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Scott Dixon Sets Indy 500 Qualifying Record Running on E85: Last Goes First

by Bob Kozak* (Atlantic Biomass/Advanced Biofuels USA) On Sunday (May 22nd), Scott Dixon was the last driver to make a run at the Indy 500 pole. Next Sunday, his record-breaking qualifying means he’ll be the first car lined up as the field of 33 racers power down the front straight

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Ethanol’s Own SAF Runway

by Luke Geiver (Ethanol Producer Magazine) The world’s major airlines are racing to decarbonize air travel by backing and using sustainable aviation fuel. Much of it is now being produced via plant-based oils in tandem with renewable diesel. Soon, it may also come from ethanol. — … Speaking to the

May 23, 2022 Read Full Article

3 Ways Ethanol Brings Down Gas Prices

by Cheri Bustos (D IL 17th) (FOXBusiness) A solution to high gas prices is being planted across the American Heartland — … I’m lucky enough to represent more than 7,000-square miles of Northwest and Central Illinois — home to nearly 10,000 family farms and seven biofuels plants in and around our

May 23, 2022 Read Full Article

1 Billion Gallons Per Year by 2030: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo Carbohydrates to SAF

by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In addition to new hot technologies, Gevo has a goal of 1 billion gallons per year of capacity or more by 2030. How can they achieve this? What is the status with Net-Zero 1 and its expected operation in 2025? What are the feedstocks?

May 23, 2022 Read Full Article

Global Hemp Association Discussion on Hemp to Biofuel and Bioproducts System — June 9, 2022 — ONLINE

Join a discussion about the new Atlantic Biomass hemp to biofuel system that could reduce income risks for growers entering the fast growing hemp industry hosted online by the Global Hemp Association. on June 9. READ MORE Learn more about how this system could also reduce feedstock and production costs

May 20, 2022 Read Full Article

Midwest Fats, Oils, & Grease Conference — August 24-25, 2022 — Canal Winchester, OH

Municipal fats, oils, & grease training & education conference. Free to attend for municipalities and utilities. Lunch is provided. Join us at the all new Brew Dog Columbus facility located just outside Columbus Ohio for a two-day conference focusing on the fats, oils, and grease industry. Come see the latest

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Panamanian Delegation Learns about US Ethanol

by Cindy Zimmerman (Energy.Agwired.com) Panamanian stakeholders were in the United States last week to learn more about the economic and environmental benefits of implementing ethanol blend policies and to become familiar with the various aspects of the ethanol industry and the opportunities to complement local ethanol production with imports. Led

May 20, 2022 Read Full Article

DOE Announces Nearly $25 Million to Study Advanced Clean Hydrogen Technologies for Electricity Generation

(U.S. Department of Energy) Industry-led R&D Projects Will Develop Technologies for More Efficient Hydrogen Turbines and Production with CO2 Capture and Storage — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $24.9 million in funding for six research and development projects to support the advancement of clean hydrogen for electricity generation.

May 19, 2022 Read Full Article

E15 Rewards for New Hope Drivers

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM teamed up at a Holiday station in New Hope yesterday (May 12, 2022) to reward drivers who chose E15. From 12 pm to 1 pm, drivers who fueled up with E15 at the station were rewarded with prizes such

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Al-Corn Clean Fuel Host Blooming Prairie High School Students

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Seventeen students from Blooming Prairie High School visited Al-Corn Clean Fuel on May 12 to learn about ethanol production. During the tour, the students learned about the different stages of the ethanol production process such as incoming grain grading, grain handling, fermentation, grain storage, dried distillers grain production

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Worthington High School Tours Heron Lake BioEnergy

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Seventeen students from Worthington High School toured Heron Lake BioEnergy on May 17 to get a closer look at the ethanol production process. “We were pleased to welcome students from Worthington High School and to give them a first-hand look at how clean renewable energy is produced here

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Renewable Energy Group Enters Strategic Partnership with CFN and Pacific Pride to Expand Distribution of Cleaner Fuels

(Renewable Energy Group/Business Wire) Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) (NASDAQ: REGI), a global producer and supplier of bio-based diesel, has entered into strategic collaboration agreements with CFN and Pacific Pride, two of North America’s largest cardlock fueling networks, to provide cleaner fuels through their branded cardlock networks. Partnering REG’s portfolio of

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Aemetis Signs Six-Year Agreement With Trillium to Supply Dairy Renewable Natural Gas

(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that its Aemetis Biogas Services subsidiary has signed a six-year supply agreement with Trillium to provide an estimated 600,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG) to be used as transportation fuel in California. The RNG

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Bombshell: Propel Fuels Sues Phillips 66 over “Year-Long Extraction of Trade Secrets”

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In California, Judge Evelio Grillo of the Superior Court of Alameda County has unsealed a Propel Fuels-Phillips 66 lawsuit, ordered that Propel Fuels file an unredacted copy of the suit. According to Propel, the suit alleges hat “the Texas-based oil company misappropriated Propel’s trade secrets and engaged in unlawful

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New Ethanol Law Could Spark Regional Trend, Biofuels Exec Says

by Jared Strong (Iowa Capital Dispatch) A new state law that requires most of Iowa’s fuel stations to sell a gasoline blend with 15% ethanol will rapidly expand the fuel’s availability, but the law’s long-term effects might be more potent, according to the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.

