Yield10 Bioscience Inc. has announced positive results in the first field test of stacked herbicide tolerance (HT) traits in camelina. These proprietary stacked HT camelina varieties demonstrate tolerance to herbicides and herbicide soil residues.
Staying Power
By Luke Geiver
August 08, 2023
Benefitting from the experience of its many longtime personnel, Adkins Energy has transformed itself over the past 20 years into a one-of-a-kind biorefinery worth celebrating. Adkins Energy was formed in 2002 to provide value to local corn producers. Although its origin may not sound unique to the ethanol industry, the plant’s 20-plus year run proves otherwise. Ethanol Producer Magazine caught up with the team in late July to talk about about the evolution of Adkins and how the plant has transformed in size, scope and direction. Much has changed at the Lena, Illinois, biorefinery, but as you’ll hear from one of the company’s original employees, its ability to thrive over two decades is not only about what has changed, but what hasn’t.
Iowa, Nebraska sue EPA over failure to act on Midwest E15 petitions
By Erin Voegele
August 08, 2023
The attorneys general of Iowa and Nebraska on Aug. 7 sued the U.S. EPA over the agency’s failure to respond petitions filed by eight Midwestern governors more than a year ago seeking a solution to year-round E15 sales within their states.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Aug. 4 denied a siting permit for Summit Carbon Solutions’ Midwest Carbon Express CO2 Pipeline Project. Summit plans to revisit its proposal and reapply for the permit.
Aemetis Inc. released Q2 financial results on Aug. 3, reporting progress with the development of its dairy RNG project and its proposed renewable diesel and SAF biorefinery. The company also highlighted its existing ethanol and biodiesel operations.
Gevo Inc. has announced that its Net-Zero 1 ethanol-to-jet project has been invited by the U.S. DOE to the due diligence and term sheet negotiation phase for a $950 million loan guarantee under the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program.
Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd, a Chinese refining and petrochemical company, has selected Axens' Vegan technology to produce low-carbon, cost-competitive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by retrofitting its existing assets.
The U.S. exported 865,995.4 metric tons of wood pellets in June, up from both the 820,057.5 metric tons exported the previous month and the 832,092.2 metric tons exported in June 2022, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Aug. 8.
Synthica Energy LLC, a developer of RNG projects, announced on Aug. 7 that it has closed on a large equity investment from the Infrastructure Business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Swedish Biofuels AB announced on Aug. 7 that the ASTM International Committee has accepted the use of C2 to C5 alcohols as feedstock for the alcohol-to-jet pathway as well as a new specification for fully formulated aviation fuel with aromatics.
Saving Time with Professional Bin Cleaning
August 07, 2023
Mole-Master Services Corporation helps ethanol producers avoid stress when it comes to cleaning and removing blockages in bulk dry storage vessels during shutdown.
Gevo Inc. has announced that its Net-Zero 1 ethanol-to-jet project has been invited by the U.S. DOE to the due diligence and term sheet negotiation phase for a $950 million loan guarantee under the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program.
Global sustainable energy producer EDL and key project stakeholders Republic Services, NW Natural Renewables and Pennant Midwest have commenced operations at a renewable natural gas facility (RNG) near Youngstown, Ohio.
Aemetis Inc. released Q2 financial results on Aug. 3, reporting progress with the development of its dairy RNG project and its proposed renewable diesel and SAF biorefinery. The company also highlighted its existing ethanol and biodiesel operations.
Green Plains Inc. released second quarter financial results on Aug. 4, reporting the company was negatively impacted during the three-month period due to the temporary shutdown of its Wood River, Nebraska, facility and additional planned and unplanned downtime at other locations.
Todd Borgmann, CEO of Calumet Specialty Products L.P., on Aug. 4 announced that all elements of the company's Montana Renewables project met or outperformed expectations during the second quarter of 2023.
The Andersons Inc. held a second quarter financial earnings call on Aug. 2, reporting that ethanol crush margins strengthened over the three-month period. The current margin outlook, despite volatility, remains strong, according to the company.
The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce that Pivot Clean Energy, Encore Energy Services and Continuum Ag have joined as the association’s newest associate members.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies has announced plans to invest more than EUR 100 million in various projects at its ethanol plant in Wilton, U.K. The investments will increase plant profitability and reduce CO2 emissions.
EIA: Ethanol production down 3%, stocks down 2%
August 03, 2023
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by nearly 3 percent the week ending July 28, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 2. Stocks of fuel ethanol were down 2 percent, while exports were up 64 percent.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane processing and ethanol production by mills in the south-central region of the country were both up during the first half of July.
U.S. Grains Council leaders, Chairman Josh Miller and President and CEO Ryan LeGrand, traveled to Seoul, South Korea, in July for the 2023 Role of EcoFriendly Fuels in Realizing 2050 Carbon Neutrality symposium.
The Lufthansa Group and the HCS Group have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to partner on the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Starting in 2026, HCS could supply Lufthansa with SAF produced via ATJ technology.
PBF Energy Inc. on Aug. 3 announced that both the renewable diesel production unit and the feedstock pretreatment unit (PTU) at the St. Bernard Renewables biorefinery co-located with its Chalmette oil refinery in Louisiana are now operational.
Montana Renewables LLC announced on Aug. 3 that it received its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation certificate via the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification and as developed by the ICAO.
Enviva Inc. on Aug. 3 announced that construction on its Epes wood pellet plant in Alabama is progressing well, with the plant scheduled to be operational in 2024. The company may, however, delay the in-service date of its Bond, Mississippi, plant.
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor discusses the importance of using the GREET model to calculate the lifecycle analysis of SAF in the U.S. and debunks claims by the anti-agriculture crowd that renewable fuels will promote “clearing land to grow crops.”
Core Industries has entered into an agreement with CM Biomass to construct a wood pellet processing and storage facility in Mobile, Alabama, according to information released in July by the Mobile Chamber and Industrial Development Authority.
Waga Energy has signed a commercial agreement with the Waste Commission of Scott County and Linwood Mining and Minerals Corp. to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Scott Area landfill in Davenport, Iowa.
SunGas Renewables Inc. on July 26 announced the formation of Beaver Lake Renewable Energy LLC, which will construct a new green methanol production facility in Louisiana with the capacity to produce 400,000 metric tons per year.
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