BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30 unveiled a climate crisis action plan that aims to serve as a congressional roadmap to help the U.S. reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Biomass, biogas and biofuels will help meet that goal. READ MORE

BY City of Boulder Found In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsThe City of Boulder has finalized an agreement with Western Disposal for the sale of renewable natural gas (RNG) generated at the city’s Water Resources Recovery Facility. The RNG will fuel up to 38 of Western Disposal's vehicles. READ MORE

BY U.S. Gain Found In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsU.S. Gain has announced that after only eight months that its digester at S&S Jerseyland Dairy in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is now transforming animal waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) for use as a transportation fuel. READ MORE

BY SunGas Renewables Inc., Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsSunGas Renewables Inc., a supplier of proven biomass gasification systems, announced on June 25 a strategic alliance with Hatch Ltd., a global advisory, development consulting, multidisciplinary engineering and project delivery firm. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Advanced FuelsSix biofuel trade groups sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee on June 19 expressing support for the proposed extension of tax incentives for advanced biofuels that were included in the GREEN Act. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsTestimony offered during a June 24 hearing held by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to consider the Growing Climate Solutions Act explains how the bill could benefit the biofuel and bioproducts industries. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced FuelsFuelCell Energy Inc. has resumed manufacturing at its Torrington, Connecticut, facility, which temporarily suspended manufacturing activities in March due to COVID-19. The company also noted construction is underway on a California biogas project. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsThe U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for May, reporting that nearly 1.26 billion RINs were generated under the RFS during the month, down from 1.72 billion generated during the same month of 2019. READ MORE

BY City of Boulder Found In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsConstruction is more than halfway finished on the City of Boulder’s biogas use enhancement project, located at the city’s water resource recovery facility. Biogas produced from wastewater digesters will be converted into RNG for vehicle fuel. READ MORE

BY National Carbon Technologies Found In:Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsNational Carbon Technologies on June 16 announced its acquisition of Cool Planet’s biocarbon business, including more than 50 issued and pending patents for biocarbon production and product technologies. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsSen. John Thune, R-S.D., has introduced a bill that aims to approve certain advanced biofuel registrations under the RFS that the EPA has failed to take action on and set a deadline for the agency to act on future pathway and registration petitions. READ MORE

BY U.S. Department of Energy Found In:Advanced FuelsTop scientists, engineers, and analysts with the Department of Energy’s Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines initiative are examining how simultaneous improvements to fuels and engines can improve efficiency and reduce emissions and costs. READ MORE

BY USDA Found In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on June 12 issued a memorandum to Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen providing direction that will serve as a blueprint to help modernize the agency’s systems and approaches. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Pellets, Power, Thermal, Biogas, Advanced Fuels, ChemicalsThe Biogenic CO2 Coalition sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on June 9 urging the agency to seek public comments on the regulatory treatment of biogenic CO2 from annual agriculture crops. READ MORE

BY Dane County Wisconsin Found In:Biogas, Advanced FuelsThe first-of-its-kind in the nation RNG offloading station at Dane County, Wisconsin’s landfill on June 11 received its first load of RNG from a manure digester in the Yahara Lakes Watershed developed by Brightmark. READ MORE