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Wheelabrator starts up UK waste-to-energy facility

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By Wheelabrator Technologies

July 21, 2020

Power Thermal UK 

Wheelabrator Kemsley, a new waste-to-energy facility at Kemsley in Kent, England, has entered full commercial operation.The CHP facility will take in up to 550,000 metric tons of of non-recyclable waste annually.

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Homeland Energy Solutions filed an 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20 announcing plans to begin construction on a new USP grade industrial ethanol plant later this month.

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Members of Congress in key Midwestern states have received over 10,000 individual letters from constituents urging them to press the EPA to address a regulatory barrier preventing growth in the bioeconomy, according to the Biogenic CO2 Coalition.

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The Dutch Social Economic Council (SER) in July advised the Dutch government to phase out bioenergy and instead use biomass for high value applications, according to a report filed with the USDA FAS's Global Agricultural Information Network.

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Whitefox Technologies has announced that Southwest Iowa Renewable Fuels has surpassed 250 days of operation of its Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at its ethanol plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

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First Nations' forestry projects generate jobs, green energy

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By British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

July 21, 2020

Forest Enhancement Society of British Colombia grants are supporting the Williams Lake First Nation as it creates jobs, fights climate change and reduces wildfire risk by providing slash for use in wood pellet production and bioenergy use.

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Cooperative Producers Inc. in Hildreth, Nebraska, is one of the latest fueling stations to offer higher blends of ethanol. At its location at 201 Nelson Street, the company added an ethanol blender pump with the help of a Nebraska Corn Board grant.

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Members of Congress in key Midwestern states have received over 10,000 individual letters from constituents urging them to press the EPA to address a regulatory barrier preventing growth in the bioeconomy, according to the Biogenic CO2 Coalition.

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ACE CEO reflects on the life of the “Ethanol Answer Man”

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By American Coalition for Ethanol

July 21, 2020

The ethanol industry has lost another pioneer. Larry Johnson, the one and only “Ethanol Answer Man,� passed away on Sunday, July 19. ACE CEO Brian Jennings reflects on his memories of the ethanol industry pioneer.

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The U.S. EPA has released updated renewable identification number (RIN) data showing that more than 1.51 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in June, bringing total RIN generation for the first half of 2020 to 8.52 billion.

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Green Plains Inc. on July 16 announced its subsidiary, Green Plains Wood River LLC, has installed a separate 25 million gallon facility engineered and constructed by ICM Inc. to produce FCC Grade alcohol for domestic and export markets.

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TechnipFMC has announced that its Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene technology has been selected by LanzaTech Inc. for a key application which, when combined with LanzaTech's ATJ technology, can make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from ethanol.

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Renewable Fuels Association General Counsel Ed Hubbard has been appointed to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seeds.

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TechnipFMC has announced that its Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene technology has been selected by LanzaTech Inc. for a key application which, when combined with LanzaTech's ATJ technology, can make sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from ethanol.

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The U.S. EPA has released updated renewable identification number (RIN) data showing that more than 1.51 billion RINs were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in June, bringing total RIN generation for the first half of 2020 to 8.52 billion.

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Discovery yields road map to oxygenated hydrocarbon production

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By Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

July 20, 2020

A team of Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center collaborators at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have described a pathway for furan fatty acid (FuFAs) production in bacteria and other cells. FuFAs can be used to make biofuels.

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The Public Utilities Commission of Oregon on July 16 adopted initial rules to implement a bill signed into law last year that sets voluntary renewable natural gas (RNG) goals for the state's natural gas utilities.

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The DOE has selected three projects bioenergy to receive approximately $1 million in funding to leverage the unique computational capabilities at DOE's National Laboratories. The projects will address feedstock handling and catalyst development.

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Green Plains Inc. on July 9 announced its subsidiary, Green Plains York LLC, has contracted Fluid Quip Technologies LLC to engineer and design a high-quality USP distillation system, upgrading and expanding the capabilities of the facility.

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, confirmed during a press call on July 17 that he and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will advocate for the inclusion of dedicated relief for ethanol producers the fourth COVID-19 stimulus bill.

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Air bp, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, is collaborating with Airbus to supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for delivery flights from Airbus' facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport.

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The DOE has selected three projects bioenergy to receive approximately $1 million in funding to leverage the unique computational capabilities at DOE's National Laboratories. The projects will address feedstock handling and catalyst development.

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UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, recently released data showing overall ethanol sales were down during the second half of June. Ethanol exports, however, were up more than 44 percent.

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The U.S. EPA on July 16 released updated SRE data showing that small refiners have filed six more “gap year� SRE petitions for compliance years 2011 through 2016. There are now 86 SRE petitions pending, including 58 gap year SRE petitions.

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BBI International has announced that the 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest conference, has been moved and will be virtual, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The event will now take place Sept. 15-17.

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The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on July 9 denied Hawaii Electric Light Co. Inc.'s request for a waiver of the competitive bidding process for the Hu Honua biomass power plant, a nearly complete 30 megawatt facility.

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The COVID-19 crisis has already led to more than $3.4 billion in lost revenues for the U.S. ethanol industry, according to an economic analysis released by the RFA. Pandemic-related damages in 2020 and 2021 could reach nearly $9 billion.

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California Ethanol + Power's Imperial Valley project takes a significant step forward as the company announces it has reached a target price agreement with leading national infrastructure developer MasTec Power Corp.

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A new sustainability report released by UPS on June 30 indicates that the company is now the largest user of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the transportation industry and plans to continue increasing its RNG use.

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BBI International has announced that the 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo, the ethanol industry's largest conference, has been moved and will be virtual, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The event will now take place Sept. 15-17.

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