Sugar & Ethanol

World Ethanol & Biofuels

World Markets with Christoph Berg

Watch a presentation with Christoph Berg from World Ethanol & Biofuels Virtual.

The Global Energy Challenge by Alessandro Bartelloni

Released from the World Ethanol & Biofuels Virtual event, this session is available for a limited time.

Webcast - India Ethanol Spotlight

运行与Excel工程师合作和缺点ultants, the first installment of Digital Dialogues for 2021 will look at the business opportunities in India's ethanol market at the country introduces 20% ethanol blending policies to be implemented by 2025.

Hear from Sanjay Desai, Chairman & Managing Director, Excel Engineers and Consultants and Olivier Macé, Owner and Principal, Broadmanor Consulting Limited.

Biofuel plant design and operational choices to produce high quality co-products

From fermentation and yeast separation, to distillation and stillage treatment Markus Lehr (VOGELBUSCH Biocommodities GmbH) spoke at length at the World Ethanol & Biofuels Virtual Event about plant design and operational choices to produce high quality co-products.

World Ethanol & Biofuels

Europe is stepping up its green ambitions

As Europe steps up decarbonisation efforts, will this be a good thing for the biofuels industry, or should the sector get worried?

World ethanol production to rebound in 2021

Global ethanol output will drop sharply in 2020. A rebound is expected in 2021, however, will if be strong enough?

[WEBCAST] Diversifying products and increasing returns from distillers' grains for animal feed

For the second World Ethanol & Biofuels Digital Dialogue, Kurt Rosentrater and Pete Moss join us for an exclusive webinar covering opportunities for ethanol producers in the animal feed market.

[WEBCAST] Responding to Covid-19: Global Ethanol Market Update

F.O. Licht Managing Director Christoph Berg will provide a detailed overview of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on key ethanol markets across the globe.

How COVID-19 will affect global biofuels demand

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is sending shockwaves through the global economy. The impact is particularly acute in oil product markets, as restrictions on international travel and regional and local movement prevent people and goods from circulating freely, which takes a heavy toll on transport fuel demand.

Avoiding microbial contamination in the industrial fermentation process

We caught up with Guy Hélin (Syngulon) and Tony Pouply (Tereos) to discuss their companies’ strategic partnership, which will help to create a unique library of bacteriocin genetic elements and improve microbial-based processes.

Biofuels for heavy vehicles are a no-brainer, says Scania

We sit down with Jonas Strömberg to discuss the contribution of biofuels to decarbonising heavy transport and what Scania are doing to collaborate with its partners to accelerate the bioeconomy.

Effective ethanol blend rates, policy, and opportunities for Indian biofuels

From effective blend rates to whether ethanol can change the narrative on the financial issues faced by the sugar sector, we sit down with Vinay Joshi to discuss policy and opportunities for ethanol in India.

Bioenergy

Antonio Vallespir: bioenergy portfolio diversity and the rise of ethanol

We spoke to Antonio Vallespir, CEO at Vertex Bioenergy, about the political attitude towards ethanol in Europe and his expectation for growth Spain and across the continent.

Will Finland be able to reach 30% biofuels in road transportation by 2029?

Timo Ritonummi is Deputy Director General of the Energy Department at Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. In our interview with him at the World Ethanol & Biofuels conference, he explained why he is confident that the country can meet its ambitious targets of 30% biofuels and 10% advanced biofuels in road transportation by 2029 – and why achieving the same gains in the aviation sector may prove more difficult.

agricul货币趋势如何影响贸易tural commodities, with Eddie Tofpik

Eddie Tofpik is Head of Technical Analysis at ADM Investors Services International. His analysis of FX and commodity futures markets is freely available online and is a valuable resource for market participants from a variety of industries, including sugar and ethanol.

Unlocking the full potential of renewable ethanol, with ePURE President Alarik Sandrup

Alarik Sandrup is the recently appointed president of ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association, where he advocates for greater use of ethanol to help meet the EU’s transport decarbonisation targets. He is also the Director of Public and Regulatory Affairs at Lantmännen, a Swedish agricultural cooperative. In our interview with him at World Ethanol & Biofuels, we discussed EU policy makers' attitude towards ethanol, how to reduce GHG emissions from feedstock cultivation, and why Sweden is leading the pack in terms of renewable fuel consumption.

Molasses

Opportunities for Russian molasses and sugar beet pulp: Q&A with Sucden’s Marina Sidak

Marina Sidak is Head of Analytical Service for one of Russia’s largest sugar producers, Sucden Russia. In our interview with her at the World Ethanol & Biofuels conference, we discussed the market outlook for the two most important sugar beet co-products, molasses and sugar beet pulp, and what can be done to help develop Russia’s fledgling ethanol industry.

Raizen Q&A: RenovaBio, Brazilian corn ethanol and the importance of alternative markets

Paulo Corte-Real Neves is Ethanol & Oil Products Trading Director at Raizen, a leading Brazilian sugarcane producer jointly owned by Cosan and Royal Dutch Shell. We sat down with him at the World Ethanol & Biofuels conference to discuss the RenovaBio programme, California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and emerging competition with corn ethanol produced in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Growth Energy’s Craig Willis talks small refinery exemptions and US ethanol exports

Craig Willis is Vice President for Global Markets at Growth Energy, a trade association representing the US ethanol industry. We caught up with him at the World Ethanol & Biofuels conference in Brussels to discuss the state of ethanol policy in the US, and what Growth Energy is doing to open up other markets for US exports, including Brazil and India.

EU regulations will incentivise higher ethanol consumption in 2020

2020 is likely to prove a strong year for the European ethanol industry, as member states leave headroom for a cap on crop-based biofuels production which will limit volumes to 2020 levels over the course of the next decade.

The EU biofuels market in 2020

What market forces will influence European ethanol and biodiesel production and consumption in 2020? This analysis from F.O. Licht considers each of the key European markets in turn, before assessing the outlook for imports of used-cooking oil from Asia and ethanol from the US.