(Strategic Biofuels/Business Wire) New August 1 Legislation Reflects the State’s Commitment to Supporting Renewable Energy Initiatives -- -Strategic Biofuels, the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, announced today that the State of Louisiana recently enhanced its nation-leading carbon
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Back TO HOMENextChem Awarded Advanced Basic Engineering Study by Storengy (Engie) for a New Way of Producing Biomethane from Pyrogasification of Waste Wood
(Mair Tecnimont) Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by Storengy to carry out an Advanced Basic Engineering Study for a waste wood and solid recovered fuel conversion plant to produce biomethane. Once the project has reached the final investment decision
July 26, 2022 Read Full Article
SAF, RD via Cellulosic Feedstocks: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to BioTFueL technology
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Last week we took a Deep Dive into the BioTfuel technology in a special webinar on SAF, RD via Cellulosic Feedstocks. The BioTfueL project launched by Axens, TotalEnergies and a number of partners is designed
July 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Emerson and Neste Engineering Solutions to Optimize Fintoil Biorefinery Operations for More Efficient, Sustainable Production
(Emerson/Business Wire) Automation software and advanced digital technologies to maximize performance at world’s third-largest crude tall oil biorefinery, accelerating transition to cleaner fuels -- Fintoil, together with Neste Engineering Solutions, has selected Emerson’s (NYSE: EMR) automation software and technologies to maximize
July 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Victor Tango Foxtrot – The Pursuit of Affordable Sustainable Aviation Fuels at Scale
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In aviation fuels as elsewhere in life, it’s sustainable, affordable, available, pick two out of three. You can find affordable SAF, but not in big volumes. You can find as much unaffordable SAF as you like. as
July 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Chevron to ZEVron: CVX’s Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group Powers Its Search for Net Zero
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... This summer, the Iowa-Chevron tie has been revived with Chevron’s acquisition of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group, which now becomes Chevron Renewable Energy Group. They might as well have named it The Ambition Division — the company has set
July 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Comstock Pioneers Renewable Fuels Technology
(Comstock Mining/Yahoo!) Breakthrough Unlocks Massive New Feedstock Model for Net Zero Energy Independence -- Comstock Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) today announced a significant expansion of its leading cellulosic technology portfolio by filing for a new patent covering breakthrough
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Boeing and Alder Fuels Partner to Scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel Globally
(Boeing/CISION PR Newswire) - Conversion of sustainable forest and agricultural residues can displace the need for typical jet fuel by up to 75 percent in the U.S.; - Boeing will support testing and qualification of Alder Fuels' SAF on its airplanes -- Boeing
July 19, 2022 Read Full Article
PNNL: New Artificial Enzyme Breaks Down Tough, Woody Lignin
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Ethanol Producer Magazine) A new artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through lignin, the tough polymer that helps woody plants hold their shape. Lignin also stores tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials. Reporting in the journal Nature
July 15, 2022 Read Full Article
XFuel Lands €8.2m Investment to Accelerate Roll-out of Low Carbon Fuel Technology for Land, Sea and Air
(XFuel) The investment enables the next generation technology provider to develop a first commercial-scale project for low-cost, low-carbon, drop-in fuel in hard-to-abate sectors -- Sustainable energy pioneer XFuel today announced it has secured €8.2 million in its latest round of investment, laying the
July 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Badass POP Missile Fuel Arrives from Berkeley’s Labs: Will America Keep a Hold of Them?
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Simulation data from Sandia suggests “that POP fuel candidates are safe and stable at room temperature and will have energy density values of more than 50 megajoules per liter after chemical processing. That’s 56 percent more
July 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Powering Progress Towards Net-Zero Emissions: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Shell Aviation
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Shell’s focus on low carbon fuels for aviation is apparent and progress is being made towards more sustainable skies as Shell reaches key milestones and has plans for even bigger ones by 2030. Find out
July 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Fit for 55: Parliament Pushes for Greener Aviation Fuels
(European Parliament) Suppliers to start delivering sustainable fuel from 2025, reaching 85% of all aviation fuel in EU airports by 2050; Electricity and hydrogen should be part of new fuel mix; Create a Sustainable Aviation Fund to encourage investment in
July 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Hot Hydrofaction: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Steeper Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Steeper Energy’s President, Perry Toms, shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC on how hydrofaction – a proven thermochemical is advancing biofuels commercial acceptance. From milestones to commercialization partners, get all the details on how
July 06, 2022 Read Full Article
USIPA: EU Council Affirms Support for Biomass
( U.S. Industrial Pellet Association/Biomass Magazine) The U.S. Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) on June 28 welcomed continued support for sustainable sourcing of ‘primary woody biomass’ by the EU Council’s General Approach for revising the Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII). Amendments to the directive
July 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Vilsack Announces Bioproduct Pilot Program Funded by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law DEADLINE: August 31, 2022
(U.S. Department of Agriculture) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for a new pilot program created under President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the development of biobased products that have lower carbon
July 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Bacteria for Blastoff: Using Microbes to Make Supercharged New Rocket Fuel
by Aliyah Kovner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) ... Well aware of the advantages biology has to offer, a group of biofuel experts led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) took inspiration from an extraordinary antifungal molecule made by Streptomyces bacteria to
July 04, 2022 Read Full Article
CMA CGM and ENGIE Set to Co-invest in the Salamander Project, to Produce Second-Generation Biomethane
(Engie) • First concrete project under the strategic partnership that ENGIE and the CMA CGM Group signed in November 2021. CMA CGM will acquire a stake in the Salamander project and the launch decision is expected to be made in
July 04, 2022 Read Full Article
Vilsack’s Forest Service Memorandum Addresses Wood-Based SAF
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on June 23 issued a memorandum to the U.S. Forest Service directing the agency to take bold actions to restore forests, improve resilience, and address the climate crisis. The memorandum, in part,
June 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Fit for 55: Transport MEPs Set Ambitious Targets for Greener Aviation Fuels
(European Parliament) 85% of aviation fuel should be sustainable by 2050; Leave space for electricity and hydrogen to be part of new fuel mix; Create a Sustainable Aviation Fund -- EU aviation should gradually switch to sustainable fuel, such as
June 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Three Key Take-Aways from ACT Expo 2022
(Cummins) ... 1. Hydrogen is a promising solution for the demanding requirements of heavy-duty trucking. Hydrogen has a lot going for it, including a couple of possible powertrain options for the future: hydrogen fuel cells and internal combustion engines. Hydrogen is energy dense
June 27, 2022 Read Full Article
Ethanol vs. Petroleum-Based Fuel Carbon Emissions
by Valerie Sarisky-Reed (U.S. Department of Energy) Biofuels have been proven to emit significantly lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than petroleum-based fuels, and recent scientific studies indicate that net-zero emission biofuels are not only possible, but achievable. Corn ethanol and other biofuels are
June 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Biden Administration Leans on Tesla for Guidance in Renewable Fuel Policy Reform
by Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) ... The administration's early and extensive outreach reflects that expanding the scope of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to make it a tool for electrifying the nation's automobile fleet is one of Biden's
June 23, 2022 Read Full Article
Which Producers Are Leading the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Race?
