The U.S. EPA on July 14 denied 26 petitions filed by small refineries seeking small refinery exemptions (SREs) from their RFS blending obligations for one or more of the compliance years between 2016 and 2023. Only two SRE petitions remain pending.
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Enviva is expanding into new markets, furthering its mission of decarbonization via sustainable woody biomass.
Legislation introduced on July 11 aims to make it easier for obligated parties to comply with their RFS RVOs by directing the U.S. EPA to create a conventional biofuel waiver credit program and setting a price limit on those credits.
Green Plains Inc. has announced a technology collaboration with Equilon Enterprises LLC (Shell) under which Fluid Quip Technologies’ precision separation and processing technology (MSC) can be used with Shell Fiber Conversion Technology.
The U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Internal Revenue Service have announced $4 billion in tax credits for projects that expand clean energy, critical materials manufacturing, or recycling.
SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) announced the preliminary agenda for the North American SAF Conference & Expo taking place Aug. 29-30 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Clean Energy Technologies Inc. has entered into a fixed-price engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with Vermont Renewable Gas LLC for the the proposed Lyndonville biogas to power facility.
Johannes Escudero, founder and CEO of the RNG Coalition, dicusses Ukraine's plan to use biomethane to reduce its reliance on natural gas imports and encourages policymakers agross the globe to follow the country's lead.
The U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Internal Revenue Service have announced $4 billion in tax credits for projects that expand clean energy, critical materials manufacturing, or recycling.
Montana Renewables completed ramp up of unit operations and delivered the successful startup of a feedstock pretreatment unit during the second quarter of 2023. The Great Falls, Montana-based facility produces renewable diesel and SAF.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is encouraging innovators, researchers and manufacturers to partner with the DOE's national laboratories to accelerate wood heater innovation.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell by nearly 3 percent the week ending July 7, according to data released by the U.S. EIA on July 12. Weekly ending stocks of fuel ethanol were up 2 percent while exports were down 36 percent.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-’24 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released July 12. The agency, however, reduced its estimate for 2022-’23 corn use in ethanol.
A power generator demo unit genset, relying on a first-ever use of FuelAdaptive engine technologies patented by innovation company, ClearFlame Engine Technologies, has successfully progressed through phase one trials.
The USDA will invest $300 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration boosted its forecasts for 2023 and 2024 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11. The forecasts for ethanol blending were maintained.
California Ethanol + Power has announced that Life Cycle Associates has joined its team for Sugar Valley Energy. Life Cycle Associates is partnering with CE+P to define the expected carbon intensity pathway for the sugarcane ethanol product.
Blue Biofuels Inc. announced on July 11 it has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 grant. The $206,500 grant will support efforts to scale and optimize the company's cellulose-to-sugar process.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2023-'24 soybean oil use in biofuel in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released July 12. The outlook for 2023-'24 soybean production was reduced.
Musser Biomass and Wood Products will invest $7.5 million to expand operations and more than double its production of dried hardwood chips and sawdust. A portion of that material is supplied to wood pellet companies.
SAF Magazine and the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) announced the preliminary agenda for the North American SAF Conference & Expo taking place Aug. 29-30 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Yosemite Clean Energy LLC has been awarded a $5 million grant from the California Energy Commission. The funding will support the development of YCE's cutting-edge biomass-to-hydrogen production plant in Oroville, California.
The USDA will invest $300 million through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
Louis Dreyfus Company and Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. have agreed to jointly promote the sustainable cultivation of Camelina sativa (camelina) in South America, including the countries of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Casella Waste Systems Inc. and Waga Energy announced the signing of a commercial agreement on July 10 to develop renewable natural gas facilities at three Casella landfills. Commercial operations are expected to begin in approximately 24 months.
Blue Biofuels Inc. announced on July 11 it has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 grant. The $206,500 grant will support efforts to scale and optimize the company's cellulose-to-sugar process.
Renewables are currently expects to account for 23 percent of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 25 percent next year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecast for 2023 renewable diesel production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 11. The forecast for 2024 renewable diesel production, however, was reduced.
The U.S. DOE on July 10 awarded a $2.5 million grant to the University of North Dakota's Energy & Environmental Research Center to help advance a CCUS project at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s renewable diesel plant in Dickinson, North Dakota.
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