Price of Ethanol from sugar fixed for retailers in India

Indian government has fixed a price of up to 65.61 rupees for purchase of ethanol from sugar mills as the nation wants to boost blending with gasoline, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. India, the world’s third biggest oil importer and consumer, has expedited efforts to double ethanol blending with gasoline to 20% from the

Researchers produce biodiesel from leftover coffee grounds

Two Aston University researchers have produced high-quality biodiesel after ‘feeding’ and growing microalgae on leftover coffee grounds. Dr. Vesna Najdanovic senior lecturer in chemical engineering and Dr .Jiawei Wang were part of a team that grew algae which was then processed into fuel. In just the UK, approximately 98 million cups of coffee are drunk

UW-Oshkosh, Agra Energy partner to turn dairy waste into renewable energy

Wisconsin’s first commercial facility to convert dairy farm waste into renewable biofuel for vehicles broke ground. Thanks to a partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the California-based Agra Energy. The $20 million facility is located at the Dairyland Farm in New Franken. It will use new technology to convert manure into an estimated 750,000

India approves soft funding for ethanol facilities

According to news reports the Indian the government has approved soft loans for another 61 ethanol facilities to help it achieve its 20% ethanol blending mandate by 2025. The new facilities will produce 2.57 billion liters of ethanol production capacity, of which 1.86 billion liters will use grain as feedstock. All of the approved projects

Samskip signs biofuels agreement with GoodFuels

Samskip has signed a new agreement with GoodFuels, committing the Samskip container ships Endeavour, Innovator, Hoffell and Skatafell to run on marine grade bio-residual fuels until the end of 2022. GoodFuels MDF1-100 biofuel is formulated entirely from sustainable waste streams from the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive list. Initially using a biofuel blend which achieved a

Jumbo Maritime completes transatlantic trip using biofuels

In The Netherlands, Offshore Energy reported that Dutch shipping company Jumbo Maritime has revealed that its heavy lift vessel Jumbo Jubilee has completed a transatlantic voyage to and around the United States powered mostly with biofuel. According to the report, the company chose GoodFuels‘ biofuel with the aim to cut carbon emissions. The biofuel is

Virgin Voyages partners with RSB and three fuel providers for low carbon fuel

Virgin Voyages, a new cruise line, announced that it has partnered with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), along with three waste-based sustainable fuel providers to deliver low carbon fuels to the marine industry. Argent Energy, GoodFuels and Twelve are collaborating with the cruise line to further advance Virgin Voyages’ commitment of reaching net zero

First flex fuel station of India to come up in Karnataka

TruAlt Energy will set up India’s first flex fuel station at Jamkhandi in Bagalkot district of Karnataka. The flex fuel station coming up at Bagalkot will provide bio CNG, ethanol-blended gasoline and a charging facility for electric vehicles. As per reports,TruAlt Energy is aiming to set up 250 flex fuel stations across India in the

Honeywell introduces ETJ fuel to cut emissions by 80%

The tech company Honeywell recently announced a new, innovative ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) fuel processing technology that allows ethanol producers to convert corn-based, cellulosic, or sugar-based ethanol into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). According to Honeywell, depending on the type of ethanol feedstock used, jet fuel produced from their ETJ fuel process can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

More sugarcane may get diverted for ethanol production in India

With the Indian government aiming an indicative target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol by 2030, a major portion of sugar produce will be allocated for ethanol production. Following the central and state governments’ initiatives, about 141 sugar factories have set up ethanol production units and increased production. Since last few years, many units instead