Biomass Week - March 27, 2019

UK port handles 30,000-ton shipment of wood pellets The Port of Hull recently completed the largest shipment of wood pellets ever handled at ABP's Dry Bulks Terminal. The ABP operations team successfully discharged nearly 30,000 metric tons from the 200 meter Isadora vessel, destined for Drax. READ MORE SHARE
Enviva announces drop-down transactions related to Hamlet plant Enviva Partners LP has announced drop-down transactions related to a joint venture that owns a 600,000-metric-ton-per-year pellet plant under construction in Hamlet, North Carolina, and increased its guidance for 2019. READ MORE SHARE
	EPA: 32.02 million cellulosic RINs generated in February The U.S. EPA has released renewable identification number (RIN) generation data for February, reporting that nearly 1.49 billion RINs were generated during the month, including more than 32.02 million cellulosic RINs. READ MORE SHARE
ABC urges lawmakers to support AD-related bills in Maryland On March 25, Patrick Serfass, executive director of the American Biogas Council, sent letters to state lawmakers in Maryland expressing support for two pieces of legislation that would benefit the state’s biogas industry. READ MORE SHARE
Food-waste anaerobic digestion project gains approval in New York On March 20, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced The Long Island Power Authority’s board of trustees voted to approve the first stand-alone large-scale anaerobic digester in the New York City metropolitan area. READ MORE SHARE
ERA funds wheat-ethanol plant, woody biomass project ERA has announced funding to support several projects through its Partnership Intake Program, including a biorefinery that will produce ethanol and biogas and a technology that will utilize biomass waste materials in the production of wood biomass. READ MORE SHARE
DOE: Biomass R&D advisory committee to meet March 27-28 The U.S. Department of Energy has announced its Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee will meet March 27-28 in Arlington, Virginia. The event is open to members of the public. READ MORE SHARE
Albioma to convert Caribbean power plant from coal to biomass Albioma recently announced it has secured a long-term loan to support the conversion a 34 MW coal-fired power plant in Guadeloupe, a group of French islands in the southern Caribbean, to 100 percent biomass. READ MORE SHARE
Canada to invest $2.7 million in ZooShare biogas project The Canadian government recently announced plans to invest up to $2.7 million in the ZooShare Biogas Cooperative to help the organization add new digester technology to its existing biogas plant in Toronto, Ontario. READ MORE SHARE
Neste to open site in California offering renewable diesel Renewable diesel fuel is soon to be much more accessible to fleet drivers looking to fuel up in northern and central California, thanks to cardlock locations that will be offering Neste MY Renewable Diesel. READ MORE SHARE