Biomass Week - May 13, 2020

Pinnacle provides update of Demopolis, High Level projects Pinnacle Renewable Energy has broken ground on a 360,000-metric-ton-per-year pellet plant in Demopolis, Alabama. Construction has also resumed on the company’s 200,000-metric-ton-per-year facility in High Level, Alberta. READ MORE SHARE
HEROES Act includes COVID-19 relief payments for biofuel plants A fourth COVID-19 stimulus package known as the HEROES Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 12. The bill includes dedicated relief for biofuels producers by establishing the Renewable Fuel Reimbursement Program. READ MORE SHARE
	California refinery to be converted to produce renewable diesel Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. has acquired the Alon Bakersfield Refinery in California. GCEH will immediately begin retooling the refinery to produce renewable diesel from organic feedstocks such as vegetable oils. READ MORE SHARE
Drax opens consultation on biomass carbon calculator Drax recently opened a public consultation on a new biomass carbon calculator it has developed to help calculate wood pellet supply chain GHG lifecycle emissions in accordance with the U.K. Renewables Obligation and certain European Union directives. READ MORE SHARE
CVR Energy explores renewable diesel production Texas-based oil refiner CVR Energy announced on May 7 it is considering converting some of its refining units to renewable diesel production as a way to offset costs associated with Renewable Fuel Standard compliance. READ MORE SHARE
Covanta reports continued progress with UK, US WtE projects Covanta has confirmed construction is once again under way at its Earlsgate WtE facility in the U.K. following a brief COVID-19-related delay. The company also noted that it is in the early stage of developing additional WtD capacity in the U.S. READ MORE SHARE
Ag groups ask Congress to address GHG emissions from annual crops The Biogenic CO2 Coalition is asking lawmakers to direct the U.S. EPA to promptly publish a rule that states neither agricultural biomass nor woody biomass contribute to excess greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. READ MORE SHARE
Senators urge Trump to protect RFS, reject waiver requests A bipartisan group of 24 senators sent a letter to President Trump on May 7 urging him to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard and immediately reject the RFS waiver requests filed with the U.S. EPA by several oil state governors last month. READ MORE SHARE
Construction on biofuel fuel cell project begins in California FuelCell Energy Inc. announced on May 4 that site construction has begun on its 1.4 megawatt SureSource 1500 biofuels fuel cell project with the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department in California. READ MORE SHARE
Clean Energy announces new station construction, RNG contracts Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced new fuel agreements for its RNG, along with multiple station expansions to accommodate the continued demand for the ultra-low carbon fuel produced from organic waste. READ MORE SHARE