Valero Energy Corp. released third quarter financial results on Oct. 24, reporting a loss for its ethanol segment, but a profitable quarter for renewable diesel. The company also discussed plans to develop new renewable diesel production capacity.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies AG recently announced it achieved revenues of €245 million ($272.03 million) for the fiscal second quarter of 2019-“20, the three months ended Aug. 31, setting a new quarterly record for the company.
The Renewable Fuels Association has recently been awarded grants to support its safety education program through on-site seminars and Internet webinars. Both grants were received via the association's work with TRANSCAER.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change has announced plans to hold a legislative hearing on Oct. 29 focused on the U.S. EPA's mismanagement of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Configure Partners LLC announced European pellet producer Graanul Invest has acquired the operating assets of Texas Pellets Inc. and German Pellets Texas LLC through a bankruptcy auction held earlier this year.
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Oct. 23 the companies are doubling their investment in RNG projects across the U.S. to $500 million through 2028. The additional investment will include projects in Arizona and California.
Growth Energy, the USGC and the RFA expressed their disappointment with the news that the Brazilian government amended the recent Aug. 31st rule that raised the quota on U.S. ethanol imports under the tariff rate quota to 750 million liters per year.
The newly established New England Woodchip Solutions LLC will will house a state-of-the-art phytosanitary system that will meet EU import requirements and include a process to densify wood chips for improved ocean freight stowage.
Novozymes released third quarter financial results on Oct. 23, reporting weaker than expected performance. The company cited a difficult U.S. ethanol market and weak global agricultural markets as reasons for the downturn.
Pearson Fuels has announced it is now blending its ethanol fuel with World Energy's renewable naphtha to create an advanced 85 flex fuel that is almost entirely renewable and is up to 55 percent cleaner than gasoline.
The U.S. Forest Service announced Oct. 22 that it will invest up to $8 million in grants for projects designed to expand wood products and wood energy markets that support sustainable forest management, particularly in areas of high wildfire risk.
A coalition of biofuel and ag groups filed a petition Oct. 22 with the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, challenging the process by which the EPA exempted certain unknown small refineries from 2018 RFS obligations.
Pearson Fuels has announced it is now blending its ethanol fuel with World Energy's renewable naphtha to create an advanced 85 flex fuel that is almost entirely renewable and is up to 55 percent cleaner than gasoline.
Ethanol took center stage at the National Association of Retail Stores' show in Atlanta in October. Jake Comer, fuel pricing manager for Casey's general stores, participated in a panel titled “Successfully retailing Biofuels� during the show.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change has announced plans to hold a legislative hearing on Oct. 29 focused on the U.S. EPA's mismanagement of the Renewable Fuel Standard.
New court documents show that the EPA inappropriately granted RFS compliance exemptions to certain small refineries that did not even qualify for the waivers, and that there was division within in the Trump administration about its approach to SREs.
Researchers at Purdue University have received $2.3 million in funding from the Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office for their work to create computer models to simplify the design and construction of biorefineries.
The EPA's actions regarding SREs were addressed during an Oct. 21 meeting at the White House. Trump directed the EPA to “make sure the small refineries are happy� while USDA indicated farmers will be fine with the plan once they see it implemented.
Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. announced Oct. 17 it has secured a new long-term, take-or-pay off-take contract with Japan-based Mitsui & Co. Ltd for the supply of 100,000 metric tons of industrial wood pellets annually beginning in 2023.
The EPA's actions regarding SREs were addressed during an Oct. 21 meeting at the White House. Trump directed the EPA to “make sure the small refineries are happy� while USDA indicated farmers will be fine with the plan once they see it implemented.
The board of the East Bay Clean Cities Coalition has selected Neste, the leading provider of renewable diesel fuel in California, to receive its 2019 Clean Air Champion Award. Neste was presented with the award on Oct. 16.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Oct. 17 announced plans to resign from his post, effective later this year. The White House has not yet announced a nominee to replace Perry following his departure.
The recently launched Future Forests + Jobs is an initiative aimed at pushing back against anti-forestry and anti-biomass activists.
Air Liquide is partnering with ArcelorMittal in the first industrial-scale demonstration plant to capture carbon gas from the steelmaking process and recycle it into chemicals, specifically advanced bioethanol.
Two of New Hampshire's six independent biomass energy plants—Springfield Power and DG Whitefield—announced in mid-October that they are closing and will lay off staff. Each plant employs 20 full-time workers.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Oct. 17 announced plans to resign from his post, effective later this year. The White House has not yet announced a nominee to replace Perry following his departure.
The U.S. Forest Service is seeking nominations for the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Advisory Panel, which evaluates and provides recommendations on Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program proposals.
The USDA hopes to have a new program up and running in early 2020 that will support retail sales of higher ethanol blends, including E15, according to statements made by U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Censky during an Oct. 17 hearing.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced ethanol production was up significantly during the second half of September. A new record was also set for the volume of ethanol produced per ton of processed raw material.
On Oct. 15, the EPA issued a proposed rule that contradicted a promise to reallocate waived gallons from the RFS and instead released a new proposal to adjust how it sets refinery targets, representing a significant setback to the biofuels industry.
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