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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Cellulosic bioenergy crop production is a nascent industry in the U.S. and has the potential to supply up to 5% of U.S. energy demand while achieving increased carbon reduction. The Southeast U.S. is ideally suited for a cellulosic industry due to plentiful land, ample rainfall,
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October 6, 2022
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by Marcus Hand (Seatrade Maritime News) The world’s largest bunkering port is developing standards for the bunkering of biofuels both for quality and quantity. — Speaking at the opening of the Singapore International Bunkering Conference and Exhibition (Sibcon) on Wednesday, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Chee Hong Tat
October 5, 2022
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(U.S. Department of Energy) Led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, the Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) is a multi-lab collaboration that develops first-principles-based knowledge and tools to understand, quantify, and mitigate the effects of feedstock and process variability across the bioenergy value chain, from the field and
October 5, 2022
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by Eric Ng (South China Morning Post) Sewage sludge used as feedstock to make methanol cuts down carbon emissions by a quarter compared to coal as the raw material, Polytechnic University professor Ren Jingzheng says; If all 1,200 tonnes of sludge generated in Hong Kong every day is converted to
October 5, 2022
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by Kimbra Cutlip (University of Maryland/Maryland Today) A University of Maryland researcher was awarded $2.6 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the genetics underlying how poplar trees sense nutrients and regulate their metabolism—information that could help farmers maximize yields of this and other plants used in biofuel
October 5, 2022
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(Fidelis New Energy/Haarslev/CISION) Haarslev Inc. (“Haarslev”) announced today that has entered a strategic marketing and investment alliance (the “Alliance”) with Gron Fuels, LLC (“Grön Fuels”), a subsidiary of Fidelis New Energy, LLC (“Fidelis New Energy”). The Alliance pairs the leading meat, poultry and fish rendering and processing equipment manufacturer with the
October 5, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The goal of this project is to develop productive, cost-effective and sustainable warm-season perennial bioenergy feedstock production systems on marginal croplands across geographic locations in the Midwest. The University of Illinois (at Champaign-Urbana)’s D. K. Lee leads the team of researchers. READ MORE
October 5, 2022
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by Gloria Dickie (Reuters) Emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from oil and gas infrastructure could be stamped out within the next 10 years, industry experts said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Reuters IMPACT climate conference in London, they noted that technology to detect leakages from oil and gas had been ramping up
October 5, 2022
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(U.S. Grains Council/Ethanol Producer Magazine) In September, Isabelle Ausdal, U.S. Grains Council manager of global ethanol policy and economics, traveled to Sweden to attend the International Energy Agency Bioenergy Task 39 “Biofuels to Decarbonize Transport” fourth business meeting and Advanced Biofuels Conference hosted by the Swedish Bioenergy Association (SveBio). IEA’s Task
October 5, 2022
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by Fridah Chomba and Victor Muchiri (Kenya News Agency) Kiambu is an agriculture-based County that has adopted Biogas as a renewable source of energy. Biogas is affordable, reliable and environmentally friendly. As one of the top five leading counties in dairy farming over the last 5 years, most farmers have
October 4, 2022
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by Alayna Chuney (Carbon 180) … It’s been demonstrated across industries that sidelining equity and justice considerations leads to worse outcomes for developers and nearby communities — and as a budding industry, CDR can learn from and avoid these mistakes. In particular, a focus on equity and justice earlier in the development
October 4, 2022
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by Ian Taylor (Bunkerspot) ExxonMobil has confirmed that it completed a bunker delivery of bio-based marine fuel oil to Tata NYK Shipping’s MV Sagar Moti in Singapore on 26 September. The MV Sagar Moti, which was carrying salt from India to Vietnam, was bunkered via a ship-to-ship transfer in Singapore waters. In a statement
October 4, 2022
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by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) The Canadian government is seeking proposals for projects that will support the establishment of biomass supply chains to ensure that a steady and usable supply of sustainable feedstock is available to clean fuel production facilities across the country. The biomass supply chain initiative is a component
October 4, 2022
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by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Sustainable Origins, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based subsidiary of Canadian firm Forza Innovations Inc., announced Sept. 26 the rollout of its newly designed steel storage tanks. The company places these tanks at customer locations, where they are utilized to store used cooking oil (UCO) that is
October 4, 2022
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by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Shell Hungary, Alteo Group and Biotrans are beginning a nationwide residential used cooking oil collection program across Hungary. Out of the 193 members of Shell’s network in Hungary, it is now possible to drop off used cooking oil at 44 filling stations, after the company implemented
October 4, 2022
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(Cefic) Achieving more sustainable carbon cycles in Europe can only take place if the carbon accountancy is right, concludes Cefic in its latest position paper concerning the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF). The European Commission plans to apply the PEF method as the guiding approach for environmental impact assessment. Currently, this methodology does not
October 4, 2022
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(Seed Today) Camelina Company España, Europe’s largest camelina crop innovator and seed producer, today held the opening of their new Innovation Center in Daimiel, Spain. Camelina is grown for use by Camelina Company’s parent company Global Clean Energy (OTCQB:GCEH) to produce ultra-low carbon renewable fuels. Renewable diesel produced from camelina is
October 4, 2022
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(TrustBIX/newsfile) TrustBIX Inc. (TSXV: TBIX) (OTCQB: TBIXF) (“TrustBIX” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a Biomass Traceability Pilot Project with members of the Biomass Quality Network of Canada (BQNC). BQNC is facilitating the commercialization of agricultural biomass through the development of quality standards and methods for industrial applications, including biofuels, green chemicals,
October 4, 2022
