Biofuels Daily: Recent Episodes
Scott Singer
Your daily one stop shop for easily digestible (pun-intended) biofuels industry news. Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and top business stories in 15 minutes. You’ll also hear longer conversations with top scientists, university professors, and business leaders who are shaping the industry as we know it.
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Story 1: Brightmark is upgrading 6 Buffalo area anaerobic digesters to renewable natural gas. Story 2: Pluton Biosciences has acquired Microbe Inotech Laboratories. Story 3: Aalto University invents eco-super glue.
Story 1: Joint venture between Bluestar Adisseo Company and Calysta. Story 2: Avantiun’s portfolio review. Story 3: New patent between Birla Carbon and GranBio Technologies
Story 1: Sketchers taps into soybean oil based technology. Story 2: Just Eat delivery company testing out seaweed based delivery boxes. Story 3: Nouryon makes AkuPure.
Story 1: U.K. Company Reswirl designs “infinite” recyclable toothbrushes. Story 2: 11 European companies receive funding to develop biobased products. Story 3: Sweden’s bio-methanol.
Story 1: Advanced Biochemical in Thailand. Story 2: Pepsi to try out using biodegradable packaging. Story 3: Scientists have discovered how to grow plants on Martian and lunar soil.
Story 1: Commentary about the USDA’s vision for the next 30 years of biofuels. Story 2: Ag startups are down this year. Story 3: University of Illinois designs open AI biofuel modeling software.
Story 1: India targeting 10% ethanol blending with petroleum. Story2: Indonesia targeting 40% biofuel blend by summer 2021. Story 3: HVO biodiesel the official fuel of choice for Volvo in Sweden.
Story 1: Amyris stock price is soaring as the result of their sustainable beauty product line. Story 2: Neste and IKEA Finland lower carbon emissions by using NESTE My Renewable Diesel. Story 3: The United Kingdom should increase its bioenergy crops to deliver carbon savings a new report finds.
Story 1: Finland’s VTT models a circular economy. Story 2: Lavazza partners with KLM Royal Dutch. Story 3: AVA Biochem Ag in Switzerland.
Story 1: White Dog Labs squiring Central Minnesota Renewables. Story 2: Renewable Fuels Association released 2019 summary reports. Story 3: Melbourne based AgBioEn is starting construction on a new agricultural waste to energy plant.
Story 1: DMC technologies produces L-alanine at scale.
Story 2: Eco-Energy in final stage of facility construction.
Story 3: Gevo gets RSB certified.
Story 1: Self repairing building materials made out of fungus. Story 2: Micro-robots for micro-plastics. Story 3: Itaconix and Nouryon agreement.
Story 1: China stepping up regulations to eliminate single use plastics.
Story 2: Swedish researchers find a way to convert organic waste to biogas using membrane bioreactors.
Story 3: The EIA predicts wind, solar, hydro, and energy storage will account for 78% of new electrical generation capacity in 2020.
Story 1: Kenyan sugar company to resume ethanol production. Story 2: Malaysia’s 2020 palm oil inventory. Story 3: Italy’s Eni gets fined over biofuel advertisements.
Story 1: Iowa Senator Ernst proposes firing EPA’s Andrew Wheeler. Story 2: University researchers discover Poplar trees emit GHG’s. Story 3: China to buy corn from Illinois per Trumps phase one trade agreement.
Story 1: Germany’s cabinet approves National Bioeconomy Strategy. Story 2: Mexico’s Supreme Court rejects E10 policy. Story 3: Indonesian Bus operators concerned about B30 impacts following B20 troubles.
Story 1: New Bioboiler in Finland. Story 2: USDA seeks to improve biofuel blending mandate under the Trump administration. Story 3: Crown releases new biodiesel pretreatment tech.
Story 1; Gevo signs biogas agreement with 3 dairy farms. Story 2: Aemetis purchases Kansas biofuels plant. Story 3: E100 in Brazil.
Story 1: Purdue University scientists find a way to convert food waste to hydrogen fuel.
Story 2: California company creates biodegradable iPhone cases.
Story 3: Taco Bells moves toward creating more sustainable packaging.
Story 1: Liquid Hydrogen in Norway.
Story 2: Italian company SNAM doubles hydrogen blend volume.
Story 3: Australia and Japan sign a join statement of cooperation on hydrogen and fuel cells.
Story 1: A review of the hydrogen fuel cell industry in 2019.
Story 2: Air Products investment in a new ammonia plant in Texas City.
Story 3: International Renewable Energy Agency's green hydrogen projections.
Story 1: Licella and BioLogicQ accelerate the commercialization of a Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor process for recycling plastics. Story 2: Avantium’s new Netherlands plant. Story 3: GoodFuels in the Netherlands supplying bio-fuels to the shipping sector.
Story 1: Toyota plans to build to a hydrogen powered smart city at the base of Mount Fuji. Story 2: MiAlgae out of Scotland raises 1 Million pounds in funding. Story 3: California company develops a new bio based fire retardant for Australia’s wild fires.
Story 1: China suspends its plans to implement a 10% EtOH blend in Gasoline. Story 2: Impossible Foods no longer trying to partner with McDonald’s. Story 3: New Holland to partner with the National Hemp Association.
Story 1: Italian Bioplastics maker goes bankrupt.
Story 2: Irish teenagers develop biodegradable packing peanuts.
