Romania – Construction of €140 million cellulosic ethanol plant completed [Full subscriber]
Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant said on 15th October that it had completed the construction of a cellulosic ethanol plant in the southern Romanian county of Dolj.
India – Government injected US$4.65 billion over last six years to incentivise ethanol production [Full subscriber]
Over the last six years, this Government has successfully injected INR350 billion (US$4.65 billion) to drive ethanol production, according to the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
South Africa – SASA asks the government to incentivise biofuels production [Full subscriber]
South African Sugar Association (SASA) is in talks with the government over a potential subsidy that could see it convert more than a third of its annual sugar output into biofuel, reported Bloomberg
Colombia decreases its ethanol blend rate again [Full subscriber]
On September 9, the Colombian government released a new resolution to decrease its ethanol blend level to 4% (E4), effective September 11, according to USDA’s recent attaché report.
Netherlands – Shell to build 820,000 tonnes/year biofuels plant [Full subscriber]
Shell plans to build an 820,000 t/y biofuels facility in the Netherlands, which it claims will be one of Europe’s largest.
Engineered E. coli has the potential to produce fuel and chemicals from CO2 [Full subscriber]
Researchers from Newcastle University, UK, have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) using hydrogen gas (H2) to convert it into formic acid. The research raises the possibility of converting atmospheric CO2 to commodity chemicals.
USA – DOE awards US$64.7 million for biofuels research to decarbonize aviation and shipping sectors [Full subscriber]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on 9th September US$64.7 million in funding for projects focused on producing cost-effective, low-carbon biofuels.
Faster and cheaper ethanol-to-jet fuel process [Full subscriber]
A patented process for converting alcohol sourced from renewable or industrial waste gases into a jet or diesel fuel is being scaled up at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with the help of partners at Oregon State University and the carbon-recycling experts at LanzaTech.
US fuel ethanol exports to Brazil falls by 36% in 2020 [Full subscriber]
In 2020, US ethanol exports totalled 1.3 billion gallons (5.91 billion litres), valued at US$2.3 billion. This volume was 9% lower than 2019 due to reduced demand for fuel and 20% below the record 1.7 billion gallons (7.73 billion litres) shipped in 2018. However, the year-over-year value fell only 1% due to higher prices for fuel ethanol and increased shipments of higher-value, medical-grade ethanol.
India – Several millers expanding capacity or building new ethanol plants [Full subscriber]
Ethanol production projects – both new build activity and expansion in capacity are on overdrive as millers, incentivised by the government policy pursue the blend mandate target of 20% by 2025.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
Read more …Join us on LinkedIn