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(EverWind Fuels/Globe Newswire) Partnership to deliver first green fuel powered commercial tug vessels in Canada — EverWind Fuels Company (“EverWind”), a private developer of green hydrogen and ammonia production in Nova Scotia, and Svitzer, a leading global towage operator and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”)
October 4, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Harvesting and transportation makes up 40 –60% of the delivered cost of SRWC and are an important source of GHG emissions. Harvesting systems are not well developed — throughput decreases up to 65% from harvester to short term storage. Changes in biomass quality and impacts
October 4, 2022
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by Brent Barnett (Brownfield Ag News) A leader with Iowa Corn Growers Association says it’s getting more difficult for people to find flex-fuel vehicles. Flex-fuel vehicles are capable of running on higher blends of ethanol, which can benefit farmers, consumers, and the environment. Logan Lyon tells Brownfield, “Five-to-10 years ago flex-fuel vehicles
October 4, 2022
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(FlyORO) Duncan Aviation, the world’s largest privately owned business jet service provider, takes sustainability seriously. The company recently earned NATA’s sustainability standard for aviation businesses. Now, Duncan Aviation is exploring ways to efficiently bring SAF to their customers. The increasing trend towards SAF adoption has been seen in the West Coast
October 4, 2022
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(Carbon America) The carbon capture and sequestration facility will capture 95 percent of emissions from a Nebraska ethanol production facility and permanently store the CO₂ underground — Carbon America, the first vertically integrated carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) super developer, announced today an agreement with Bridgeport Ethanol, LLC to develop a
October 4, 2022
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by Aura Sabadus (Independent Commodity Intelligence Services)Three companies have reached an agreement to sell the first volumes of biomethane from Ukraine to Europe, according to RGC, Ukraine’s largest gas distribution company said in a statement on 30 September. Ukraine-based RGC and Gals Agro, along with Dutch trader STX, agreed to facilitate
October 4, 2022
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(Engineering Maintenance) Fifteen years ago, when the first 1800m3 digester was built on the 100-acre site in Hertfordshire, England, John Jones (great grandson of Mr Guy) could be forgiven for wondering what on earth he’d taken on. As if producing hundreds of tons of top-quality tomatoes each year wasn’t enough to think
October 3, 2022
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has been one of the top priorities of the aviation industry for a couple of years now – from airlines to fuel producers. But many myths are out there and may confuse some. In this episode, Sylvain talks to Oskar Meijerink from SkyNRG about eight
October 3, 2022
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(AltFuels/New Holland) For more than 15 years, New Holland has led the development of more sustainable products within its portfolio thanks to the “Clean Energy Leader” strategy, exploring new fuels and propulsion systems. The commercial launch of the new T6.180 Methane Power -propelled by renewable natural gas- is a milestone within
October 3, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Opal is an end-to-end RNG provider to the transportation market, currently at Scale, with substantial embedded growth opportunity. The company has 5 operating RNG & 19 renewable power plants, operates 75 stations across 18 states, has 7 projects under construction, and 15 projects in development.
October 3, 2022
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by Karin Rives (S&P Global) … The San Juan plant is not the only carbon capture project receiving funds from the federal government that has struggled to become operational. With a lot more money coming, how the U.S. government allocates it will be critical. A question of accountability A 2021 report
October 3, 2022
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by Jared Strong (Iowa Capital Dispatch) The two candidates for Iowa secretary of agriculture split Friday on whether government should require unwilling landowners to allow carbon pipelines to cross their land. Democrat John Norwood said eminent domain should not be used to build pipelines that transport captured carbon dioxide away from
October 3, 2022
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by Scott Hennen (InForUm) Columnist Scott Hennen writes that North Dakota Gov. Burgum likens the state’s burgeoning CO2 industry to the creation of the Bakken in western North Dakota. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is excited about a “giant new industry” that is coming to North Dakota: The CO2 industry,
October 1, 2022
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(Fox 9) A new grant will help 44 gas stations in Minnesota add greener fuel options at the pump. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture grant from the Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Biofuels Infrastructure Grant Program will award more than $6.4 million to 44 service stations to offset the cost
October 1, 2022
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(Clean Energy Fuels Corp./Business Wire) The Groveport station is first of 19 under agreement with Amazon — Clean Energy’s new station in Groveport, OH will provide renewable natural gas, a fuel produced from organic waste, to Amazon trucks and other fleets. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of
October 1, 2022
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(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Bioengineering students from Minnesota State University, Mankato toured Guardian Energy yesterday to learn about ethanol production. “We were happy to once again welcome students from Minnesota State University – Mankato. These tours give students a first-hand overview of the ethanol production process. More importantly, students leave with a better
October 1, 2022
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Exclusive: Shell plans $1.48B Bio-refinery in Louisiana as Part of Transition away from Fossil Fuels
by Amanda Drane (Houston Chronicle) Preparations are underway at the site of Shell’s former Convent refinery in Louisiana, where the oil major plans to build a $1.48 billion low-carbon fuels facility. The project’s first phase would include a renewable fuels unit that would produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel from plant oils,
September 30, 2022
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(Environmental Protection Agency) This document provides updated guidance on qualifying an analytical method for determining the cellulosic converted fraction of corn kernel fiber co-processed with starch in order to demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements in 40 CFR 80.1450(b)(1)(xiii)(B)(3). 1 Public confidence in the volumes of cellulosic ethanol produced under the Renewable
September 30, 2022
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(Flix) + From September 28th, the FlixBus LN724 Brest <> Grenoble line will become the longest commercial line in Europe running on 100% French biodiesel. + Two Volvo Bus 9700 double-decker coaches will run on Oleo100 Biodiesel made from 100% French rapeseed, produced by the French company Saipol (Avril Group). +
September 30, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This continuing Project with DOE BETO regarding improved logistics builds on advances in two previous High Tonnage projects (Pine at AU; Switchgrass at Genera). The project goal is to evaluate a state-of-the-art biomass merchandizing and processing system to identify sources of variation along the supply