by Linnea Ahlgren (Simple Flying) While the landscape is evolving, these are the current front-runners in an industry predicted to make billions of dollars in the coming years. ... Neste At the front of the pack is fuel producer Neste. The company's product made
June 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Finland’s Bioeconomy Strategy: The Fab Finns Set Their Course
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Finland’s new bioeconomy strategy is out — and you can read the 55 pager here. When a country sets a strategy and puts the bioeconomy at a central place in the national plans, that’s a laudable thing, so
June 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Low-Carbon Fuels & Chemicals: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Vertimass
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Vertimass CADO catalyst transforms ethanol into infrastructure compatible fuels in one step without adding hydrogen. Find out how their tech works, what other alcohols they can convert to renewable hydrocarbon fuels and chemicals, how
June 20, 2022 Read Full Article
Avfuel Commits to 1B Gallons of SAF from Alder Fuels
by Kerry Lynch (AIN Online) In the largest such arrangement of its kind involving the business aviation sector, Avfuel has struck a deal to purchase one billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from biocrude specialist Alder Fuels over the next
June 17, 2022 Read Full Article
If EVs Don't Cut CO2 Fast Enough, These Fuels Might Help:
(E&E News/Politico Pro) Researchers with DOE say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved as electric vehicles slowly phase in. -- The U.S. Department of Energy released the results of a six-year initiative
June 17, 2022 Read Full Article
Kvasir Technologies Secures EU Funding to Accelerate Biofuel Development
(Biofuels International) Kvasir Technologies - a Danish technology company developing a process to produce climate friendly fuel for the shipping industry – has secured €2.5 million in support from the EU programme EIC accelerator. Kvasir Technologies is a spin-off company from
June 16, 2022 Read Full Article
Clean Energy Start-Up Reveals Plan for $800 Million Renewable Fuels Facility in Port Allen
(Louisiana Economic Development) Arbor Gas to use wood waste from Louisiana forests to produce renewable gasoline and green hydrogen at West Baton Rouge Parish facility -- Arbor Renewable Gas LLC, a Houston-based company formed in 2019 that produces renewable gasoline and
June 15, 2022 Read Full Article
On the Road to a Net-Zero-Carbon Transportation Future
(U.S. Department of Energy) America’s car, truck, and train wheels keep turning, while planes and boats take to the skies and oceans, releasing 1.5 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere every year. Breakthroughs from the U.S. Department of Energy
June 14, 2022 Read Full Article
SAF with Feedstock Flexibility: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Velocys
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Woodchips, municipal waste, hydrogen, biomethane – it’s all about feedstock flexibility for Velocys’ conversion pathway to sustainable aviation fuel. What is their IP protected 5 step conversion process? What’s the latest on their Bayou Fuels
June 13, 2022 Read Full Article
Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc. Awarded U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations Grant
(Red Rock Biofuels/Business Wire) Award funds Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (“Red Rock”) to Convert Post-Fire Charred Waste Woody Biomass to Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel -- Red Rock is pleased to announce that it has received a Wood Innovations
June 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Hydrothermal Platform for Recycling Carbon: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Licella
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Licella’s Cat-HTR decarbonization platform could help customers meet their net-zero carbon commitments, said Dr. Alan Del Paggio, Licella’s SVP Americas, at the recent ABLC. How do they use water as the agent of change and
June 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Waste-to-Fuels Demo Plant, Research Facility Opens in Vienna
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) A demonstration facility has opened in Vienna, Austria, at the site of a waste-incineration plant where syngas from wood waste, sewage sludge and paper-industry residues is cleaned and, using a gas-to-liquid process such as Fischer-Tropsch,
May 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Veolia and Metsä Fibre Produce Bio-Methanol from Pulp Mill Waste
by Daniela Castim (Bio Market Insights) Veolia and Metsä Fibre announced a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol generated in pulp production at the Äänekoski bioproduct mill into commercial biomethanol. As part of this cooperation, Veolia will build a crude methanol refinery connected
May 28, 2022 Read Full Article
New Method Could Potentially Produce Hydrogen from Biogas for $2/kg
(Bioenergy Insight) California-based Kore has developed a new way to produce hydrogen from biogas. It claims the new method could potentially provide hydrogen for less than $2 per kg. “We produce biogas and biochar from biogenic feedstocks and the resulting biogas contains
May 28, 2022 Read Full Article
The Dawn of Greater Energy Independence – Why Europe Also Needs to Count on Sustainable Bioenergy
by Paul Bennett, Chair (IEA Bioenergy/Biofuels Digest) ... Little attention is paid to the global potential of bioenergy from sustainably sourced biomass – and wrongly so. Because without bioenergy, the urgent step toward fossil free greater energy security and climate neutrality
May 11, 2022 Read Full Article
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.
