A multi-state coalition of biofuel leaders and farm advocates called on President Biden’s Treasury Department to swiftly resolve any questions standing in the way of efforts to scale up U.S. production of SAF.
ABB has signed an agreement with Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on SAF production sites in Canada. As part of the MOU, ABB will explore how its automation, electrification and digital technology can optimize the biofuel facilities.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is providing an opportunity for stakeholders in the U.S. densified biomass industry, such as wood pellet producers, to comment on ways to improve its monthly data collection efforts.
World Energy LLC on March 18 announced it has been invited by the U.S. Department of Energy to submit the Part II Application for an approximately $2 billion loan guarantee to support a proposed SAF project.
U.S. Energy has signed a long-term RNG supply agreement with the Canton, Ohio-based Stark Area Regional Transit Authority. Under the agreement, U.S. Energy will provide landfill-based RNG to SARTA’s fleet of 36 CNG transit buses.
Sasol, the global chemicals and energy company, and Topsoe, leader in carbon emission reduction technologies, announced the successful launch of their joint venture, Zaffra, which will focus on the development and delivery of SAF.
President Joe Biden, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan on March 19 recognized National Agriculture Day by honoring the farmers and ranchers who produce our nation’s food, feed, fuel and fiber.
The Michigan Senate Committee on Energy and Environment on March 14 held a hearing to consider legislation introduced last year that aims to create a tax credit to support the purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The Michigan Public Service Commission on March 15 rejected applications by Consumers Energy Co. for early termination of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with biomass plant operators.
Viridi Energy has acquired a legacy biosolids digester plant in Brunswick, Maine, with plans to transform the site into an industry-leading waste-to-RNG facility. Casella Waste Systems Inc. will manage feedstock collection and delivery logistics.
Vanguard Renewables, a farm-based provider of organic material solutions for the food and beverage industry, is celebrating a decade in clean energy innovation and organic materials solutions.
The U.S. EPA on March 15 denied a petition filed by the American Fuel & Petroleum Manufacturers in December 2023 seeking a partial waiver of the 2023 cellulosic biofuel renewable volume obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., and Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, on March 11 each introduced legislation that aims to allow facilities generating renewable electricity from forest biomass, such as woodchips or sawdust, to participate in the RFS.
Enviva Inc. on March 15 announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has approved its previously announced $500 million debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing related to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
New Energy Blue on March 18 announced the formation of New Energy Chemicals. In phase one, the biochemical subsidiary will produce biobased ethylene for use in Dow’s renewable plastics. In phase two, the subsidiary will expand to SAF production.
Waga Energy and Steuben County on March 18 announced that renewable natural gas (RNG) production has commenced at the Steuben County Landfill in Bath, New York. The RNG is delivered into the Corning Natural Gas system.
Yield10 Bioscience Inc. has reported that its proprietary varieties of winter Camelina sativa (camelina) in development responded as expected to herbicides in the first field tests conducted in the U.S.
DOE report explains how America can sustainably produce more than 1 billion tons of biomass per year
The U.S. Department of Energy on March 15 released the 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), which shows that the U.S. could sustainably triple its production of biomass to more than 1 billion tons per year.
Dave Rubenstein, president and CEO of California Ethanol + Power, discusses development of the company’s proposed Sugar Valley Energy project, a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility under development in California’s Imperial Valley.
Preliminary agenda released for 40th annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo
By BBI International
March 15, 2024
Ethanol Producer Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 2024 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) taking place June 10-12, 2024 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Canadian canola growers will soon be able to benefit from new and expanding market opportunities for renewable fuel feedstocks linked to bioenergy with the new Cargill Power Canola program.
A first of its kind breakfast at Heathrow, named The Fly Up, which is cooked with oil that is then cleaned and recycled into renewable biofuels, took off on March 12. The initiative aims to boost awareness of SAF.
USDA outlines plan to strengthen the bioeconomy, create a more resilient biomass supply chain
By Erin Voegele
March 14, 2024
The USDA on March 14 released a report that outlines its vision to create a more resilient biomass supply chain. The agency also published an accompanying implementation framework identifying actions it will take in the next year to support the bioeconomy.
Tidewater Renewables Ltd. on March 14 announced that its 3,000-barrel-per-day renewable diesel facility in Prince George, British Columbia, is currently operating at near nameplate capacity. Work is also progressing on proposed plans to produce SAF.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has announced the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will hold a virtual meeting on March 21.
Haffner Energy and Hexas Biomass Inc. announce that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a non-exclusive partnership to develop a turnkey solution for the co-production of biochar and biogenic CO2.
Lawmakers in Maine have passed a bill that aims to reduce the volume of food waste entering landfills by requiring certain businesses to donate edible food and/or deliver other food waste to an organics recycling facility, such as an anaerobic digestion plant.
Neste has merge its three renewable business units into one Renewable Products business unit as well as restructure its functions to better support business-driven ways of working. Plans for the restructuring were announced last year.
U.S. wood pellet producer Enviva Inc. on March 12 filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in hopes of restructuring its approximately $1 billion in debt.
Renewables are currently expected to account for 24% 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 March 12.
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