Biomass Week - May 18, 2022

Phillips 66 moves forward with 800 MMgy renewables project Phillips 66 made a final investment decision on May 11 to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. READ MORE SHARE
Roanoke Gas breaks ground on RNG project in Virginia The Western Virginia Water Authority and Roanoke Gas, a subsidiary of RGC Resources Inc., have entered into a cooperative agreement to produce commercial quality renewable natural gas (RNG) from biogas produced a water treatment plant. READ MORE SHARE
	Skor, Becker, Rastetter to headline 2022 FEW in Minneapolis Growth Energy's Emily Skor, Green Plains' Todd Becker and Summit Agricultural Group's Bruce Rastetter will deliver keynote addresses at the 2022 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) taking place June 13-15, 2022, in Minneapolis. READ MORE SHARE
EPA seeks comments on candidates for peer review of RFS report The U.S. EPA on May 9 opened a 15-day public comment period on the pool of 20 candidates who have been selected to serve on an external expert panel to peer review the EPA’s third triennial report to Congress on biofuels and the environment. READ MORE SHARE
Green Impact Partners moves forward with RNG, ethanol project Green Impact Partners Inc. is moving forward with the development of the Future Energy Park. Located within the City of Calgary, Future Energy Park is a proposed net CO2 negative biofuels facility that will produce RNG and ethanol from wheat. READ MORE SHARE
DOE schedules Q&A webinar on 5th Wood Heater Design Challenge The U.S. DOE's Bioenergy Technologies Office on May 19 will host a webinar titled “Wood Heater Design Challenge Q&A.” The event aims to provide interested parties with information related to the agency’s 5th Wood Stove Design Challenge. READ MORE SHARE
Aemetis reports progress with biogas, SAF projects Aemetis Inc. released Q1 2022 financial results on May 12, confirming that the company’s corn ethanol plant in Keyes, California, is operating at near capacity and discussing progress with the company’s RNG, SAF, renewable diesel and CCS projects. READ MORE SHARE
Groups urge passage of bill creating blenders tax credit for SAF The National Business Aviation Association and nearly 80 stakeholders sent a letter to Congressional leaders on April 22 advocating for passage of the Sustainable Skies Act, which would create a blender’s tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel. READ MORE SHARE
USDA: More soybean oil will go biofuel production in 2022-‘23 The USDA predicts that soybean oil use in biofuel production for 2022-’23 will be up in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released May 12. Soybean oil prices are expected to be down slightly. READ MORE SHARE
Gevo reports progress with RNG, Net-Zero 1 projects Officials at Gevo Inc. discussed progress with the development of the company’s renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Iowa and the proposed Net-Zero 1 refinery under development in South Dakota during a first quarter earnings call, held May 9. READ MORE SHARE
Parkland expands renewable diesel production in British Columbia Parkland Corp. announced plans to increase renewable fuel production at its Burnaby Refinery in British Columbia. The company will expand existing coprocessing volumes and build a stand-alone renewable diesel complex. READ MORE SHARE
HoSt Group enters US market with three dairy biogas projects The HoSt Group has entered the U.S. market with three new biogas projects at dairy farms in upstate New York and in Ohio. The projects are being developed in close cooperation with SJI Renewable Energy Ventures and Rev LNG. READ MORE SHARE