In India, the Daily Pioneer newspaper reports that two sugar companies in Uttar Pradesh—Balampur and Pipraich Sugar—will produce ethanol directly from sugarcane juice during the new season starting October 1. The UP government greenlighted the use of sugar juice as ethanol feedstock in October 2020. The state produced nearly 1 billion liters at 72 distilleries […]
In New York state, Kindly, a new line of sustainable intimates, launches featuring the first-ever plant-based bra cup sourced from Brazilian sugarcane. Available exclusively at Walmart, kindly is on a mission to make sustainability accessible to everyone. Its product line features a wide range of sustainable bras and underwear made from recycled materials, and a promise […]
In Brazil, Platts reports UNICA data showed sugarcane production has fallen by more than 7% this season through July to 304 million metric tons, the lowest since 2017/18, which pushed sugar futures higher as well as the spot price for hydrous ethanol. Ethanol production reached 14.1 billion liters through July, down nearly 3.5% on the […]
In Brazil, the fungus Fusarium verticillioides is one of the causes of red rot, the most serious sugarcane disease. Losses average around $1 billion per harvest in Brazil alone. The traditional approach to the etiology of this disease is that it is triggered by Diatraea saccharalis, a moth usually referred to as the sugarcane borer. […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports UNICA data shows that sugarcane production has fallen by a quarter during H2 April due to yields falling 10% on the year, further tightening the already limited available of both sugar and ethanol. With mills focusing on sugar production over ethanol due to high world prices, ethanol production fell by 22% […]
In Hawaii, a groundbreaking study investigating the growth of selected varieties of sugarcane to convert into high-performance jet fuel is underway at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM). Utilizing advanced technologies in agronomics and bioeconomy, the researchers are ultimately looking to improve the island’s environmental sustainability, […]
In California, California Ethanol + Power announced it will engage with the local Imperial Valley farming communities to secure formal commitments to grow the first 20,000 acres of sugarcane feedstock for Sugar Valley Energy, a planned low-carbon ethanol production and biomass energy campus set to begin construction in 2021. Located near the city of Brawley, […]
In California, Amyris, Inc. will expand its portfolio of consumer brands by launching a new range of Terasana branded clean beauty products focused on sustainably sourced natural cannabinoids, enabled by its proprietary Lab-to-Market synthetic biology platform, which has a track record of developing and producing platform molecules from naturally sourced sugarcane and a sustainable fermentation […]
In the UK, Hypnos has pioneered another ground-breaking carbon neutral innovation which could help with carbon reduction efforts across the bed and furniture industry thanks to its newly created sustainable bed and mattress packaging. After 18 months of intensive research and development, Hypnos has successfully developed another industry first by creating a new recyclable, eco-friendly […]
In India, the ANI news agency reports the cabinet committee has agreed to boost the price paid by oil marketing companies for ethanol by a few rupees per liter. The price increase is only for ethanol from sugarcane juice, B-heavy molasses and C-heavy molasses feedstocks. The government is still looking at how to support grain-based […]
