The USDA on March 11 announced it is extending the deadlines to apply for its Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity. The agency opened the $1 billion funding opportunity in February.
Summit Carbon Solutions announced a plan to build the world's largest carbon capture pipeline last year. The project will connect ethanol biorefineries across five states in the Upper Midwest—Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Aemetis Inc. released Q4 financial results on March 10, reporting a 28 percent increase in revenues for the full year. During an earnings call, company officials discussed progress with plant improvement projects and advanced biofuel initiatives.
Alto Ingredients Inc. released Q4 financial results on March 10, reporting a significant increase in net sales and gross profit. The company confirmed its biorefinery in Idaho is operational and discussed progress on high-protein initiatives.
Strategic Biofuels has announced that its Louisiana Green Fuels project has finished the Preliminary Engineering phase (FEL-2) and has moved into the front end engineering design (FEED) or FEL-3 phase of engineering.
ePURE is speaking out to confirm ethanol produced by its members can help meet the goals of the European Commission's RePowerEU propsoal, which aims to boost EU energy security and reduce dependence on imported crude oil.
Researchers BYU are working to develop new ways to convert dead, decaying trees into a fuel that can be used in coal power plants. Finding a use for this biomass reduces wildfire risk while reducing net carbon emissions.
DOE grant supports work to engineer recyclable bioplastic
By University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - The Grainger College of Engineering
March 11, 2022
The DOE has granted $2 million over three years to Braskem America, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Princeton University to develop plastic that can be recycled perpetually, reducing waste and pollution from single-use plastics.
Ethanol Producer Magazine has announced the preliminary agenda for the 2022 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) and co-located events taking place June 13-15, 2022, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ethanol Producer Magazine has announced the preliminary agenda for the 2022 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo (FEW) and co-located events taking place June 13-15, 2022, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Alto Ingredients Inc., a leading producer and distributor of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients, announced its Pekin, Illinois, facility is now ICH Q7 and EXCiPACT Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certified.
The U.S. EPA on March 10 issued a notice to all obligated parties under the RFS that the agency will disclose certain confidential business information (CBI) related to SRE petitions to the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 28.
The U.S. EPA on March 10 issued a notice to all obligated parties under the RFS that the agency will disclose certain confidential business information (CBI) related to SRE petitions to the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 28.
Clean Fuels Alliance America sent a letter to President Biden pledging readiness to maintain homegrown fuel supplies, mitigate consumers' economic pain, and speed the nation's clean energy future in support of the administration's ban on Russian oil.
Growth Energy has submitted supplemental comments to the U.S. EPA further supporting EPA's proposal to deny 65 pending SREs before the agency and pushing back on erroneous comments challenging EPA's interpretation of its authority for the denials.
U.S. Gain recently entered into a supply agreement with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. U.S. Gain will provide renewable natural gas (RNG) to fuel LACSD-owned fleet vehicles at two maintenance yards.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 790,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in November, with sales reaching 990,000 tons.
Aemetis Inc. has announced the commencement of commissioning of the $12 million biogas-RNG upgrading facility connected to the PG&E gas pipeline interconnection unit located at the Keyes ethanol plant site.
Aemetis Inc. has announced the commencement of commissioning of the $12 million biogas-RNG upgrading facility connected to the PG&E gas pipeline interconnection unit located at the Keyes ethanol plant site.
TPG Rise Climate has announced an investment in Monarch Bioenergy, a joint venture between Roeslein Alternative Energy and a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc. that captures methane and converts it into renewable natural gas (RNG).
A bipartisan group of 16 senators, led by Sens. John Tune, R-S.D., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., sent a letter to President Biden on March 9 urging him to help curb rising domestic energy costs by enabling year-round sales of E15.
The USDA increased its forecast for 2021-'22 corn use in ethanol in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released March 9. The agency also increased its forecast for season-average corn prices.
Bioenergy Devco issued a statement following President Biden's announcement to ban Russian oil imports. The company stresses that biogas and other sources of renewable energy can help reduce demand on fossil fuels.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on March 9 introduced the Home Front Energy Independence Act, a bill that aims to put into a law a ban on Russian oil and includes provisions to increase the use of renewable fuels.
ICM and Agribrasil have signed an agreement to develop a greenfield dry-mill grain ethanol production facility near Canarana in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. The new plant will have a grinding capacity of 1,700 metric tons of corn daily.
Opal Fuels LLC has commenced commercial operation of a new facility to extract and capture waste methane from Rumpke Waste & Recycling's Noble Road Landfill and transform it into renewable natural gas (RNG).
The USDA decreased its forecast for soybean oil use in biofuel production in its latest World Agricultural Demand and Supply Estimates report, released March 9. The agency is also predicting higher soybean prices, lower production and higher exports.
On March 8, following President Joe Biden's embargo of Russian oil and gas, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association called on the administration to take immediate action to increase consumer access to E15 and relieve high gas prices.
U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by more than 3 percent the week ending March 4, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on March 9. Ending stocks of fuel ethanol were up more than 1 percent.
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on March 9 introduced the Home Front Energy Independence Act, a bill that aims to put into a law a ban on Russian oil and includes provisions to increase the use of ethanol and other biofuels.
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