May 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Wood Fractionation Scale-up in Estonia: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Fibenol
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) A full bioenergy value chain can be a beautiful thing. Check out this ABLC slide guide from Fibenol’s Chief Development Officer on how residual wood can be turned into valuable things like cellulosic sugars,
May 09, 2022 Read Full Article
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
May 06, 2022 Read Full Article
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
May 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Rwanda Signs Agreement with Eni to Evaluate UCO Collection, Biobased Diesel Feedstock Production
by Ron Kotrba (Biobased Diesel Daily) Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni S.p.A. and the government of Rwanda signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this month to evaluate the feasibility of circular-economy projects focused on collecting used cooking oil and
May 03, 2022 Read Full Article
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
May 02, 2022 Read Full Article
The “Green Crude” SAF Alternative: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Alder Fuels
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Alder Fuels’ Chief Technology Officer, Derek Vardon, shared this illuminating slide guide at ABLC highlighting how they are seeing a future of gathering energy instead of drilling for it and how the solution for
May 02, 2022 Read Full Article
21 Sites at 10K Barrels per Day Each: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to DG Fuels
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s Friday and you’re ready for the weekend so here’s a short and sweet slide guide from DG Fuels on their second-generation cellulosic biofuel whose hydrogen content is derived from water electrolysis and uses a
April 29, 2022 Read Full Article
Why These Fleets Use Renewable Diesel Fuel
by Ronnie Wendt (Heavy Duty Trucking Info) Titan Freight Systems, a regional less-than-truckload carrier in the Pacific Northwest, found renewable diesel was the key to meeting its emissions goals. -- Titan Freight Systems has provided overnight services across the Pacific Northwest
April 21, 2022 Read Full Article
WOODY—a 5-letter word for EARTH MONTH
WOODY biomass, including forest WASTE and residues, can be used to make renewable fuel like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and OTHER bioproducts. LEARN more here: https://advancedbiofuelsusa.info/tag/woody-biomass/ Each day throughout EARTH MONTH in 2022, Advanced Biofuels USA will highlight one or more
April 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Workshop: Bioenergy’s Role in Soil Carbon Storage
(U.S. Department of Energy) What is the role of bioenergy in soil carbon storage? Bioenergy provides a powerful way to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increase carbon storage in soils, and produce sustainable biomass feedstocks. On March 28–29, 2022, the U.S. Department
April 15, 2022 Read Full Article
The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Disputation: Bioeconomy and the Scoring of Carbon
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Bioeconomy professionals, are the Dogged Victims of Inexorable Disputation, if I can bend Bobby Jones’ memorable golfing phrase. Why? Because better to have lousy carbon targets than no carbon targets at all, say most people,
April 14, 2022 Read Full Article
Vow ASA: Builds Large Scale Pyrolysis Reactor to Meet Increased Demand for Advanced Carbon Products and CO2 Neutral Energy
(Vow ASA) Large and increasing demand from industry to decarbonise, recycle carbon, and to secure access to reliable and locally produced CO2 neutral energy, has motivated cleantech provider Vow ASA (“Vow” or the “Company”) to start building a large scale pyrolysis
April 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Veolia Launches an Innovative Industrial Solution to Produce CO2-neutral Biofuel From Pulp Production
(Veolia/Business Wire) The CO2 neutral biomethanol will boost the EU biofuel feedstock and strengthen European fuel independence; The project opens a significant potential for biomethanol production, estimated at around 2 million tons1, as the concept is replicable at most of
April 07, 2022 Read Full Article
GTI’s Terry Marker to Be Honored with Prestigious Don Klass Award at Upcoming tcbiomass2022
(GTI) GTI Senior Institute Engineer and Bioenergy Initiatives Manager, Terry Marker, will be presented with the prestigious 2022 Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science on April 20th at tcbiomass2022, being held in Denver, Colorado and co-hosted by the
April 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Canadian Government Funds Biofuel, Bioenergy Projects
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) The Canadian government on March 30 awarded funding to several biofuel and bioenergy projects, including those focused on liquid transportation fuels, biocarbon, renewable natural gas (RNG), and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Montreal, Quebec-based Enerkem was awarded a $5
April 05, 2022 Read Full Article
Possibility to Produce Ethanol on a Financially Competitive and Technically Efficient Basis: Fuel from Waste Wood
(Technical University of Munich) ... Producing fuel from renewable sources such as waste wood and straw or renewable electricity would be one way to reduce carbon emissions from the area of transportation. This is an area which is being addressed
March 31, 2022 Read Full Article
Ontario Launches Forest Biomass Action Plan
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) The Ontario government on March 28 finalized its Forest Biomass Action Plan, which promotes economic opportunities for using forest biomass in new diverse ways, including low-carbon consumer products and renewable energy. A draft action plan was released
March 30, 2022 Read Full Article
British Airways Takes First Delivery of Commercial-Scale SAF Produced by Phillips 66
by Christopher Surgenor (GreenAir Online) British Airways has taken delivery from oil major Phillips 66 of an initial batch of the UK’s first commercial-scale production of sustainable aviation fuel. The fuel is being produced through co-processing at the Phillips 66
March 30, 2022 Read Full Article
How Biomass Can Enable a Hydrogen Economy
(Drax) Building a collaborative net zero future through negative emissions and zero-carbon fuel -- -Hydrogen as a fuel offers a carbon-free alternative for hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy road transport, domestic heating, and industries like steel and cement. -There are several
March 30, 2022 Read Full Article
Alien Energy: Unlocking the Potential of Invasive Plants in South Africa
by Arianna Baldo and Tjaša Bole-Rentel (RSBBioenergy and WWF South Africa) Invasive alien plants (IAPs) are a scourge across Southern Africa – with species like black wattle and port jackson found across the region. It is estimated that more than 10%
March 29, 2022 Read Full Article
RNG, Renewable Fuels from Solar, Waste Wood & Carbon: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Aemetis
