In Uruguay, El Observador reports that Alcoholes de Uruguay has sold 4,000 metric tons of canola-based biodiesel—10% of its annual production—for export to the European Union to Trafigura for $5 million following a bidding process and later commercial negotiations. The ISCC certified fuel will go to a Scandinavian country after first passing through the port […]
In Uruguay, El Observador reports ANCAP has decided to slash biodiesel blending to 2.5% from 5% from January 1 because the government has changed the law regulating taxes that will make biodiesel blending more expensive. As a result, it may cut ALUR’s biodiesel production volumes if it can’t find other markets. The company has started […]
In Uruguay, MercoPress reports that a USDA FAS report has determined that the EU-Mercosur trade agreement could lead to up to $4 billion in losses for US agriculture, with much of that coming from reduced ethanol demand in Europe. The EU-Mercosur agreement 570 million liters of industrial alcohol imports and 253 million liters of ethanol […]
In Uruguay, the government said that the country’s transportation sector has lowered CO2 emissions since 2015 by an average of about 7% each year as a direct result of increased use of biofuels. Uruguay is one of the world’s largest biofuel consumers, in part thanks to the agro-fuels laws which require a 6% mix of […]
In Canada, Agrisoma Biosciences and Uruguay inked a partnership aimed at introducing a new, renewable, low carbon cash-crop for farmers. The deal gives the Quebec-based company the opportunity to grow its business outside of Canada by planting thousands of new hectares of the Carinata seed in Uruguay. Under this new deal, both parties anticipate significant […]
In Uruguay, Brazilian researchers are expected to arrive in the capital of Montevideo on Thursday after a 532-mile drive from the Brazilian city of Montenegro in a vehicle powered entirely by biogas. The trial is meant to promote interest in the use of the fuel that the Uruguayan energy ministry hopes could be an option […]
In Uruguay, ALUR has signed a deal to export 140,000 liters of UCO biodiesel to the Netherlands. Holland is the country’s first export market, with 100,000 liters exported in December and another 120,000 liters exported in March. Had the UCO from the most recent shipment not be turned into biodiesel, the oil could have potentially […]
In Uruguay, Alcoholes del Uruguay has secured the country’s first biofuel export with 100,000 liters of used cooking oil-based biodiesel heading to the Netherlands. The fuel was to Argos sold at $750 per metric ton via the company’s Brazilian arm. The UCO is collected from the cities of Canelones, Maldonado and Montevideo via smart container […]
In Uruguay, Alcoholes del Uruguay expects to produce more than 130 million liters of biofuels this year, the highest on record for the company. About 70 million liters is ethanol, thanks to the country’s largest ethanol plant coming online earlier this year, while the remaining production is biodiesel. The country currently has a blending mandate […]
In Uruguay, Alcoholes de Uruguay (Alur) has launched a project to trial the recycling of used cooking oil into biodiesel. The pilot includes a waste oil collection center at a school in Montevideo using a smart glass recycling system that receives containers and returns new ones for collecting more oil. The state-owned company is in […]
