In Washington, Reuters reports Darling Ingredients, Gevo and Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel, amongst others, have written a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to use the GREET model use in the Build Back Better Act when it comes to SAF lifecycle emissions. The SAF manufacturers say the bill uses the ICAO model which isn’t as […]
In Texas, Red Rock Biofuels LLC is working with GLC Advisors & Co. to source a development partner to finance the completion of its biofuels facility that will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel. The facility will be one of the first SAF plants in North America to produce drop-in fuels and is […]
In Canada, Cresta Fund Management, a Dallas, Texas-based private equity fund, acquired a controlling interest in the Come By Chance refinery facility in Newfoundland and Labrador in late-2021 and has been working to build the senior leadership team and convert the facility to renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel service with initial nameplate production capacity […]
In Texas, Hyperfuels, has partnered with FuelWise to provide PurFuel, an ethanol-free reformulated gasoline (RFG) to replace E85 at two dispensers. The station’s 6,000-gallon underground tank was cleaned for the new service and is estimated to support over 12,000 gallons per month of ethanol-free in vented equipment used by small-medium sized businesses, the Port of […]
In Colombia, El Nuevo Siglo reports the National Federation of Biofuels of Colombia (Fedebiocombustibles) released the biodiesel consumption figures for 2021, which grew 24% compared to 2020. In addition, it was added that consumption was also 15% higher than in 2018, its best year so far. On that occasion, the demand was 552,000 metric tons. […]
In Peru, En Linea reports the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor ‘s Office has been carrying out the simultaneous search of 15 properties since this morning, as part of the investigations into alleged irregularities in the tender for the purchase of biodiesel between Petroperú and Heaven Petroleum Operators. The Megaoperativo Resplandor 2022, which is carried out in conjunction […]
In France, Global Bioenergies has been awarded a €500,000 subsidy to complete construction of the Pomacle production unit and start marketing its innovative ingredients to the cosmetics industry. Global Bioenergies announced last spring the decision to build a production unit on the Pomacle site, near Reims. The first phase of the work was launched in […]
In Ohio, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Ohio State University (OSU) scientists has devised a procedure for making bio-butanol from sweet sorghum bagasse. Bio-butanol derived from cellulosic sugars in agricultural wastes is appealing because of its potential to lessen the reliance on gasoline and other nonrenewable fuels. Bio-butanol, along with ethanol, is […]
In Canada, recognizing the unique opportunities that clean fuels present for Indigenous businesses and communities, the Government of Canada is helping grow their domestic production capacity while strengthening the economy, creating good, sustainable jobs and supporting workers in the natural resource sectors. The Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, launched a call for proposals […]
In Illinois, LanzaJet has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Marquis Sustainable Aviation Fuel to construct a 120 million gallons per year integrated sustainable fuels plant in the U.S. using low-carbon intensity feedstocks to produce SAF and renewable diesel via the LanzaJet™ Alcohol-to-Jet process. The plant will employ on-site carbon capture and sequestration […]
