Darling Ingredients Inc. on Feb. 25 announced that its joint venture with Valero Energy Corp., Diamond Green Diesel, has entered into a long-term lease agreement with IMTT for the use of the St. Rose IMTT Terminal in Louisiana.
Enviva Partners LP released fourth quarter and full year 2019 financial results on Feb. 27, reporting increased annual pellet production and net revenue. The company also discussed future expansion plans and announced new off-take contracts.
For more than 30 years as a single-source contractor, IMI Industrial Services Group has provided a complete range of industrial contracting services and turnkey solutions, including dryer technology and the balance of plant systems.
Biomass electricity production set a new record in the U.K. last year, according to the fourth quarter 2019 Electrical Insights Report, produced by researchers at Imperial College London in collaboration with Drax.
The Renewable Fuels Association, in partnership with TRANSCAER, will host one-day ethanol safety seminars in Reno on March 10, 11 and 13. The free seminars are funded through a Federal Railroad Administration/TRANSCAER grant.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recently proclaimed Feb. 25 to be “Premium E30 Day.� Members of the South Dakota Farmers Union and Glacial Lakes Energy Cooperative joined together in Pierre, South Dakota, to celebrate the day.
On Feb. 24, Pellet Fuels Institute Executive Director Tim Portz, Board Chairman John Utter and Past-Chair Stephen Faehner testified at the OMB about the impact to pellet manufacturers of the inclusion of minimum pellet fuel requirements in the NSPS.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a notice on Feb. 14 seeking proposals from qualifying renewable generation resources for the sale of energy or RECs. The facilities must meet Class IA requirements under the state's RPS.
Biomass markets need to play the vital role they can in forest restoration efforts across North American and the world.
Centrifugal Induced Draft Fans for Power Generation
By Doug Jones
February 25, 2020
Power plants using coal or cofiring with biomass should replace their equipment with newer, higher-efficiency industrial fans.
Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M, and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced a bill on Feb. 25 that aims to update the nation's antiquated public lands royalty system and ensure that taxpayers get fair returns on leases of public lands for oil and gas production.
The U.S. Grains Council has helped Promexa, a rice processing company in the port of Veracruz, Mexico, bring U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles to the southern region of the country.
The U.S. EPA delivered a proposed rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Feb. 24 focused on the treatment of biogenic carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act's permitting programs.
Hitting Singles to Win the Game
By Bill Bell
February 25, 2020
A year ago, renewable energy advocates in Maine welcomed incoming Gov. Janet Mills' reversal of her predecessor's eight years of opposition to solar, wind and biomass generation. So how have we fared since?
The U.S. EPA delivered a proposed rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget on Feb. 24 focused on the treatment of biogenic carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act's permitting programs.
Valmet will supply a flue gas condensing plant to Helen Ltd's Vuosaari C bioenergy heating plant in Helsinki, Finland. At the facility, heat from flue gases will be recovered to increase district heat production by 69 megawatts (MW).
Covanta Holding Corp. produced a record volume of electricity at its energy from waste (EfW) plants last year, according to information released during the company's fourth quarter earnings call, held Feb. 21.
The 13th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo drew nearly 900 attendees to Nashville, Tennessee.
The RFA, in partnership with the Industrial Steel Drum Institute and TRANSCAER, will host safety training in Davenport, Iowa early next month. The free seminars are funded through a Federal Railroad Administration/TRANSCAER grant.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts sent a letter to the CEOs of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., Ford Motor Co., and General Motors Co. on Feb. 11 urging the automakers to increase production of passenger vehicles designed to run on higher ethanol blends.
INEOS and UPM Biofuels announced a long-term agreement to supply UPM BioVerno, a sustainable raw material from a renewable residue of wood pulp processing, to produce new and innovative bio-attributed polymers to be produced at INEOS Köln, Germany.
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is urging President Trump to “make a declarative statement that a minimum of 15 billion gallons will be blended annually and that all gallons actually waived will be annually recaptured under the RFS.�
Fighting Climate Change with Ancient Technology
By Ron Kotrba
February 21, 2020
Used for millennia, biochar is gaining significant market traction for its versatility in dozens of applications and its primary environmental benefit of sequestering carbon indefinitely.
The U.S. EPA released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data on Feb. 21, reporting that two additional SRE petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance year 2019.
Members of the U.S. Grains Council arrived in Tampa, Florida, for the organization's winter meeting in mid-February, where they concentrated on drivers of global demand and how they affect markets overseas in which the Council does business.
Legislation recently introduced in Minnesota aims to establish a state regulatory policy allowing natural gas utilities to add alternative fuels, such as renewable natural gas and hydrogen gas, to their distributions systems.
The U.S. EPA released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data on Feb. 21, reporting that two additional SRE petitions have been filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance year 2019.
Smithfield Foods Inc. and Roeslein Alternative Energy announced an additional $45 million investment in their Monarch Bioenergy joint venture, which captures methane from hog manure to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) in Missouri.
U.S. ethanol stocks set a new record at 24.781 million barrels for the week ending Feb. 14, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Feb. 20. Ethanol production for the week was at 1.04 million barrels per day.
The USDA unveiled its Agriculture Innovation Agenda on Feb. 20. The initiative, in part, aims to support renewable fuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and biomass. This includes a goal to achieve market-driven blend rates of E30 by 2050.
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