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Tallgrass to Capture and Sequester CO2 Emissions from ADM Complex

(Tallgrass/Carbon Capture Magazine) Tallgrass announced it has entered into an agreement with ADM that would pave the way for Tallgrass to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from ADM’s corn-processing complex in Columbus, Neb., and transport it to Tallgrass’ Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub for permanent underground storage. By utilizing a converted natural gas

May 18, 2022 Read Full Article

bp and Linde Plan Major CCS Project to Advance Decarbonization Efforts across Texas Gulf Coast

(bp) Project to include carbon capture and storage (CCS) and low carbon hydrogen production; With potential start-up by 2026, project aims to store up to 15 million metric tons of CO2 per year in multiple sites – the equivalent of removing approximately 3 million cars from the road; Engaging with

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HoSt Group Enters US Market with Three Dairy Biogas Projects

(HoSt Group/Biomass Magazine) The HoSt Group is very excited to kick-off business in the U.S. with three new biogas projects at dairy farms in upstate New York and in Ohio, to be realized in close cooperation with SJI Renewable Energy Ventures and Rev LNG. With these biogas projects in the

May 18, 2022 Read Full Article

Clearing the Air on E15 and Smog

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/Ethanol Producer Magazine) While E15 scored an important temporary victory in April, we need to continue to educate consumers and policymakers about the higher blend’s benefits and true regulatory history as the oil industry and misinformed environmental extremists attack. When President Biden announced in April

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Conservationists Sue to Stop SoCal Biofuel Refinery Expansion

by Hillel Aron (Courthouse News Service) Biofuels are considered by some to be an important tool in the fight against climate change. But it has a growing number of detractors, including those within the environmental justice movement. — Three environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit Monday against the city of Paramount to

May 17, 2022 Read Full Article

ABLC NEXT 2022 — October 26-28, 2022 — San Francisco, CA

At ABLC NEXT, you’ll meet application and platform developers, investors, policymakers, end-use customers and channel & development partners for the newest technologies of the advanced bioeconomy: health, nutrition, AgTech, genetics, big data, robotics, fuels, chemicals and materials. This is the place where digital and physical technologies converge. 10 INDUSTRY SEGMENTS

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Summit Carbon Solutions Launches Radio Ad

(Summit Carbon Solutions/Ethanol Producer Magazine) Summit Carbon Solutions announced May 12 the start of a new five-state radio ad campaign highlighting how the company’s proposed carbon capture and storage project will open new economic opportunities for ethanol producers and strengthen the marketplace for farmers across the Midwest. “Summit Carbon Solutions launched

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Aemetis Reports Progress with Biogas, SAF Projects

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Aemetis Inc. released first quarter 2022 financial results on May 12, confirming that the company’s corn ethanol plant in Keyes, California, is operating at near capacity and discussing progress with the company’s biogas, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and carbon capture projects. Andy Foster,

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NACS Seeks to Block California Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate

(NACS) Regulators “should encourage innovation to meet environmental performance goals,” NACS says. — NACS on May 13 filed a petition in federal court in Washington, D.C., to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s grant of a waiver that would allow California to impose a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and related limits on

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Gas South Partners with Element Markets to Offer FlexRNG

(Element Markets) Natural Gas Leader Provides New Affordable Green Energy Option — Gas South, one of the leading natural gas marketers in the Southeast, announced an agreement with Element Markets to offer a new, first-to-market sustainable energy product, FlexRNG. FlexRNG is a blend of renewable natural gas (RNG), natural gas derived

May 16, 2022 Read Full Article

Seventeen States Sue EPA for Letting California Set Vehicle Standards

by Zack Budryk (The Hill) Seventeen Republican state attorneys general on Friday announced a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions standards. The lawsuit alleges EPA Administrator Michael Regan violated the Constitution’s doctrine of equal sovereignty by allowing California an exemption from the Clean

May 16, 2022 Read Full Article

A Fuel Switch for Future Farms

by John Blum (Marquette University) A new combustion system for engines allows heavy-duty farm equipment normally powered by diesel fuel to run on gasoline and ethanol, without sacrificing performance. — Having grown up working on his uncle’s farm and in his father’s concrete business in northern Illinois, Dr. Adam Dempsey

May 16, 2022 Read Full Article

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coaltion Global Biobased Economy Conference & Exhibit — November 6-8, 2022 — Washington, DC/Gaylords, MD DEADLINE: July 15, 2022

The conference will focus on promoting Industrial Biotechnology throughout this two-day conference and exhibition. To kick off the event there will be a reception on Sunday evening, November 6, 2022 from 5:30 -7:00 p.m., included in the registration of the conference. The conference will include featured speakers during Breakout sessions, Plenary Programs,

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Green Rock Energy Partners Announces Partnership with Renewable Power and Renewable Natural Gas Producer Bio Town Biogas

(Green Rock Energy Partners/Business Wire) Green Rock Energy Partners LLC (“Green Rock” or “the Firm”), a sustainable infrastructure focused private equity firm which invests in renewable energy companies and projects, acquired a stake in Bio Town Biogas LLC (“Bio Town”), a producer of renewable power that is expanding into renewable natural

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Phillips 66 Makes Final Investment Decision to Convert San Francisco Refinery to a Renewable Fuels Facility

(Phillips 66) It will be one of the world’s largest facilities of its kind; expected to begin commercial operation in the first quarter of 2024 — Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) made a final investment decision Wednesday to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco Refinery in

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Competitive Edge: Amogy’s Ammonia

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Ammonia (NH3) is the second most produced chemical in the world, with high energy density and practicability – but can we use ammonia as a low emission or even zero emission fuel? Amogy says we can, with their technology that enables emission-free high performance mobility using ammonia

