The American Coalition for Ethanol’s 36th annual conference kicked off in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this week with an update from ACE leadership, including ACE Board President, Dave Sovereign, ACE CMO Ron Lamberty, and ACE CEO Brian Jennings.
Aemetis Inc. has announced the sale of 88,883 D3 renewable identification number credits (RINs), the company’s first commercial D3 RIN transaction under the RFS generated by the Aemetis Biogas Central Digester Project in California.
Sugar Valley Energy, a subsidiary of California Ethanol & Power LLC, and STARS Technology Corp. are collaborating to delploy hydrogen production technology at SVE’s planned, fully permitted biorefinery in California.
Caramuru, a Brazilian agribusiness company, on Aug. 16 announced it has begun selling soybean-based ethanol produced at its processing complex in Sorriso, Mato Grosso, a city located in the west-central region of the country.
More than 1.98 billion RINs were generated under the RFS in July, up from 1.71 billion generated during the same month of last year. Total RIN generation for the first seven months of 2023 reached 13.4 billion.
Braskem and SCG Chemicals are forming a joint venture that aims to produce bio-ethylene from bio-ethanol dehydration and to commercialize I’m green biobased polyethylene (PE), using the EtE EverGreen technology.
The Surface Transportation Board is soliciting nominations to fill six vacancies on its Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee. One of those vacancies is to be filled by a biofuel producer or feedstock provider.
Gevo Inc. released second quarter financial results on Aug. 10, reporting that its RNG business continues to ramp up production and indicating that the company is pivoting to a modularized approach for its alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology.
The U.S. EIA maintained its forecasts for 2023 and 2024 fuel ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Aug. 8. The forecast for 2023 ethanol blending was also maintained, but the 2024 blending forecast was revised down.
Fluid Quip Technologies announced on Aug. 9 that it will provide the world’s first wheat-based Maximized Stillage Co-products (MSC) system, to Ensus U.K. Limited’s ethanol facility in Teesside, a subsidiary of CropEnergies AG.
The Renewable Fuels Association is welcoming its newest producer member, CIE Norfolk in Norfolk, Nebraska. The biorefinery produces 50 million gallons of ethanol each year. CIE purchased the facility from Louis Dreyfus in late 2022.
U.S. fuel ethanol production was down 4 percent the week ending Aug. 4, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Aug. 9. Stocks of fuel ethanol were up slightly, while ethanol exports were down 51 percent.
Novozymes released second quarter financial results on Aug. 9, reporting a 26 percent increase in bioenergy sales for the three-month period. Overall company sales for the second quarter were up 2 percent.
Whitefox Technologies has announced that Glacial Lakes Energy LLC has agreed to install the Whitefox ICE membrane dehydration system at its ethanol plant located in Mina, South Dakota. Installation is expected to be complete by Q2 2024.
Bryan McGregor, president and CEO of Alto Ingredients Inc., discussed the company’s financial and operational performance during a second quarter earnings call held Aug. 7. He said Alto is pleased by the market’s continued improvements during the period.
Summit Carbon Solutions has secured 80 percent of voluntary easements for its pipeline route in North Dakota and continues to negotiate with additional landowners every day. At the same time, the company is responding to the decision of the North Dakota PUC.
Aemetis Inc. released Q2 financial results on Aug. 3, reporting progress with the development of its dairy RNG project and its proposed renewable diesel and SAF biorefinery. The company also highlighted its existing ethanol and biodiesel operations.
Gevo Inc. has announced that its Net-Zero 1 ethanol-to-jet project has been invited by the U.S. DOE to the due diligence and term sheet negotiation phase for a $950 million loan guarantee under the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing Program.
Green Plains Inc. released second quarter financial results on Aug. 4, reporting the company was negatively impacted during the three-month period due to the temporary shutdown of its Wood River, Nebraska, facility and additional planned and unplanned downtime at other locations.
The Andersons Inc. held a second quarter financial earnings call on Aug. 2, reporting that ethanol crush margins strengthened over the three-month period. The current margin outlook, despite volatility, remains strong, according to the company.
The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce that Pivot Clean Energy, Encore Energy Services and Continuum Ag have joined as the association’s newest associate members.
European ethanol producer CropEnergies has announced plans to invest more than EUR 100 million in various projects at its ethanol plant in Wilton, U.K. The investments will increase plant profitability and reduce CO2 emissions.
Enerkem Inc. and Technip Energies have signed a MOU to enter into a collaboration agreement aimed at accelerating the deployment of Enerkem's technology platform for biofuels and circular chemical products from non-recyclable waste materials.
Aemetis Inc. has close its second $25 million, 20-year term loan guaranteed by the USDA for a total of $50 million of Aemetis Biogas project financing arranged by Greater Commercial Lending in the past nine months.
Valero Energy Corp. released second quarter financial results on July 27, reporting improved operating income for both its renewable diesel and ethanol business segments. The company also said its SAF project is progressing on schedule.
This summer, the U.S. Grains Council participated in the Pan American Conference on Biofuels held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a special focus on the opportunities for expansion of consumption and production of liquid biofuels in the region.
The American Coalition for Ethanol, Growth Energy, and the Renewable Fuels Association have joined the newly formed American Carbon Alliance. Their participation brings attention to the benefits that carbon capture technology will have on rural communities, the nation’s economy, and the ethanol industry.
Allotrope Partners LLC, Axens North America, and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas have signed an agreement to develop a joint study for a commercial plant producing cellulosic ethanol from woody biomass.
Growth Energy on July 25 filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in The San Antonio Refinery, LLC, et al. v. U.S. EPA. The case pertains to a group of refineries seeking to avoid complying with the RFS.
In June, Braskem concluded a 30 percent increase in the production capacity of its biobased ethylene plant, located in the Petrochemical Complex of Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The company’s biobased ethylene is made from sugarcane ethanol.
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