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Third generation tech is what Aemetis calls it – using renewable fuels for carbon capture & sequestration siphons carbon from the atmosphere into crops which are converted into renewable fuels, then the solar energy is
March 28, 2022 Read Full Article
Sustainable Aviation Fuel -- Accelerating a New Industry to Drive Down Emisions and Drive Up the Economy
(Bioenergy Australia) A report released today by the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Alliance of Australia and New Zealand (SAFAANZ) titled Bridging the price gap for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, has identified, amongst a number of other recommendations, the creation of a Jet Council
March 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Novel Funding Model Provides Researchers Support to Produce SAF from Timber Byproduct
by David Melanson (UK CAER/Biobased Diesel Daily) ... Biofuels researchers at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research recently received funding from OUR&D, a unique grassroots not-for-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado, that is seeking to supplement the current
March 24, 2022 Read Full Article
4 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Companies Leading the Way to Net-Zero Flying
by Martina Gini (Earth.org) ... Over 370,000 flights have taken to the skies using SAF since 2016 and it is estimated that implementing this fuel could contribute nearly 65% to the reduction in emissions needed to reach the net-zero target in the next
March 24, 2022 Read Full Article
Placer County Takes Another Look at Possible Bioenergy Project
(Placer County, California/Biomass Magazine) The Placer County Board of Supervisors on March 8 authorized staff to restart the feasibility evaluation for a biomass to energy facility in North Lake Tahoe. A plan for the project was initially approved in 2013, however
March 21, 2022 Read Full Article
50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) On Day 2 of ABLC in Washington, DC, The Digest announced the 50 Hottest Projects in the Advanced Bioeconomy 2022. This year, the focus was on advanced bioeconomy manufacturing sites, completed or in development, at pilot,
March 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Science Says Thinned Forests Are Healthy Forests
(U.S. Forest Service/Biomass Magazine) Overgrown forests are one of the key contributing factors to the current wildfire crisis in the West. The new Forest Service strategy on Confronting the Wildfire Crisis outlines the agency’s plan for increasing fuels and forest health treatments to create healthier
March 16, 2022 Read Full Article
USA BioEnergy Announces Completion of Forest2Market Study Affirming Availability of Wood Waste for Renewable Fuels Production
(USA BioEnergy) USA BioEnergy Announces Completion of Forest2Market Study Affirming Availability of Wood Waste for Renewable Fuels Production -- Forest2Market Confirms Abundant Biomass Supply for New Advanced Biorefinery -- USA BioEnergy commissioned Forest2Market to conduct an extensive feedstock study, on behalf of
March 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Near Net Zero 2G Ethanol and Cellulosic Sugar: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) How does Praj do simultaneous production of 2G ethanol and RNG from bagasse? What made the 3 cellulosic ethanol for Oil Marketing Cosin India successful? Where do Praj’s Celluniti and enfinity platforms fit in for
March 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Crop, Forestry Residues Fuel USask, Industry Green Project
(University of Saskatchewan) With Saskatchewan’s north home to a boreal forest that’s larger than Germany, and its south making up nearly half of Canada’s cropland, the province’s agriculture and lumber industries alone annually produce about 24 million tonnes of biomass residue. Now,
March 07, 2022 Read Full Article
Nova Pangaea Technologies Takes Next Step towards Plant Construction and Commercial Production
(Nova Pangaea Technologies) Nova Pangaea Technologies, the UK cleantech company at the heart of the drive to Net Zero, has started the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for its first commercial plant in the UK. The company, based in Redcar on Teesside,
March 04, 2022 Read Full Article
The Energy to Sustain the Future
(EXAME) ... Anabela Antunes, Director of Operations at PRIO, believes that the energy transition in Portugal could accelerate if the country increases the contribution of biofuels to mobility. “But the development of the energy mix will depend a lot on market
March 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels Launches
(Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels/Biomass Magazine) Canadian aviation industry leaders are joining forces to create the Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF), whose mission is to accelerate the deployment of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Canada to ensure that the Canadian
March 02, 2022 Read Full Article
Hot Hydrofaction: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Steeper Energy
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Converting low-value biomass to bio-crude oil upgradable to advanced biofuels and chemicals at existing refineries via hydrofaction is hot. Find out how Steeper Energy is using hydrofaction for advanced biofuels in cost-effective ways and at
February 23, 2022 Read Full Article
2021 Highlights and 2022 Outlook: The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to Neste
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Excellent performance in a year of major scheduled maintenance shutdowns and high input costs is a good way to sum up 2021 for Neste. See how their renewable products segment did, what the feedstock market
February 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Forest Forward: Illuminating the Path for Climate Action and Conservation
by Elena Schmidt and Nicola Noponen (RSB/Biofuels Digest) The urgent move away from fossil resources means that biomass use will be heavily incentivised for the use in fuel, energy and material supply chains and this presents serious sustainability risks which must
February 22, 2022 Read Full Article
Agilyx, Virgin Group, REG, Louisiana Green Fuels, Circular SynTech, and Others Advance on Waste-to-Fuels
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Just in the last few days, it’s been all about low carbon, lower carbon, net-zero carbon – and all of it from waste. Virgin Group and Agilyx’s strategic partnership to produce lower carbon fuel from
February 21, 2022 Read Full Article
Louisiana Green Fuels Allocated $250 Million of Private Activity Bonds by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
(Acrofan/Business Wire/Green Fuels) The State of Louisiana continues its commitment to the world’s most deeply carbon-negative renewable diesel fuel project -- Strategic Biofuels, the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, announced today that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
February 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Enerkem Project Recommended for Funding in CRIN Low Emission Fuels and Products Technology Competition