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Summit Carbon Solutions Equity Campaign for 5-state Carbon Capture Project Reaches $1 Billion in Commitments

(Forum News Service/Dickinson Press) Summit Carbon Solutions is proposing to build the world’s largest carbon capture and sequestration project. Ethanol plants in Atwater and Granite Falls, Minnesota, are part of the project. — Summit Carbon Solutions announced Wednesday that it has completed an equity fundraising campaign for its carbon capture and

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As Gas Prices Soar, Is Ethanol a Viable Option to Relieve Pain at the Pump?

by John Lauritsen (CBS Minnesota) … (Brian) Thalmann believes E15, also known as Unleaded 88, can alleviate rising gas prices. It’s EPA approved for passenger vehicles 2001 and newer, as well as flex-fuel vehicles. “It’s a 15% blend of ethanol and generally sells anywhere from 5 to 40 cents a gallon

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CALL FOR PAPERS 2022 North American Biochar & Bioenergy Conference — August 8-11, 2022 — Morgantown, WV DEADLINE: May 31, 2022

The 2022 North American Biochar & Bioenergy conference will focus on bridging scientific, industrial, practitioner, and policy gaps in biomass utilization for biochar and bioenergy production. The meeting will draw attention to biochar and bioenergy science, technology, and sustainability issues at local-to-global scales. The US Biochar Initiative (USBI) promotes the sustainable production and use

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2022 North American Biochar & Bioenergy Conference — August 8-11, 2022 — Morgantown, WV

The 2022 North American Biochar & Bioenergy conference will focus on bridging scientific, industrial, practitioner, and policy gaps in biomass utilization for biochar and bioenergy production. The meeting will draw attention to biochar and bioenergy science, technology, and sustainability issues at local-to-global scales. The US Biochar Initiative (USBI) promotes the sustainable production

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Renewable Energy Group Acquires Northern California Distributor Dawson Oil Company

(Renewable Energy Group) Acquisition marks REG’s latest step in delivering fuel directly to end users — Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) (NASDAQ: REGI) announced today the acquisition of Dawson Oil Company, a bulk fuel distributor and cardlock owner, located in Northern California. Dawson Oil is a full solution provider, offering diesel,

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Dallas-Fort Worth Becomes 1st Airport to Use Cooking Oil as Jet Fuel

(Today) Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is aiming to have zero net emissions by 2030. This mission includes recycling restaurant cooking oil and converting it into jet fuel. NBC’s Morgan Chesky reports for TODAY. READ MORE/WATCH VIDEO

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Gevo Reports Progress with RNG, Net-Zero 1 Projects

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Officials at Gevo Inc. discussed progress with the development of the company’s renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Iowa and the proposed Net-Zero 1 refinery under development in South Dakota during a first quarter earnings call, held May 9. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo, said

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Here’s Where Colorado Wants to Capture and Bury 350,000 Tons of Carbon Dioxide Each Year

by Michael Booth (Colorado Sun) Carbon America will gather 350,000 tons of carbon a year from Yuma and Sterling ethanol makers and store it deep underground in climate change fight. A pioneering carbon capture company wants to take the climate change fight to northeastern Colorado by gathering 350,000 tons of

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New Study Finds Golden State Drivers Save Big on Clean Fuels – Like E85 Produced by American Farmers — Under California’s LCFS

(Low Carbon Fuels Coalition) In California, the Single Biggest Driver of Fuel Costs is the Price of a Barrel of Oil; LCFS is Successfully Opening the Market and Decarbonizing California’s Transportation Fuels — As the nation grapples with skyrocketing gas prices, the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition (LCFC) is excited to announce

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The White House and 360Fuel Combine Forces to Advance Alternative Energy Infrastructure

(360 Fuel) The White House has unveiled a new strategy and investments as part of a long-term commitment to spur smart development and adoption of sustainable, homegrown fuels across the United States (U.S.). The President declared new steps to achieve this goal by increasing fuel supply, offering new options for consumers, and

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ZeroAvia Makes Major Strides in Hydrogen Refueling with Shell Collaboration and Airport Pipeline Launch

(ZeroAvia) • The two companies have signed an MOU to develop a compressed, low-carbon hydrogen supply for ZeroAvia’s California facilities and power flight testing Collaboration comes as ZeroAvia also unveils Europe’s first landside-to-airside hydrogen airport pipeline at its UK R&D facility Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US (“Shell”) Collaboration and pipeline build

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SoCalGas Renews Program to Deliver BioCNG to Fuel Stations in California

(SoCalGas/NGV Journal) Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has renewed a program to supply renewable natural gas to all 32 of the company’s fueling stations, along with six in the San Diego area, signing three-year contracts with suppliers U.S. Gain and Element Markets as demand continues to grow. In April 2019, SoCalGas

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St Peter Public Schools Tour Guardian Energy

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Sixteen students from St Peter Public Schools toured Guardian Energy yesterday to get a better understanding of the ethanol production process. “As producers of clean energy from locally-grown corn, we are also stewards of our area’s natural resources. We are always pleased to give students a first-hand look

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Iowa Carbon Pipeline Opponents See Lessons in Dakota Access Fight

by Dan Haugen (Energy News Network/The Gazette) Coalition organizing earlier than those opposing oil pipeline six years ago — In Iowa, though, a coalition similar to the one that took a stand against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 is emerging to fight a proposed interstate carbon dioxide pipeline network,

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Ricketts Blames Biden for Inflation, Calls on Ethanol Priorities — Ricketts Says Nebraska Has Proven E30 Works in Regular Vehicles

