Blending of ethanol with Petrol is a proven technology

Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said that years of research has gone into the technology of blending of ethanol with Petrol and it is a proven technology. Many studies to prove the efficacy of Ethanol blended Petrol have been carried out jointly with the Original Equipment

Clariant’s bioethanol plant mechanically complete and set for start-up

Bilfinger Tebodin has successfully delivered engineering, procurement, overall project and construction management services (EPCM) for the Swiss firm Clariant in Romania. Its first full-scale commercial sunliquid® plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues is mechanically complete and is now ready for start-up. The flagship plant will process 250,000 tonnes of straw to

Microsoft puts $50 million into sustainable jet fuel

Microsoft is putting $50 million into a LanzaJet facility in Georgia that will produce jet fuel from ethanol. LanzaJet says its facility will start producing sustainable jet fuel next year. Reuters says experts consider the airline industry one of the hardest to decarbonize. Governments and investors are trying to boost incentives to produce lower-carbon emitting

Australian farm co-op CBH trials biofuel-bunkered cargo ship

Australian grain co-op CBH Group has partnered with leading dry bulk operator Oldendorff Carriers to conduct the first biofuel trial on a grain vessel exporting from Australia. CBH Marketing and Trading is shipping 30,000 tonnes of sustainably certified malting barley aboard the Edwine Oldendorff, which is sailing from Albany Grain Terminal to Vietnam. The vessel

Biden weighing cuts to 2022 ethanol blending mandate proposal

The Biden administration is considering lowering the 2022 ethanol blending mandate below the proposed 15 billion gallons amid backlash from the oil refining lobby and unions arguing the shrinking US ethanol industry can no longer support the target, according to two sources familiar with the administration’s thinking. US President Joe Biden vowed to bring some

IOCL clarification on rollout of Ethanol Blended Petrol across the NE States

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has recently planned to roll out 10% Ethanol Blended Petrol (E10) across the 7 North Easters states with a 100% rollout in Guwahati. The blending of 10 % ethanol in Petrol in India is a practice which is nearly 2 decades old now and has been implemented across the country. Implementation

What is at stake for the US biofuel blending law in 2022 and beyond

The US biofuel blending program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) could see its most transformative year yet in 2022, as the Biden Administration must make decisions to reset statutes that mandate US renewable fuel blending. The program was designed to mandate certain volumes of renewable fuels to replace or reduce petroleum-based fuels. Oil

ExxonMobil expands interest in biofuels, acquires stake in Biojet

ExxonMobil, one of the largest publicly traded international energy companies, is acquiring a 49.9% stake in Biojet AS, a Norwegian biofuels company.  By doing so, ExxonMobil is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, as Biojet plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions

IOCL needs to make consumers aware of ethanol-mixed petrol: Dealers

The Greater Guwahati unit of the North East India Petroleum Dealers’ Association (NEIPDA) has appealed to the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to make consumers aware of ethanol-blended motor spirit (petrol) before distributing such fuel among retail outlets in the city. The association had earlier decided that its member retail outlets, a majority of which

Ethanol blending in petrol hits 8.1% on better supplies

Ethanol blending in petrol has risen to 8.1% in the year 2020-21, up from 5% in the previous year and 1.5% in 2013-14, thanks to a raft of policy measures that helped increase supply through a combination of assured purchases at government-set remunerative prices and interest subsidy for production capacity expansion. The government has been