrecht Transport Participacoes SA, 20%; Camargo Correa Oleo e Gas SA, 10% and Uniduto Logistica SA, 10% at a total of $58 million. All of the companies except for Copersucar have […]
In Brazil, Cosan announced the inauguration of their newest ethanol, sugar and electricity facility in Caarapó. Listed as part of the Shell/Cosan joint venture Biofuels reported on August 26th, the facility will process 2.5 million tons of sugarcane to produce 90 Mly of ethanol (23 Mgy), 185,000 tons of sugar and cogenerate 76 MWh/yr of […]
In Brazil, Bloomberg reported that Raizen, a supplier of ethanol made from sugar cane is considering building a SAF facility in Brazil. “We truly believe that there is a structural advantage to producing in Brazil,” Raizen Vice President of Trading Paulo Neves said. The company, a partnership between Cosan and Shell, sees economic viability in […]
Doug Rivers, PhD, Lee Enterprise Consulting Special to The Digest Serious development to convert lignocellulosic biomass to liquid fuels and chemicals began in the U.S. following the 1973 OPEC oil embargo that left the U.S. with fuel shortages and long lines and rationing of gasoline at service stations. Since that time, significant technical progress has […]
In Brazil, Compass, a gas trader from the Cosan group, and Orizon Meio Ambiente, from Orizon Valorização de Residues, announced the formation of a joint venture for the construction of a biomethane plant at the landfill in Paulínia (SP). The unit will have an initial capacity to produce 180,000 m3/day, starting in 2025, but could […]
News arrived from Brazil to begin the week that Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25 billion litres of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen. The low-carbon fuel is expected to be produced by five plants that Raízen plans to build in Brazil, bringing its total portfolio of cellulosic […]
In the Netherlands, Bloomberg reports Europe is importing vast amounts of cheaper Brazilian ethanol in the face of the ongoing energy crisis brought about by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ethanol purchases have tripled since July follow the Brazilian government’s policy shift ahead of its elections this fall which in turn forced ethanol prices lower. […]