September 30, 2022
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by Anna Simet (Biodiesel Magazine) This week’s Biodiesel Magazine podcast features, Paul Schubert, CEO of Strategic Biofuels, Interview by Anna Simet, editor of Biodiesel Magazine. LISTEN
September 29, 2022
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by Jasmina Ovcina Mandra (Offshore Energy) Hong Kong-based container shipping company Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has completed a trial use of marine biofuel for the first time in its fleet. The trial was carried out on OOCL Yokohama, a 4578-TEU container vessel. The containership was fueled with 1999.3 metric tons of
September 29, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) CO2 is the ubiquitous feedstock, available from a range of point sources, as well as in the atmosphere. It’s the only feedstock measured in gigatons. Domestic biorefineries emit a very pure CO2 wastestream, and represent an early opportunity for deployment of CO2 utilization technologies. But
September 29, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From MetGen in Finland comes not one story but three, a hat-trick. First, a commercial license for biorefineries with Futurity in New Zealand; second, a partnership with Ivy Farms to develop an industrial process for bioactive molecules they use in their cultivated meat technology; third, a partnership with Technip Energies for the
September 29, 2022
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(Aemetis/Globe Newswire) Transitioning From Diesel Fuel to Carbon Negative RNG, Aemetis and the American Power Group Demonstrated a Dual Fuel System to Reduce Carbon and Tailpipe Emissions Within Existing Diesel Fleets Using Lower Cost RNG Fuel–Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable fuels company focused on
September 29, 2022
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(Raven SR/PR Newswire) • Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) to provide technology and engineering support for at least 10 Raven SR liquid fuels production projects Collaboration to pursue higher quality, higher volume output of Fischer-Tropsch fuels, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), from landfill gas, biogas, other organic waste feedstocks Raven SR
September 29, 2022
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(AvFuel/Biomass Magazine) As the United Nations holds its Mountain Partnership Global Meeting in Aspen next week, Atlantic Aviation and Avfuel Corporation partnered to ensure plentiful supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for air operations surrounding the event. Avfuel and Atlantic Aviation will supplement their continuous supply of SAF with two
September 29, 2022
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(BioCycle Magazine) In 200 schools in Brazil, Israel, Fiji and additional countries around the world, students are learning about — and experiencing — anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste. HomeBiogas, an Israel-based company that sells small-scale AD systems for homes, refugee camps, institutions and businesses, offers an educational kit that includes
September 29, 2022
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(Autocar India) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will unveil the Toyota Corolla flex-fuel model at an event in Delhi. — Toyota will showcase the first flex-fuel-powered car in India on September 28. The car that will be unveiled at this event will be a Toyota Corolla hybrid, which is currently on sale
September 28, 2022
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by Chris Cope (Shetland News) There are plans for a facility in Lerwick which would turn dead fish into fertiliser as well as biodiesel. SEM Energy has successfully applied to vary its licence with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for the project. The licence for the company’s existing facility at the
September 28, 2022
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(Iberdrola/Electric Energy Online) • The first of the projects, Green UMIA, will be located in Pontevedra and will lead to a reduction of 58,000 tonnes of CO2 in its first 10 years of operation It will also strengthen the decarbonisation and sustainability of the timber value chain, which is strategic
September 28, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Methane! We’ve been shouting it from the rooftops for some time — methane is the future! Made from dairy waste and municipal solid waste, primarily, it’s become the fastest route to carbon jitigation because all that potential methane avoids the atmosphere and insteads finds applications
September 28, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … Fulcrum: Fuels before Christmas, maybe by Hallowe’en — When we last touched on the Fulcrum story in depth, in May, the company had commenced syngas production, but we had not yet heard that the intrepid Fulcrumites had reached the summit of their Everest, which is the
September 28, 2022
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(GE Aerospace/Flight Global) Earlier this year, CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, joined Airbus to announce plans to flight test a hydrogen combustion engine. Learn more in this video with Mohamed Ali, GE Aerospace’s vice president of engineering, who explains the opportunities and challenges
September 28, 2022
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(Neste) Today (September 26, 2022), Bell’s next generation five seater helicopter, the Bell 505, fueled with Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ (SAF) took off at Seletar Airport in Singapore for a demonstration flight. This is the first ever helicopter flight fueled with SAF in Southeast Asia. This remarkable milestone was achieved
September 28, 2022
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Seaboard Energy to Hold Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Oct. 6 for Renewable Diesel Plant in Hugoton, Kansas
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Seaboard Energy, a division of Seaboard Foods, has scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 6 for its new renewable diesel facility in Hugoton, Kansas, marking completion of the project. The facility has the capacity to produce 85 million gallons per year (mgy) of renewable diesel and
September 28, 2022
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(Rolls-Royce) • mtu Series 1300, 1500 and 1800 engines already released; Series 1600 and 4000 to follow shortly Up to 90% CO2 savings by operating existing engines with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO/renewable diesel) Locally emission-free operation possible in combination with mtu Hybrid PowerPack Field tests with DB Cargo and RDC
September 28, 2022
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(Alt Fuels/Scania) During the IAA show, Scania announced the expansion of its biomethane offer for heavy trucks with two new engines. The 13-liter engines offer 420 and 460 hp and between them they cover most of the high-power demand of the European truck market, including long-haul trucks. This launch goes hand
September 27, 2022
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by Grace van Deelen, Emma Foehringer Merchant (Inside Climate News) State funding intended to lower emissions on dairy farms is largely lining the pockets of two enterprises with diverse ties to oil and gas ventures or renewable fuels companies. Is that investment helping to preserve a reliance on fossil fuels?
