Biomass Week - April 21, 2021

UK seeks comments on role of biomass in achieving net-zero goal The U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on April 20 opened a public consultation seeking evidence on how sustainable biomass should be sourced and used to support the country’s net-zero target. READ MORE SHARE
Love’s, Cargill partner on renewable diesel project The Love’s Family of Companies, Cargill and their affiliates have entered into a unique 50/50 joint venture to produce and market renewable diesel. The joint venture, Heartwell Renewables, will construct a renewable diesel plant in Nebraska. READ MORE SHARE
	Lignetics buys Great Lakes Renewable Energy Generational Capital Markets has announced the sale of its client, Hayward, Wisconsin-based Great Lakes Renewable Energy Inc., to Lignetics Inc., a residential wood pellet producer headquartered in Colorado. The acquisition closed on March 31. READ MORE SHARE
Massachusetts proposes to change RPS eligibility for biomass The Massachusetts DER is seeking public comments on two new proposed revisions to the state’s RPS pertaining to biomass that would implement an efficiency requirement and prevent biomass projects in certain areas from qualifying for the RPS program. READ MORE SHARE
RNG accounts for 53% of on-road NGV fuel use in 2020, up 25% Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) have announced that 53 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2020 was renewable natural gas (RNG). READ MORE SHARE
Wood pellets offer pragmatic solution to need for on-demand power A new FutureMetrics white paper explains why repurposing existing pulverized coal power plants to run on industrial wood pellets is a rational and pragmatic solution to generate on-demand electricity as we decarbonize the power sector. READ MORE SHARE
EDF, RMI launch Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance RMI and Environmental Defense Fund on April 20 launched the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance supported by founding companies Boeing, BCG, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Netflix, and Salesforce. READ MORE SHARE
EPA: No new SRE petitions filed for second consecutive month Data released by the U.S. EPA on April 15 shows that for the second consecutive month, no new SRE petitions have been filed with the agency. The EPA has also not taken any action on the 66 SRE petitions that have been pending since mid-February. READ MORE SHARE
EIA: Densified biomass fuel sales reach 930,000 tons in December The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 760,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in December, with sales reaching 930,000 tons. READ MORE SHARE
EPA rule to rescind CAA cost-benefit analysis regs sent to OMB The U.S. EPA is taking action to rescind a Trump-era rule finalized in December 2020 that changed the way the agency considered the costs and benefits of all significant Clean Air Act rulemakings, including those related to the RFS. READ MORE SHARE