The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-’24 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released July 12. The agency, however, reduced its estimate for 2022-’23 corn use in ethanol.
A power generator demo unit genset, relying on a first-ever use of FuelAdaptive engine technologies patented by innovation company, ClearFlame Engine Technologies, has successfully progressed through phase one trials.
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.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration boosted its forecasts for 2023 and 2024 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11. The forecasts for ethanol blending were maintained.
California Ethanol + Power has announced that Life Cycle Associates has joined its team for Sugar Valley Energy. Life Cycle Associates is partnering with CE+P to define the expected carbon intensity pathway for the sugarcane ethanol product.
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.
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.
Musser Biomass and Wood Products will invest $7.5 million to expand operations and more than double its production of dried hardwood chips and sawdust. A portion of that material is supplied to wood pellet companies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Casella Waste Systems Inc. and Waga Energy announced the signing of a commercial agreement on July 10 to develop renewable natural gas facilities at three Casella landfills. Commercial operations are expected to begin in approximately 24 months.
Renewables are currently expects to account for 23 percent of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 25 percent next year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies AG has announced ethanol production and earnings were both down during the fiscal first quarter of 2023-’24. The company attributed the declines to maintenance shutdowns and normalized ethanol prices.
State-owned Indonesian energy company Pertamina is launching a new gasoline product containing 5 percent ethanol this summer, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network.
The RFA announced on July 7 that Rondo Energy has joined the association as its newest associate member. Rondo Energy is a leading provider of zero-carbon industrial heat, making industrial decarbonization possible and profitable today.
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.
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.
Divert Inc. on June 29 announced the company has processed more than 1 billion pounds of wasted food since 2021, mitigating 80,000 metric tons of GHG emissions. The company currently manages approximately 0.5 percent of all U.S. food waste.
Multiple new projects promise to expand biogenic hydrogen production, but only if unhindered by rules favoring electrolyzers.
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.
When faced with excessive amounts of dust and spillage from conveyor systems, operators logically focus on cleanup, maintenance and downtime mitigation to maintain production levels.
The U.S. exported 113.19 million gallons of ethanol and 958,386 metric tons of distillers grains in May, according to data released by the USDA FAS on July 6. Ethanol exports were down, while distillers grains exports were up.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has released data showing sugarcane processing was up during the first half of June. Ethanol production and sales were also up during the two-week period.
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