September 27, 2022
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(Biofuels Central) Zenith Energy, a leading global operator of independent liquid storage terminals, announced it has agreed to immediately transition its Portland facility out of crude oil storage to renewable fuels in just five years. Renewable fuels can reduce carbon emissions by up to 80%, helping the City of Portland reach
September 26, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Everything we have learned at The Digest about the State of Plastics and Biomaterials in 2022, we have digested down into these pages, as presented in our latest ABLC CONNECT episode this past week. Whether you’re looking at PET, PLA, PHA, FDCA, FDME, nylons, fabrics,
September 26, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) For more than a decade we have been covering the emergence of e-Fuels — renewable fuels made from (usually waste) CO2 and green hydrogen, the latter conventionally obtained by splitting water using spare, intermittent renewable power. It’s been a story of a fuel defeated by policy.
September 26, 2022
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by Bob Thompson (Michigan Farmers Union/Detroit News) … Fortunately, President Joe Biden and our members of Congress have taken decisive steps to lower gas prices and limit our dependence on foreign oil. They have done that by supporting biofuels — fuel grown by America’s farmers. Not only does this lower gas prices and
September 26, 2022
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Reuters is withdrawing a Sept. 8 article that compared carbon emissions from U.S. ethanol plants and oil refineries because of its flawed interpretation of data on ethanol-plant pollution and fuel-production capacity. That led to inaccurate estimates of carbon emissions for individual ethanol plants named in the story. STORY_NUMBER: L8N30E5AE STORY_DATE:
September 26, 2022
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by Al Root (Barrons/Market Watch) … The start-up, Sacramento, Calif.–based Infinium, was founded in 2020 and got funding from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund. Infinium calls electrofuels an “ultralow carbon alternative to traditional petroleum-based fuels.” The company makes green hydrogen by passing electricity generated with renewable power through water. The hydrogen is
September 26, 2022
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by Khaled Al Khawaldeh (The Guardian) As pollution concerns mount and lucrative opportunities emerge in the sustainable economy, the days of cane field burning may be numbered — … The spectacle, which has become a symbol of this north Queensland region, is a pre-harvest burn of unwanted excess from the
September 26, 2022
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by Rahul Jain (Down to Earth) … It can synthesise large volumes of oil (20 times more than that of mustard per acre), grow fast (10 times quicker than terrestrial plants) and capture carbon dioxide (CO2). Since then, big industries and startups around the globe have been working to commercialise algae-based
September 25, 2022
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by Jonathan Gleave (Argus Media) A better traceability of imported feedstocks used to produced advanced biofuels, particularly those derived from the palm oil sector, is essential for both the reputation of the market and the EU but the block’s recent drive for better certification falls short, according to Portugal’s association of
September 23, 2022
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by Jonathan Noble (Motorsport) Mercedes has revealed how a trial of running its race trucks on biofuel for the recent Formula 1 triple header helped net an 89 percent reduction in CO2 emissions. … The Brackley-based squad elected to experiment with running 16 of its F1 race trucks on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO 100) biofuel
September 23, 2022
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(U.S. Department of Energy) The Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Grand Challenge is the result of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other federal government agencies working together to develop a comprehensive strategy for scaling up new technologies to produce SAF
September 23, 2022
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(Hindustan Times) The new policy is also to encourage the farmers to cut, bale and store paddy straw produced in their fields and facilitate them to sell it for use in various projects — The Haryana government will soon implement a policy aimed at curbing incidents of crop residue burning and
September 23, 2022
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(NextChem/Pack Media) As part of the “IPCEI Hy2Use” EU project, Maire Tecnimont announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant, ready in the first half of 2027. The project sets up the Hydrogen Valley in Rome, the first industrial-scale technological hub for the development of the national
September 23, 2022
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(H2O Innovation/Globe Newswire) H2O Innovation Inc. (“H2O Innovation” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that its Water Technologies & Services (WTS) business line has recently been awarded 10 new water treatment projects. These new contracts, with a total value of $12.0 M, bring the WTS backlog to $46.0 M. The new projects
September 23, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) What’s up with the most exciting molecule in the bioeconomy as measured by capacity building? There are greenfield projects, refinery conversions, new technologies headed toward commercial, and the exciting arrival of DME at scale. What are the drivers, who are the players, what technologies are
September 23, 2022
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by Cassidy Walter (Successful Farming) Today (September 22, 2022) a coalition of leaders from America’s biofuels industry sent a united call to EPA for a strong Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2023 and beyond, to advance biofuels’ efforts toward net-zero emissions. “We think EPA has an enormous opportunity with this rulemaking
September 23, 2022
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by Sean Pratt (Western Producer Magazine) The Canola Council of Canada is encouraging acreage expansion in the brown soil zone of Saskatchewan. However, council president Jim Everson says that does not represent a pivot in the council’s strategy for growing the crop. “We are very much focused on yield,” he said. That has
September 23, 2022
