The 2021 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW), the ethanol industry's largest conference, will feature more than 150 speakers, next week, July 13-15, in Des Moines, Iowa. More than 450 biofuel producers are set to attend.
Neste has launched Neste MY Renewable Diesel in the Belgian market. The fuel, produced from 100 percent renewable raw materials, is brought to the Belgian market in collaboration with the channel partner EG Group.
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.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was up approximately 1 percent the week ending July 2, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 8. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol fell by 2 percent.
U.S. Grains Council staff in mid-June visited with Mexican corn importers. Discussions focused on the most recent corn export cargo quality report and the competitivness of U.S. DDGS in livestock feed rations in Mexico.
DOE provides assistance for local governments on waste-to-energy
By U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
July 08, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office and National Renewable Energy Laboratory have announced the Phase 1 selections for the Waste-to-Energy Technical Assistance for Local Governments Program.
The government of British Columbia on July 2 announced it has amended its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Regulation to increase the production and use of renewable gas and green and waste hydrogen within the province.
FS, a Brazilian company that produces ethanol, animal nutrition and bioenergy products exclusively from corn, has announced plans to deveop a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at its Lucas do Rio Verde plant.
A team of MIT engineers has found a way to expand the use of a wider range of nonfood feedstocks to produce biofuels by engineering yeast to circumvent the toxicity associated with breaking down cellulolsic feestocks into fermentable sugars.
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.
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.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecasts for 2021 and 2022 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 7. The outlook for 2021 and 2022 ethanol blending was maintained.
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.
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.
Renewables are expected to account for 21 percent of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 23 percent in 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 7.
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.
Novozymes is launching two new yeast and fiber products that aim to boost ethanol plant efficiency, counteract production challenges, and allow facilities to further diversify their product offerings.
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.
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.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced the volume of sugarcane processed by mills in the south-central region was down 14 percent during the first half of June. Ethanol production was also down, but sales were flat.
Midwest AgEnergy (MAG) and Gavilon Grain on June 30 announced an agreement to combine corn origination services for MAG's Blue Flint and Dakota Spirit ethanol plants as well as Gavilon network of grain elevators in the area, effective July 1.
Whitefox Technologies has announced that Golden Grain Energy LLC will install a Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at its 120 MMgy plant in Mason City, Iowa. The technololgy will help the facility lower its carbon intensity (CI) score.
Green Plains Inc. on July 1 announced its wholly owned subsidiary Green Plains Central City LLC has broken ground on the construction of Fluid Quip Technologies' MSC system. Central City is the third Green Plains location to install MSC.
ReGenerate Energy Holdings LLC, the recently formed joint venture between Ember Infrastructure and ReEnergy Biomass Operations LLC, has completed the acquisition of Albany Green Energy, a biomass heat-and-power facility located in Albany, Georgia.
The U.S. exported 513,608 metric tons of wood pellets in May, down from both 635,463.4 metric tons in April and 572,499.8 metric tons in May 2020, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on July 2.
The U.S. exported 70.39 million gallons of ethanol and 1.04 metric tons of distiller grains in May, according to data released by the USDA on July 2. Ethanol exports were down from last year, but distillers grains exports were up significantly.
A new review of top scientific literature suggests that ethanol-blended fuels widely available at gas stations as E10, E15, or E85 result in less toxic emissions from vehicles and present a lower risk to human health than regular gasoline.
The U.S. exported 513,608 metric tons of wood pellets in May, down from both 635,463.4 metric tons in April and 572,499.8 metric tons in May 2020, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on July 2.
Drax Group plc has chosen Biomass Engineering & Equipment to supply material handling, layout engineering, and mechanical installation for its three recently announced pellet plants in Arkansas. Commissioning is scheduled for October.
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.
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