Biomass Week - June 22, 2022

OMB’s spring regulatory agenda includes timelines for RFS rules The U.S. EPA has indicated it will release proposed rules related to the 2023 RFS RVO and state requests to allow summer E15 sales within the next several months. The agency will also soon finalize pending canola oil fuel pathways under the RFS. READ MORE SHARE
Enviva commemorates first shipment from the Port of Pascagoula Enviva Inc. held a ceremonial gathering at its newly opened terminal at the Port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, on June 15 to commemorate the first shipment of sustainably sourced biomass to international power and heat producers. READ MORE SHARE
	EPA: 1.84 billion RINs generated in May The U.S. EPA has released data showing that nearly 1.84 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in May, up from 1.72 billion generated during the same month of last year. READ MORE SHARE
Arbor Renewables plans $800M biorefinery in Louisiana Arbor Renewable Gas LLC, a Houston-based company that produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue, is evaluating West Baton Rouge Parish for a planned $800 million manufacturing and distribution facility. READ MORE SHARE
Qantas, Airbus partner to kickstart Australian SAF industry The Qantas Group and Airbus will invest up to US$200 million to accelerate the establishment of a SAF industry in Australia in a landmark agreement signed on June 19 by Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury. READ MORE SHARE
Nova Scotia community works to implement biomass district heating Natural Resources Canada on June 6 announced a $515,000 investment in TorchLight Bioresources to support a feasibility study on a proposed district heat network in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, that would be fueled with biomass and wind energy. READ MORE SHARE
ExxonMobil announces methanol-to-jet process for SAF production ExxonMobil has announced a unique process technology to enable the manufacture of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from renewable methanol. Methanol used in the process is derived from the gasification of biomass and waste. READ MORE SHARE
EPA: 3 SRE petitions currently pending The U.S. EPA on June 16 published updated data on small refinery exemptions (SREs) filed under the Renewable Fuel Standard, reporting that only three SRE petitions are currently pending, down from 69 that were pending as of mid-May. READ MORE SHARE
Avfuel invests in Alder Fuels Avfuel Corp. on June 16 announced a multimillion-dollar investment in Alder Fuels—a clean tech company pioneering first-of-its-kind technologies for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale. READ MORE SHARE
Neste: SAF delivered to New York using existing pipelines SAF has been safely delivered to New York’s LaGuardia Airport through the Colonial and Buckeye pipeline systems – two essential pieces of American energy infrastructure. The low-emission jet fuel will power a Delta Air Lines flight. READ MORE SHARE
JAPEX breaks ground on 50 MW pellet-fueled plant in Japan Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. (JAPEX) announced it has broken ground on the Ozu Biomass Power Plant, a 50-megawatt (MW) wood pellet-fueled facility under development in Ozu City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. READ MORE SHARE
Enchanted Rock to develop RNG microgrid for Microsoft data center Enchanted Rock, a provider of electrical resiliency-as-a-service, announced that it has been contracted by Microsoft to develop California's largest microgrid fully supported by renewable natural gas (RNG). READ MORE SHARE