In Brazil, Correio Braziliense reports Petrobras will increase gasoline prices at the refinery for the seventh consecutive time. The increase will be 3% while diesel will also be increased by 6%. The new prices will take effect on July 2. Before the new readjustment, gasoline prices were still 20% lower on the year, according to […]
By Doug Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition & Dave VanderGriend, Urban Air Initiative Special to The Digest Actually we all do, it has just reared its ugly head in poor Houston. That famous line from the Apollo 13 Space Flight radio communication between astronauts and mission control, and immortalized in the film of the same […]
In China, Reuters reports news first published by China’s Xinhua news agency that Tianjin is the first city in China to implement E10 with 10 fueling stations already supplying the fuel since Saturday, well ahead of the 2020 deadline when the blending policy is meant to be implemented nationwide. The city’s remaining fueling stations will […]
In Brazil, Platts reports that with hydrous ethanol at eight-year lows and drivers scrambling to drive on the cheaper fuel, gasoline surplus is being re-exported in tankers typically used for ethanol. One tanker was seen headed to the Gulf Coast of the US and potentially to West Africa afterwards. When ethanol is 70% of the […]
In Estonia, the local news agency reports that demand for ethanol-free 98 octane gasoline jumped 75% to 3.5 million liters per month in May when ethanol blending was introduced compared to the 2 million liters per month sold previously. Circle 98 gas stations are promoting the more expensive fuel for sports car owners and owners […]
In Washington, despite continued claims by opponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard, prices of the renewable identification number (RINs) credits used for RFS compliance have not caused changes in retail gasoline prices, according to a new analysis by Informa Agribusiness Consulting. The analysis, commissioned by the Renewable Fuels Association, looked at trends in the prices for conventional biofuel […]
In Colorado, a study conducted by DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), found that the petroleum components of ethanol-blended gasoline become degraded and unfit for use in an engine long before the ethanol portion takes up enough water to cause phase separation in the fuel tank. “Phase separation” occurs when an excessive amount of water […]
A reader writes: I’d hoped that the biofuels crowd would have gotten beyond ethanol by now. The industry has made progress creating all kinds of specialty chemicals from renewable sources and more or less successfully brought them to market. There’s jet and diesel in commercial use whether or not they’re yet profitable. However they […]
In Washington, the Energy Information Agency says E10 accounts for more than 95% of the fuel consumed in motor vehicles with gasoline engines. The total volume of ethanol blended into motor fuels used in the United States has continued to increase since 2010, albeit at a declining rate of growth. Meanwhile, the use of ethanol-free […]
It’s not your Dad’s gasoline. In fact, it’s worse, says the Union of Concerned Scientists in a new report. But the good news is that alternatives, by contrast, are getting cleaner. In Washington, the Union of Concerned Scientists reports that the gas pumped by American motorists is 30 percent dirtier to extract and refine than […]
