Ethanol production in US slips back above 1M barrels

In Washington, Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production shows ethanol production snuck back over the 1 million barrel mark last week to 1.003 million barrels per day on average. With ethanol stocks falling and demand expected to increase coming into the summer driving season with hopes that year-round E15 will be in place due

Agronex Bio Fuels likely to set up ethanol unit

Agronex Bio Fuels is planning to set up a grain-based ethanol unit with a capacity of 75 klpd at Shinawad village, Aravalli in Sabar Kantha district of Gujarat. The proposed unit will spread over 19.55 acres of land parcel, and also includes installation of a 2.5 MW co-generation power plant. In November 2022, Agronex Bio

Guidelines for safe transport of lithium-ion batteries unveiled

The Lithium-ion Batteries in Containers Guidelines, published by several industry bodies, seek to prevent the increasing risks that the transport of lithium-ion batteries by sea creates, providing suggestions for identifying such risks. Extensive measures to safely transport what is an exponentially increasing volume of lithium-ion batteries, in their various states or charge and when also

Jiangnan Shipyard bags $470m order for LNG duo

China’s Jiangnan Shipyard has been contracted to build a pair of liquified natural gas carriers in a deal worth $470m. China Taiping Insurance Holdings confirmed the deal in Hong Kong Exchange filing which included its non-wholly owned subsidiary Taiping & Sinopec Financial Leasing (TSFL) and its two special purpose vehicles Taiping 26 and Taiping 27.

Scrubber project receives CARB approval

Clean Air Engineering–Maritime has received approval from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its latest vessel stack exhaust capture and treatment system, the ShoreKat. This shore-based technology is designed to reduce emissions while minimising the impact on vessel performance and operating costs. The ShoreKat technology is an air pollution control system that removes particulate

Wärtsilä, WEC Energy completed tests on hydrogen engine

Wärtsilä and WEC Energy Group have successfully completed tests using a hydrogen fuel blend to power a Wärtsilä engine. The tests were carried out in October 2022 at one of the US company’s power plants in Michigan, USA with an unmodified Wärtsilä 50SG engine and a 25 vol% H2 blend. The engine continued to supply

India considers LNG reserve to cut supply shortages

India is reportedly considering the creation of a strategic reserve of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to protect against potential supply shortages or price spikes in the future, following the country’s energy crisis last year, according to a senior executive at India’s leading LNG importer. The government has “proposed we should have more storage space for

Tamil Nadu plans to raise $605 mn for ethanol production

Tamil Nadu plans to raise 50bn rupees ($605mn) through investments for boosting molasses and grain-based ethanol production and meet its ethanol-blending requirement. The state’s ethanol blending policy 2023 will support domestic production of fuel-grade ethanol under the national Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme, which has set a target of 20% ethanol blending in gasoline (E20)

NGEL agrees with IOCL to build RE projects

NGEL, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, signed a joint venture agreement with IOCL for setting up of renewable energy projects to meet round the clock power requirement of IOCL refineries. The agreement was signed in the presence of Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC; Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman, IOCL; DK Patel, director (HR), NTPC; UK Bhattacharya,

Indian biggest buyer of Urals crude

India was the biggest buyer of seaborne Urals oil in March and the country’s demand for the grade means Russia has to maintain high exports, two traders said and Refinitiv Eikon data showed. Refiners in India, which in the past rarely bought Russian oil, because of high transport costs, have emerged as key oil clients