(Enerkem/Le Lezard) Funding of +CDN$ 5.5M awarded to the team to bring to market its solution to produce low-carbon fuel for the heavy transportation sector -- Enerkem, a world leader in the production of biofuels from waste materials, is proud
February 17, 2022 Read Full Article
USA BioEnergy Selects Bon Wier, Texas in Newton County for $1.7B Advanced Biorefinery
(USA BioEnergy) USA BioEnergy receives over $150M in State and Local incentives to develop an advanced biorefinery in Newton County, Texas -- USA BioEnergy through its subsidiary, Texas Renewable Fuels (TRF), is pleased to announce the development of an advanced biorefinery
February 15, 2022 Read Full Article
An Introduction to Sustainable Aviation Fuels -- Part 1 of a Series, "Sustainable Aviation Fuels: A Critical Emissions Mitigation Strategy Gaining Momentum"
by Jeff Overton (Environmental and Energy Study Institute) ... Aviation is a difficult sector to decarbonize. The enormous energy required to fly a heavy aircraft long distances takes an energy dense power source that liquid hydrocarbon fuel provides. Battery technology for
February 14, 2022 Read Full Article
From the Lab to the Sky: Five Things to Know about Biofuel-Powered Flights
(U.S. Department of Energy ) On December 1, 2021, a United 737 Max 8 carried more than 100 passengers from Chicago to Washington, D.C.—just one of roughly 87,000 flights over the United States that day. Reporters and TV crews gathered to
February 12, 2022 Read Full Article
Comstock Urges U.S. EPA to Expand Renewable Fuel Incentives for Biointermediates
(Comstock Mining) Technologies Enable Dramatic Reduction in Carbon Intensity for America’s Decarbonization Portfolio -- Comstock Mining Inc. (NYSE: LODE) (“Comstock” and the “Company”) today announced its submission of comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) calling for enhanced regulations governing
February 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Announces $65M Clean Ocean Advanced Biofuels Project
(Ocean Supercluster) ... Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced its largest project to date, the $65 million Clean Ocean Advanced Biofuels Project. In the project, Ontario-based Valent will work with a pan-Canadian team to produce Canada’s first renewable diesel from abundantly available agricultural
February 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2
by Will Thurmond (Emerging Markets) Renewable Diesel & Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2030, Vol 2. (249 pages, September 2021) provides a detailed analysis and outlook for low-carbon feedstock availability, and a feasibility assessment for technology commercialization pathways in sustainable aviation fuels
February 10, 2022 Read Full Article
Aemetis Signs Agreement with Japan Airlines to Supply 90 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Aemetis) Fuel to be delivered to San Francisco International Airport -- Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that an offtake agreement has been signed with Japan Airlines (“JAL”) for 90 million gallons
February 10, 2022 Read Full Article
The Steady Boom in Renewable Diesel Continues
(Biofuels International) Tom Fox, head of renewable fuels, OTX, outlines how as the world emerges from the Covid pandemic, the renewable diesel (RD) market will continue its steady boom this year. He said: "Despite challenges, RD and its related process
February 09, 2022 Read Full Article
Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow Wins the 2022 Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award for 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Florida, The Daily Digest announced that Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow will receive the 2022 Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award and will give the Global Leadership Address at ABLC 2022, the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, on
February 08, 2022 Read Full Article
Competitive Edge: EDIOL, LLC’s Catalyst Tech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... Instead of focusing on thermochemical conversions, my company developed the world’s first true catalyst for fluid cat cracking woody biomass into pure liquid hydrocarbons and bioplastic resins. Cellulose and semi-cellulose are directly converted into Iso
February 04, 2022 Read Full Article
New Catalytic Approach Directly Converts Raw Biomass into Natural Gas with Low Carbon Footprint
by SI Xiaoqin (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences) Natural gas can be used as fuel for generating electricity, heating and powering transportation. It is also the raw material to manufacture hydrogen and ammonia. Currently, biogenic and thermogenic
January 28, 2022 Read Full Article
KBR Awarded Early Works Contract for Sustainability-Focused Project by Biojet AS
(KBR/PR Newswire) KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today it has been awarded an engineering contract by Biojet AS for a concept study for its renewable energy facility in Ringerike, Norway. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will perform technology evaluations, early engineering and project development
January 25, 2022 Read Full Article
Port of Columbia Approved for $15 Million Grant in Support of Strategic Biofuels Project
(Strategic Biofuels/Business Wire) Infrastructure improvement grant from the Louisiana Port Construction and Development Priority Program will fund carbon negative site improvements -- Strategic Biofuels, the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, and the Port of Columbia in
January 19, 2022 Read Full Article
Advanced Feedstocks Represent a Generational Opportunity – Here’s How to Take It
by Mikala Grubb (Haldor Topsoe) The global transition to sustainably produced fuels offers refiners, biorefiners, and investors a once-in-a-generation-sized opportunity. The key to taking it will be advanced feedstocks, as detailed in this column which uncovers how to make the
January 18, 2022 Read Full Article
Barnwell County, S.C., Designated a BDO Zone
(Ecostrat/Canadian Biomass) SouthernCarolina Regional Development Alliance and Ecostrat are pleased to announce the issuance of a new Bioeconomy Development Opportunity Zone (BDO Zone) designation for Barnwell County, South Carolina. The ‘A’ Rating for forest and sawmill residuals is expected to
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ExxonMobil Expands Interest in Biofuels, Acquires Stake in Biojet AS
(ExxonMobil) ExxonMobil is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, acquiring a 49.9% stake in Biojet AS, a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions
January 12, 2022 Read Full Article
The Bioeconomy Jump to Light Speed: 10 Storylines Shaking the World: Exxon, J-M, KLM, UGI, Amyris, Tesla, Origin, More
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In recent days, we’ve had 10 stories that shook the world. The players are so big, the technologies so ambitious, the scale so huge and the risks in some cases so high — we’ve grouped them
January 12, 2022 Read Full Article
