
2023-2025 DOE AlgaePrize Grand Champion Team Parachlorella Plastic Pals, University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California. Photo Courtesy of NREL
July 23, 2025
BY U.S. Department of Energy
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The U.S. biofuel industry consumed 30.46 billion pounds of feedstock in June, up 4% when compared to May and up 6% when compared to June 2025, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 31.
Bayer and Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), on Sept. 9 announced the companies have finalized a commercial agreement to jointly scale Bayer’s newgold winter canola.
The IRS on Aug. 8 issued guidance on the 45Z clean fuel production credit that provides the 2026 emission rate tables used to calculate the credit and provides guidance on the use of manure-derived fuels and regenerative agriculture practices.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Sept. 8 released an update of its 45ZCF-GREET model, which is used to calculate fuel emissions rates for the 45Z clean fuel production credit. The agency previously updated the model in June 2026.
The BDO Zone Initiative on Aug. 31 released its 2025 Annual Report, Building the Bioeconomy Infrastructure. The report documents the year the network moved from expansion to execution, with CAD $10 billion in announced biomanufacturing investment.