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Drax to cease operations at its Williams Lake plant in British Columbia

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By Drax Group plc

December 01, 2025

Pellets Business Operations 

Drax on Nov. 26 announced it will cease operations at its pellet plant in Williams Lake, British Columbia due to a significant reduction in fiber availability. The facility is expected to close before the end of the year.

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XCF Global Inc. on Nov. 20 confirmed plans to develop additional SAF production capacity adjacent to its existing biorefinery in Nevada. The company is also considering plans for SAF projects at idle biodiesel plants in Florida and North Carolina.

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Tidewater Renewables Inc. on Nov. 13 reported that production at its renewable diesel facility in British Columbia was impacted in September and October by unplanned downtime. The facility is expected to be operating at full capacity by December.

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LanzaJet Inc. on Nov. 13 announced that it has fully operated and produced fuels at its LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia. The commercial-scale facility produces SAF via an alcohol-to-jet technology.

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OPAL Fuels on Nov. 6 the company produced 1.3 million MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG) during the third quarter of 2025, up 8% when compared to the proceeding quarter and up 30% when compared to the third quarter of last year.

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Gevo Inc. could close financing on a proposed 30 MMgy SAF facility under development adjacent to its existing corn ethanol plant in North Dakota as soon as mid-2026, according to comments during a third quarter earnings call.

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Montauk Renewables Inc. on Nov. 5 announced the company produced 1.4 million MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG) during the third quarter of 2025, up 3.8% or 53,000 MMBtu, when compared to the same period of last year.

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U.S. operable biofuel production capacity expanded by 237 MMgy in August, with gains for ethanol and renewable diesel, according to data released by the U.S. EIA. Biofuel feedstock consumption was up when compared to the previous month.

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West Biofuels is celebrating the official ribbon cutting for Hat Creek Bioenergy, a biomass-to-energy facility which the company constructed and is operating. The plant produces renewable electricity and biochar.

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Calumet Inc. on Nov. 7 announced the MaxSAF expansion at its Montana Renewables facility is progressing on schedule. Renewable fuels production during the third quarter was impacted by a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) expansion test run.

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Aemetis Inc. released Q3 results on Nov. 6, reporting increased RNG capacity and higher capacity utilization at the company’s California ethanol plant. Aemetis also provided an update of biodiesel, SAF and CCS projects.

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Neste is marking two significant milestones: the 15th anniversary of its renewable products refinery in Singapore and the 60th anniversary of its Porvoo refinery in Finland. Both facilities currently produce renewable fuels.

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Marathon Petroleum Corp. on Nov. 4 announced its renewable diesel segment achieved increased capacity utilization during the third quarter. The segment, however, reported a significant EBTIDA loss on weak margins.

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ADM on Nov. 4 released Q3 financial results, reporting a profitable three-month period for its ethanol operations on improved margins. Overall company operations, however, were negatively impacted by biofuel policy and trade uncertainty.

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PBF Energy Inc. on Oct. 29 announced the St. Bernard Renewables facility produced approximately 15,400 barrels per day of renewable diesel during the third quarter. Production is expected to expand slightly during the final quarter of the year.

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CVR Energy Inc. on Oct. 29 announced plans to revert the renewable diesel unit at its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, back to hydrocarbon processing service during the next scheduled catalyst change in December.

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Neste Corp. on Oct. 29 announced sales of SAF reached a record 251,000 metric tons during Q3. The company’s renewable products segment reported improved EBTIDA, comparable sales margins and sales volumes for the three-month period.

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Phillips 66 doubled its production of SAF during the Q3 and expects additional increases in production to be realized in Q4, according to statements made during the company’s third quarter earnings call on Oct. 29.

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Parkland Corp. released Q3 results on Oct. 27, reporting that the volume of biobased feedstock co-processed at its Burnaby Refinery was up 50%. The company also announced its previously announced purchase by Sunoco LP is expected to close Oct. 31.

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Italy-based energy company Eni on Oct. 24 released Q3 results, reporting that its Enilive business segment processed 315,000 metric tons of biobased feedstock during the three-month period, up 14% when compared to the same period of 2024.

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SJI and OPAL Fuels celebrated the ribbon cutting of their Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The RNG facility will capture and process landfill gas into RNG.

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Valero Energy Corp. on Oct. 23 released Q3 results, reporting a profitable three-month period for its ethanol segment on record high production. Valero’s renewable diesel segment, which also includes SAF, reported a loss for the quarter.

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The Global CCS Institute on Oct. 9 released its Global Status of CCS 2025 report, which shows progress in the CCS sector continues despite global headwinds, with seven new biofuel and bioenergy CCS projects currently under construction.

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Enhancing Profitability Through Operational Excellence

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By Alexander A. Koukoulas and Stefan Kucher

October 23, 2025

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CoBank on Oct. 15 released its latest quarterly insights report, predicting the U.S. EPA will likely delay final action on its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard RVOs and small refinery exemption (SRE) reallocation proposals until early 2026.

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XCF Global Inc.’s biorefinery located near Reno, Nevada, could resume SAF production as early as the first quarter of 2026, according a second quarter financial report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 16.

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The U.S. EPA on Oct. 16 released data showing more than 1.92 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in September, down approximately 9% when compared to last year. Total RIN generation for the first nine months of 2025 reached 17.13 billion.

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Repsol has achieved a new technological milestone by producing gasoline from 100% renewable sources on an industrial scale. The product is made entirely from renewable sources and is fully compatible with gasoline vehicles.

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The U.S. EIA maintained its forecasts for 2025 and 2026 renewable diesel production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Oct. 7. The production outlook for “other” biofuels, which includes SAF, was also unchanged.

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