The Advanced Biofuels Association has released comments calling on the U.S. EPA to restore regulatory certainty in its proposed renewable volume obligation (RVO) under the RFS and calling on the agency to increase the RVO for advanced biofuels.
Aemetis Inc. announced on Feb. 16 that the Universal Biofuels subsidiary of Aemetis in Kakinada, India has agreed to acquire a site to construct a tallow oil refining facility to provide feedstock to the company's biodiesel and SAF plants.
Strategic Biofuels announced on Feb. 17 that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards awarded the company's Louisiana Green Fuels project a $250 million bond allocation. The bonds will form an integral part of the debt financing for construction costs.
Neste released Q4 financial results on Feb. 10, reporting that the company's renewable products business segment achieved improve sales volumes and sales margins despite several scheduled shutdowns, a weaker U.S. dollar and higher fixed costs.
The New Mexico House of Representatives on Feb. 17 failed for the second consecutive year to pass legislation that aims to implement a state Clean Fuel Standard. This year's bill, SB 14, is now dead.
The U.S. EPA released updated SRE data on Feb. 17, reporting that no new SRE petitions were filed under the RFS in the proceeding month. In addition, the agency did not act on any of the 69 SRE petitions that have been pending since mid-January.
The company has received necessary commercial commitments to move forward with the permitting and construction of the project, which will be in southern California.
The U.S. EPA is seeking nominations for scientific experts to serve on an external expert panel to peer review the agency's third triennial report to congress on biofuels and the environment.
Velocys has joined Zero Carbon Humber, a carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) hub under development in northern England. Participation in ZCH will enable the production of carbon-negative SAF at Velocys' proposed biorefinery.
The Conversion Research and Development program is working towards improved robustness of microbial cells, improved robustness of catalytic processes, as well as the state-of-technology analyses in the BETO research portfolio.
The USDA announced on Feb. 7 it will invest $1 billion in partnerships to support America's climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest owners through its new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity.
Boeing on Feb. 7 announced a supply agreement for 2 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with EPIC Fuels to power its commercial airplanes operations in Washington state and South Carolina through 2022.
U.S. Gain has announced its RNG supply will be used as a feedstock into hydrogen production, enabling a greener fueling solution for the California transportation market. The use of RNG can dramatically reduce the CI score of hydrogen.
LanzaJet has entered into an MOU with Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel to construct a to construct a 120 MMgy sustainable fuels plant using low-CI feedstocks to produce SAF and renewable diesel via the LanzaJet alcohol-to-jet process.
Clean Methane Systems LLC and Ammongas A/S on Feb. 7 introduced amine technology to North American RNG customers. The new Danish technology simplifies biogas upgrading by minimizing the steps required to prepare and inject RNG into the grid.
Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. is advancing its renewable diesel production through an agreement with ExxonMobil, which will invest $125 million with an option to acquire up to a 25 percent equity stake in the company.
Emerging Fuels Technology on Feb. 8 introduced its Maxx Jet and Maxx Diesel proprietary methods, which employ a unique catalyst system made for EFT by Haldor Topsoe. The process converts syncrude into high-quality jet and diesel fuels.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2021-'22 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest WASDE report, released Feb. 9. The 2021-'22 soybean outlook is for increased soybean crush and lower ending stocks.
Aemetis Inc. announced Feb. 9 that an offtake agreement has been signed with Japan Airlines (JAL) for 90 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to be delivered over the seven-year term of the agreement.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is providing new forecasts for biodiesel, renewable diesel and other biofuels, including renewable jet fuel and renewable naphtha, starting with the February edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook.
Air Liquide has announced plans to connstruct a large-scale biomethane production unit in Rockford, Illinois. The unit unit will produce biomethane from biogas from a solid waste treatment plant, owned and operated by Waste Connections Inc.
Representatives of the biofuels industry urged the U.S. EPA to follow through with its proposal to deny more than 60 pending SRE petitions in comments filed with the agency before the close of the Feb. 7 public comment deadline.
The New Mexico Senate on Feb. 3 voted 25 to 16 to approve the Clean Fuel Standard Act. The bill, SB 14, aims to reduce the total carbon intensity (CI) of all transportation fuels by 20 percent in 2030 and 30 percent by 2040.
Representatives of the U.S. biofuels industry on Feb. 4 called on the U.S. EPA to abandon plans to reduce the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard renewable volume obligation (RVO) and urged the agency to set strong RVOs for 2021 and 2022.
bp has acquired a 30 percent stake in Green Biofuels Ltd., the U.K.'s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). GBF's products are made from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration has announced the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee will hold an open meeting on Feb. 17. The event is open to the public, but registration is required.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Manufacturing Office issued a RFI on Jan. 27 to gather input on industrial priorities for decarbonization, including emerging technologies that could be demonstrated or adopted by the indsutrial sector.
Nuseed has entered into a long-term strategic offtake and market development agreement with BP Products North America Inc. that will see bp, or its affiliates, purchase Nuseed Carinata oil for use as biofuel feedstock.
Marathon is working to optimize operations at its renewable diesel plant in Dickinson and is ready to begin construction on the conversion of its Martinez refinery. The company has also announced progress with several feedstock pretreatment projects.
A bipartisan group of 12 senators, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Feb. 1 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to prioritize the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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