NewEnergyBlue acquired exclusive rights to Inbicon bio-conversion technology throughout the Americas and will first employ it to turn North Dakota wheat straw into a high-value, carbon-neutral automotive fuel.
FutureMetrics has published a new white paper on recent developments in the South Korean industrial wood pellets market, updating an analysis the company published two years ago. The changes could dampen demand for wood pellets.
A new report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Information Network predicts China will miss its goal to implement E10 by 2020 by a wide margin, likely only achieving a blend rate of 3 to 3.5 percent in 2020.
The USDA reduced the volume of corn it expects to go to ethanol production by 25 million bushels to 5.475 billion bushels in its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released Aug. 12.
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A group of petitioners, including Urban Air Initiative and National Farmers Union, have filled a legal petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals requesting judicial review of an EPA rulemaking that would limit blends of ethanol higher than 15 percent.
The EPA announced Aug. 9 it approved 31 of the 38 SREs that were pending for compliance year 2018. Eight remaining SRE petitions that were pending for compliance years 2016-2018 were denied, while one for 2018 was withdrawn or declared ineligible.
The EPA announced Aug. 9 it approved 31 of the 38 SREs that were pending for compliance year 2018. Eight remaining SRE petitions that were pending for compliance years 2016-2018 were denied, while one for 2018 was withdrawn or declared ineligible.
U.S. farmers were unable to plant crops on more than 19.4 million acres this year, this includes more than 11.21 million acres that would have been planted with corn, according to a UDSA Farm Service Agency report released Aug. 12.
Edeniq Inc. announced Aug. 8 the California Air Resources Board has approved Golden Grain Energy LLC for cellulosic ethanol production from corn kernel fiber. Golden Grain is a 120 MMgy corn ethanol plant in Mason City, Iowa.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it has inked contracts to provide its Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) to power fleets across multiple sectors that include transit, trucking, airports, solid waste and service vehicles.
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Data released Wednesday by the Minnesota Department of Commerce prove that the marketplace is already responding to President Trump's elimination of a decades-old regulatory barrier severely limiting the sale of E15 in the summertime.
For retailers who are still looking to add E15 to their product mix, Growth Energy's vice president of market development, Mike O'Brien believes there's no better place to learn about and ask questions than the Prime the Pump program.
The U.S could produce enough energy each year by harnessing waste—from landfill refuse to cow manure—to power the states of Oregon and Washington, all while cutting the equivalent of 37 million cars' worth of carbon, according to UCLA researchers.
Enviva Partners LP released second quarter 2019 financial results on Aug. 8, reporting solid operating performance and a 25 percent increase in adjusted EBITDA. The company also announced new contracts for more than 1 million tons of wood pellets.
More than 40 members of the RNG industry sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler Aug. 7 urging the agency to set the 2020 RVO for cellulosic biofuel at a minimum of 650 million gallons.
Novozymes released second quarter 2019 financial results Aug. 8 reporting sales for its bioenergy segment were flat organically for the three months period and down 4 percent organically for the first half of the year.
Aemetis Inc. released second quarter financial results Aug. 8, reporting growth for its biodiesel business in India, outlining improvement projects underway at its corn ethanol plant, and discussing planned RNG and cellulosic ethanol production.
Using Market Access Program funds, the U.S. Grains Council engaged the Irish feed industry in March 2019 to assess the distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) market and potential effects of the looming Brexit.
Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. announced July 30 it has entered into a MOU with Renewable U Lethbridge Inc. to build a renewable diesel plant in Lethbridge, Alberta. The facility will feature Cielo's proprietary technology.
The Andersons Inc. released second quarter financial results Aug. 7, reporting that its ethanol group remained profitable during the three-month period. Ethanol earnings, however, were down significantly due to the poor margin environment.
The U.S. exported 128.42 million gallons of ethanol and 962,592 tons of distillers grain in June, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Aug. 2. Exports of both products were both down when compared to June 2018.
Gevo Inc. announced Aug. 5 it has achieved its International Sustainability and Carbon Certification under the ISCC PLUS scheme for food, feed, industrial applications, energy, and biofuels outside Europe.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced Aug. 6 funding for a bioenergy pilot plant and three biofuel blending infrastructure projects, including one that that focuses on E15 and E85 distribution.
The U.S. exported 694,515.3 tons of wood pellets in June, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Aug. 2. Pellet exports were up when compared to both May 2019 and June 2018.
Enviva Holdings LP announced Aug. 6 plans to build and operate a deep-water marine terminal at the Port of Pascagoula, Mississippi. On the same day, the company also issued a statement related to the air permit for its Southampton pellet plant.
Gevo Inc. announced Aug. 5 it has achieved its International Sustainability and Carbon Certification under the ISCC PLUS scheme for food, feed, industrial applications, energy, and biofuels outside Europe.
During an Aug. 6 earnings call, Green Plains officials discussed progress with the Project 24 initiative, criticized Trump's EPA and trade policies for harming the ethanol industry, and indicated the company continues to explore the sale of assets.
South Dakota Farmers Union, together with leaders from 13 South Dakota agriculture organizations, sat down with Gregory Sopkin, U.S. EPA Regional Administrator for District Eight Aug. 1 to discuss farm challenges and higher ethanol blends.
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