(News Channel Nebraska Central) In a statement Tuesday, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts blamed economic inflation on President Joe Biden and called for biofuels priorities that feature ethanol made with Nebraska-grown corn. Ricketts said the price of wholesale ethanol has recently been as much as $1.20 per gallon less than expensive

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Circular Sourcing for Materials Transition: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Genomatica

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) With over 2,000 issued and pending patents/applications, Genomatica is on a role with a pipeline with $30 billion direct TAM, according to their recent ABLC presentation. From commercial-scale bio-butanediol to renewable nylon, and HMDA, find out how Genomatica is partnering with Cargill, Covestro, lululemon, and

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North America’s Long-Haul Freight Trucks Can Now Go beyond Carbon Neutrality and Save SIignificant Money

(California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership) During a press event at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, the California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership (CNGVP) collaborated with Cummins Inc. to display its near-zero emissions X15N 15-liter natural gas engine for the North American freight transportation market. In tandem with the announcement, CNGVP announced that in 2021

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Ethanol Myths Busted: Ethanol Isn’t Economical because It Lowers Mileage

(Nebraska Ethanol Board) If ethanol lowers your gas mileage, how can it still be economical? Reid Wagner, director of the Nebraska Ethanol Board, breaks it down. With a little science, Reid shows how ethanol helps your engine run more efficiently. With considerable per-gallon cost savings from using ethanol blends, any

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Contest Encourages Nebraskans to Celebrate Renewable Fuels Month

(Nebraska Ethanol Board/Ethanol Producer Magazine) … Nebraska high school students took on the mission of educating their peers about reducing their energy use and carbon footprint through the Field to Fuel student social media contest. Students were tasked with planning a one-week social media campaign to promote Renewable Fuels Month

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Will GA Have a Fuel Problem?

by Julie Boatman (Flying Magazine) With avgas a boutique product and jet-A supplies in mitigation, experts see price volatility rather than more shortages ahead, for general aviation. … What About SAF? Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has entered the picture in a significant way—if not in overall volume just yet, but

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Bunge, CoverCress, Chevron Taking Us into the Future and into the Past

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … When news arrived that Bunge and CoverCress signed commercial partnership to support the expansion of CCI’s CoverCress technology, a new winter oilseed crop, and that Bunge Ventures recently increased its stake in CCI through a Series C-1 round, we were suitably impressed. Buried in the

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Ethanol Researchers’ Report Targets Future Experts

(The Telegraph) The National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center (NCERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has published a Workforce Training & Education Report summarizing opportunities for students to learn outside of the classroom, as well as NCERC’s programs that train the next generation of leaders in the bioeconomy. The report includes testimonials from

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Navigator CO2, Big River Resources, and Big River United Energy Execute Letter of Intent for the Capture, Transportation, Storage, and Value Optimization of up to 1,000,000 Metric Tons of CO2 per Year, for Twenty (20) Years

(Navigator CO2 Ventures/PR Newswire) Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC (“Navigator”) announced today a long-term agreement with Big River Resources, LLC and Big River United Energy, LLC (“Big River”) to provide turnkey carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) services on Navigator’s Heartland Greenway system, to capture, transport and utilize or permanently store CO2 from

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Refiners Sue EPA over Retroactive RFS Waiver Denials, Sparking Venue Fight

(Inside EPA) Refiners are suing EPA in different federal appellate courts over the agency’s novel retroactive denial of 36 waivers from renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuel blending obligations for 2018, signaling a venue fight with EPA that may set a precedent for other possible litigation. Louisiana refiner Calumet Shreveport Refining

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NREL Senior Research Fellow Honored for International Leadership and Innovation in Energy Chemistry

by Cassandra Sulmeisters (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Senior Research Fellow Bob McCormick was recently recognized with one of the highest honors by the American Chemical Society (ACS): the Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry for his research on alternative and low-carbon fuels, including the chemistry

May 9, 2022 Read Full Article

Biofuels Industry Still Waiting on Subsidies to Compete with Oil, Gas, Electric Vehicles

by Anthony Hennen (The Center Square/The Bradford Era) The biofuel industry could dramatically reduce tailpipe emissions from cars and improve air quality, but the effects of the pandemic and government subsidies for green competitors like electric vehicles makes future growth a tough road ahead. Pennsylvania has two biofuel producers, Hero Bx

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Verbio Launches $115 Million Renewable Natural Gas, Ethanol Plant in Nevada; Touts Bigger Plans

by Donnelle Eller (Des Moines Register) Calling the technology at a central Iowa biorefinery a game changer, corporate and elected officials marked the start of commercial production of renewable natural gas and ethanol at a $115 million central Iowa biorefinery Friday. “This is a special day for Iowa and for the renewable fuels

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Iowa’s Democratic U.S. Senate Hopefuls Differ on Foreign Policy, Ethanol

by Erin Murphy (Sioux City Journal) …Differences over a hard line on when to send U.S. troops to Ukraine and over ethanol policy were among the few contrasts to emerge during a televised debate Saturday night between the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Iowa. … The candidates also had

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New Mexico Adopts Clean Car Rule

(City of Albuquerque) Rule requires more stringent motor vehicle emissions standards to improve air quality — Today the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) each adopted the Clean Car Rule after a joint public hearing. Their independent approval of the Clean Car Rule allows

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Blue Biofuels Partners with Leading Machine Builder K.R. Komarek to Build Blue Biofuels’ CTS Machines