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(SEA-LNG) The recent study from UCL, Exploring methods for understanding stranded value: case study on LNG capable ships, is a flawed academic exercise, detached from reality. In setting out a framework for their analysis the authors make innumerable contestable and unsupported statements. Somewhat confusingly, given the focus of their paper on stranded value
September 23, 2022
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by Tammy Klein (Transport Energy Strategies) There is another hydrogen-related transport trend that some engine manufacturers, car companies and other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are exploring: hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2-ICEs). Tightening vehicle emission and fuel economy standards in North America, Europe, China and Japan are in part driving the interest
September 22, 2022
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(Carbon Capture Magazine) Listen to the latest Carbon Capture Magazine podcast featuring Jerrel Branson with CarbonCap Holdings and panelist at the upcoming 2022 National Carbon Capture Conference & Expo Interviewer: Danielle Piekarski, Content Development Manager, Carbon Capture Magazine National Carbon Capture Conference & Expo November 8-9, 2022 in Des Moines,
September 22, 2022
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(Office of Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)) Bill seeks to explore agricultural, environmental benefits of biochar — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, was joined by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in introducing the Biochar Research Network Act. This
September 22, 2022
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(RNS/Qudrise Fuels) Quadrise (AIM:QFI), the supplier of MSAR® and bioMSAR™ emulsion technology and fuels is pleased to announce the entry of a Joint Development Agreement (“JDA”) with lignin biofuel specialists, Vertoro BV (“Vertoro”). Vertoro is the supplier of sustainable biomass-based biofuels extracted from abundant agricultural and forestry residues using their proprietary Goldilocks® technology. GEM® is
September 22, 2022
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(Savosolar Oyj/Globe Newswire) Green NortH2 Energy, Meriaura and Wärtsilä have signed a Letter of Intent for the building of a cargo vessel that runs on green ammonia. The vessel, equipped with Wärtsilä’s modular multifuel main engines, will be ordered and operated by Meriaura, and Green NortH2 Energy is responsible for supplying
September 22, 2022
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by Sharon Ji* (Advanced Biofuels USA) On July, 2022, Alliance Gas, Located at 1296 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in Sunnyvale, CA opened flex fuel pumps. This is the first station in Sunnyvale that offers flex fuel E85. This is not only good for the convenience of drivers, but also makes good business
September 22, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) From New York and the stages of ClimateWeek therein arrives news that WasteFuel, which would not surprise you to learn makes fuel from waste, has developed and is offering a new technology, their Methanol Module. We’ve been hard at work over the past months highlighting the
September 22, 2022
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by Amie Simpson (Brownfield Ag News) The Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association is encouraging farmers to fuel up with their crop at the pump. Speaking with Brownfield at Farm Science Review, OCWGA Executive Director Tadd Nicholson says the association is encouraging farmers to use Unleaded 88. “We’re doing a whole lot
September 22, 2022
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by Scott Neuman (NPR) … The government’s conservation programs are meant to bolster farmers’ response to climate change, as (Iowa farmer Robb) Ewoldt and others like him are forced to confront worsening droughts on the one hand, and unprecedented rainfall and flooding on the other. But even with billions more in
September 21, 2022
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by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The California Air Resources Board is working on its latest scoping plan, which could potentially intensify Low Carbon Fuel Standard targets and boost ethanol use in state—especially if E15 gets approved. — California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been a pivotal piece of regulation
September 21, 2022
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by Sam Hollier (St. George and Southerland Shire Leader) While tributes to Queen Elizabeth II almost all mentioned her driving a military truck at the end of WWII, I’m going to focus on our King and his interest in finding various ways to solve environmental issues. Specifically, it turns out
September 21, 2022
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by Lesley Bankes-Hughes (Bunkerspot) TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has announced the refuelling of the 4,294 TEU CMA CGM MONTOIR containership in Singapore with a biofuel made of very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) blended with 24% second generation ISCC certified Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester (UCOME). Total Energies Marine Fuels flagged the
September 21, 2022
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by Filipa Oliveira and Telmo Ferreira (PRIO/EurActiv) Maritime transport emits around 940 million tons of CO2 annually and is responsible for about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. More than 80% of all goods are transported via international shipping lanes, and the shipping industry is expected to keep growing for decades to
September 21, 2022
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by Scott Richman (Renewable Fuels Association) The producer-members of the Renewable Fuels Association are hard at work implementing their pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner, an effort that perfectly aligns with commemorating today, September 21, as Zero Emissions Day. In July 2021, RFA members sent a letter to President
September 21, 2022
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(UCO Network) UCO Network, the first blockchain-based ESG-focused biofuel platform and the VeChain Foundation, overseer of the world’s leading sustainability-focused public blockchain, VeChainThor, are thrilled to announce a long-term partnership to build infrastructure for the global used cooking oil industry, opening a plethora of new opportunities within the advanced biofuel sector. UCO Network
September 21, 2022
