Author Archive: Meghan Sapp

EPA accepts civil rights complaint against DNREC for failure to include local community in permit review

EPA accepts civil rights complaint against DNREC for failure to include local community in permit review

September 14, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Delaware, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accepted a Civil Rights complaint filed against Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and Sussex County, Delaware, for discriminating against the local community when reviewing permits for a proposed factory farm gas and composting facility in Seaford, Delaware. EPA agreed to investigate whether DNREC discriminated […]

Aemetis receives use permit to build 90M gallon per year SAF facility in Riverbank

Aemetis receives use permit to build 90M gallon per year SAF facility in Riverbank

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In California, Aemetis received a Use Permit from the City of Riverbank to build a 90 million gallon per year sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel plant at the 125-acre Riverbank Industrial Complex in Riverbank, California. The Riverbank Industrial Complex, a former U.S. Army ammunition production plant, is now being converted to business and industrial […]

GETEC Group to build biomass and waste-based energy plant for CropEnergies’ renewable ethyl acetate facility

GETEC Group to build biomass and waste-based energy plant for CropEnergies’ renewable ethyl acetate facility

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, GETEC Group will build a plant for climate-neutral energy supply and the supply of e.g. steam and compressed air on the site of the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park in Elsteraue for CE Biobased Chemicals GmbH (CEBC), a 100% subsidiary of CropEnergies AG. The sustainable energy solution will thermally utilize not only biomass […]

MOL launches first hydrogen-biodiesel hybrid passenger ship

MOL launches first hydrogen-biodiesel hybrid passenger ship

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Japan, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that the naming and launching ceremony for the Japan’s first hybrid passenger ship, which utilizes hydrogen and biodiesel fuels was held on September 13 and the ship was named “HANARIA”. The vessel was ordered by MOL Group company MOTENA-Sea, Ltd. and is under construction at the Hongawara Ship […]

Naturgy to buy 25GWh annually from Spain’s first bioLNG facility

Naturgy to buy 25GWh annually from Spain’s first bioLNG facility

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Spain, Naturgy will promote the first BioLNG project in Spain within its commitment to the decarbonization of the current energy mix and innovation in sustainability. BioLNG is biomethane, a renewable gas produced from the recovery of waste, which in this case is liquefied to transport it to the final consumer. This process is essential […]

Vantage Data Centers continues HVO roll out in North America and EMEA

Vantage Data Centers continues HVO roll out in North America and EMEA

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Colorado, Vantage Data Centers announced the continued deployment of hydrotreated vegetable oil in generators. The company will roll out HVO in several of its largest markets in North America and EMEA. Initially deployed as a pilot at Vantage’s Cardiff, Wales campus in 2022, the company’s deployment of HVO as an alternative to diesel fuel […]

MEPs approve RefuelEU aviation rules but axe crop-based fuels

MEPs approve RefuelEU aviation rules but axe crop-based fuels

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Belgium, on Wednesday, MEPs approved a new law to increase the uptake of sustainable fuels, such as advanced biofuels or hydrogen, in the aviation sector. The RefuelEU aviation rules are part of the “Fit for 55 package”, the EU’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 […]

DOE awards $18.6M in funding to develop biomass feedstocks

DOE awards $18.6M in funding to develop biomass feedstocks

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) awarded $18.6 million in funding to eight university and industry projects to develop biomass feedstocks to produce affordable biofuels and bioproducts that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Located in eight states, the projects will create good-paying jobs, support rural economies, and encourage participation […]

West Virginia University developing carbon dioxide capture for methanol production

West Virginia University developing carbon dioxide capture for methanol production

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In West Virginia, researchers at West Virginia University have taken the first steps toward developing technology that can capture carbon dioxide in the air and use it for eco-friendly manufacturing of methanol. The process they have begun modeling — which involves pulling air from buildings — could increase the sustainable supply of methanol, one of […]

New survey shows continued voter support for E15 and E85

New survey shows continued voter support for E15 and E85

September 13, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, with Congress back in session after the August recess, a new survey from the polling firm Morning Consult found continued strong voter support for policies promoting the use of lower-cost, lower-carbon American-made ethanol. In the latest results, registered voters also indicated robust support for specific legislation to allow the year-round sale of E15 […]

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