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RENWEX 2022. Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles, the international exhibition and forum are going to be run in Moscow
RENWEX 2022. Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles features an international exhibition and specialised forum run under the slogan "Creating the future of renewable energy together".
The event is going to be held in Moscow, Russia on June 21-23, 2022.
Cargill to acquire Arkema's epoxides business
As demand for bio-based industrial solutions continues to grow, Cargill has entered into an agreement to acquire Arkema's epoxides business which includes a facility located in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. After closing, the investment will give Cargill end-to-end production capabilities in bio-based plasticizers and polyols and enable the company to better serve its industrial customers with nature-derived alternatives to traditional petroleum-based additives.
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Russians drinking less, living longer, WHO says
Russia remains a nation of heavy drinkers, but alcohol consumption has fallen 43 percent from 2003 to 2016, a key factor in the country's rapid rise in life expectancy, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Read moreRussian rocket for suborbital space tourism to use ethanol as fuel
A projected rocket for commercial suborbital spaceflights, to be launched from a private space center to be built in Central Russia, will use ethyl alcohol as a fuel, the project's head told TASS on Thursday.
Read moreTatarstan is to have ‘maize-based' petrol and catalysts all Russia needs
The introduction of up-to-date technologies to the economy of Tatarstan was discussed at a meeting of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding's Board of Directors chaired by President of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov on 28 November. Read in Realnoe Vremya's report from the Government House on plans for the introduction of new fuel additives and catalysts that use renewable feedstock, use of digital twins of enterprises of the oil and petrochemical complex and development of a circular economy in Tatarstan, which is aimed to minimise waste and environmental pollution.
Read moreRussia - Law on fuel ethanol production signed by President Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law regulating the production and trade of fuel ethanol. The regulation had already been adopted by the State Duma on November 13, 2018 and approved by the Federation Council on November 23.
Read moreMarkets Now: Ethanol, Corn and Wheat Markets
While agriculture still tries to digest the roller-coaster news out of Washington D.C. from 2018, analysts are already focused on the dynamics of the new year. Clinton Griffiths sat down with Tommy Grisafi of Advance Trading and John Payne, publisher of "This Week in Grain" to discuss 2019 market movers.
Read moreA biofuel for automated heat generation: Scientists calculated what type of biomass generates more heat than consumes in pyrolysis
Pyrolysis - a process of biomass decomposition - can be organized automatically for heat generation out of the most common type of biomass such as peat and straw. That is, it is sufficient to heat biomass to a certain temperature and then the process proceeds in the autothermal mode due to its own heat release. This technology was studied by scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University in the article published in the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.
Read moreRussia Ethanol Production Set to Grow
Plans to lift a hefty excise tax on fuel ethanol by the Russian government are being called revolutionary. Recent statements from the office of Alexander Tkachev, Russia Minister of Agriculture, indicate the government plans to lift the excise tax on domestic ethanol by the end of the year with the goal of stimulating production. It will help implement one of the more ambitious state goals to increase the share of ethanol in the domestic motor fuel up to 10 percent by 2020.
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