Story 3: Swiss researchers develop self-repairing building infrastructure.
Story 1: Reusable Turtle Straws.
Story 2: Natural Glow Sticks.
Story 3: Hemp Infused Coffee.
Story 1: SIRES repurchased BUNGES series B membership units. Story 2: NEXT Renewable Fuels production facility in Oregon. Story 3: 4 new biofuels projects in the UK.
Story 1: Super Bowl 54 in 2020 going sustainable. Story 2: Mattel to make Barbie out of biobased materials. Story 3: Lenzing Group and Duratex building new wood pulp plant near São Paulo.
Story 1: Broco Oil supplying biodiesel to Massachusetts. Story 2: Corn based ethanol expanding to Brazil. Story 3: Madrid Ethanol’s valuation in Nebraska.
Story 1: Colorado leads in renewable energy and climate in 2019. Story 2: PetroBio switches to Biofuels. Story 3: Indonesia files lawsuit against EU at WTO over palm oil biofuel restrictions.
Story 1: Portland Oregon company uses AI to improve recycling. Story 2: BASF uses new technology to optimize crop yields. Story 3: A university in Thailand has developed a new catalyst for biofuel production.
Story 1: New North American Trade Deal impact on US Biofuels. Story 2: The EU passes a Green New Deal. Story 3: Chinese researchers invent new electrochemical process to produce ethylene.
Story 1-MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is pleased to announce that the company has started to use biofuel in its vessels.
Story 2: EFAI says the reduced retail price for gasohol E85 will end some time in 2020.
Story 3: Brazil Sugar Cane crush down 28% on year.
Story 1: Siemens signs cooperation agreement in Sweden to test renewable fuels .
Story 2: European Union imposes tariffs on Indonesia.
Story 3: First Electric Seaplane.
Story 1: New B20 mandate in Iowa.
Story 2: Sasol and Haldor collaboration agreement on Gas-To-Liquid technology.
Story 3: Biossance 3X Cyber Monday sales.
Story 1: Moody's says RenovaBio will boost EtOH demand in Brazil.
Story 2: White House economic advisor tapped to find Renewable Fuels Standard solution.
Story 3: Yale researchers convert carbon dioxide and water into methanol with electricity.
Story 4: Senators express concerns to EPA administrator about 2020 RFS proposal
Story 1: Waterfall Group and SKyNRG team up with Vancouver airport on aviation biofuel.
Story 2: New Zealand may get its first bioplastics plant.
Story 3: Perdue says will soften ethanol-waiver impact.
Story 1: Senator Chuck Grassley on boosting the ethanol market in 2020.
Story 2: Biotechnology Innovation Organization and Low Carbon Fuels Coalition announce new joint initiative.
Story 3: LanzaTech moving ahead on Sustainable Aviation Fuel scale up.
Story 1: Ethanol production scaled 3,000 barrels per day higher but ethanol stocks shrank 2.2%.
Story 2: Welch, Udall Introduce Legislation to Reform the Renewable Fuel Standard to Benefit the Environment.
Story 3: New York newest state to allow E15, Growth Energy celebrates
Story 4: IRENA report looks at what is holding advanced biofuels back
Story 1: Airlines bracing for higher fuels costs with Norway's 0.5% aviation biofuel blending mandate.
Story 2: New 4evergreen industry alliance seeks to boost fiber-based circular economy.
Story 3: American GreenFuels' biodiesel secures certification for recycled content and byproduct synergy.
Story 4: Greenfield Global is teaming with Hy2gen Canada in a green hydrogen JV.
Story 1: Neste's MY Renewable Diesel™ to fuel shuttles at the Dreamforce Conference.
Story 2: Democrats unveil draft of GREEN Act which includes extending biofuel tax credits.
Story 3: Indonesia to use 72 million liters of biodiesel to test B30 in ships and trucks.
Story 4: REG puts hold on $30 million Seneca expansion due to tax credit extension delays.
Story 5: Federal jury finds Colorado businessman guilty of biofuel tax credit fraud.
Story 6: Iowa Republicans continue to support Trump despite throwing biofuels under the bus.
Story 7: Farm Credit Agency tells House subcommittee that the agricultural economy needs a stable biofuel market.
Story 8: Machine Learning to benefit agricultural.
Story 1: Malaysia B20 for 2020.
Story 2: POET-DSM to focus on R&D.
Story 3: Amerr fails purchase in Brazil.
Story 4: Red River Biorefinery nearing completion
Story 5: E15 sales up 46%
Story 6: EU can increase ethanol fuel use.
Story 1: HollyFrontier Corporation Announcing new growth opportunity.
Story 2: Velocys fulfills order for Japanese biorefinery project.
Story 3: Pacific Ethanol extends credit agreements with CoBank
Story 1: Exxon Mobil and SGI develop biofuels from algae.
Story 2: Aemetis announces Q3 earnings report.
Story 3: Wisconsin GOP urges Trump to back ethanol industry.
Story 1: Gevo signs a new fuel sales agreement with Scandinavian Airline System.
Story 2: Turkish biodiesel production is up 18% in 2019.
Story 3: Golden Agri forecasts $700/mt for crude palm oil
Story 1: New report out of Washington D.C. analyzing the importance of the Biodiesel Tax Credit.
Story 2: Gevo announces Q3 earnings
Story 3: Kanye West releases an algae based shoe as part of his Yeezy footwear collection