December 4, 2013
BY The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials
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The USDA maintained its forecast for 2024-’25 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Oct. 11. The outlook for soybean oil prices is also unchanged.
U.S. soybean production is expected to reach a record high 4.58 billion bushels, up significantly from last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s latest Crop Production report, released Oct. 11.
The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Biofuture Platform Initiative has unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing groundbreaking data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world.
CARB has published additional proposed changes to its pending LCFS modifications, including those that aims to use of sunflower oil feedstock for biomass-based diesel production, and update regulations related to corn stover and biomethane.
Downey Ridge Environmental Co. (Greasezilla) and bp on Oct. 1 announced a groundbreaking agreement that will enable the capture and extraction of brown grease waste as a feedstock for biofuel production.