In California, Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC – a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Brightmark LLC, the global waste solutions provider – delivered first gas at its Athena Project in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. The project is comprised of three farms […]
In California, researchers at Stanford University are working on ways to manipulate biological processes in plants to help them grow more efficiently and effectively in a variety of conditions. Researchers have designed a series of synthetic genetic circuits that allow them to control the decisions made by different types of plant cells. In a paper published […]
In the UK, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has launched a public consultation seeking views to set out the government’s preferred position for a business model to support the deployment of First of a Kind (FOAK) power BECCS project(s). It is seeking views on its early proposals including the main design elements […]
In Nevada, one of the country’s most advanced renewable fuel plants will officially launch operations at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, Nevada. New Rise Renewables Reno will produce 44 million gallons per year of renewable diesel made from triglyceride oils from sources such as corn. The renewable diesel produced by New Rise Renewables Reno […]
In Germany, through a new partnership with Hapag-Lloyd, a leading global liner shipping company, Forto has launched a biofuel program for ocean shipping customers who seek to reduce their transport emissions. Customers booking full container load (FCL) sea freight shipments with Forto can now add the use of advanced biofuel to their bookings, effectively reducing 100% […]
In Canada, on May 31, 2022, Skyline Clean Energy Fund acquired a biogas facility located in Lethbridge, Alberta through the purchase of 100% of the units in Lethbridge Biogas LP and the shares in Lethbridge Biogas General Partner Inc. The Lethbridge facility is expected to convert 120,000 metric tons of organic waste into renewable natural […]
In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports Energy Information Administration data shows ethanol production fell slightly to 1.022 million barrels a day from the week prior, down 21,000 barrels, while stocks also fell to to 23.256 million. A year ago, ethanol production was an average of 36,000 barrels per day lower, yet stocks were half a […]
In California, Sustainable Oils, Inc. announced a joint licensing agreement with Corteva Agriscience and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene editing tools to further develop their patented camelina varieties. Under the agreement, Sustainable Oils has the ability to use the technology to create targeted changes to camelina DNA and […]
In New York state, Carbon Direct and Eco-Engineers have developed a prototype protocol (“proto-protocol”) on bio-oil sequestration, the first in a series of science-led draft protocols. In collaboration with Charm Industrial, this analysis focuses on the carbon accounting, life-cycle analysis, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) foundations for a new carbon removal practice: bio-oil sequestration […]
In Brazil, Reuters reports UNICA data shows ethanol production gave way to sugar production during the second half of July with sugar mills dedicating 52.3% of sugarcane crushed during the period to ethanol compared to 53.8% during the same period last year, indicating that sugar is currently more profitable to produce than ethanol. Ethanol production […]