KLM further Expands Approach for Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(KLM) From today, KLM will add sustainable aviation fuel to all flights departing from Amsterdam; From January 13, customers can choose to purchase an additional amount of sustainable fuel when booking; KLM has already signed agreements with various partners and
January 11, 2022 Read Full Article
Charting a Course toward Cleaner Shipping
by Christina Nunez (Industry Today) Research suggests that swapping heavy fuel with fuel made from wood waste, waste fats, oils and greases could cut planet-warming emissions. ... Using batteries instead of heavy fuel oil to propel gigantic cargo ships, which annually
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
EPA Gets It Right for American Advanced Biofuels Public Comment DEADLINE: February 4, 2022
by Douglas L. Faulkner and Michael McAdams (Leatherstocking LLC /“The Cleantech Conservative” and Advanced BioFuels Association/Biofuels Digest) ... The Agency has now moved to approve bio-intermediates, so that manufacturers could earn compliance credits for upgrading feedstocks such as woods and municipal
January 06, 2022 Read Full Article
Top 10 Predictions for the Advanced Bioeconomy in 2022
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A mere “The Year in Rewind” as we sail into 2022? Not the good ship Digest! Instead, we dust off our crystal ball and offer our predictions for the year ahead. As the sunset of 2021 gives
January 03, 2022 Read Full Article
Biofuels Policies and Market in Norway
by Odd Jarle Skjelhaugen, Mats Nordum, Einar Svein, Jarle Horn and Duncan Akporiaye (Norwegian University of Life Sciences/Norwegian Environment Agency/Drivkraft Norge/Norwegian University of Life Sciences/SINTEF) • Driven by its national climate policy, Norway introduced biofuels blend-in mandates for road transport
December 31, 2021 Read Full Article
Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Decoupling Carbon from Commercial Flight Fact Sheet
(U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) empowers energy companies and aviation stakeholders by supporting advances in research, development, and demonstration to overcome barriers for widespread deployment of low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). SAF made from renewable biomass and
December 29, 2021 Read Full Article
Recycling CO2: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dr. Sean Simpson, CSO at LanzaTechshared this illuminating slide guide on CO2 pathways to products, how the LanzaJet platform works, how they integrate engineering with biology and AI, why we need to rethink carbon and
December 29, 2021 Read Full Article
New Statewide Mandatory Organic Waste Collection
(CalRecycle) Beginning in 2022, SB 1383 requires every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses. “Jurisdiction” means a city, county, a city and county, or a special district that provides solid waste collection services. “Organic waste”
December 21, 2021 Read Full Article
INL Researchers Investigate Loblolly Pine Flow Issues
by Lynn Wendt (Idaho National Laboratory) ... Loblolly pine, or more specifically the pine residue from commercial tree harvesting in Southern U.S. forests, has the potential for a major impact on bioenergy infrastructure. Its low cost and widespread abundance have
December 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Aemetis Signs 10-Year Supply Agreement for 450 Million Gallons of Renewable Diesel with Industry-Leading Travel Stop Company
(Aemetis) Aemetis will supply 450 million gallons of renewable diesel from the Riverbank Carbon Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Diesel facility -- Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, has signed a 10-year, 450-million-gallon renewable
December 17, 2021 Read Full Article
Feinstein Urges EPA to Update Feedstock Eligibility under RFS
by Erin Voegele (Biomass Magazine) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Dec. 7 sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to revise the Renewable Fuel Standard to allow biomass harvested from federal land as part of wildfire mitigation
December 15, 2021 Read Full Article
Wood Waste to Hydrogen: Mote’s H2 Gambit in California Announced
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) In California, Mote announced its first facility to convert wood waste into hydrogen fuel while capturing, utilizing, and sequestering CO2 emissions from the process. Mote expects to produce approximately seven million kilograms of carbon-negative hydrogen and remove 150,000
December 15, 2021 Read Full Article
FAA Research Grants Aim to Tackle Aviation’s Massive Deficit of Greener Fuel
by Leslie Josephs (CNBC) -Sustainable aviation fuel accounts for much less than 1% of global aviation fuel. -The FAA is giving research grants in effect to help drive down the high cost of greener sustainable fuel. -Airlines, trade groups and
December 11, 2021 Read Full Article
Aemetis Signs MOU’s with Eight Airline Members of the oneworld Alliance for 350 Million Gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that memorandum of understanding’s have been signed with 8 airline members of the oneworld Alliance for 350 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel
December 01, 2021 Read Full Article
Aemetis Signs Agreement with American Airlines to Supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel
(Aemetis) Aemetis, Inc.(NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, announced today that an offtake agreement has been signed with American Airlines for 280 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered
December 01, 2021 Read Full Article
State of Advanced Biofuels & Biorefining
by Helena Tavares Kennedy (Biofuels Digest) Check out remarks from Jim Lane, Editor & Publisher of The Digest on rationale, forecast, the top news and storylines, feedstocks, genetics, crops, supply chain and more on the state of advanced biofuels and
November 30, 2021 Read Full Article
How to Replace 90% of U.S. Gas Consumption: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Ways2H
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) It’s the day after Thanksgiving and your trash pile of turkey bones and leftovers are nightmarish, but Ways2H has a solution by converting organic wastes, including plastics, into hydrogen. Check out this new ABLC slide
November 26, 2021 Read Full Article
Opinion: California Is Missing the Boat on Climate Change
by Winston Hickox and Jim Boyd (Mercury News) ... The climate conference in Glasgow made it clear that the No. 1 priority — the only measure that can prevent cataclysmic climate change — is to cut the climate super pollutants
November 24, 2021 Read Full Article
Trends of Bioenergy in the Member Countries of IEA Bioenergy
(IEA Bioenergy/Electric Energy Online) IEA Bioenergy has just released its updated Country Reports, showing the trends of bioenergy in the IEA Bioenergy member countries up to 2019, looking at the role of bioenergy in total energy supply (TES), in electricity use,
November 23, 2021 Read Full Article
Biofuels Company Could Bring 20 Permanent Jobs, $1.8M in Tax Revenue
by Jacob Dick (Beaumont Enterprise) An expanding biofuels producer officially has selected a site in Beaumont as the new home for what it's calling the “Spindletop Plant.” Arbor Renewable Gas has set sights on a 53-acre industrial park property on Texas 347
