Aemetis Inc. has announced the receipt of $6 million of cash, after transaction costs, from the sale of $7.7 million of IRA investment tax credits generated by the construction of dairy biogas digesters by its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Feb. 27 announced Tom Schultz will serve as the 21st chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Schultz previously served as vice president of resources and government affairs at Idaho Forest Group.
Drax Group plc on Feb. 27 released full year 2024 financial results, reporting strong improvement in operational and financial performance for its North American wood pellet segment. Biomass power generation was also up significantly.
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. released fourth quarter financial results on Feb. 24, reporting the company sold 62 million gallons of RNG during the quarter, up 8.8% when compared to the same period of 2023.
The General Court of the European Union on Feb. 27 dismissed a challenge against the ReFuelEU Aviation regulations brought by European biofuel producers last year regarding regulation’s exclusion of crop-based fuels.
The USDA on Feb. 27 released its Grains and Oilseed Outlook for 2025, predicting a modest increase for 2025-’26 soybean production. Soybean oil prices are projected down slightly, and soybean oil use for biofuels Is expected to increase.
Haffner Energy on Feb. 26 announced the commencement of hydrogen production utilizing its proprietary solid biomass thermolysis technology at its Marolles hydrogen production, testing, and training center.
OPAL Fuels Inc. announced on Feb. 25 the acquisition of the Western Milling fueling station in Visalia, California. OPAL will upgrade the station and sell to Western Milling’s transportation business, OHK Transport, and other local shippers.
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Coalition met with key lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Feb. 26 to discuss critical policies supporting the domestic growth and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the U.S.
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture members on Feb. 26 voted to amend the organization’s biofuels policies to increase support for domestic and global demand for American produced biofuels.
The U.S. EPA on Feb. 24 approved a RFS fuel pathway for Oberon Fuels Inc. that will allow the company to generate D3 or D5 RINs for the production of dimethyl ether (DME) from waste-derived biogas at its facility in Gonzales County, Texas.
U.S. manufacturers produced 890,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in November, according to the February edition of the U.S. EIA Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 860,000 tons during the month.
A planned sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production facility being developed by SkyNRG Americas in Walla Walla, Washington, has been awarded a new $1.5 million grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce.
Neste MY Renewable Diesel has helped fuel Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore operations for the first time, with the completion of a successful trial of biofuel across its network of Western Australian ports, railways and mines.
The Singapore Airlines Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to potentially source neat SAF from Aether Fuels, a climate technology firm that plans to set up SAF production plants in the U.S. and South East Asia.
XCF Global Capital Inc. on Feb. 24 announced that New Rise Renewables LLC has commenced production of neat SAF. The company has also entered into an irrevocable corporate purchase order for the sale of more than 3 million gallons of SAF.
Air Products on Feb. 24 announced its has terminated its agreement with World Energy for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) expansion project in Paramount, California. According to World Energy, current operations at the Paramount facility are not affected.
The Indiana Senate on Feb. 10 voted 46 to 3 in favor of a bill that aims to create tax credits for the sale of higher ethanol blends, the sale of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel, and the blending of biodiesel and renewable diesel.
LoCI Controls on Feb. 20 announced results from its methane capture project at an Iowa landfill. Between 2021 and 2023, the project successfully captured and destroyed methane emissions with approximately 229,000 metric tons of CO2e.
LanzaJet on Feb. 24 announced that Cosmo Oil Co. Ltd. has been selected for a FY2024 subsidy from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to support a project developed with Mitsui & Co. that will plan to utilize LanzaJet technology.
After a decade in the torrefaction technology industry and a successfully launched commercial black pellet plant in Thailand, Blackwood Technology B.V. is preparing for growth.
CoBank is predicting soybean planted acreage for 2025 will decline by 3.6% this year, falling to 84 million acres, according to the company’s spring acreage outlook report, which was released Feb. 20.
Renewable energy company Drax has announced an enhanced approach to deliver on its global sustainability targets and to enhance the way it manages its impact on the climate, nature and people.
Anaergia Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Anaergia Singapore Pte Ltd., entered into a letter of intent (LOI) to supply technology and equipment to JGC Holdings Corp. for a renewable natural gas (RNG) project.
Pathway Energy CEO Steve Roberts discusses the company’s plans to use industrial wood pellets for the production of sustainable aviation fuel.
px Group, the operator of several critical infrastructure sites in the U.K. and Europe, has announced it has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the Tees Renewable Energy Plant (Tees REP).
MOL Group has produced a diesel fuel containing hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at the refinery of Slovnaft in Bratislava. The quality of the products has been verified by radioisotope analysis.
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd., Sumitomo Corp., and Green Earth Institute Co. Ltd. have announced plans to form a JV, Morisora Bio Refinery LLC, which will focus on the production and sale of ethanol and chemicals from woody biomass.
Energy legislation proposed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in February, in part, aims to establish new regulations related to the construction, expansion and operation of anaerobic digestion facilities within the state.
More than 1.76 billion renewable identification numbers (RINs) were generated under the Renewable Fuel Standard in January, down from 1.91 billion generated during the same period of 2024, according to data released by the U.S. EPA on Feb. 20.
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