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(Booster®/Business Wire) By converting its fleet customers in three major markets to renewable diesel, the company has transitioned nearly every California fleet customer to sustainable alternative fuel — Recognizing fleet customers’ growing demand for lower-carbon energy sources, Booster®, the leading tech-driven mobile energy delivery company, announces that it has expanded its renewable diesel
September 21, 2022
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(Cummins/Business Wire) Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) is pleased to announce that its popular Tier 4 QSK95 engine can be safely used with renewable diesel, without any negative impact to its current EPA emission requirements or reliability. “Cummins is ready to assist customers on the decarbonization journey. By working together, we can
September 21, 2022
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(ClearFlame Engine Technologies/PR Newswire) Company Announces: Successful external conversion of truck engines from diesel to ethanol through partnerships with Reviva and Vander Haag’s, Inc.; First pilot fleet trials of Class-8 truck in process with Beck’s; First-ever retail sale of E98 as a standalone fuel through Indiana coalition that includes CIE (Central Indiana
September 21, 2022
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(Bioenergy Insight) The City of Omaha in Nebraska, US is moving forward with a plan to turn human waste into green energy, and expects to make millions of dollars in the process, according to Omaha World Herald. With a $20 million investment approved last month, one of the city’s wastewater treatment
September 20, 2022
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(Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative) As governments and private sector leaders consider solutions to decarbonize the global energy matrix in order to address climate change, hydrogen has increasingly emerged as one promising pathway to net-zero emissions. The world’s most abundant element is an energy carrier that can be used not only to store
September 20, 2022
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(Neste) Today, Circularise announced a pioneering joint project with the certification scheme ISCC, material suppliers Neste, Asahi Kasei, Borealis, Trinseo and Shell, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), brands Arcelik, Philips Domestic Appliances and EVBox, as well as trading companies Marubeni and Itochu, in which partners tested a blockchain system to complement the
September 20, 2022
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(Directional Aviation/Biobased Diesel Daily) Private aviation investment firm Directional Aviation announced Sept. 15 that it is making a financial investment in Alder Fuels, a clean-tech developer and green-crude producer. As part of the agreement, the two companies also will pilot a pioneering blockchain-powered transparency tool to document the production lifecycle
September 20, 2022
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(National Oilheat Research Alliance/Biobase Diesel Daily) Congress and President Biden have recognized the critical role that the transition to low-carbon biofuels in homes heated with fuel oil will play in the reduction of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act includes legislation that incentivizes the heating-oil industry to improve
September 20, 2022
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(Neste) Building on its capability of proactive transformation, Neste launches a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site. Through co-processing and retrofitting of units, and benefiting from available refining assets, experience and know-how, Neste targets
September 20, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Ethanol is an attractive feedstock for middle distillate fuels and chemical products. How do we unlock the potential not only for ethanol-to-jet, but for C3+olefin (ETO) opportunities, and more. Dehydrate, oligomerize, hydrogenate – the path to minimizing capex and opex. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Zhenglong
September 20, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) News has arrived from Washington that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity. It’s become the US Department of Action, as it turns out, the grand ol’ USDA. Big wins
September 20, 2022
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by yJosé Rodríguez Jr. (Jalopnik) Commercial fleets could include FCEVs sooner than expected with the latest fuel economy gains of hydrogen over diesel. A hydrogen fuel cell company says it’s overcome a major hurdle in the adoption of commercial fuel cell EVs. Loop Energy’s latest fuel cell system can get better fuel economy than a
September 19, 2022
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(Maritime Executive) The first sustained test of biofuels for a cruise ship was recently completed by Carnival Corporation’s Holland America Line while its cruise ship was in Rotterdam. According to the companies which worked with supplier GoodFuels this along with a previous fueling for AIDA represented the first live tests on
September 19, 2022
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by Shilpa Annie Joseph (GCC Business News) Oman-based biodiesel project developer Wakud International (Wakud) has partnered with the leading recycler Tadweer in order to turn waste oils into biodiesel. Wakud said in a statement that the new partnership will raise awareness of the local benefits of recycling used cooking oil
September 19, 2022
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by Roeland van den Bergh (Stuff) Air New Zealand plans to start flying its aircraft partly on sustainable aviation fuel made from recycled cooking oil and animal waste from next week. Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran said the first 1.2 million litres of the jet fuel being imported was
September 19, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuel Digest) Accelerated catalyst and process development cycle enabling demonstrated performance enhancements in half the time. That’s the bold goal of a DOE project aimed at providing a fundamental insight leading to actionable recommendations for critical catalysis challenges by leveraging world-class synthesis and characterization capabilities across multiple DOE National
September 19, 2022
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(Gevo) Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of its first commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility, Net-Zero 1 (NZ1). Gevo’s management team was joined today by government officials, representatives from partner companies and customers, business leaders, local farmers, and members of the media to ceremoniously break ground.