(Blue Biofuels) This will accelerate and solidify the scale-up and commercialization of Blue Biofuels’ patented Cellulose-to-Sugar (“CTS”) process for the production of cellulosic ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel. — Blue Biofuels, Inc. (PINK: BIOF). – Blue Biofuels, Inc. announces that its 5th generation of the Cellulose-to-Sugar (“CTS”) machine is on schedule and

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Viridos Awarded California Competes Grant, Bringing Investment of Nearly $75MM to Imperial Valley

(Viridos/Business Wire) La Jolla-based biotechnology company to bring more than 70 high-paying jobs to Imperial Valley as part of State of California incentive program — Viridos, a privately held biotechnology company harnessing the power of photosynthesis to create transformative solutions to mitigate climate change, has been awarded the prestigious California Competes

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Competitive Edge: USA BioEnergy and Texas Renewable Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) 12 advanced biorefineries specializing in the conversion of sustainably sourced wood waste into sustainable aviation fuel and naphtha are what USA BioEnergy is working on right now. Carbon capture tech is involved too. What’s the tech behind it? The feedstocks? What about the CO2? How does

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Fueling the Hydrogen Revolution with RNG

by Anna Simet (Biomass Magazine) Stewart Stewart of BayoTech discusses the U.S. hydrogen industry, its potential to utilize RNG, and the company’s rollout of regional hubs. — The hydrogen economy is here and now. The rapidly growing opportunity is significant, and the RNG industry has a key role to play,

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A Focus on Pyrolysis Coproducts

by Sue Retka Schill (Biomass Magazine) CHAR Technologies builds its business case around flexibility in feedstock and outputs. — With three projects in development, Toronto-headquartered CHAR Technologies is poised for commercialization of its high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) process, producing biocarbon and renewable gases. “We’re in the right time with the right

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International Biomass Conference and Expo — February 28-March 2, 2023 — Atlanta, GA

The 16th annual International Biomass Conference & Expo will take place February 28 – March 2, 2023, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA. This dynamic event unites industry professionals from all sectors of the world’s interconnected biomass utilization industries—biobased power, thermal energy, fuels and chemicals. Organized by BBI International and

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Richfield Drivers Win With E15

(Minnesota Bi0-Fuels Association) The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM teamed up at a Winner station in Richfield yesterday for an hour-long promotion to reward drivers who chose E15. From 12 pm to 1 pm, drivers who fueled up with E15 at the station were rewarded with prizes such

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Lignin-Based Jet Fuel Blended with Other Biofuels Can Replace Petroleum-Derived Fuels, Study Says

by Bethan Davies (AZoMaterials) According to recent research, experimental plant-based jet fuel could enhance engine performance and efficacy, while dispensing with aromatics — the pollution-causing compounds seen in traditional fuels. Researchers examined a jet fuel created by Washington State University that is based on lignin, an organic polymer that tends to make

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Renewable Natural Gas Opportunities Short Course — June 8-9, 2022 — Lancaster, PA

Renewable Natural Gas Opportunities Short Course will explore the technical and business opportunities for producing renewable natural gas from bio-based feedstock. Scientific principles, emerging technologies, and business models will all be addressed in this 2-day event, which will include presentations, panel discussions, networking opportunities, and a biogas digester site tour.

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Interest in RNG Motor Fuel Continues to Grow

(Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas/Biomass Magazine) Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 64 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2021 was renewable natural gas (RNG). Captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater,

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Bay Area Refineries to Start Producing Biofuels instead of Crude Oil

by Shomik Mukherjee (Times Herald) Environmentalists opposed Contra Costa County supervisors’ approval of the projects, saying biofuels are just as destructive to the planet as fossil fuels — Over the objections of environmentalists, Contra Costa County supervisors today gave Marathon Petroleum and Phillips 66 permission to start producing liquid biofuels at the oil refineries

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Kelly Says Permanent E15 Sales Can Curb Inflation and Could Increase Demand

by Kellan Heavican (Brownfield Ag News) Kansas Governor Laura Kelly says the ethanol industry can support increased demand for permanent, year-round sales of E15. She tells Brownfield there’s adequate infrastructure to deliver the fuel to retailers. “There is now. Now, if demand is goes sky high, we may have to beef

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Presentation of Novel Membrane-Based Technology to Purify Bio-Oils and Biodiesel

(NEXT-ChemX Corporation/Globe Newswire) NEXT-ChemX Corporation’s (OTC: CHMX) Chief Scientist, Dr. Nikolai Kocherginsky and Chemical Engineer, Sumukh Metawala, made a presentation entitled “Membrane-Based Oil & Biodiesel Washing” during the 2022 American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) Annual Meeting, held May 1-4 in Atlanta, Georgia. The presentation was based upon patented and proprietary technology assigned to Next-ChemX

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Avfuel Expands SAF Availability at KMRY

(AvFuel) Avfuel Corporation now provides a consistent supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM to Del Monte Aviation (KMRY). The announcement comes a little more than a year after the fuel supplier announced it would do the same for Monterey Jet Center—Del Monte Aviation’s sister FBO on the airport field and

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Our Best Chance to Avert a Catastrophic Climate Crisis

(California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership) At the COP26 summit in Scotland in November 2021, the world’s leading climate scientists agreed that the #1 priority — the only measure to avert a catastrophic and irreversible climate crisis — is to immediately cut the climate super pollutants known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

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How Much Carbon Do Soils Hold?

by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe (Climate Now) Soil holds 2x more carbon than vegetation and the atmosphere combined, according to Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Professor of Soil Biogeochemistry and Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced. She is digging beneath the

