More than 2.24 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in July, up from 1.99 billion generated during the same period of last year. Total RIN generation for the first seven months of 2024 reached 14.42 billion.
Japan-based Renova Inc. on July 31 announced that the Tokushima Tsuda Biomass Power Plant has resumed operations. The 74.8-megawatt (MW) facility, located in Tokushima City, Japan, is fueled by wood pellets and palm kernel shells.
Calumet Inc. on Aug. 9 released Q2 financial results for Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P., reporting the company’s Montana Renewables business achieved record SAF production of approximately 7 million gallons.
Vertex Energy Inc. on Aug. 8 announced it has ceased renewable diesel production at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama. The company is working to convert its hydrocracker back to conventional service and expects to be processing crude oil by Q4.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has completed its latest RNG production facility at Ash Grove Dairy in Lake Benton, Minnesota. The facility is now producing pipeline quality RNG and injecting it into the interstate natural gas pipeline grid.
Aemetis Inc., a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company focused on low and negative carbon intensity products that replace fossil fuels, on Aug. 1 announced Q2 2024 revenues were up 48% when compared to the same period of 2023.
PBF Energy Inc. on Aug. 1 announced that its St. Bernard Renewables facility produced approximately 16,500 barrels per day of renewable diesel during the Q2 2024. Like many renewable diesel producers, the company is also considering a pivot to SAF.
Verbio has commenced the commercial production of corn-based ethanol at its 60 MMgy biorefinery facility in Nevada, Iowa. The facility also has the capacity to produce 2.3 million MMbtu of RNG.
Phillips 66 on July 30 confirmed its Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex in California will begin producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) during the third quarter. The company also expects renewable diesel margins to improve later this year.
CVR Energy Inc. on July 29 reported that the renewable diesel unit at its Wynnewood refinery in Oklahoma processed nearly 12 million gallons of feedstock during Q2. The company continues to consider a pivot to SAF production.
Neste Corp. on July 25 released second quarter results, reporting that operational performance at the company’s facilities was solid during the three-month period despite a very challenging market environment for renewables.
Valero Energy Corp. released Q2 financial results on July 25, reporting strong performance for both its ethanol and renewable diesel segments. The company’s SAF project in Texas remains on track to begin operations later this year.
Amp Americas on July 22 announced the completion of a project that converts dairy waste into RNG at Darlington Ridge Farms in Darlington, Wisconsin. The facility is the latest of Amp Americas’ 12 operating digesters.
Gevo Inc. announced on July 15 that its renewable natural gas (RNG) business achieved an annualized production rate of approximately 402,000 MMBtu in May, exceeding the previous record, which was set in March.
Japan-based Renova Inc. on July 8 announced that startup of its 75-megawatt (MW) Omaezakikou Biomass Power Plant will face additional delays. The facility is now expected to begin operations in October.
PlanET Biogas USA Inc. has reached a record number of plant completions in a 12-month period having completed 12 projects across the U.S. over the last year. All 12 projects utilize PlanET’s best in class anaerobic digestion (AD) technology.
EverGen Infrastructure Corp. on July 3 announced it has achieved new record single-day and monthly production of renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Fraser Valley Biogas facility for June of 2024.
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. on June 26 announced the first injections of renewable natural gas (RNG) at its Radio Avenue injection point in Yulee, Florida, from the company’s RNG facility at Full Circle Dairy in Madison County.
Phillips 66 on June 26 announced that its Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex in California is operating at full capacity, producing 50,000 barrels per day (800 MMgy) of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Toyota Tsusho Corp. on June 17 announced that the 75-MW Yatsushiro Biomass Power Plant has begun commercial operations. The facility, located in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, can be fueled with both wood chips and wood pellets.
Topsoe has announced Braya Renewable Fuels’ biorefinery in Newfoundland is now producing renewable diesel at design capacity. The facility, which utilizes Topose’s HydroFlex technology, is also expected to produce SAF in the future.
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.
WM on May 22 announced the opening of a new renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Lewisville, Texas, outside of Dallas. The nearly $55 million WM DFW RNG facility is expected to generate approximately 1.2 million MMBtu per year of RNG.
Verbio on May 23 celebrated the groundbreaking of a conversion project at its ethanol plant in South Bend, Indiana, that will allow the facility to produce both ethanol and renewable natural gas (RNG) using an innovative production approach.
Bioenergy Devco on May 16 announced that the Maryland Bioenergy Center in Jessup, Maryland, is operating at full capacity. The facility processes 120,000 tons of food waste annually into renewable natural gas (RNG) and nutrient-rich soil amendments.
More than 2.06 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in April, up from 1.84 billion generated during the same month of last year, according to data released by the U.S. EPA on May 16.
Germany-based EnviTec Biogas has successfully completed two more biogas projects in the U.S. in Cassville, New York and Ellington, Connecticut. The two plants were planned, designed, and constructed by its subsidiary, EnviTec Biogas USA Inc.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. on May 10 reported that operations at its Montana Renewables biorefinery improved sequentially through Q1 and was operating at planned production levels in April, producing both renewable diesel and SAF.
Aemetis Inc. released Q1 results on May 9, reporting increased revenues. Company officials confirmed the company’s biodiesel, RNG and ethanol segments performed well during the quarter and provided an update of proposed SAF and CCS projects.
Tidewater Renewables Ltd. on May 9 reported that its renewable diesel facility in Prince George, British Columbia operated well during the first quarter. The company also made significant progress on FEED for its proposed SAF project.
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