In Washington, Growth Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted a consent decree agreement to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that requires EPA to propose the 2023 renewable fuel volume requirements no later than November 16, 2022, and to finalize those requirements no later than June 14, 2023. The […]
In France, Technip Energies has been awarded a significant contract by Neste for the expansion of their renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as part of the existing Partnership Agreement between Technip Energies and Neste. The contract covers Engineering, Procurement services and Construction management (EPsCm) for the expansion of Neste’s existing renewables refinery […]
In New York state, Simplifyber, Inc., creator of the world’s first fully-molded garment and shoe uppers made directly from a cellulose-based liquid, announced the closing of a $3.5 million round of seed funding, led by At One Ventures, with participation from Techstars, Heritage Group Ventures, The Helm, W Fund, Jetstream Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, […]
In California, Newlight Technologies, Inc. and Long Ridge Energy Terminal, which is jointly owned by a subsidiary of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC and an affiliate managed by GCM Grosvenor, announced that the parties and their related entities have entered into various agreements providing for the construction and operation of a new facility in […]
In Washington, Reuters reports Environmental Protection Agency data shows 60,000 more D6 RINs were produced in June than in May, reaching 1.29 billion. Ethanol production started to fall back in mid-June but has now started to rebound with Energy Information Agency data showing ethanol production reached 1.034 barrels a day last week, the first increase […]
In India, PSU Connect reports ethanol blended by Oil Marketing Companies reached 10.16% as of July 10 as the country races ahead to achieve its 20% mandate in the next three years. Although slower than ethanol production, interest in compressed biogas production has also been promoted as part of the wider energy policy to reduce […]
In Zambia, Bioenergy Insight reports that Sunbird Bioenergy expects to test its cassava-based ethanol blended into gasoline at a rate of 10% in August. The trial will be done by Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Ndola. With most of the company’s 5,000 outgrowers expected to start harvesting their cassava in the next few weeks, the intention […]
In Michigan, solar-powered synthesis gas could recycle carbon dioxide into fuels and useful chemicals, an international team of researchers has shown. Composed mainly of hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a little methane, syngas is commonly derived from fossil fuels with the help of electricity. In addition, toxic chemicals are often added to make the process […]
In Washington, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led 22 of their colleagues in urging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to support higher amounts of biomass-based biodiesel and other advanced biofuels in the upcoming 2023 and 2024 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) In their bipartisan letter […]
In Japan, ClassNK has released the “Guidelines for Ships Using Alternative Fuels (Edition 2.0),” which sets forth safety requirements for ships fueled by methanol, ethanol, LPG, and ammonia. In particular, specific requirements for ammonia-fueled ships have been added to provide guidance for the design of alternative-fueled ships. These guidelines comprehensively describe safety requirements for methanol, […]