November 19, 2021 Read Full Article
Woodland Biofuels Exploring Alternative Products for Sarnia Site
by Paul Morden (St. Thomas Times Journal) As the world moves to a lower-carbon future, Woodland Biofuels is taking a second look at what it wants to make at a biochemical plant it’s planning for Sarnia. -- As the world
November 18, 2021 Read Full Article
Enerkem Produces SAF from Forest Biomass
(Enerkem/Biomass Magazine) Enerkem, a world leader in the production of biofuels from waste materials, is proud to have achieved a major breakthrough in converting carbon from forest biomass into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using its proprietary thermochemical process. This important milestone
November 17, 2021 Read Full Article
Highlights from USDA’s Leadership Briefing at Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition Conference
by Joanne Ivancic* (Advanced Biofuels USA) Investment, Climate smart agriculture. Incentives. Markets. These are words heard repeatedly at the opening sessions of the Alternative Fuels and Chemicals Coalition Global Biobased Economy Conference & Exhibit this week near Washington, DC. The first
November 15, 2021 Read Full Article
Alba Soler, Dr. Calliope Panoutsou and Dr. Kyriakos Maniatis on “Sustainable Biomass Availability in the EU to 2050”
by Tammy Klein (Transport Energy Strategies) For this video podcast, I spoke with Alba Soler Estrella, Science Associate Low-Carbon Pathways, at Concawe, the European refining industry’s scientific and technical body, Dr. Calliope Panoutsou of the Imperial College London Consultants and Dr. Kyriakos Maniatis, recently
November 11, 2021 Read Full Article
Want to End Flying Shame? Meet Sustainable Jet Fuel
by Jack Wittels (Bloomberg Green) ...Last year, even with Covid-19 travel restrictions, more than 1.5 billion barrels of aviation fuel were burned, a figure set to more than triple by 2050 as more people take to the skies. Today, that fuel
November 11, 2021 Read Full Article
SAF Offtake with IAG
(Bayou Fuels) 10-year offtake MoU for 73 million US gallons of carbon negative SAF by IAG; Alongside offtake agreement with Southwest Airlines, offtake in place for 100% of Bayou Fuels SAF -- Velocys plc (VLS. L), the sustainable fuels technology company,
November 10, 2021 Read Full Article
SAF Offtake with Southwest Airlines
(Bayou Fuels) 15-year offtake agreement enables 575 million blended gallons of net zero SAF for Southwest Airlines; Alongside offtake MoU with IAG, commitment for 100% of Bayou Fuels SAF -- Velocys plc (VLS. L), the sustainable fuels technology company, is pleased
November 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Garamendi Introduces Bill Requiring EPA to Process eRIN Pathways
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producer Magazine) Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., on Nov. 5 introduced the Biomass and Biogas for Electric Vehicles Act, which aims to require the U.S. EPA to process long-delayed Renewable Fuel Standard pathway applications to generate eRINs, allowing
November 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Ground-Breaking Partnership Between Colombia and Clean Tech Pioneer Alder Fuels Will Support Decarbonizing Air Travel
(Alder Fuels/PR Newswire) In a historic first, Colombia could become a "green" crude, carbon-negative exporter thanks to a strategic alliance between the Government of Colombia and Alder Fuels, LLC. Alder is a cleantech company that pioneered groundbreaking technologies to convert forestry and other woody residue into Sustainable
November 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Plant-Based Waste and Residues into Biofuel – Geeking out over Lignocellulose
by Richard Pallardy (Neste) Plant biomass, or lignocellulose, is the most abundant renewable carbon source on the planet. It has been around forever, but only now are we starting to grasp its full potential in replacing fossil resources. What makes
November 05, 2021 Read Full Article
The United Kingdom’s Department for Transport Awards Nova Pangaea Technologies, LanzaJet and British Airways Grant Funding to Help Develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Decarbonise the Aviation Industry
(Nova Pangaea Technologies) The Department for Transportation has awarded Project Speedbird, a partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies, British Airways, and LanzaJet, £484,000 to fund a feasibility for the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK. The funding was awarded as part of the UK Department of Transport’s Green Fuels, Green Skies (GFGS) competition to develop sustainable aviation fuel, announced earlier
October 26, 2021 Read Full Article
One Hundred Percent Renewable Gasoline - It Is Actually Quite Possible!
(SEKAB) A hundred percent renewable gasoline has been developed by the Product Design Team at Repsol Technology Lab. The study has been focused on the formulation of such gasoline, aiming to fulfill European Normative EN 228. The formulation is based
October 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Crops, Genetics, Feedstocks, Supply Chains: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to State of the Sector
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Whether you are using novel crops, residues, developing supply-chains, or developing new feedstocks for the bioeconomy, this is an exclusive Digest slide guide you won’t want to miss! Straight from our recent State of the
October 18, 2021 Read Full Article
Maersk Invests in Vertoro to Develop Green Lignin Marine Fuels
(Maersk) Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of A.P. Moller - Maersk, invests in Vertoro – a Dutch start-up focused on developing liquid lignin technology which can be used as a marine fuel. -- Maersk’s investment will be used to
October 15, 2021 Read Full Article
BioSFerA Project Presented at ECOS 2021 Conference
(BioSFerA) CERTH team has successfully participated to the ECOS 2021 Conference presenting the paper ‘Aviation & maritime biofuels production via a combined thermochemical/biochemical pathway: A conceptual design and process simulation study’. The presented paper contained a first orientation of the suggested concept
October 13, 2021 Read Full Article
Biomass Innovations under Investigation Part 4: Forestry and Energy Crops
(Bio Market Insights) ... Forestry: Mostex Global Solutions: Integrated whole tree extraction and on site pre-processing of under-yielding forest resources Mostex was set up with the aim of reducing the corrosive nature of agri-feedstock, establishing effective methods of handling this material and improving
October 13, 2021 Read Full Article
US Secretary of Energy Granholm and US Senator Ossoff Visit LanzaTech Innovation Hub in Georgia and Site of the World’s First LanzaJet Sustainable Fuels Plantl
(LanzaTech) Visit highlights the potential of rural America to create domestic supplies of sustainable fuels and chemicals. -- LanzaTech and LanzaJet welcomed Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Senator Jon Ossoff to the Freedom Pines Biorefinery in Soperton, Georgia. [caption id="attachment_149372"
October 12, 2021 Read Full Article
Competitive Edge: Applied Biorefinery Sciences’ HWE Biomass Tech and Ethanol
