OPAL Fuels Inc. announced on Feb. 25 the acquisition of the Western Milling fueling station in Visalia, California. OPAL will upgrade the station and sell to Western Milling’s transportation business, OHK Transport, and other local shippers.
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition met with key lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Feb. 26 to discuss critical policies supporting the domestic growth and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the U.S.
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture members on Feb. 26 voted to amend the organization’s biofuels policies to increase support for domestic and global demand for American produced biofuels.
EPA approves RFS pathway approval for Oberon Fuels
February 27, 2025
The U.S. EPA on Feb. 24 approved a RFS fuel pathway for Oberon Fuels Inc. that will allow the company to generate D3 or D5 RINs for the production of dimethyl ether (DME) from waste-derived biogas at its facility in Gonzales County, Texas.
U.S. manufacturers produced 890,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in November, according to the February edition of the U.S. EIA Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 860,000 tons during the month.
A planned sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production facility being developed by SkyNRG Americas in Walla Walla, Washington, has been awarded a new $1.5 million grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce.
Neste MY Renewable Diesel has helped fuel Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore operations for the first time, with the completion of a successful trial of biofuel across its network of Western Australian ports, railways and mines.
The Singapore Airlines Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to potentially source neat SAF from Aether Fuels, a climate technology firm that plans to set up SAF production plants in the U.S. and South East Asia.
XCF Global Capital Inc. on Feb. 24 announced that New Rise Renewables LLC has commenced production of neat SAF. The company has also entered into an irrevocable corporate purchase order for the sale of more than 3 million gallons of SAF.
Air Products on Feb. 24 announced its has terminated its agreement with World Energy for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) expansion project in Paramount, California. According to World Energy, current operations at the Paramount facility are not affected.
The Indiana Senate on Feb. 10 voted 46 to 3 in favor of a bill that aims to create tax credits for the sale of higher ethanol blends, the sale of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel, and the blending of biodiesel and renewable diesel.
LoCI Controls on Feb. 20 announced results from its methane capture project at an Iowa landfill. Between 2021 and 2023, the project successfully captured and destroyed methane emissions with approximately 229,000 metric tons of CO2e.
LanzaJet on Feb. 24 announced that Cosmo Oil Co. Ltd. has been selected for a FY2024 subsidy from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to support a project developed with Mitsui & Co. that will plan to utilize LanzaJet technology.
After a decade in the torrefaction technology industry and a successfully launched commercial black pellet plant in Thailand, Blackwood Technology B.V. is preparing for growth.
CoBank is predicting soybean planted acreage for 2025 will decline by 3.6% this year, falling to 84 million acres, according to the company’s spring acreage outlook report, which was released Feb. 20.
Renewable energy company Drax has announced an enhanced approach to deliver on its global sustainability targets and to enhance the way it manages its impact on the climate, nature and people.
Anaergia Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Anaergia Singapore Pte Ltd., entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to supply technology and equipment to JGC Holdings Corp. for a renewable natural gas (RNG) project.
Pathway Energy CEO Steve Roberts discusses the company’s plans to use industrial wood pellets for the production of sustainable aviation fuel.
px Group, the operator of several critical infrastructure sites in the U.K. and Europe, has announced it has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the Tees Renewable Energy Plant (Tees REP).
MOL Group has produced a diesel fuel containing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the refinery of Slovnaft in Bratislava. The quality of the products has been verified by radioisotope analysis.
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Corp., and Green Earth Institute Co. Ltd. have announced plans to form a JV, Morisora Bio Refinery LLC, which will focus on the production and sale of ethanol and chemicals from woody biomass.
Energy legislation proposed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in February, in part, aims to establish new regulations related to the construction, expansion and operation of anaerobic digestion facilities within the state.
More than 1.76 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in January, down from 1.91 billion generated during the same period of 2024, according to data released by the U.S. EPA on Feb. 20.
The U.S. EPA on Feb. 20 released updated small refinery exemption (SRE) data showing that 13 previously denied SRE petitions for Renewable Fuel Standard compliance years 2021 and 2022 are being reconsidered. No new SRE petitions were filed.
A coalition of biofuel, agriculture, fuel retailer and petroleum trade groups on Feb. 19 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin urging the agency to set robust, timely, multiyear RFS RVOs for 2026 and beyond.
GreenGasUSA and Darling Ingredients Inc. on Feb. 18 announced the first RNG deliveries from a project located at Darling Ingredients’ rendering facility in Dublin, Georgia. This is the first RNG project to come online between the two companies.
Sam Wade, vice president of public policy for RNG Coalition, is confident that CARB will swiftly address OAL’s concerns regarding recently approved LCFS amendments, allowing the move forward with the updated LCFS program.
OMV Petrom has announced the start of construction for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. The new facility will have an annual capacity of 250,000 tons.
CVR pauses development of potential SAF projects pending regulatory, tax credit clarity
February 20, 2025
CVR Energy Inc. released fourth quarter financial results on Feb. 18, reporting reduced renewable diesel production. The company also said it is pausing development of SAF capacity pending clarity on government subsidies.
CARB on Feb. 18 announced that amendments to its LCFS program that were approved in November 2024 have been put on hold following the California Office of Administrative Law’s decision to disapprove the amendments due to clarity issues.
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