The Argentine government established new criteria to set the values of fuel ethanol based on sugarcane and corn for domestic consumption, according to the Official Gazette reported Reuters.
US DoE offers US$59 million to expand biofuels production to decarbonise transportation sector [Full subscriber]
The US Department of Energy (DoE) said on June 1 that it would provide US$ 59 million to accelerate the production of biofuels for hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation, marine and rail.
Germany considering phasing out biofuels by 2030 [Full subscriber]
The war in Ukraine has reignited the “food vs fuel” argument surrounding crop-based biofuels, with Germany’s environment ministry, led by its minister Steffi Lemke working on a proposal to phase out the use of biofuels produced from food and feed crops by 2030.
USA – EPA denies biofuel waivers to 36 small oil refiners [Full subscriber]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied 36 petitions from small oil refiners seeking exemptions to the nation’s biofuel blending laws for the 2018 compliance year but will provide 31 of those refineries with another avenue to seek relief, the agency announced on 7th April.
Effective, sustainable, patent-pending waste-to-fuel technology [Full subscriber]
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed an electrocatalytic oxidation fuel recovery system capable of converting waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into valuable chemicals while simultaneously generating useful hydrogen.
India – Sugar companies boosted by incentivised ethanol sector [Full subscriber]
Most sugar manufacturing companies who have invested and continue to do so in ethanol production on the back of the government policy to drive the increase in biofuels production have witnessed the best year as their share price doubled or even tripled in 2021.
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
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.
Argentina – Lawmakers approve biofuel blend cuts [Full subscriber]
Argentina’s senate approved controversial biofuels legislation that would slash blending requirements for biodiesel and ethanol.
Monetizing brewers spent grain into proteins and biofuels [Registered]
Brewer’s spent grain (BSG) is the most abundant (85%) by-product generated from the beer-brewing process. Currently, BSG is predominantly used as cattle feed or buried in landfills, leading to substantial resource losses. Researchers at the Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech) have developed a novel process to extract the protein (14 ~ 30%) and fibre (~70%) contents from BSG and use it to create new types of protein sources, biofuels and more.
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 […]
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