Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (RYAM), a global leader in the production of high purity cellulose pulp, on Jan. 18 announced the introduction of a second generation (2G) bioethanol product for Europe's fast-growing biofuels market.
U.S. EPA Michael Regan has appointed Growth Energy's Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley to EPA's Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee, which provides the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee with advice and recommendations.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that no sugarcane ethanol was produced in the south-central region of Brazil during the second half of December. Corn ethanol production, however, continued.
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.
Macquarie Capital, an affiliate of Macquarie Group, on Jan. 18 announced the launch of Aerogy, a platform that develops, operates and invests in renewable natural gas (RNG) infrastructure projects that convert waste into low-carbon energy.
The USDA on Jan. 19 announced it will make up to $10 million in grants available through the new Rural Energy Pilot Program, which aims to help rural communities develop renewable energy. Biomass and bioenergy are among the eligible technologies.
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.
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.
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.
SouthernCarolina Regional Development Alliance and Ecostrat have issued a new Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone designation for Barnwell County, South Carolina. The rating will hlep drive new market development for bioeconomy projects.
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.
In the past four years, fuel retailers across Nebraska have raised nearly $30,000 for cancer research as part of “Fuel the Cure.� During October, participating retilers donate 3 cents for each gallon of higher-blend fuels sold.
A report recently filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network illustrates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canada's ethanol industry and provides an overview of the country's draft CFS.
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.
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.
The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association released its 2021 Annual Report on Jan. 14. The report deatils work carried out by the organization and highlights signficiant growth in the state's E15 sales last year.
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.
The ethanol industry entered 2022 with considerable momentum after profit margins rose to all-time records during Q4, according to CoBank's latest Quarterly Research Report, released in January. Several risks, however, are expected to emerge in 2022.
ADM's ethanol carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project is one of several U.S. Department of Energy-supported CCS demonstration projects addressed in a report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in late December.
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.
AIMPERA Fund III, advised by AIMPERA Capital Partners LLC, completed a majority equity investment in Novilla Investment Holdings LLC. This investment will be used to scale Novilla RNG's operations and execute on its pipeline of dairy RNG projects.
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.
After months of extensive repairs, a southern Minnesota ethanol plant—nearly three decades old and idled in 2019—is once again up and running.
CropEnergies AG and Johnson Matthey have entered into an engineering, license and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from ethanol near its production site in Zeitz, Germany.
One hundred percent biobased, polymer-grade p-Xylene produced in Anellotech's TCat-8 pilot plant has been used by Suntory, a global consumer beverage company, to make 100 percent bio-PET resin and successfully produce prototype PET beverage bottles.
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.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has announced that the winners of the 2022 Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards are Danlee Corp. and Casey's General Stores. The winners were recognized during the FUELIowa annual meeting on Jan. 11.
The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee has released its updated recommendation fact sheet, aiming to encourage the Department of Commerce to provide support to the interagency process for global ethanol market development.
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.
Enviva Inc. on Jan. 2 announced that its conversion from a master limited partnership named Enviva Partners LP to a corporation named Enviva Inc. was completed. As previously announced, the conversion was approved by Enviva's unitholders in December.
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