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... In today’s Digest, find out how ABS is studying HWE (hot water extraction) for producing cellulosic ethanol, their development stage right now, HWE’s advantages over other cellulosic ethanol / biorefining technologies in five areas,
October 08, 2021 Read Full Article
Canfor and Licella, through Arbios Biotech, Moving forward with Biomass to Biofuel Plant in Canada
(Licella) • Canfor has announced its final investment decision to proceed with the development of a commercial-scale biomass to biofuel plant in Prince George, British Columbia, under Arbios Biotech, its joint venture with Licella. Supports the decarbonisation of transportation fuels
October 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Dialogue on Governance to Develop Sustainable Forest Landscapes for Production of Wood for Energy and the Bioeconomy --- October 12, 13, 26 and 27, 2021 --- ONLINE
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Online workshop with Virtual Field Tours in Northern and Eastern Europe and North America. The goal of this workshop is to engage stakeholders and bring them together to discuss the benefits and challenges to governing sustainability of forest management, with
October 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Carbon Dioxide Removal: Forests
(Climate Now) Planting trees has become a bit of a cliché in the fight against climate change, with ubiquitous photos of presidents and CEOs planting trees to show they are serious about climate. But, how much impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide
October 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Ethanol, Biogas, Renewable Chemicals: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Praj
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) Dr. Pramod Kumbhar, President and CTO of Praj shared this illuminating slide guide on their Bio-Prism renewable chemicals and materials, Bio-Mobility products, Praj’s 2G tech for agri residue to ethanol, Praj-Sekab tech for forest residue
October 06, 2021 Read Full Article
Major Government-Backed Ventures Launched to Progress Commercial-Scale SAF Production in Japan
by Tony Harrington (GreenAir Online) Two major industrial collaborations have been established in Japan to progress ambitions for large-scale production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the country, writes Tony Harrington. In the first project, sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of the
October 04, 2021 Read Full Article
Biofuels Offer a Cost-Effective Way to Lower Shipping Emissions
by Christina Nunez (Argonne National Laboratory) Swapping heavy fuel oil with fuel made from wood waste, waste fats, oils and greases could drastically cut planet-warming emissions from the shipping industry by 40 to 93%. -- Marine shipping traffic has grown steadily
October 04, 2021 Read Full Article
Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 Addresses Biogas, LCFS
by Erin Voegele (Ethanol Producers Magazine) The implementation of a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) and expanded production and use of biogas are among the strategies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions discussed in the Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021. Pennsylvania Gov.
September 30, 2021 Read Full Article
Pyrocell Has Started Production
(Cision/Setra) Production is now underway at Pyrocell's plant in Gävle. The new and groundbreaking factory is turning sawdust into bio-oil. -- Jointly owned by Setra and Preem, Pyrocell was formed in 2018 based on the business concept of producing bio-oil from
September 28, 2021 Read Full Article
Unlocking Hidden Combustion Properties of Waste Streams
by Jim DeSellem (Babcock & Wilcox/Biofuels Digest) ... However, biomass and waste fuels are not all created equal, and can produce environmental emissions, non-combustible materials and other less-than-ideal properties which can have negative impacts on reliable boiler operations. Quantifying and predicting
September 28, 2021 Read Full Article
Biofuel from Pine Needles a Reality
by Ambika Sharma (The Tribune) Scientists at Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni have devised a method to convert pine needles into enthanol, a green biofuel. -- Pine needles will no longer be a source of forest
September 27, 2021 Read Full Article
DG Fuels: The Unusual Suspects Are Building Big in Louisiana, as SAFtember Continues
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) ... But, an unusual suspect became more visible earlier this month when word arrived that DG Fuels was invited to submit a Part II Application for a loan guarantee under the U.S. Department of Energy
September 22, 2021 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels, Solid to Liquid Tech, Biocrudes: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Haldor Topsoe
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) If you missed this slide guide from ABLC Digital on what it will take for advanced biofuels to take off further, here’s your chance! Haldor Topsoe leaders cover thoughts on legislation, feedstocks, biofuel production, solid
September 21, 2021 Read Full Article
SCA and St1 Form Advanced Biofuels JV, to Build 60MGY Project in Finland by 2023
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) In Finland, SCA and St1 formed a joint venture to produce and sell advanced biofuels. The new biorefinery is under construction on the St1 refinery site in Gothenburg and will have a total capacity of 200,000
September 20, 2021 Read Full Article
Honeywell and Preem Conduct Commercial Co-Processing Trial to Produce Renewable Fuel
(Honeywell UOP) Honeywell UOP’s Optimix GF feed distributor successfully enabled co-processing trial with biomass-based pyrolysis oil; Trial at Preem’s Lysekil refinery marks UOP’s 6th commercial co-processing trial in an FCC and the first trial in Scandinavia -- Honeywell announced today the
September 16, 2021 Read Full Article
Getting 35B SAF gallons by 2050: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to NREL’s SAF Approach
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) The Digest reported a few days ago on the Biden administration’s goal of reaching 3 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050 but how do we get there?
September 15, 2021 Read Full Article
DOE Announces Nearly $65 Million for Biofuels Research to Reduce Airplane and Ship Emissions
(U.S. Department of Energy) Projects align with administration's new goal of decarbonizing the aviation sector by 2050 - - As part of a White House roundtable to launch the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Grand Challenge to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $64.7 million in funding for projects
September 10, 2021 Read Full Article
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Advances the Future of Sustainable Fuels in American Aviation
(White House) New Actions Aim to Produce Three Billion Gallons of Sustainable Fuel, Reduce Aviation Emissions by 20% by 2030, and Grow Good-Paying, Union Jobs -- Today (September 9, 2021), President Biden is taking steps to coordinate leadership and innovation across