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  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    News in-depthOil & Gas industry
    US oil refiners hope fat is way out of lean times

    Clean energy policies in California drive conversion of waste into ‘renewable diesel’

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    Faltering ethanol refiners switch to hand sanitiser

    Coronavirus outbreak dramatically reduces demand for fuel produced with American corn

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Jane Owen
    Betting the farm on a self-sufficient retirement 

    Living ‘The Good Life’ could be harder work than the office ever was

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    Agricultural commodities
    Indonesia’s biodiesel plan fires up ‘red hot’ palm oil prices

    Demand jumps for fuel made with the commodity as dry weather restrains output

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Ethanol
    China pulls back on tough ethanol content standards

    Policymakers struggle with lack of demand and resistance from oil companies

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    Ethanol
    Trump administration biofuels policy angers US farmers

    Details of plan sow discord in rural states critical to president’s re-election chances

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Ethanol
    Trump ethanol plan fails to cheer biofuel markets

    Reforms are aimed at Midwestern states crucial to president’s re-election prospects

  • Friday, 4 October, 2019
    Trump placates swing state farmers with biofuels shift

    Fossil fuel industry loses out in policy switch

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    Bunge and BP form Brazil sugar-ethanol business
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  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    US pleases corn farmers with fuel ethanol rule

    Trump administration lifts blending cap at the start of summer travel season

  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
    scoutAsia Research
    Trump trade war could sink China’s biofuel plans Premium

    Government to miss fuel ethanol target as US corn shipments dry up on higher tariffs

  • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
    Serious Fraud Office UK
    Serious Fraud Office opens joint investigation into Greenergy

    Searches at sites in Britain, Netherlands and Belgium

  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
    Speculators to be banned from market for biofuel credits

    US regulator proposal would restrict trading to counter suspicions of price-rigging

  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2019
    Oil majors work to carve out a role for greener biofuels

    Pressure is mounting for less polluting liquids after backlash

  • Tuesday, 9 October, 2018
    Ethanol
    Trump administration to loosen rules on ethanol

    Move on blends could boost demand for corn amid oversupply in grain markets

  • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
    Bioethanol plant to close amid lack of demand

    UK energy policy blamed for fate of Vivergo and more than 3,000 connected jobs

  • Sunday, 19 August, 2018
    Midwest farmers take Trump to task over biofuels mandate

    EPA move to water down standard could reduce demand for corn as producer profits slide

  • Thursday, 17 May, 2018
    Ethanol
    Ethanol hopes rise as crude oil prices surge

    Alternative fuel becomes competitive again as Brent trades above $79 a barrel

  • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
    Exxon-affiliated group bets on boom in algae fuel

    Synthetic Genomics aims to produce cost-competitive biofuel on a large scale by 2025

  • Monday, 26 February, 2018
    beyondbricsClimate change
    Keeping Brazilian ethanol green

    Switching to biofuels cuts direct greenhouse gas emissions but what of indirect ones?

  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2017
    Investors lose out as UK biofuels industry stalls

    Government criticised for not implementing promised policies

  • Thursday, 21 September, 2017
    Utilities
    Drax boss Dorothy Thompson to step down

    Chief executive transformed focus of Yorkshire power business from coal to biomass

  • Sunday, 2 July, 2017
    Brazilian ethanol group sees boost from plant waste

    Raízen Energia plans fivefold rise in output from second-generation biofuel facility

  • Monday, 19 June, 2017
    ExxonMobil tie-up in oil from algae ‘breakthrough’

    Collaboration with Craig Venter biotech doubles oil content to industrially useful level

  • Sunday, 18 June, 2017
    US corn ethanol producers to tap overseas demand

    Two new refineries planned even as domestic fuel sales reach a plateau

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