Green Plains Inc., Tallgrass, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Sept. 6 announced they have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology.
Biogest America has received a U.S. order to build an agricultural biogas plant in South Dakota that will produce RNG. The plant has a thermal output of 156,000 MMBTU p.a. and operates on 224,000 tons of cow manure per year.
UGI Corp. has announced that Cayuga RNG has entered into an agreement to develop its fourth project to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) in upstate New York. The project will be located at Bergen Farms and Glenview Dairy.
Enviva Inc. and Alder Fuels have signed a contract under which Enviva will supply up to 750,000 metric tons per year of sustainably sourced woody biomass to Alder's first Alder Greencrude (AGC) production facility.
Montauk Renewables Inc. announces the planned construction of a second RNG processing facility at its Apex landfill gas project in Amsterdam, Ohio. The project is expected to boost RNG production by approximately 40 percent.
Shell Brazil on Sept. 1 announced it has signed a cooperation agreement with RaÃzen, Hytron, University of São Paulo and SENAI CETIQT for the construction of two plants to produce renewable hydrogen (H2) from ethanol.
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. on Aug. 31 announced that it invested in Apeiron AgroCommodities Pte. Ltd., rebranded and known as Apeiron Bioenergy. The company collects and sells used cooking oil, which can be used to produce biobased chemicals and plastics.
The governing board of Clean Fuels Alliance America has appointed Danielle Brannan of San Diego-based New Leaf Biofuel, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Eric Kayser. Brannan joined New Leaf Biofuel in 2010.
Mississippi State scientists have developed three switchgrass varieties that are ready for commercial use. The university is working with Roundstone Native Seed Co. to deliver the “Robusto,� “Espresso,� and “Tusca� switchgrass varieties.
A public comment period on Washington's proposed Clean Fuel Standard closed Aug. 31. The program aims to incentivize fuel suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 20 percent by 2038.
Evonik and Shell are working to decarbonize heavy-duty road transport with biobased liquid natural gas (bio-LNG).. Shell is supplying 100 tons of bio-LNG made from agricultural waste to Evonik. The fuel can reduce GHG emissions by 86 percent.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Aug. 31 approved the air quality permit for Next Renewable Fuels' $2 billion clean fuels project. The facility, under development in Oregon, will produce renewable diesel and SAF.
The DOE on Aug. 31 announced $46 million for 22 projects that will create biofuel energy to help decarbonize the transportation and power generation sectors. The projects include those focused on waste conversion, carbon capture and algae.
U.S. operable biofuel production capacity expanded to 21.58 billion gallons per year in June, up 125 MMgy when compared to May, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 31. Feedstock consumption was also up.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has announced new supply deals for renewable natural gas (RNG), as it forges ahead with development projects to meet the growing demand for the sustainable fuel made from organic waste.
Delta and DG Fuels LLC have anounced a new agreement under which DG Fuels plans to plans to establish a new SAF supply stream that could provide Delta with 385 million gallons of unblended SAF over seven years.
The U.S. EPA on Aug. 29 issued a final rule creating an optional alternative renewable identification number (RIN) retirement schedule for small refineries under the Renewable Fuel Standard for compliance year 2020.
EverGen Infrastructure Corp. has signed a term sheet with Roynat Capital and Export Development Canada for a $31 million syndicated senior term loan to support the upgrade and construction of two RNG projects in British Columbia.
Canadian consumption of both renewable diesel and biodiesel is expected to be up slightly in 2022, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network.
Funding for researchers at Cranfield University to look at new ways to generate hydrogen energy from biomass has been announced by the U.K. government. The funds support a collaborative pilot project called Bio-HyPER.
A new study by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows biorefineries can increase their financial returns by selling renewable propane versus using it as a processing fuel or as a hydrogen feedstock.
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.
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