Biomass Week - January 19, 2022

National Biodiesel Board is now Clean Fuels Alliance America The National Biodiesel Board has unveiled its new name and new brand, Clean Fuels Alliance America. The transformation will help the group represent all its industry members: biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels. READ MORE SHARE
LanzaJet secures financing from Microsoft fund for SAF plant LanzaJet has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia, through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The fund has made a $50 million investment to support the construction the alcohol-to-jet SAF facility. READ MORE SHARE
	BBI International launches new magazine focused on CCS BBI International is launching a new magazine, titled Carbon Capture Magazine. There will be one print issue of the magazine published in 2022, along with a carbon capture industry directory and a map of storage and capture facilities. READ MORE SHARE
Report predicts growth in Canadian renewable diesel production Canada could have 3.27 billion liters (863.84 million gallons) of renewable diesel production capacity in place within the next four years, according to a report recently filed with the USDA FAS's Global Agricultural Information Network. READ MORE SHARE
Barnwell County, South Carolina, designated as BDO Zone SouthernCarolina Regional Development Alliance and Ecostrat have issued a new Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone designation for Barnwell County, South Carolina. The rating will hlep drive new market development for bioeconomy projects. READ MORE SHARE
Haldor Topsoe technology to be installed at 2 SAF biorefineries Haldor Topsoe on Jan. 14 announced its HydroFlex technology will be used to produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at two proposed greenfield biorefineries under development in California and Missouri by Indaba Renewable Fuels. READ MORE SHARE
NGVAmerica: RNG can help decarbonize transportation NGVAmerica has responded to House Ag Committee’s Jan.12 hearing, titled "Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America." The group has stressed the importance of RNG to the transportation and ag sectors. READ MORE SHARE
Calumet announces close of renewable hydrogen project financing Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. has announced that Montana Renewables LLC closed the previously announced $50 million of project financing related to construction of the renewable hydrogen plant for its renewable diesel faciity in Montana. READ MORE SHARE
DOE catalyst property database can accelerate biofuels research NREL researchers have developed a public, online library of catalyst data. It could be fertile ground for breakthroughs in catalytic technologies needed to turn renewable biomass or waste materials into sustainable transportation fuels. READ MORE SHARE
AIMPERA completes strategic investment in Novilla RNG AIMPERA Fund III, advised by AIMPERA Capital Partners LLC, completed a majority equity investment in Novilla Investment Holdings LLC. This investment will be used to scale Novilla RNG's operations and execute on its pipeline of dairy RNG projects. READ MORE SHARE
EIA: Densified biomass fuel sales reach 930,000 tons in September The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 750,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in September, with sales reaching 930,000 tons. READ MORE SHARE
UK government launches Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Program The U.K. government on Jan. 12 announced the launch of the new Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Program, which aims to support the development of innovative technologies that will generate hydrogen from biomass and waste feedstocks via BECCS. READ MORE SHARE