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Valero Reports Profitable Q1 for Ethanol, Renewable Diesel

by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Valero Energy Corp. released first quarter 2022 financial results on April 26, reporting both its ethanol and renewable diesel segments were profitable during the three-month period. Production of both fuels was up. Valero’s renewable diesel segment, which consists of the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture,

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Tharaldson Ethanol Plant Joins Opposition to North Dakota Soybean Crushing Project

by Jeff Beach (InForUm) The North Dakota Soybean Processors plant at Casselton, North Dakota, is expected to crush 42.5 million bushels of soybeans in the first year and is a joint venture between the Minnesota Soybean Processors and Louisiana-based CGB Enterprises. Some Casselton residents have been campaigning against a proposed soybean

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Environmentalists Skeptical about Converting East Bay Refineries into Biofuel Plants

by Wilson Walker (KPIX/SanFrancisco/CBSlocal.com) Two Bay Area oil refineries looking to convert to processing biofuels are facing what some might consider unlikely opposition. On the edge of Suisun Bay is Marathon’s Martinez refinery. Marathon would like to convert the facility into a renewable fuels manufacturing facility. Environmental groups have filed an

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Low Carbon Cover Crop, Cash Crop: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to CoverCress

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) At ABLC this spring, Mike DeCamp, CEO of CoverCress shared this emerging seed technology slide guide all about a novel winter oilseed crop that enables Midwest farmers to grow three crops in two seasons! With an ultra low carbon intensity score, find out why CoverCress

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Opinion: Ethanol Helps Cut Toxic Emissions

by Geoff Cooper (Renewable Fuels Association/Washington Post) Americans should be thanking President Biden for allowing the continued sale of lower-cost, lower-carbon E15 this summer (letters, “No more ethanol in gas,” April 22). E15 is saving drivers as much as 30 cents per gallon, cutting the typical U.S. household’s annual fuel bill by

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Plug Power and Olin Corporation Partner to Produce Green Hydrogen in 15 Ton per Cay Plant to Serve North America

(Plug Powwer) Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Olin Corporation (NYSE: OLN), a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the intention to create a joint venture (JV) to

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Leaders See Need for More Buy-in on SAF

by Kerry Lynch (AIN Online) Heading into 2022, business aviation leaders have been encouraged about progress that has been and is being made on the sustainability front. But at the same time, industry leaders are aware that much work remains to be done not only in the advancement of initiatives such

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Can ‘Green Corridors’ Tackle Shipping’s Giant Carbon Footprint?

by Isabelle Gerretsen (China Dialogue) At last year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, 22 countries, including the UK, US, Germany and Japan, signed up to the Clydebank Declaration, announcing their intention to establish various zero-emissions shipping routes known as “green corridors”. By 2025, the aim is to have set up at least

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Darling Ingredients Completes Acquisition of Valley Proteins

(Darling Ingredients/Biobased Diesel Daily) Darling Ingredients Inc. announced May 2 it has completed the acquisition of Valley Proteins, one of the largest independent rendering companies in the U.S. The company first announced the acquisition in December for a purchase price of $1.1 billion, plus or minus various closing adjustments. As part

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World Energy Awarded $2 Million Grant from the California Energy Commission for Clean Energy Project at Paramount Facility

(World Energy/PR Newswire) Project Increases Availability of Low-Carbon Fuel Solutions While Improving Local Air Quality — World Energy, a carbon-net-zero solutions provider, today announced that the California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded the company a $2 million grant for its Blending Terminal Project in Paramount, Calif. The CEC approved the grant, named the “Ultra-Low-Carbon Fuel: Commercial-Scale

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PBF Energy Expects Chalmette Renewable Diesel Production, Pretreatment Unit to Be Online Mid-2023

by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) PBF Energy continues to advance its $600 million renewable diesel project at the Chalmette refinery in Louisiana, the company stated in its first-quarter earnings report. The project, located outside New Orleans, involves constructing a new feedstock-pretreatment unit and converting an idled hydrocracker to process up

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Fuel, Food, Financials: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Darling Ingredients

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) And now we look at Darling Ingredients, the other parent company of the Diamond Green Diesel renewable diesel joint venture. From financials to fuels and food, updates on the Diamond Green Diesel construction and more. READ MORE

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Advancing Renewable Diesel & Ethanol: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Valero

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Valero and Darling Ingredients are the parent companies of the Diamond Green Diesel renewable diesel joint venture so today we look at both companies – first here at Valero and their renewable diesel (world’s 2nd largest renewable diesel producer) and ethanol (world’s 2nd largest corn

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Federal Support of Alternative Energy Is Crucial for Renewables

by Ron MacDonald (Zinc8 Energy Solutions/Biofuels Digest) … While the U.S. Congress funds billions in grants to chipmakers including goliaths such as Micron and Samsung, many emerging alternative energy companies – who don’t have billions in the bank like the chipmakers – beg for their supper. It’s time for Congress to

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Independent Study Confirms Cost Savings & Emissions Advantages for Heavy-Duty Trucks Running ClearFlame’s Engine Modification Technology

(ClearFlame) Study by Gladstein, Neandross & Associates highlights ClearFlame’s ability to help fleets lower total costs while meeting sustainability goals sooner than current alternatives — ClearFlame Engine Technologies, an Illinois-based company empowering rapid decarbonization for global heavy-duty industry, announced today the publication of an independent study that finds ClearFlame’s technology could help fleet

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Proponents Say Storing Captured Carbon Underground Is Safe, But States Are Transferring Long-Term Liability for Such Projects to the Public

by Nicholas Kusnetz (Inside Climate News) As companies propose storing carbon dioxide in depleted oil fields or saline aquifers, some states are putting themselves on the hook for future problems with the projects. — As states rush to enact rules and regulations for the underground storage of carbon dioxide, a key

