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USGC ethanol export programme yields $15m sales to Peru

Plantations International News The US Grains Council's ethanol export promo program has seen an early success with a United States exporter verifying considerable sales people ethanol to Peru. The 10 million gallons of ethanol, valued at greater than $ 15 million (EUR13.7 m), were sold after the United States Grains Council (USGC) led a team of Peruvian ethanol buyers and also producers to take part in the International Energy Ethanol Workshop in Minneapolis. The visitors additionally checked out ethanol production facilities and also investing business in Iowa, Illinois, and also Texas. 'The seminar and sees supplied the ethanol customers with the [...]

Cardiff University researchers improve biodiesel yields

Plantations International News Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process. Using simple catalysis, the researchers have been able to recycle an undesired by-product of the vegetable-oil-to-biodiesel conversion process, and convert this residue into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel. It is believed this new process will have significant environmental benefits by improving the yield of biodiesel in a sustainable way that doesn’t require the use of additional fossil fuels and could potentially reduce the costs of the biodiesel production process. The results were [...]