Embraer and Pratt & Whitney have successfully tested a GTF-powered E195-E2 aircraft on 100 percent SAF. The test validated that GTF engines and the E-Jets E2 family can fly on both engines with blends of up to 100 percent SAF.
Green Impact Partners has released updates on three advanced RNG projects. Construction is expected to start on the Iowa project this year. A project in Canada is undergoing permitting, with a Colorado project expected to begin commissioning soon.
U.K.-based renewable energy company Drax Group is expanding its operations into Japan as part of its ambitions to increase sustainable biomass sales to support energy security and decarbonization in Asia.
This year's National Forest Week kicked off July 11. In celebrtation of the event, Enviva President Thomas Meth discusses the importance of the U.S. National Forest System and it all it provides and has to offer.
Char Technologies Ltd. has announced the start of Phase 1 of the Thorold Renewable Natural Gas & Biocarbon Project at the Thorold Multimodal Hub with the commencement of the project lease on July 1, 2022.
Gevo Inc. has announced a new fuel sales agreement with Aer Lingus, which is owned by International Airlines Group. The agreement provides for Aer Lingus to purchase 6.3 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for five years.
The U.S. ethanol industry delivered a very strong Q2, according to the latest quarterly report issued by CoBank's Knowledge Exchange on July 14. Ethanol profits and production remain robust despite record gas prices, according to the report.
Koch Engineered Solutions announces that its affiliate company, Optimized Process Designs, has executed a definitive EPC agreement with Fidelis New Energy LLC for the proposed Grön biofuels facility in Louisiana.
Gevo Inc. has announced a new fuel sales agreement with Aer Lingus, which is owned by International Airlines Group. The agreement provides for Aer Lingus to purchase 6.3 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for five years.
The U.S. EPA on June 30 approved a RFS fuel pathway filed by Renewable Energy Group Inc. that will allow the company's biorefinery in Geismar, Louisiana, to generate D4 and D5 RINs for certain biofuels produced using carinata oil feedstock.
U.S. Grains Council Regional Director for Southeast Asia and Oceania Caleb Wurth showcased the significant role fuel ethanol plays in decarbonizing the transport sector and bolstering fuel security during a G20 workshop.
U.S. fuel ethanol production fell nearly 4 percent the week ending July 8, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on July 13. Ethanol stocks expanded by nearly 1 percent.
Clean Energy Systems Inc. announced July 12 that it entered into an agreement to acquire the idled Madera Biomass Power Plant in California. CES intends to convert the existing facility into a biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) facility.
The prices of RIN credits—a compliance mechanism used for the RFS program administered by the U.S. EPA—have remained high in 2022. So far this year, D4 RINs peaked on April 28 at $1.91 per gallon and D6 RINs peaked on June 7 at $1.68 per gallon.
The European Parliament's ITRE Committee members voted on July 13 in favor of increasing the ambition for GHG emissions reduction in transport and allowing Member States to continue using a limited amount of crop-based biofuels.
Renewables are expected to account for 22 percent of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 24 percent in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 13.
Clean Fuels Alliance America on July 13 wrote to President Joe Biden and other administration officials to highlight the biodiesel and renewable diesel industry's contribution to job growth in the clean energy sector.
The prices of RIN credits—a compliance mechanism used for the RFS program administered by the U.S. EPA—have remained high in 2022. So far this year, D4 RINs peaked on April 28 at $1.91 per gallon and D6 RINs peaked on June 7 at $1.68 per gallon.
USIPA applauds the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) for putting forth increased climate ambitions in it's vote on the RED, but is calling on the European Parliament to address overly restrictive language on woody biomass.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecasts for 2022 and 2023 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 13. The forecast for 2023 fuel ethanol consumption was also increased.
CES to convert California biomass plant to carbon removal project
By Clean Energy Systems Inc.
July 13, 2022
Clean Energy Systems Inc. announced July 12 that it entered into an agreement to acquire the idled Madera Biomass Power Plant in California. CES intends to convert the existing facility into a biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) facility.
U.S. biofuels consumption has risen in 2022 and that growth is expected to continue, according to the U.S. EIA's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released July 13. Renewable diesel is expected to account for much of the increase.
Renewable energy company Drax has submitted plans to build the world's largest carbon capture facility at its North Yorkshire power station. The company plans to invest £2 billion in the 2020s in its plans to develop two BECCS units.
Ahead of a USDA agricultural trade mission to the U.K., U.S. Grains Council staff met with government and industry officials in Paris and Brussels to assess the status of ethanol in the EU and to further share the benefits of U.S. ethanol.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2022-'23 soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released July 12. The 2022-'23 soybean outlook is for lower production and lower prices.
In a move designed to provide additional, efficacious solutions for growers of traditional row crops, Certis Biologicals and Novozymes are jointly developing their technologies as solutions for highly effective control of fungal disease.
For the first time in aviation history a CORSIA certified batch of SAF was delivered to a commercial airline. Neste delivered a batch of its Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to American Airlines at San Francisco International Airport.
The USDA maintained its forecast for 2022-'23 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released July 12. The 2022-'23 corn outlook is for increased supplies and higher ending stocks.
Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. on July 12 announced a $20 million equity investment in by SK Innovation, the energy arm of South Korea's SK Group. The two companies will also work together to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement.
Leading renewable energy company Drax Group and Japanese shipping company MOL Drybulk Ltd. are working together to reduce the emissions and fuel costs associated with shipping biomass by deploying wind power technology on its vessels.
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