In Brazil, mathematical analysis reveals that within Brazil’s agriculture and livestock industry, the biofuels sector is most heavily reliant on other sectors with high greenhouse gas emissions. Brazil is a world leader in biofuel production, but the environmental sustainability of the sector has faced criticism due to its impacts on deforestation, water use, and biodiversity, […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports the Renewable Fuels Association is worried that if former President Trump returns to the White House, he will drop the Inflation Reduction Act and along with it important tax breaks for the biofuels sector such as the 45Z sustainable aviation fuel credit. The RFA is encouraged, however, to see […]
In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency has extended an emergency fuel waiver that EPA issued on August 1, 2024, in response to requests made by some states waivers under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to address a fuel supply emergency caused by a power outage and resulting emergency shutdown of the ExxonMobil Joliet refinery when […]
In Spain, Nedgia, the Naturgy Group’s gas distributor, has already signed 45 contracts for connection to biomethane plants for the injection of renewable gas into its gas distribution network. The injection capacity linked to these requests amounts to 2,400 GWh/year, equivalent to the gas consumption of nearly half a million homes in Spain. By autonomous […]
In Canada, Tidewater Renewables Ltd. has obtained an interim extension of the maturity of its C$175 million first lien senior credit facility, and its C$25 million of additional debt capacity under the second lien term debt facility, from August 30, 2024 to September 18, 2024. This interim extension is expected to provide the Corporation with […]
In Washington, Clean Fuels Alliance America sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen last week, urging the agency to issue guidance, including safe harbors, to the §45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit by September 1. The new producer credit becomes available on January 1, 2025, as the existing blender credit expires. Clean Fuels’ letter emphasizes […]
In Spain, Iberia Maintenance has begun using 5% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its engine test bench at the La Muñoza facilities, near the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport, in what marks another step towards the decarbonization of the sector. The use of this type of fuel will allow for a reduction of 115 tons of […]
In Washington state, bp America Cherry Point Refinery and Everett hydrogen-electric engine manufacturer ZeroAvia will receive large federal awards as part of over $36 million in grant funding for innovative sustainable aviation projects in the State of Washington provided under a grant program authored by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Commerce, […]
In Romania, International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) signed an agreement with Clariant to purchase the decommissioned bioethanol plant in Podari, Romania in late July. In the future, the site will be operated by ICIG’s biotechnology subsidiary Corden BioChem. As a biotechnology CDMO, Corden BioChem already operates one of Europe’s largest fermentation plants at the industrial […]
In Oklahoma, researchers in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University continue to refine a co-fermentation process resulting in the production of butanol, a biofuel made from renewable resources that can be converted into jet fuel. OSU received a patent in November 2021 for a co-fermentation process, developed by Dr. […]
