In Texas, Kinetrex Energy, a Kinder Morgan, Inc. company, and Wabash Valley Power Alliance (WVPA) announced they have started construction activities for three previously announced renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities in Indiana. The three sites are located at the Twin Bridges Landfill in Danville, the Prairie View Landfill in Wyatt and the Liberty Landfill in […]
In California, Aemetis, Inc. as signed offtake agreement with Delta Air Lines for 250 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered over the 10-year term of the agreement. The aggregate value of the agreement is estimated to be more than $1 billion, including LCFS, RFS, 45Q and tax credits. […]
In India, the Press Trust of India reports that the government has submitted a request to the Supreme Court to secure permission to require all vehicle manufacturers to produce flex-fuel vehicles. The move is part of the wider push to boost ethanol production and consumption domestically, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and significantly reducing reliance on […]
In Denmark, a Maersk tender completed a successful trial in partnership with The Ocean Cleanup, blending biofuel into the marine fuel to reduce CO2 emissions during her recent charter in the Pacific. In May 2021, Maersk Supply Service decided together with The Ocean Cleanup to run a trial program, in which they would blend biofuel […]
In Panama, Reuters reports the government has decided to return to ethanol while ending coal imports in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Ending the use of heavy fuel oil and coal for electricity by 2023 is part of the 2030 energy transition plan approved by the Cabinet in November that ranges from […]
In India, MENAFN reports Goa plans to start ethanol production from sugarcane at the defunct Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana sugar mill. The mill has been shut down for several years due to poor management and was the only mill in the state. The Deccan Sugar Technologists Association has been contracted as consultants to develop a […]
In Pennsylvania, controlling carbon release into the atmosphere will reduce carbon dioxide and slow global warming, but could there be unintended consequences for human health? Now, thanks to a three-year grant of about $400,000 from the National Science Foundation, researchers at Penn State will investigate potential positives and negatives of decarbonization. The researchers aim to […]
In Washington, the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) set forth recommendations this week on how the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards can and should place much greater emphasis on improving the quality of liquid fuel and the role low carbon, high octane ethanol can […]
In Germany, for the first time the dredging company Jan De Nul Group from Luxembourg is using solely second-generation biofuel for maintenance dredging works in the Port of Hamburg. This fuel contains no petroleum, but processed vegetable waste oil as a raw material, entirely in line with the principles of a sustainable circular economy Jan […]
In New York state, JetBlue announced plans to speed up its transition to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with an offtake agreement with SG Preston, a leading bioenergy developer. With the addition of this SG Preston agreement to its previous SAF commitments, JetBlue is well ahead of pace on its target to convert 10 percent of […]
