In China, the South China Morning Post reports that Sinopec has announced a five-year, $4.6 billion plan to roll out hydrogen fueling infrastructure throughout the country as part of China’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060 but with hopes of beating the goal by a decade. The investment includes 1,000 hydrogen fueling stations with […]
In Colorado, Colorado State University scientists are partners in a three-year grant of up to $3.5 million from the Department of Energy, aimed at improving how algae-based biofuels and bioproducts are made. The Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office has announced its support for the project, titled “Rewiring Algal Carbon Energetics for Renewables,” led by scientists at […]
In Illinois, Brownfield Ag News reports that the Renewable Fuels Association fears cutting the blending mandate for 2021 as proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency could “cripple” the ethanol industry. Ethanol production is currently 3.5 billion gallons below where it could be if it was running at full capacity, meaning that ethanol is more expensive […]
In Brazil, Vibra Energy and the Copersucar SA announced the creation of a joint venture to trade anhydrous and hydrated ethanol. The goal is to create an integrated, open ethanol trading platform for all producers, distributors and brokers who want to do business with the JV to make operations in this segment even more productive. […]
In the UK, Velocys plc says its collaboration partner, Toyo Engineering Corporation. is starting the advanced engineering and design phase of a commercial scale biofuel refinery in Japan. TOYO’s engineering study will start to establish commercial-scale production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in Japan. During this phase of the project, TOYO will integrate biomass gasification, […]
In Montana, the revamp of Calumet’s existing hydrocracker in Great Falls, Montana refinery will utilize Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlexTM solution to produce 12,000 barrels per day of renewable diesel. This is a fast-track project aimed at producing renewable diesel in the spring of 2022. “We are excited to support Calumet as they transition to the production […]
In California, FuelCell Energy, Inc. has closed on a tax equity sale-leaseback financing transaction for the 1.4 megawatt SureSource 1500 biofuels fuel cell project with the City of San Bernardino Municipal Water Department (SBMWD) in California with Crestmark Equipment Finance, a division of MetaBank®. Crestmark’s commitment totals $10.2 million through a 10-year sale-leaseback structure and […]
In Illinois, one of the five trucks used in last year’s cooperative B100 pilot program will be on display at the 2021 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. The pilot, conducted by ADM, the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA), Optimus Technologies, American Lung Association (ALA), National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council was designed to demonstrate […]
In India, News18 reports that more than 3,000 fueling stations in West Bengal went on strike for 24 hours to protest the government’s move to boost ethanol blending to 22.5%. The state is very humid and there are concerns that higher ethanol blends could attract water molecules into gasoline and cause problems for vehicles. Issues […]
In Illinois, a team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has bred a plant that produces more oil by manipulating the availability of sugar for oil synthesis. The team, led by BNL’s John Shanklin, achieved these results in using leaves of the fast-growing plant Arabidopsis, to mimic stem cells of plants […]
