The USDA maintained its forecast for 2024-’25 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released June 12. The overall 2024-’25 outlook for soybeans includes higher beginning and ending stocks.
Romania-based oil company OMV Petrom on June 11 announced it will move forward with plans to convert its Petrobrazi refinery in Brazi, Romina, to produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Drax Group was recognized with a BritishAmerican Business Transatlantic Growth Award in the Midsize Growth and Investments category. Drax received the award for its plans to deploy and develop BECCS projects the U.S.
Boozman releases Farm Bill outline that includes SAF, biorefining provisions
By Erin Voegele
June 11, 2024
Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, on June 11 released an outline of the Senate Republicans’ version of the 2024 Farm Bill.
Renewables are currently expected to account for 23% of U.S. electricity generation in 2024, increasing to 25% in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released June 11.
LoCI Controls, the leader in real-time data and control technology to increase methane capture and reduce emissions from landfills, has announced its carbon credits now meet ICVCM standards through approved ACR methodologies.
Carbon Clean and AGRA Industries have signed an MOU to provide Carbon Clean’s semi-modular CaptureX technology to companies in agriculture-related sectors, including the production of biofuel, ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Reps. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., on June 10 launched the Congressional Sustainable Aviation Caucus, which aims to keep lawmakers informed on initiatives to improve aviation sustainability, including those related to SAF.
The government of Quebec has awarded a three-year $1.15 million grant to the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Industrial Bioprocesses in Quebec (CRIBIQ), which will use that funding to provide financial assistance to bioenergy projects.
OCI Global has entered into a long-term agreement with Waga Energy to upgrade landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) at the City of Beaumont Landfill in Texas. The facility is expected to be commissioned in 2025.
In a series of meetings at the annual National Tribal Forum on Air Quality, experts voiced a consistent message: as we install heat pumps in tribal homes, we should also keep wood stoves, according to the Alliance for Green Heat.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on June 4 announced it has significantly increased its renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling footprint in Southern California with the opening of two additional stations in San Bernadino and Perris.
Nexus PMG, a global leader in low-carbon infrastructure, advisory, development and investment, has invested in Saola Energy, a provider of advanced technology and engineering solutions for manufacturers in the renewable fuels industry.
The International Air Transport Association announced that its projections for a tripling of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production in 2024 to 1.9 billion liters (1.5 million metric tons) are on track.
The U.S. exported 819,341.5 metric tons of wood pellets in April, down from 938,662.3 metric tons the previous month, but up from 720,209.2 metric tons in April of last year, according to data released by the USDA on June 6.
GreenGasUSA and Darling Ingredients Inc. are partnering to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) and capture CO2 from the wastewater streams at Darling’s facilities in the U.S. The collaboration will reduce GHG emissions at Darling’s facilities.
Results from the world's first in-flight study of the impact of using 100% SAF in both engines of a commercial aircraft show a reduction in soot particles and formation of contrail ice crystals compared to using conventional Jet A-1 fuel.
Hydrosome Labs has announced a new technology to improve precision fermentation, a process that involves the customization of yeast and/or bacteria to produce specific molecules for use in a wide variety of applications, including biofuels.
Haffner Energy has announced its proposed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project under development at Paris-Vatry airport will be developed with leading alcohol-to-jet (ATF) technology provider LanzaJet.
Global mining group Rio Tinto on June 4 announced plans to develop a R&D facility in Western Australia that will use biomass and microwave energy to assess the effectiveness of its low-carbon ironmaking process, referred to as BioIron.
The U.S. EPA is seeking nominations for a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, including those with experience in the biofuels and agriculture industries.
Finnish Valtra has reached a significant milestone by having used 5 million liters of Neste MY Renewable Diesel as a factory-fill fuel as well as in testing and in its factory forklift trucks at its Suolahti factory in Finland.
The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office has released a Summary Report from a September 2023 Request for Information (RFI) on building supply chains to meet Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge goals.
CARB on May 30 declined a request to initiate rulemaking proceedings that would require all dairies within California to adopt some form of methane mitigation and adopt enteric emissions reduction measures.
The Transport Project and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas have announced that California fleets fueled with bio-CNG achieved carbon-negativity in their transportation operations last calendar year for the fourth straight year.
CPM, a leading solutions provider of process equipment and engineered technologies, has acquired Innovative Pelleting Solutions GmbH and its high-capacity, direct drive pellet mill technology invented by Graf Equipment GmbH.
The International Air Transport Association announced that it will establish the SAF Registry to accelerate the uptake of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by authoritatively accounting and reporting emissions reductions from SAF.
The U.S. Treasury Department and IRS on May 29 released proposed guidance on two clean electricity tax credits created by the IRA. The proposal, however, fails to provide appropriate guidance for clean electricity produced from biogas and RNG.
U.S. biofuels operable production capacity expanded slightly in March, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on May 31. Feedstock consumption was up when compared to both the previous month and March 2023.
The USDA on May 23 awarded $83 million to 17 domestic fertilizer projects under the agency’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program. Biochar projects located in California and Hawaii are among those that will receive funding.
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