GoodFuels on Aug. 16 announced that it has successfully supplied sustainable marine biofuel to NYK's bulk carrier MV Frontier Explorer, in the first such delivery to a major maritime client since the company opened its Singapore office.
U.S. production capacity for renewable diesel and associated fuels more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, reaching 1.75 billion gallons per year, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
IHI Power Services Corp has announced a 15-year asset management deal with California Ethanol + Power to oversee its forthcoming Sugar Valley Energy campus in California. The facility will produce ethanol, biomass power and RNG.
Strategic Biofuels has announc that the Port of Columbia, home to the Louisiana Green Fuels project, has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA through its Port Security Grant Program.
As Hillsboro Aviation (KHIO) accepted its first load of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel this month, the FBO—in collaboration with Avfuel Corp. and Neste—secured the first business aviation foothold for SAF in the state of Oregon.
Greenlane Renewables Inc., through its subsidiary, Greenlane Renewables Capital Inc., has announced its second deployment of development capital to a company focused on developing landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) projects.
As of January 1, 2022, biofuel plant production capacity in the United States reached 21 billion gallons per year (gal/y) from 275 facilities. More than four-fifths of U.S. biofuel production capacity was for fuel ethanol.
Anaergia Inc. on Aug. 17 announced it has signed an agreement with European Energy A/S to supply the company with up to 60,000 metric tons per year of liquefied biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) for a period of 10 years.
Aemetis Inc. announced on Aug. 22 that it has agreed to a multi-year agreement with International Airlines Group to supply SAF to help power British Airways and Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus' flights from San Francisco Airport from 2025.
Liberty (RNG) LLC has acquired Sandhill Advanced Biofuels LLC, a developer of RNG projects located on dairy farms that currently has four projects in Wisconsin. Liberty has also joined a multi-state hydrogen hub project.
Southern California Gas Co. has begun construction of a first-of-its-kind advanced hydrogen generation system at SunLine Transit Agency in Thousand Palms, California. The project, called H2 SilverSTARS, will produce hydrogen from RNG.
The U.S. EPA has announced the Renewable Fuel Standard cellulosic waiver credit prices for 2021 and 2022 are $2.23 and $2.31, respectively, up from a price of $1.80 set for 2020 cellulosic waiver credits.
World Energy on Aug. 18 announced it is launching advanced engineering plans to convert its existing assets in Houston to launch a new SAF hub that will boost the company's SAF capacity by 250 MMgy. The hub is expected to be operational in 2025.
Red Rock Biofuels LLC and Frontline BioEnergy have successfully tested their innovative technology that gasifies Red Rock's residual woody biomass feedstock into high quality syngas for production of SAF and renewable diesel.
National Grid has located robust stocks of renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen potentially available for its customers in Massachusetts and New York through the company's first-of-its kind Northeast clean energy RFI issued in May.
The U.S. EPA on Aug. 18 published updated data on small refinery exemptions (SREs) filed under the RFS, reporting that no new SRE petitions have been filed in the past month. Three SRE petitions are currently pending.
The U.S. EPA released updated renewable identification number (RIN) data on Aug. 18, reporting that 1.7 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in July, down slightly from the same month of last year.
Archaea Energy Inc. is expanding its commercial partnership with Énergir L.P. by entering into a new long-term RNG purchase and sale agreement. This is the second long-term commercial agreement between the two companies.
The Low Carbon Fuels Coalition on Aug. 7 sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board urging the agency to recognize farming practices and other methods of climate smart agriculture (CSA) in its upcoming Low Carbon Fuel Standard rulemaking.
Kinder Morgan Inc. has closed on the acquisition of North American Natural Resources Inc. and its sister companies. The transaction includes seven landfill gas-to-power facilities. The company plans to convert four of those facilities to RNG.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, along with other officials and civic leaders, on Aug. 16 joined Clean Fuels Alliance America CEO Donnell Rehagen for a ribbon cutting at the trade association's headquarters in Jefferson City.
The ITA is seeking additional nominations for members of its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee in an effort to widen the pool of qualified candidates and to ensure that diverse points of view are represented.
President Joe Biden on Aug. 16 signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, calling the legislation the “biggest step forward in climate—everâ€� and stressing it will allow the U.S. to boldly take additional steps towards meeting its climate goals.
Bayer on Aug. 15 announced the launch of ForGround, a farmer-first digital platform that will transform the way farms of all sizes can more easily make the transition to sustainable agricultural practices.
INNIO has announced Raven SR' will use INNIO's Jenbacher engines [60 Hz] with a “Ready for H2� option to power and heat the company's S- Series hydrogen production facility at a sanitary landfill in Richmond, California.
Atlantic Biomass LLC on Aug. 11 signed a Letter of Intent with Bionoid Inc. signaling their joint commitment to producing commercial quantities of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from residual hemp biomass.
U.S. soybean production for 2022 is expected to reach 4.53 billion bushels, up 2 percent when compared to 2021, according to the USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service's latest Crop Production report, issued Aug. 12.
The USDA reduced its estimate for 2021-'22 soybean oil use in biofuel by 200 million pounds in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Aug. 12. The forecast for 2020-'23 soybean oil use in biofuel was maintained.
The House on Aug. 12 voted 220 to 207 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, a legislative package that includes a wide range of provisions that benefit the biofuel and bioenergy industries. President Biden is expected to sign the bill next week.
Restaurant Technologies is taking a step forward in its sustainability journey by utilizing biofuels from Chevron Renewable Energy Group, a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., in its commercial vehicle fleet.
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