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Congressman Rice Introduces Food Before Fuel Act

(Office of Congressman Tom Rice (R-SC 7th) Bill Would Lower Price of Food and Gasoline by Repealing Ethanol Mandate Law — Congressman Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced the Food Before Fuel Act with Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) to repeal the ethanol mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS drives up

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Minnesota New Country School Students Tour Guardian Energy

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) Twelve students from Minnesota New Country School in Henderson toured Guardian Energy on April 29 to learn about ethanol production. “We were pleased to welcome students from Minnesota New Country School. Tours like these give students a first-hand look at how clean, Minnesota-grown, renewable ethanol is produced. Students

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Fuels 2022 — May 24-26, 2022 — Indianapolis, IN

Decarbonization: Challenges | Strategies | Opportunities — Join us as we look at a variety of strategies to decarbonize the transportation system that affect both the legacy fleet as well as new to market vehicles, including all classes, markets and duty-cycles/vocations. FUELS2022 will foster discussions among leading stakeholders about the

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The Jacobsen Biofuels and Feedstocks 2022 — May 18-20, 2022 — Chicago, IL

Where agriculture and energy meet: Biofuels and Feedstocks 2022 brings together leading experts from The Jacobsen, AgriCensus, and EnergyCensus to discuss the critical issues affecting the North American and worldwide industry. As the biofuels and feedstocks industry continues to gain global interest, join hundreds of decision-makers to hear the latest

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RNG Summit — May 17-19, 2022 — Houston, TX

Join fellow RNG Coalition members, engaged industry leaders and stakeholders May 17-19 for RNG SUMMIT 2022. North American RNG industry’s annual Midyear Policy Forum and Networking event – will be held in Houston, TX and is being expanded by a full program day (Tuesday, May 17 – Thursday, May 19).

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Modular Plant Solutions Named Exclusive Modularization Provider for Arbor Renewable Gas, Partnering to Create the World’s First Industrial Scale Green Gasoline Plant

(Modular Plant Solutions/Business Wire) Company’s Methanol-To-Go® Plant Will Be Instrumental in Waste Wood Biomass to Methanol to Renewable Gasoline Production — –Modular Plant Solutions (MPS), a global engineering firm specializing in process modularization and project implementation, announced today its contract to support Arbor Renewable Gas in the construction of the first-of-its-kind modularized green gasoline

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WM’S Renewable Energy Investments Expect to Power over 1 Million Homes by 2026

(Waste Management) $825 Million Planned Investment Anticipated to Increase WM’s Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Production 600 Percent to Help Fuel Entire Natural Gas Fleet and Communities across North America — Rounding out Earth Month, WM (NYSE: WM) plans to invest $825 million in its renewable energy footprint from 2022-2025 by expanding its

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Commercial Availability! Oberon Fuels Drives Down Emissions from Propane with New rDME/Propane Blend

by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) … Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a new approach to drive down emissions across the propane industry: a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether) and that Suburban Propane is the first to offer commercial sales of the blended product in Southern

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EPA Denies Sinclair’s Exemption For Ethanol Content

by Leo Wolfson (Cowboy State Daily) One of Wyoming’s three oil refineries is among 36 nationally to have its request to be exempted from biofuel blending rules refused. Documents filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals showed the Sinclair Refinery near Rawlins applied with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an

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U.S. EPA Issues Waiver to Allow Temporary Sales of Summertime Higher-Ethanol Fuel

by Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver for a higher-ethanol gasoline blend on Friday, allowing summertime sales of the fuel in an attempt to help lower gasoline prices at the pump. The move represents a temporary win for the biofuels industry and corn farmers, as

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Boeing Announces Multi-Year Commitment to Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture

(Boeing) – Company to support the Center’s work to conduct groundbreaking research with a five-year, $10 million contribution; – Boeing joins inaugural Center supporter FedEx as well as Southwest Airlines in supporting the study of natural carbon capture — Boeing [NYSE: B.A.] today announced its support of an ambitious initiative at

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E15 Rewards for St Paul Drivers

(Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association) The Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM teamed up yesterday to educate drivers on the benefits of using E15 during an hour-long promotion at a Holiday station in St Paul. Drivers who fueled up with E15 during the promotion were rewarded with prizes such as $20

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Bunge and CoverCress Inc. Announce Commercial Partnership to Meet Growing Demand for Renewable Fuel Feedstocks

(Bunge/CoverCress/Business Wire) Bunge, Chevron Make New Investments in CoverCress Inc. — Bunge (NYSE: BG) and CoverCress Inc. (“CCI”) announced today a unique commercial partnership to bring a new renewable oilseed and animal feed crop to market. The agreement establishes a long-term commercial relationship between the two companies and supports the expansion

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U.S. Governors Seek to Expand Sales of Higher-Ethanol Gasoline Blend

by Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) U.S. governors from eight Midwest states, many of which are major corn producers, asked the Biden administration on Thursday to apply rules that would allow gasoline blended with a higher level of ethanol to be sold year-round in their states. Governors from Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota said

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: World Energy

“SAF allows aviation to be powered by the sun’s energy, captured by organic materials, and converted into high-energy-density liquid fuels.” World Energy in an announcement of the expansion of its sustainable aviation fuel biorefinery in California. READ MORE

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Air Products Teaming Up with World Energy to Build $2 Billion Conversion of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production Facility in Southern California

