North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on July 2 signed the North Carolina Farm Act of 2021. The legislation, in part, directs the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission to develop a new general permit for farms with digester systems.
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 7 announced $52.5 million to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies. Two of the funded projects focus specifically on the production of hydrogen from biobased feedstocks.
The U.S. Department of Energy on June 30 awarded $45.5 million for research projects geared towards understanding and harnessing nature's biological processes to produce clean biofuels and bioproducts.
Avolta and its regional development partner, Atlas Global Holdings LLC, held an official groundbreaking to kick off the first of two RNG Projects at the Butterfield and Milky Way dairies outside of Phoenix, Arizona.
Xebec Adsorption Inc. announced on July 6 that it has signed a master service agreement (MSA) with a leading U.S.-based renewable natural gas (RNG) dairy farm project developer for the purchase of BGX Biostream units.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. announced July 6 that it has completed construction of its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world's first commercial-scale plant converting household garbage into low-cost, zero-carbon transportation fuels.
The Ontario government on July 5 announced it is changing its biogas regulations under the Nutrient Management Act to enable new on-farm biogas systems and expansions of existing systems to be approved more easily and at a lower cost.
Reps. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, and Angie Craig, D-Minn., on July 2 introduced the Small Refinery Exemption Clarification Act of 2021, which aims to clarify the definition of “extension� in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 25 ruling on SREs.
The U.S. Department of Energy on June 24 announced it will award $30 million to 68 projects that aim to accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies, including those related to biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts.
The U.S. EIA released its latest Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstock Update on June 30, reporting that production capacity for both fuel ethanol and “other� biofuels increased in April. Capacity for biodiesel held steady.
NIFA invests $5.4M in bioprocessing, bioengineering research
By USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture
June 30, 2021
USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced on June 30 an investment of $5.4 million in bioprocessing, bioengineering, biofuels and biobased products research. A total of 18 projects were selected for funding.
Opal Fuels LLC has announced a contract with Contract Transport Services to sell 15 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of RNG and construct the station and related infrastructure at CTS's facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Brightmark on June 30 broke ground on three renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Michigan. The projects are owned by and will be operated through subsidiaries of Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, a partnership with Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Velocys plc has announced the execution of a strategic framework agreement with Koch Project Solutions, a subsidiary of Koch Engineered Solutions, for Velocys' Bayou Fuels biorefinery project in Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa; Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; John Thune, R-S.D.; Michael Rounds, R-S.D.; Ben Sasse, R-Neb.; and Deb Fischer, R-Neb., on June 30 sent a letter to President Biden urging him to resist calls from Big Oil to undercut the RFS.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on June 28 named Randy Moore as the new U.S. Forest Service chief. Moore will replace current Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen, who is scheduled to retire on July 26.
The DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management on June 23 announced $8 million in federal funding for four projects to develop and test technologies that capture and utilize CO2 from power systems or industiral sources to produce algae.
Representatives of the biofuels industry on June 28 called the U.S. Supreme Court's June 25 decision on SREs a setback but stressed that that ruling should not significantly increase the number of SREs approved by the Biden Administration.
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 reversed the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal's January 20, 2020, decision on small refinery exemptions (SREs), ruling that the U.S. EPA can extend SREs to small refineries whose earlier temporary exemptions had lapsed.
Signature Flight Support, the world's largest network of fixed-base operations (FBO), announced on June 10 new permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at two Texas airports and one airport in California.
A multi-laboratory team of scientists led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory is studying the feasibility of using energy-dense biofuels such as biocrude and bio-oil to meet new emissions regulations for cargo ships.
The U.S. Senate on June 24 voted 92 to eight to pass the Growing Climate Solutions Act, which aims to break down barriers for farmers and foresters interested in participating in carbon markets so they can be rewarded for climate-smart practices.
Aemetis Inc. has opened negotiations for the supply of 1.6 million metric tonnes (MT) per year of CO2 for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to be located at or near the two Aemetis renewable fuels plant sites in Central California near Modesto.
Neste and BGC have signed an agreement for the purchase of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel, to be delivered to airlines SAS and Finnair, covering the volume of all the flights with these carriers taken by BCG employees in the Nordics.
AgLand Renewables LLC, the California subsidiary of CleanBay Renewables Inc., has been selected by the GO-Biz to receive $1.7 million in tax credit from the highly competitive California Competes Tax Credit program for its RNG projects.
The government of Canada on June 21 launched a C$1.5 billion Clean Fuels Fund with a call for proposals for projects that will increase the country's capacity to produce clean fuels, including ethanol, renewable diesel, SAF, RNG and others.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on June 22 signed an executive order to establish a carbon sequestration task force. Stakeholders representing the ethanol, biodiesel and biogas industries have been named as initial members of the new task force.
The first tests to produce renewable gasoline from sawdust have just been carried out at Preem's refinery in Lysekil, Sweden. Work has now started to process 50,000 tons of pyrolysis oil at the plant.
Southwest Gas is actively working with RNG developers to interconnect various RNG projects across its service areas with Southwest Gas' facilities. There are currently four projects in Arizona and one in California that are approved.
The government of New Zealand on June 13 opened a public comment period on a proposal to introduce a sustainable liquid biofuels mandate that aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels.
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