September 19, 2022
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by Laura Sanicola and Laila Kearney (Reuters) Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) plans to start receiving shipments of renewable fuel feedstocks at its Trainer, Pennsylvania, refinery as part of a strategy that could reduce its environmental liabilities by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The move
September 19, 2022
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by Katie Schroeder (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Ethanol made from corn fiber has a low carbon intensity and the potential to generate D3 RINs, but navigating the regulatory landscape to capture its fullest value can be complex. — Producing corn fiber ethanol alongside standard, D6 RIN-generating corn starch ethanol gives producers
September 19, 2022
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(Biofuels Central) Rose Cay Maritime announces 100th employee as investment into energy transition accelerates, renewable fuel. — Rose Cay Maritime (“RCM” or the “Company”), a leading Jones Act-compliant company, announced its 100th hire before celebrating its first anniversary. During its first year, the Company led the return-to-service process of a fleet of
September 19, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In New York, Topsoe and First Ammonia signed a 5GW launch company agreement for the reservation of first-of-a-kind, industrial-scale, solid oxide electrolyzer cells to produce green ammonia, a fuel for transportation, power storage and generation, and fertilizer. First Ammonia is developing the world’s first modular, commercial-scale
September 16, 2022
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by Carla DelGado (Popular Science) While this fuel source isn’t without controversy, the global biofuel demand is expected to increase by 28 percent by 2026. — Biomass refers to renewable organic materials from plants and animals, which include wood and wood processing wastes, agricultural crops, and animal manure, among others. Natural
September 16, 2022
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a virtual public workshop on the new biointermediates provisions of the Renewable Fuel Standard program. EPA is hosting a virtual public workshop to discuss the implementation of the new biointermediate provisions promulgated as a part of Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule for
September 16, 2022
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by Bethany Baratta (Iowa Soybean Association) … As a feedstock used in producing biodiesel and renewable diesel, the soybean industry and its farmers stand to gain from this increased demand. Panelists discussed this opportunity during a recent event at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. Panelists included: Grant Kimberley,
September 16, 2022
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by Marcelo Teixeira (Reuters) The global movement by governments and automakers to boost electrification of cars does not mean ethanol will be dead as a product, according to an executive of one of the world’s largest producers of the biofuel. Beyond the demand that will continue to exist in countries that
September 16, 2022
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by Marcus Traxler (Mitchell Republic) Iowa Corn, the advocacy organization for Iowa corn growers, is leading a drive to raise funds to continue advancing technology in order to help get direct-ethanol fuel cells, or DEFC, to the point where they can realistically use corn products to turn from ethanol to
September 15, 2022
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(Le Lézard) Vision RNG, LLC (VRNG) is pleased to announce that it has broken ground for construction of the Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project located on the Meridian Waste Eagle Ridge Landfill located in Bowling Green, Missouri. The project will use 1,500 cfm of Landfill Gas (LFG) and construction is
September 15, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Catalytic fast pyrolysis is a versatile technology pathway for the direct liquefaction of biomass and waste carbon sources. In this slide deck from NREL’s Mike Griffin, we explore the Potential for high carbon yields to fuel blendstocks; the Ability to control the product slate through
September 15, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) We’ll keep warning the industries of the bioeconomy until we get the message through so clearly that no one is left in any doubt: The grand journey, the quest for sustainable fuels, chemicals and materials, will utterly fail if the industry does not work harder to
September 15, 2022
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(Topsoe) Welcome to the first episode of the SAF Specials podcast series – part of our Flight Plan Green initiative to help decarbonize the aviation industry. Sylvain Verdier, Senior Business Strategy Manager at Topsoe will be talking to Lars W. Andersen from Scandinavian Airlines Systems and Marie Louise Hansen from
September 15, 2022
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(Biodiesel Magazine/Global Partners) Global Partners LP has received final approvals to expand storage capacity and transload renewable feedstocks at its Clatskanie, Oregon terminal, CPBR. With rail, deep water access, and the ability to handle ethanol, renewable diesel, and now renewable feedstocks, CPBR is one of the most diversified renewable fuels terminals
September 14, 2022
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(Sulzer) Sulzer Chemtech is helping Energy Absolute (EA) to expand its manufacturing plant in Map Ta Phut, Rayong, Thailand. The collaboration is key to drive the competitiveness of EA, as the technology provided will enable the producer to deliver winterized renewable fuels. This will expand its market reach and support
September 14, 2022
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by Adis Ajdin (Splash247.com) Maersk Supply Service (MSS), part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, said it would use biofuel across its global fleet, offering clients the option to reduce carbon emissions from offshore operations. The Denmark-based OSV owner said its new offering, ECO Offshore, uses hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), a sustainable biofuel that
September 14, 2022
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by Allen Schaeffer (Diesel Technology Institute) … As for fuel, any diesel engine old or new, on or off-road can use renewable low carbon and biodiesel fuels right now just like regular diesel. … As much as the differences in the on and off-road sectors define them, they share a
September 14, 2022
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(University of Hull) The University of Hull has been awarded £245,000 to investigate the possibility of producing hydrogen from the waste streams produced by biorefineries. The funding was awarded by the UK Government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) through phase one of their Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme, which has
September 14, 2022
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(Synhelion) Synhelion has become the first company in the world to succeed in producing syngas on an industrial scale using only solar heat as an energy source. The Swiss solar fuel pioneer successfully demonstrated this on the multifocus solar tower of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Jülich, North Rhine-Westphalia. The
September 14, 2022
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(Solid Waste Association of North America) SWANA’s Applied Research Foundation’s report provides detailed analyses of fuel options for waste collection fleet managers — The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Applied Research Foundation (ARF) has issued an important new report assessing the viability of electricity and other alternative fuels for
September 14, 2022
