Biobased Battery, Starch-Based Gift Cards, Future Fashion, Plant-Based Flame...
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This week is a merry mix of biobased innovations around the world. From the creation of artificial reefs made from PLA in Israel and Spain’s starch-based gift cards to the...
View ArticleChinese to Invest $620 Million in Gabon Cassava-Based Ethanol Project
by Meghan Sapp (Biofuels Digest) In Gabon, local press reports that Chinese investors are set to plow $620 million into a facility that will produce 300,000 metric tons of ethanol from cassava...
View Article‘Nigeria Can Save N1.2trl from Ethanol, Other Imports’
(The Nation) Cassava has the capacity to generate N10 trillion and save Nigeria over N1.2 trillion from import of derivatives such as ethanol, starch and sweetener, Nigeria Cassava Growers...
View ArticleIEA Raises Global Biofuels Forecast as China Expands Ethanol Support
by Robert Perkins (S&P Global Platts) Expanding Chinese ethanol mandates set to boost output; 2023 biofuel forecast raised by 19.5 billion liters; Renewables to meet 4.6% of road transport fuel...
View ArticleDoes Security of Supply Drive Key Biofuel Markets in Asia?
(International Energy Agency) Replacing a portion of gasoline and diesel demand with biofuels is a means of increasing a country’s domestic fuel supply — Improving security of supply is a fundamental...
View ArticleReport: Thailand Could Benefit from Ethanol Imports
by Matt Thompson (Ethanol Producer Magazine) A recently released report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service says that while Thailand has relied on domestic ethanol...
View ArticlePlan to Make E20 Fundamental Petrol
by Yuthana Praiwan (Bangkok Post) The Energy Ministry plans to promote gasohol E20 as the fundamental petrol in the third quarter in a bid to become the first country in Asia to use ethanol as a core...
View ArticleCM Discusses Bio-Fuel Production from U-mangra
(The Sanghai Express) Chief Minister N Biren Singh chaired the first general body meeting of Manipur State Biofuel Board at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat today. … The meeting thoroughly discussed...
View ArticleSunbird Bioenergy Africa Recruits 1 700 Local Farmers in Kawambwa, but Needs...
(Lusaka Times) About 1700 out of the targeted 20,000 cassava out-grower farmers for the 2019/20 farming season have been captured by Sunbird Bioenergy Africa in Kawambwa District. Company Chief...
View ArticleBiofuel Promotion Put off as Ethanol Needed for Sterilisation Products
(The Nation Thailand) he Energy Ministry has postponed plans to promote the use of biofuels until the Covid-19 outbreak is eased. The ministry had initially told oil refineries to stop producing...
View ArticleAdvanced Biofuels USA Starts “Just A Minute” Educational Series
(Advanced Biofuels USA) The first episode of “Just A Minute or So about Renewable Fuels” focuses on what might be used to make renewable fuels. Students, teachers, or anyone interested in renewable...
View ArticlePalm Biofuel, Agro-Based Pharmaceuticals, Others Can Replace Petroleum, Says...
(The Guardian) … Oil palm can fetch Nigeria as much revenue as the crude oil can so said the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. But self-inflicted challenges that de-ranked...
View ArticleKebbi To Generate N388bn Revenues From Ethanol Production – Prof. Ka’oje
by Ibrahim Bello (The Herald) Prof. Muhammad Ka’oje, the Chairman, Kebbi State Standing Committee on Bio-Fuel, has said that the biofuel project will augment the state’s Internally Generated Revenue...
View ArticleNNPC, Kebbi Cultivate 2,675 Hectares of Cassava for Bio-Ethanol Production –...
(The Eagle Online) The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Kebbi State Government have cultivated cassava on 2,675 hectares of land for production of bio-ethanol in the state. The Chairman...
View ArticleOyetola Flags off Osun Ethanol Bio-Refinery Factory
(The Paradigm) Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has flagged off the construction of Osun Ethanol Bio-Refinery Factory situated at Ayekale, along Egbeda-Iragbiji road, Iragbiji, Osun State. Laying...
View ArticleNNPC Driving Nigeria’s Biofuel Agenda: Nowhere Near 2020 Target
by Ruth Olurounbi (The Africa Report) An oil-dependent Nigeria’s push to move away from “the uncertainties of absolute dependence on oil” with crude being its primary source of revenue has led to...
View ArticleAsenyansu to Get a US$10 Million Ethanol Factory
(GhanaWeb) Mr Sun Qiang, a Chinese Entrepreneur at Aframagya has disclosed of plans to establish a US$10 million ethanol factory at Asenyansu to help create employment for the youth. The factory,...
View ArticleSunbird to Supply Indeni with Ethanol for Fuel Blending
by Michael Kaumba (ZNBC) ZANIS-Indeni Petroleum Refinery Company Limited has engaged Sunbird Bioenergy Africa in Kawambwa to supply the first consignment of ethanol that will be used in a large-scale...
View ArticleU.S.-Vietnam Ethanol MOU Aims to Support Partnerships between Countries,...
(U.S. Grains Council) The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) signed an official memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week on expanding the use and...
View ArticlePlateau, CONTEC Global Sign MoU to Establish Bio-Fuel Plant
(This Day) … The Government of Plateau State in North Central region of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CONTEC Global Limited to establish a cassava biofuel plant in the...
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