Johannes Escudero, founder and CEO of the RNG Coalition, dicusses Ukraine's plan to use biomethane to reduce its reliance on natural gas imports and encourages policymakers agross the globe to follow the country's lead.
The U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Internal Revenue Service have announced $4 billion in tax credits for projects that expand clean energy, critical materials manufacturing, or recycling.
Montana Renewables completed ramp up of unit operations and delivered the successful startup of a feedstock pretreatment unit during the second quarter of 2023. The Great Falls, Montana-based facility produces renewable diesel and SAF.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-'24 soybean oil use in biofuel in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released July 12. The outlook for 2023-'24 soybean production was reduced.
Louis Dreyfus Company and Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. have agreed to jointly promote the sustainable cultivation of Camelina sativa (camelina) in South America, including the countries of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The USDA will invest $300 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
Yosemite Clean Energy LLC has been awarded a $5 million grant from the California Energy Commission. The funding will support the development of YCE's cutting-edge biomass-to-hydrogen production plant in Oroville, California.
SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) announced the preliminary agenda for the North American SAF Conference & Expo taking place Aug. 29-30 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Blue Biofuels Inc. announced on July 11 it has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 grant. The $206,500 grant will support efforts to scale and optimize the company's cellulose-to-sugar process.
The U.S. DOE on July 10 awarded a $2.5 million grant to the University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research Center to help advance a CCUS project at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s renewable diesel plant in Dickinson, North Dakota.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2023 renewable diesel production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11. The forecast for 2024 renewable diesel production, however, was reduced.
Multiple new projects promise to expand biogenic hydrogen production, but only if unhindered by rules favoring electrolyzers.
Haffner Energy in launching SAFNOCA, an integrated solution for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The patented technology involves renewable synthetic gas production from diversified biomass and organic waste.
Last year, U.S. West Coast distillate consumption, as measured by product supplied, was at its lowest since 2002 and is on track to fall further this year. The growing use of biofuels instead of petroleum diesel is the primary cause for the decline.
The USDA's Risk Management Agency on June 30 announced it will expand crop insurance for camelina in direct response to the anticipated increase in demand for the crop for biofuel production. The expansion provides additional grower certainty.
Improved carbon accounting methodology for biogas projects will be a game-changer for the industry.
Uniper and Sasol ecoFT have jointly applied for funding from both the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU Innovation Fund for funding to support thier SkyFuelH2 project. Construction on the proposed SAF facility is expected to begin in 2025.
Topsoe was selected by HF Sinclair as a technology provider for the production of renewable fuels at its facilities in Sinclair, Wyoming; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Artesia, New Mexico. All three faciliites utilize Topsoe's HydroFlex technology.
bp ventures has committed $10 million in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert biobased municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as bio-methanol.
U.S. firms working with clean energy fuels, such as corn ethanol, woody biomass/cellulosic biofuel, and other biofuels, added 1,962 jobs in 2022. Bioenergy electric power generation (EPG) jobs were also up.
Total operable biofuels production capacity in the U.S. expanded in April, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on June 30. Feedstock consumption was up when compared to the same month of last year.
As interest in low carbon fuels gains momentum, Clean Fuels Alliance America continues to grow stronger and more diverse by adding new members. Since January, Clean Fuels has welcomed nine new companies.
Bruks Siwertell Group has signed an acquisition contract for North American heavy machinery specialist, West Salem Machinery. WSM will continue to operate under its current name as a separate internal division within Bruks Siwertell Group.
Marquis received the necessary permits for its Marquis South Dock Expansion project on the Illinois River at the Marquis Industrial Complex. The project supports a new soybean processing facility that will produce biofuel feedstock.
Bunge and Chevron's Renewable Energy Group Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., have acquired Argentina-based Chacraservicios S.r.l. Chacraservicios is focused on the cultivation of camelina sativa, which can be used to produce biofuels.
The USDA' on June 30 announced that an estimated 83.5 million acres of soybeans have been planted in the U.S. for 2023, down 5 percent when compared to 2022. Soybean harvested area for 2023 is estimated at 82.7 million acres, down 4 percent.
Nippon Express Europe GmbH, a group company of Nippon Express Holdings Inc. and Lufthansa Cargo AG contractually agreed on June 20, 2023, to advocate the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) when transporting airfreight shipments.
Korean Air has partnered with GS Caltex to conduct test flights using SAF. The test flights using SAF will be analyzed and the results will be used by the Korean government to establish SAF quality standards and accelerate commercialization.
Eni Sustainable Mobility Spa and PBF Energy Inc. on June 28 announced the closing of a 50-50 joint venture partnership in St. Bernard Renewables LLC (SBR), an operating biorefinery co-located with PBF's Chalmette Refinery in Louisiana.
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a demonstration of Sunvapor's solar steam and thermal battery technology to further lower the Carbon Intensity (CI) of the renewable dimethyl ether (DME) produced by Oberon Fuels.
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