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(Nuseed/PR Newswire) Nuseed expands its bioenergy platform; acquires assets and signs long-term alliance with GranBio to accelerate global expansion of energy cane — Nuseed and GranBio have entered into a long-term strategic alliance to accelerate R&D and commercialization into global energy cane markets. Nuseed acquired GranBio’s energy cane breeding and commercial
September 14, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) This project funded by the US Department of Energy and led by NREL’s Josh Schaidle aims to Guide existing and future research and development efforts by defining key technical challenges, risks, cost/carbon intensity drivers, and future technical targets for utilizing renewable electricity and CO2to improve
September 14, 2022
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by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Geoff Cooper on Aug. 13 discussed several current issues impacting the U.S. ethanol sector, including a possible rail strike, ahead of an event held by the White House in celebration of the Inflation Reduction Act. Cooper opened a call
September 14, 2022
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by Jasmin Melvin (S&P Global) E15 solution for Midwest states coming: Regan; Biofuel group pushes for nationwide action; Lays out industry priorities for next RFS rulemaking — A promise by US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to lift a summertime ban on sales of a gasoline blend containing 15% ethanol in certain
September 14, 2022
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(Wine Industry Advisor/FPT Powertrain Technologies) Highlight: biomethane-fueled New Holland TK Methane Power crawler tractor — For the second consecutive year, FPT Industrial took a leading role at the Grape Harvest Festival held on the 10th of September in the evocative setting of the Fontanafredda wine estate in Serralunga d’Alba in
September 14, 2022
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(BASF) • Supporting International Maritime Organization’s target to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping by at least 40% by 2030 BASF’s OASE® blue technology contributing to sustainability and cost savings for CO2 capture in flue gas application Samsung Heavy Industry to evaluate feasibility of installing the gas treatment technology onboard maritime vessels
September 14, 2022
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(Toyota Tsusho) Toyota Tsusho Corporation (“Toyota Tsusho”) announced today that Toyotsu Energy Corporation (“Toyotsu Energy”) supplied marine biodiesel fuel*1 (“biofuel”) using ship-to-ship bunkering*2 for a car carrier operated by Toyofuji Shipping Co., Ltd. (“Toyofuji Shipping”) at the Port of Nagoya on July 26 and August 3, 2022. This initiative was implemented as
September 14, 2022
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(Vertex/AccessWire) -Company announcing a proactive extension of the mechanical completion target to first quarter of 2023 -Decision prompted by expanded supply chain disruption and procurement delays in historically unaffected bulk material supply markets -Extension expected to drive an estimated $15 – $17 million of incremental gross margin in the fourth
September 14, 2022
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(YPFB Refining (Google Translation)) The Biodiesel Plant-1 will be built with advanced technology equipment that will be manufactured in Europe, Asia, Brazil and other countries in order to reduce imports and subsidies for diesel. . — The delivery of the Order to Proceed, between representatives of YPFB Refining and the Desmet
September 14, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Biogas is an ancient thing, organisms have been making it for millenia – only in recent decades have we learned to capture and use it to generate on-site heat and power. … … This is the supply of methane as an intermediate feedstock for the
September 13, 2022
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by Rudi Keller (News from the States) When lawmakers return this week for a special session, most of the attention will be on Gov. Mike Parson’s proposal to cut income taxes by $700 million a year. But Parson also wants the bill to include several tax credits intended to benefit rural Missouri
September 13, 2022
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(Southern California Gas Company/PR Newswire) Approximately 44% of the utility’s fleet will run on clean fuels — Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced an additional multi-million-dollar collaboration with Landi Renzo USA for 200 new Ford F-250 service pickup trucks to join the utilities fleet. The trucks will be converted to run on renewable
September 13, 2022
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(Nel Hydrogen US) Nel Hydrogen US, a subsidiary of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE:NEL), has received a contract for a containerized PEM electrolyser from LanzaJet, a leading developer of biofuel technology in the United States. Nel Hydrogen US has received a contract for a containerized PEM electrolyser to be installed at the
September 13, 2022
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by Zachary Halaschak (Washington Examiner) … The shortage began in 2020 after the pandemic took hold and people spent weeks sheltering indoors and not traveling. Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of ethanol, a key ingredient in gasoline. Because fewer people were using gasoline and, by extension, ethanol, production slowed, and
September 13, 2022
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by Doug Duarante (Clean Fuels Development Coalition/Governors’ Biofuels Coalition) Coalition Urges Administrator to Address Mobile Sources — In a detailed letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC) called on the agency to use its existing authority to reduce toxic aromatics in gasoline as required by
September 13, 2022
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(Bioenergy Insight) A Michoacán company that is already using the nopal, or prickly pear cactus, to produce biogas is now planning to do the same with sargassum, a genus of seaweed that washes up on Caribbean coast beaches in large quantities, reported Mexico News Daily. Nopalimex, a Zitácuaro-based firm that in
September 13, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Idaho National Lab’s very own Bioenergy Program Lead, Lynn Wendt, shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC on how they are working on mitigating risk from beginning to end with biomass feedstocks, how to respond to variability in biomass, their work with reconfigurable fractional milling
September 12, 2022
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by Susan Dunne (Hartford Courant) Connecticut restaurants, like restaurants all over the country, are a vital link in the chain of creation of biodiesel, a green energy source, by selling their used cooking oil to biodiesel manufacturers. READ MORE
September 12, 2022
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by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … CREG has broken ground on the expansion of its Emden, Germany biorefinery , located where the River Erns meets the sea on the extreme northwestern German coast. … The expansion includes the addition of a pretreatment system at the facility, which is expected to
September 12, 2022
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(Bureau Veritas/Marine and Offshore) Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, has awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) to Gas and Heat (GH), a company specializing in the design, construction and integration of Liquefied Gas Handling Systems both for Marine and Onshore installations, for their flexible solution
September 12, 2022
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(American Economic Association) Executive Summary: This is an unprecedented time in history for hydrogen with interest being amplified worldwide due to its potential to address the climate crisis as well as energy security and resiliency. Though there are significant challenges, zero and low-carbon hydrogen can be a key part of