The USDA is amending its program offering $700 million in COVID aid to biofuel producers by allowing production to meet marketing obligations or fulfill or maintain essential markets to be included in the calculations of a producer's market losses.
DHS has added bioenergy to the DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List, making certain F-1 nonimmigrant students with a bioenergy degree eligible to apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion optional practical training (OPT).
Valero Energy Corp. released fourth quarter financial results on Jan. 27, reporting the Diamond Green Diesel expansion project was completed ahead of schedule. The company also reported strong results for its ethanol segment.
Archaea Energy is prioritizing RNG facilities at many of the U.S.'s 2,500 landfill sites.
In partnership with Enbridge Gas, the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium has launched three holistic studies comparing buses powered with renewable natural gas (RNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), and diesel fuel.
Anaergia Inc. announced Jan. 21 that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will officially commission operations at the VVWRA facility in Victorville, California. The facility will inject RNG made from wastewater solids an food waste into the pipeline.
In support of Delta's path to Net Zero, Delta Cargo has launched a SAF program, to help grow the supply and availability of SAF. This program will help cargo customers reduce their environmental footprint and create a more sustainable future.
Aemetis Inc. announced Jan. 26 that its subsidiary Aemetis Biogas has completed an additional 7 miles of underground pipeline to transport biogas from five new dairy digesters to the centralized RNG upgrading facility at the Keyes plant.
KBR announced on Jan. 24 it has been awarded an engineering contract by Biojet AS for a concept study for its renewable energy facility in Ringerike, Norway, that aims to convert forestry residues into renewable fuels.
Burns & McDonnell, a company contracted to provide engineering and construction services for Diamond Green Diesel's renewable diesel facility in Port Arthur, Texas, announced the project has reached a amajor construction milestone.
Masdar, Siemens Energy and TotalEnergies on Jan. 19 signed a collaboration agreement to act as codevelopers of a demonstration project focused on green hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The 2022 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit, held Jan. 25, highlighted significant opportunities for growth driven by demand for advanced biofuels, such as SAF, but also addressed policy and economic concerns impacting biofuel producers.
Enviva Inc. on Jan. 19 announced accelerated plans to double its wood pellet production capacity and said it has signed a MOU with a U.S.-based customer that plans to convert woody biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels.
A new survey conducted for NW Natural by DHM Research shows that 77 percent of Oregon and Southwest Washington voters overwhelmingly want access to all forms of renewable energy – hydro, wind, solar and renewable natural gas (RNG).
Nearly 19.86 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in 2021, up when compared to both the 18.32 billion generated in 2020 and the 19.81 billion generated in 2019, according to data released by the U.S. EPA on Jan. 20.
Cummins Inc. has acquired a 50 percent equity interest in Momentum Fuel Technologies from Rush Enterprises. The joint venture will seek to enhance production of near-zero emissions natural gas powertrains that can be fueled with RNG.
The U.S. EPA released updated SRE data on Jan. 20, reporting that two additional SRE petitions have been filed under the RFS for compliance year 2020. A total of 69 SRE petitions are now pending, up from 67 that were pending as of mid-December.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discussed the important role biofuels and biobased manufacturing play in the rural economy and highlighted the agency's efforts to support those industries during a Jan. 20 hearing held by the House Ag Committee.
Ecostrat announced on Jan. 18 that Total-Western has joined as a BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partner in the Technology Group. BDO Zone Strategic Alliance Partners are best-of-kind companies that help de-risk biobased project development in BDO Zones.
Strategic Biofuels and the Port of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, on Jan. 19 announced the port has received a $15 million infrastructure and improvement grant that will benefit Strategic Biofuels' proposed Louisiana Green Fuels project.
The National Biodiesel Board has unveiled its new name and new brand, Clean Fuels Alliance America. The transformation will help the group represent all its industry members: biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels.
Canada could have 3.27 billion liters (863.84 million gallons) of renewable diesel production capacity in place within the next four years, according to a report recently filed with the USDA FAS's Global Agricultural Information Network.
The U.S. EPA on in December approved an efficient producer pathway for Elkhorn Valley Ethanol LLC's 50 MMgy ethanol plant located in Norfolk, Nebraska. The approval allows the facility to generate RINs for non-grandfathered volumes of ethanol.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. has announced that Montana Renewables LLC closed the previously announced $50 million of project financing related to construction of the renewable hydrogen plant for its renewable diesel faciity in Montana.
NGVAmerica has responded to House Ag Committee's Jan.12 hearing, titled "Implications of Electric Vehicle Investments for Agriculture and Rural America." The group has stressed the importance of RNG to the transportation and ag sectors.
Haldor Topsoe on Jan. 14 announced its HydroFlex technology will be used to produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at two proposed greenfield biorefineries under development in California and Missouri by Indaba Renewable Fuels.
Murex LLC, a low carbon fuels marketing and logistics company, has secured transloading contracts through its affiliate, Gulf Gateway Terminal LLC, with two separate fuel distributor customers that rail renewable product into the California market.
DOE catalyst property database can accelerate biofuels research
By Zia Abdullah, laboratory program manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
January 14, 2022
NREL researchers have developed a public, online library of catalyst data. It could be fertile ground for breakthroughs in catalytic technologies needed to turn renewable biomass or waste materials into sustainable transportation fuels.
LanzaJet has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia, through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The fund has made a $50 million investment to support the construction the alcohol-to-jet SAF facility.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office, in collaboration with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, have announced a new AlgaePrize competition for high school through graduate students.
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