Market Forces of Fiber
May 31, 2019
Sharing information, ideas and, in this particular case, challenges and precautionary words, is important to the success of the wood pellet industry as a whole.
Hanover, New Hampshire-based Dartmouth College has narrowed down potential locations for the Dartmouth Green Energy Project to three options. A final location is expected to be selected by the end of summer.
Rex American Resources Inc. released fiscal first quarter 2019 financial results on May 30, discussing the impact of weather-related interruptions to the company's business and projecting continued low crush margins into the second quarter.
SPX Cooling Technologies Inc. will showcase its mobile display trailer with displays of field-erected cooling tower components during the upcoming Fuel Ethanol Workshop, June 10-12 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
The Nebraska Ethanol Board is pleased to announce that Roger Berry began working at the board May 28 and will assume the position as NEB's administrator following the next board meeting May 31. Barry previously served at the Nebraska Corn Board.
Summit Natural Gas of Maine has announced a new renewable natural gas (RNG) program under which it will partner with the state's dairy industry to produce home-grown RNG through the construction of an anaerobic digester in Clinton, Maine.
U.K.-based Stobart Group Ltd. released fiscal 2018 financial results on May 29, reporting a 51 percent increase in the volume of biomass fuel it supplied to renewable energy plants when compared to fiscal year 2017.
Vitol has renamed C&N Ethanol Marketing to Vitol Biofuels Marketing. The name change reflects Vitol's continued commitment to developing its ethanol business, both as part of its renewables portfolio and and its core gasoline offering.
European renewable ethanol delivered an average of more than 71 percent greenhouse-gas savings compared to fossil fuels in 2018, well above the minimum legal requirements, according to new certified data from producers.
UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced sugarcane processing and ethanol production were both down during the first half of May. Sales of ethanol, however, remained strong.
The U.S. EPA recently approved an efficient producer pathway for The Andersons Denison Ethanol LLC, allowing the facility to generate RINs for non-grandfathered volumes of ethanol. The 65 MMgy plant is located in Denison, Iowa.
Velocys plc released 2018 financial results in mid-May, highlighting progress with the development of its proposed biorefineries in Mississippi and the U.K. and discussing the recent close out of the Envia joint venture.
The Renewable Fuels Association has added Ken Colombini to its staff as its new communications director. Colombini has worked as a freelance communications consultant since 2016 and previously was employed by the National Corn Growers Association.
A recent analysis by the U.S. Grains Council shows non-beverage ethanol has been the fastest growing U.S. agricultural export over the past decade by a significant margin, growing 13 percent year-over-year over the past 10 years.
The Canadian government has announced it will invest $13.8 million in Kruger Inc. to support two projects, including one that will allow the company's Corner Brook, Newfoundland, location to produce biomass energy.
Drax Group, Equinor and National Grid Ventures have signed an MOU committing them to work together to explore how a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility could be constructed in the mid-2020s.
Next Renewable Fuels and BP Products North America have entered into a feedstock supply agreement whereby Next will purchase approximately 2 million metric tons per year of feedstock for its proposed renewable diesel facility in Oregon from BP.
SkyNRG announced May 27 it will develop Europe's first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel production plant in Delfzijl, The Netherlands. The facility is being scaled to produce 100,000 metric tons of biojet fuel and 15,000 tons of bioLPG per year.
The U.S. EPA's final E15/RIN market reform rule is under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The agency is expected to release the rule before the June 1 start of the summer driving season.
The New Hampshire Senate has voted in favor of a bill amendment that aims to support operations at the state's six biomass power plants and avoid a protracted legal fight over a biomass reform law that was enacted in 2018.
FPInnovations and Resolute Forest Products Inc. announced May 27 the commissioning of a new pilot biorefinery that converts wood biomass into lignin and sugars. On the same day, the Canadian government awarded C$2 million to the project.
A new report authored by Bates White Economic Consulting forecasts that demand for RNG fuel in the U.S. transportation sector will continue growing rapidly over the next five years, and that RNG industry production will keep pace.
The U.S. EPA's final E15/RIN market reform rule is under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The agency is expected to release the rule before the June 1 start of the summer driving season.
The RFA is sponsoring the "Ethanol Days of Summer" contest for the third consecutive year. The contest encourages consumers to submit pump prices for ethanol fuels to E85prices.com to be entered in a daily drawing for a $50 fuel gift card.
This year marks the 19th year the Award of Excellence and the High Octane Award will be presented at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo. The awards aim to recognize individuals for their contributions to the ethanol industry.
Feeling Good About Wood Heat
By Maura Adams
May 25, 2019
With the right national or regional nonprofit partners, we look forward to seeing Feel Good Heat assets take hold more broadly and develop into a more nationally coordinated campaign.
Bioenergy Europe has brought forward the “GoodChips� program, which is being offered as the first international certification scheme for wood chips as it pertains to their use as a solid biofuel.
Reps. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., and Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., introduced legislation May 23 that aims to increase transparency surrounding Renewable Fuel Standard small refinery exemptions (SREs) and ensure any waived volumes are reallocated.
American Coalition for Ethanol Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty recently returned to Tijuana,Mexico, to discuss ethanol with fuel retailers. The trip marks his 11th ethanol marketing workshop in Mexico over the past year and a half.
EQTEC plc has signed a framework agreement with Phoenix Biomass Energy Inc. Under the agreement, the parties will seek to jointly develop biomass gasification power projects in the U.S., with five projects having already been identified.
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