In Italy and Germany, Eni and BASF signed a strategic agreement on a joint R&D initiative to develop a new technology to produce advanced bio-propanol from glycerin, a side stream of the production of industrial biodiesel (FAME, fatty acid methyl ester), that Eni will purchase from European producers. The technology under development involves the conversion […]
In the UK, ICIS reports that COVID-19 has significantly tightened the availability of glycerin and as a result prices have tripled to EUR670-900/metric ton, basis free delivered northwest Europe. With expectation that biodiesel production is going to continue to slow through Q2 due to the virus and the resulting drop in non-GMO glycerin supplies, the […]
In Spain, ICIS reports that the global glycerin supply glut is expected to continue on the back of ever-rising biodiesel mandates, further weighing on refined glycerin margins as demand for new products using the material aren’t coming to market at the same speed as additional supplies. Personal and oral care products have traditionally been the […]
In Florida, local news reports that a mothballed biodiesel facility in North Fort Meyers owned by Green Gallon Solutions has begun to leak glycerin-like products that are treated as hazardous materials. The state’s department of environmental protection has called for immediate cleanup of the leaking 10,000-gallon tank that had glycerin oozing from it when inspectors […]
By Dennis Zeedyk, Glycerin Traders, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest Anyone who has produced biodiesel knows that glycerin can set up like wax if the process is over-catalyzed and/or animal fats are used as feedstocks. More than one of us has shoveled our share of “hard” glycerin. As a result, many biodiesel producers […]
In Spain, researchers at the Materials Science Institute in Seville led an international team to develop a method to produce ceramic bricks from a mixture of clay and glycerin in an effort to increase demand for the biodiesel byproduct. Above 100c, glycerin releases CO2 that creates tiny pores in the ceramic material with few interconnections […]
In Colombia, researchers at the Biotechnology Institute at the country’s National University (IBUN) are using a microorganism found in local soils known as IBUN 158B Clostridium to produce 1.3 propanodiol from glycerin using a metabolic process. About half a kilo of the chemical can be produced from a kilo of glycerin, which could be a […]
In Indiana, Louis Dreyfus Commodities’ giant 80 million pound per year glycerin refiner co-located at the 90 million gallon per year soybean biodiesel plant in Claypool is set to come online in the next couple of weeks, officially becoming the second largest in the country. Crude glycerin has been sold since the biodiesel plant came […]
In South Carolina, a doctoral student at Clemson University is feeding crude glycerin to algae to increase biomass and lipid production. Using it as a carbon substrate, the three-carbon sugar alcohol helps the algae to produce about 60 percent oleic acid, Omega-9 fatty acid, under lab conditions.
In Washington state, Whole Energy has opened its new facility in Mount Vernon. The new facility can recycle 15,000 tons of crude glycerin per year. The biodiesel distributor has been planning the project for two years and finally has it up and running, in part thanks to state funding.
