The U.S. EPA is seeking nominations for qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, including candidates that have experience working with processors and shippers of biofuels.
A consortium, including LanzaTech and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene glycol, (MEG), which is a key building block for polyethylene terephthalate, (PET), resin, fibers and bottles.
In response to the EPA's pool of candidate peer reviewers for the “Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress,� Growth Energy raised to EPA a number of critical considerations on biofuels.
The ABC has announced its 2022 Biogas Industry Award recipients. The CalBio Bloom Dairy Biogas Fuel Cell project in Fresno, California, and the Fremont Regional Digester project in Fremont, Michigan, were both named project of the year.
The Renewable Fuels Association is again hosting its annual Ethanol Days of Summer Contest with weekly chances to win free fuel. Each week RFA will award $250 in free fuel from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The U.S. EPA is seeking nominations for qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, including candidates that have experience working with processors and shippers of biofuels.
Environmental scientists and experts associated with Argonne National Laboratory have released a new set of comments in response to the recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Tyler Lark, et al.
2021 Combustible Dust Incident Report
By Chris Cloney
May 25, 2022
Dust Safety Science summarizes the 2021 wood and wood products industries loss history.
Rex American Resources Corp. on May 25 released financial results for its fiscal first quarter of 2022, the three months ended April 30. Despite a challenging operational environment, the company was profitable.
EverGen Infrastructure Corp. has entered into definitive agreements with Northeast Renewables LP and acquired a 50 percent interest in a portfolio of renewable natural gas (RNG) development projects in Ontario.
Ensuring Better Insurance Rates
May 25, 2022
In a persisting hard market, pellet producers and other wood product manufacturers are struggling with high premiums, but there are some ways to help achieve the best rates.
In October, Pellet Mill Magazine conducted an industry survey to gain insight about some of the challenges wood pellet manufacturers were facing as a result of the pandemic, inflation and lack of workforce.
Worley has been awarded a contract by Heartwell Renewables LLC, a joint venture between The Love's Family of Companies and Cargill, for a greenfield plant in Hastings, Nebraska, that will proudce 80 MMgy of renewable diesel.
Joseph Goffman expressed support for the RFS and biofuels during a May 25 hearing held by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to consider his nomination to serve as assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation.
Combustible Dust Hazards and Abatement Techniques
By Adam Haroz
May 25, 2022
There are many different methods of minimizing or eliminating dust hazards at wood pellet facilities, the first of which is a dust hazard analysis.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by more than 2 percent the week ending May 20, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on May 25. Ethanol stocks were down slightly.
UK Wood Pellet Market Open to New Supply Opportunities
By Mark Lebus
May 25, 2022
Changes to global supply chains brought on by the crisis in Ukraine, as well as increased demand across Europe, have seen United Kingdom producers and suppliers urgently switch to alternative sources of imported wood pellets.
Joseph Goffman expressed support for the RFS and biofuels during a May 25 hearing held by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to consider his nomination to serve as assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation.
A recent, highly publicized report led by Tyler Lark of the University of Wisconsin attacking the RFS is “more problematic than what we initially evaluated to be the case,� according to a new review of the work by a group of researchers.
Vast Experience in Fire and Explosion Hazards
By FLAMEX INC.
May 25, 2022
As part of a major global fire protection organization, FLAMEX Inc. has a wide range of detection and suppression components available to meet the specific protection requirements of varied applications that may be present within a single manufacturi
Q&A: Biomass and Bulk Powder Flow Testing
By Jamie Clayton
May 25, 2022
Effective bulk solids handling is essential in biomass operations, with poor flowability routinely highlighted as a primary cause of operational problems.
Poet has announced it will be reopening its bioprocessing facility in Cloverdale, Indiana, after federal and state policymakers took action to safeguard domestic markets for low-carbon biofuels. The facility has been idle since 2019.
World of Pellets
May 25, 2022
The recent European Pellet Conference in Wels, Austria, included international pellet market updates.
Filling a 2 Million-Ton Hole
May 25, 2022
The war in the Ukraine has disrupted commodity markets across the world, including wood pellets.
At a time when Europe needs as much affordable, sustainable and secure energy as possible, a recent vote by the European Parliament's ENVI Committee to limit the use of biomass makes little sense, according to USIPA's Jessica Marcus.
The U.S. EPA on May 23 opened a public comment period on a proposed consent decree that would require the agency to issue proposed 2023 RFS RVOs by Sept. 16, 2022, and issue a final rule setting 2023 RVOs by April 28, 2023.
In comments submitted on May 23 to the STB, the RFA voiced its support for certain regulatory changes intended to expedite relief for rail service emergencies. However, RFA noted that more work is needed to resolve current rail service issues.
The Minnesota PUC on May 19 unanimously voted that the organization has existing authority to permit the siting of CO2 pipelines, including the two multi-state pipelines currently under development that will sequester CO2 from ethanol plants.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. on May 24 announced the completion of commissioning and the initial operations of its Sierra BioFuels Plant. The facility has successfully produced syngas, which is ideal for conventional Fischer-Tropsch fuel production.
Advertisement
@ Copyright 2026 - BBI International - All rights reserved.