(Air Products) Site is World’s First and North America’s Only Commercial-Scale SAF Production Facility; World Energy SAF Expansion to Serve Growing Carbon-Net-Zero Aviation Markets; Project includes New Hydrogen Plant, and Extension and Capacity Increase of Air Products’ Existing Southern California Hydrogen Pipeline Network Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today that

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DOE Unveils $500M Loan for Massive ‘Clean Hydrogen’ Project

by David Iaconangelo (E&E News) The Energy Department’s loan office announced yesterday that it intends to issue a half-billion-dollar guarantee to what it called a “first-of-its-kind” hydrogen project. The $504 million for a Utah project is the third loan guarantee from the Biden administration, which has struggled to get its climate

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It’s Time For Ethanol Honesty: Sparring with the New Spate of Anti-Ethanol Scatological Slurs

by Marc J. Rauch (The Auto Channel) The April announcement by Joe Biden that E15 would be allowed to be sold year-round set off a frenzied spate of new attacks on the good fuel…the clean fuel…the 100% domestically produced fuel: ETHANOL. TV and radio stations all over the country have been

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LCFC and Secretary Mabus’s Thoughts on Russia, Oil, Fuels: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Decarbonizing Transportation Fuels

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If you missed the recent Digest Connect with two of the most important energy security hawks in the United States (Graham Noyes, Executive director of the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition, and former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, father of the Great Green Fleet) outlining practical actions

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Gov. Reynolds Issues Statement on Bipartisan Passage of Biofuels Bill

(Office of Governor Kim Reynolds (R-IA)) Gov. Reynolds released the following statement today in response to the legislature passing HF2128: “This is a historic win for Iowa families, for our agriculture and biofuels industry, and for Iowa’s entire economy. By increasing access to more affordable, homegrown biofuels made right here in Iowa,

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Go SAF, Young Man: Go SAF, Young One, and Grow up with the Country

by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) … California is not a waste land, it remains a horn of plenty, but with plenty of production comes plenty of waste, it is the way of sophisticated Western economies. Now that sustainability is becoming part of the pricing equation, it is getting expensive not

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Mountain West Airport Sells a Biofuel Made with Animal Fat

by Emma Gibson (KUNM Boise State Public Radio) Airplanes flying in or out of a Mountain West airport now can gas up with a blend of jet fuel and livestock fat. This spring, the Eagle County Regional Airport near Vail, Colorado, began offering the fatty jet fuel sourced from unwanted livestock tallow,

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ISU Team Receives XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone Award for Innovative Vision to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

(Iowa State University) An Iowa State University research team that helped develop a demonstration-scale pyrolyzer capable of sequestering thousands of tons of carbon dioxide a year has received a prestigious milestone award from XPRIZE Carbon Removal, it was announced on Friday. The milestone prize provides $1 million to the carbon

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Alternative Fuels Are Today’s Solution Bridging the Gap Toward a Zero Emissions Future

by Lisa Colicchio (Metrolink/Biofuels Digest) … Many advanced biofuels deliver up to 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Even more impressive than the emission reductions offered by advanced biofuels is the low cost required for transition. Advanced fuels are drop-in fuel replacements and require almost no change or equipment upgrades

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Aemetis Signs Agreement with JetBlue to Supply 125 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

(Aemetis) Fuel to be delivered to San Francisco International Airport and other California airports — Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that an offtake agreement has been signed with JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) for 125 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel

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Our Ohio Weekly: America’s Biofuels Industry

by Ty Higgins (Ohio Farm Bureau) Last week, the Biden administration discussed how its strategy to spur the development of homegrown biofuels is critical to expanding Americans’ options for affordable fuel in the short term and to building real energy independence in the long term by reducing our reliance on

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CALL FOR PANELS Smart Cities Connect — September 26-29, 2022 — Washington, DC/National Harbor, MD DEADLINE: June 15, 2022

Submit your panel idea for Smart Cities Connect Conference this fall! Change often begins with one person – a question, a big idea, or even a catch phase that resonates and ripples. Take your shot at creating meaningful change among the city and federal decision makers shaping our communities. Submit a panel

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Smart Cities Connect — September 26-29, 2022 — Washington, DC/National Harbor, MD

Smart Cities Connect is where the smart cities community meets. We provide meaningful content and connect a thoughtful community of decision-makers to empower smart cities at all stages of growth. We accelerate the adoption of smart technology solutions, aid in problem solving, and amplify city resources for the betterment of cities,

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$2000 Grant Open for Student Scientists Sponsored by the Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation DEADLINE: June 30, 2022

(Clean Fuels Foundation) Beth Calabotta Sustainable Education Grant Now Accepting Applications. Student scientists can quality for up to a $2000 award. — Student scientists can quality for up to a $2000 award through the Beth Calabotta Sustainability Education Grant. The Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation established this grant in 2018 to assist

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Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC Calls on Congressional Delegation to Double up on E15

(Great Lakes Energy) Says E30 Blends Can More than Offset the loss of Russian Oil, No RVP Waiver Needed — – Opening the door to 30% ethanol blends would save consumers billions of dollars at the gas pump and reduce imported oil by as much as one billion barrels per

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National Grid to Switch MA, NY Gas Networks to RNG and Hydrogen by 2050

(Renewables Now) Utility National Grid (NYSE:NGG) on Tuesday unveiled plans for fossil-free gas and electric networks in Massachusetts and New York by 2050. The company will aim to replace fossil fuel in its gas networks with renewable natural gas (RNG) and green hydrogen, with complementary measures including increased energy efficiency, electrification